This topic first surfaced in June at the Higher Education Conference at FEMA’s Training Academy. The opposition was almost immediate. It has been spearheaded by Carol Cwiak and Samantha Montano.

See this posting for details and suggestions for action:

Post from Carol:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/carol-cwiak-20652410_emergencymanagement-fema-professionalization-activity-7234216073707802625-pKGx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

And this is the blog post from Samantha she is talking about
https://disasterology.substack.com/p/disasterology-june-2024

Your comments are invited.