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Full speed ahead: Navigating the complexities of corporate emergency management
Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning,
13
(3),
202-210
(2020)
Abstract
The recognition that community resilience is directly tied to the ability of businesses to recover from disaster has spawned a renewed focus on how businesses, especially large corporations, manage the impact of disasters on their employees, facilities and business operations. As the number of worldwide natural and human-caused disasters continues to increase, the need for corporate emergency managers has never been greater. With this influx of demand come new challenges for emergency managers, particularly for those coming from the public sector into corporate settings. This paper draws on the author’s experience as an emergency manager at three Fortune 100 companies, and identifies a path forward for emergency management in the corporate world.
Keywords: jobs in emergency management; business resiliency; corporate emergency management; private sector employment; business continuity jobs
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Author's Biography
Vincent B. Davis is Founder and President of Preparedness Matters Disaster Consulting. He is a graduate of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Emergency Management Advanced Academy, a FEMA Master Continuity Practitioner, and a Certified Emergency Manager through the International Association of Emergency Managers. He is past Chairperson of the International Association of Emergency Managers Children’s Caucus, an Advisory Board Member for Domestic Preparedness Journal, and a lifetime member of the Black Emergency Managers Association. He authored, ‘Lost and Turned Out: A Guide to Preparing Underserved Communities for Disasters’, ‘The Native Family Disaster Preparedness Handbook’ and ’The Emergency Guide Book for Broadcasters Serving Indian Country for Native Public Media’.
Citation
Davis, Vincent B. (2020, March 1). Full speed ahead: Navigating the complexities of corporate emergency management. In the Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, Volume 13, Issue 3. https://doi.org/10.69554/TDMH3019.
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