Also called: Emergency Manager
Prepares cities and counties for disasters and coordinates response when they hit.
You run drills, update evacuation plans, and when a hurricane or earthquake hits, you work 18-hour days in the emergency operations center.
Based on emergency management directors.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in emergency management, geography, or public administration.
Ways in: 4-year college, Military, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Emergency Management, Geography, Public Administration.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps plans and alerts, but leading drills and disaster response in real time stays human.
Classes: AP Government, Earth science, Speech.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-9161.
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