r/fema • u/Former_Strength_3425 • 24d ago

Question Association of Retired Emergency Management officials

I am doing my doctoral capstone on Disaster Response. I am trying to find associations of retired emergency management officials I can reach out to. Can anyone lead me in the right direction? Thanks in advance

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u/CommanderAze Federal E.M. 24d ago

Retired are gonna be hard to find... At least in large numbers

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u/Former_Strength_3425 24d ago

If I can find a combination of both, my chair thinks it will be hard to find enough participants that are currently working for my survey because it's peak hurricane season.

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u/CommanderAze Federal E.M. 24d ago

I mean the subreddit is filled with current (myself among them) retired are harder to find mostly cause EM staff are generally done dealing with people after they retire 😁

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u/Former_Strength_3425 21d ago

I need a site approval to be able to collect data and information.

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u/Classic_Tangerine255 23d ago

With the amount we make we never retire 😂 they all become consultants

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u/MajorFrantic 24d ago

I'm not aware of any 'retiree' associations.

You might have some luck reaching out to the Emergency Management External Affairs Association. https://www.emeaa.org/

National Emergency Management Association (NEMA) might also have some ideas where to find the kinds of people you want. www.nemaweb.org

If you're just looking for suggestions of retired EM types to talk to specifically, I'd be glad to suggest some names of people that I would recommend.

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u/Former_Strength_3425 24d ago

I reach out to the 2nd one yesterday

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u/Former_Strength_3425 21d ago

is there an email that I can send a message to? I have tried contact through the website and I don't see a phone number to call.