Self Concerns: Self-reliance and disaster preparedness

Posted Friday 8 Oct 12:23 am

Dave Miller, President-elect of the National Emergency Management Association discusses the individual’s role in emergency management. 1) What does an emergency manager do? It sounds simple in scope but is complex in practice. Emergency management is less about directing actors such as first responders or other agencies that play a role in disasters and is [...]

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