Description
Coordinate and support disaster response and crisis management operations; assist in developing and maintaining emergency plans and procedures; deliver preparedness training; and help implement programs for natural, technological, and human-caused incidents in collaboration with emergency management leadership.
- • Monitor activities, hazards, and changes that affect emergency risk, readiness, or plan execution.
- • Assist in developing, updating, and maintaining emergency operations and recovery plans for all hazards.
- • Recommend updates to procedures based on regulations, technology changes, and lessons learned.
- • Maintain emergency plan documents, contact lists, maps, and resource inventories.
- • Coordinate response actions—EOC activation, evacuation support, shelter operations, and access/functional needs programs—when directed.
- • Maintain liaisons with municipal, county, state, federal, NGO, and private partners to support planning and response.
- • Track federal, state, and local requirements and help ensure plan and program compliance.
- • Compile and distribute situation reports on response, recovery, resource status, and preliminary damage assessments.
- • Develop, schedule, and deliver emergency preparedness trainings and exercises for staff and the public.
- • Inspect and test EOCs, communications, alert and warning systems, and response equipment for readiness.
- • Coordinate with governments, schools, healthcare, and critical infrastructure to assess capabilities and needs.
- • Plan, conduct, and evaluate drills and exercises in accordance with applicable regulations and guidance.
- • Attend emergency management meetings, conferences, and workshops to stay current and build partnerships.
- • Support joint damage assessment operations and post-incident analysis.
- • Create public education materials and present on emergency plans, alerts, and preparedness actions.
- • Facilitate alignment of local plans with state and federal guidance; provide technical assistance to community groups.
- • Review and provide feedback on organizational emergency plans (e.g., hospitals, schools) for adequacy and compliance.
- • Conduct or support hazard, vulnerability, and capability assessments to inform planning.
- • Research and benchmark external plans and best practices to improve local planning.
- • Assist with grant identification, application, budgeting, tracking, and reporting for emergency management programs.
- • Support radiological protection training, detection, monitoring, and decontamination procedures as applicable.
- • Manage inventory, distribution, and maintenance training for CBRN detection and decontamination equipment.
- • Assist partner jurisdictions and organizations with emergency management grant applications and documentation.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
