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Emergency Management Directors
Plans how communities prepare for and respond to disasters.
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Emergency management directors plan for floods, storms, pandemics and accidents, run drills, coordinate responders during emergencies, and lead recovery. They work for counties, states, hospitals, universities and companies.
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High school courses that build toward it
- Business Law · Career and Technical
Builds law and government, which this job uses.
- English 10 · English
Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.
- Physical Education · Health and PE
Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.
- Government and Economics · Social Studies
Builds law and government, which this job uses.
- Computer Science Principles · Computer Science
Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.
Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.
Emergency Management Directors on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.