Emergency Management Directors
Developing CBRN protection plans and leading response support transfers directly to emergency preparedness planning and response coordination.
How to prepare: Build a civilian emergency-planning work sample that translates your CBRN planning experience into response procedures and resource coordination for a local jurisdiction. Director positions typically require a bachelor's degree and many years of relevant experience, which may include military experience; some states also require certification after hiring.
What the civilian work involves
- Develop and maintain liaisons with municipalities, county departments, and similar entities to facilitate plan development, response effort coordination, and exchanges of personnel and equipment.
- Coordinate disaster response or crisis management activities, such as ordering evacuations, opening public shelters, and implementing special needs plans and programs.
- Maintain and update all resource materials associated with emergency preparedness plans.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
- Microsoft Word
- Alert Technologies OpsCenter