Emergency Management is the terminology usually associated with government agencies and focuses on addressing events, conditions or situations that threaten life safety, assets, or the community at large.

In the private sector, Emergency Management addresses the safety of personnel, the facility or physical assets and is usually event driven. It is essential that all organizations in a community plan and provide for interaction and partnerships with those agencies that provide emergency management services.

The discipline of Emergency Management addresses the following elements:
1. The Incident Command System (for use by both public and private agencies)
2. Emergency Responder Training (public sector)
3. Basic Emergency Management (public sector)
4. Emergency Operations Center Management (both public and private)
5. The Incident / Emergency Response Plan (private sector)
6. The Resilient Community (both public and private)

Credentialing Organizations / Certifications

International Association of Emergency Managers: >click here
• CEM: Certified Emergency Manager
• AEM: Associate Emergency Manager

Professional Development / Courses

Center for Domestic Preparedness: >click here
• For US First Responders only

Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada: >click here
• For US First Responders only

Emergency Visions: >click here

Emergency Management Institute: >click here
• For US Citizens only

Articles / Presentations

IAEM Email Discussion Group: >click here
• For US First Responders only

• Link to the ICOR library >click here

Conferences

• Link to the ICOR conference page >click here

Magazines / E-Zines / Periodicals

Frontline Magazines: >click here

Homeland Defense Journal: >click here

Useful Links

IAEM >click here

FEMA >click here

DHS >click here

2Xe - BS25999.com Web Resource >click here

EM Discipline Chair

Michael J. Fagel, Ph.D., CEM
Michael Fagel, Ph.D., CEM, has had a remarkable career in emergency management - a career that has spanned more than 32 years and has taken him from serving as a volunteer with the Aurora Illinois Civil Defense Agency during the Cold War to ground zero following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Between then and now, Dr. Fagel has served in various capacities within the American Red Cross, the Aurora Emergency Management Agency, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),various federal agencies and with Department of Defense contractors. He also has more than 25 years experience as an instructor at numerous colleges and universities.

Dr. Fagel is in demand as a speaker, both within Illinois and nationally, where he regularly presents on Critical Incident Stress Management, the Incident Command System, weapons of mass destruction, emergency response to terrorist incidents, his experiences at the World Trade Center site, and other emergency-related issues.

He has also authored and co-authored more than 200 articles covering all aspects of emergency management, health and safety, critical incident stress management, and fire safety law.

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Levels of Certification and Credentialing
There are five levels of ICOR certification

1. Certified Organizational Resilience Executive (CORE)

2. Certified Organizational Resilience Professional (CORP)

3. Certified Organizational Resilience Manager (CORM)

4. Certified Organizational Resilience Specialist (CORS)

5. Certified Organizational Resilience Associate (CORA)