Occupation Title: Emergency Management Directors

Description: Coordinate disaster response or crisis management activities, provide disaster preparedness training, and prepare emergency plans and procedures for natural (e.g., hurricanes, floods, earthquakes), wartime, or technological (e.g., nuclear power plant emergencies, hazardous materials spills) disasters or hostage situations.

Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code: 11-9161

Sample Job Titles: Emergency Management Program Specialist, Emergency Response Team Leader, Emergency Services Program Coordinator, Hazard Mitigation Officer

*Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics program does not include self-employed workers in employment estimates. O*NET and other BLS programs do include self-employed workers.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. REC-0439914 and DRL-0910041 (Enhancing Departments and Graduate Education in Geography).

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