- If this position is not in one of the following locations (in no particular order):
- King County Washington
- New York City
- Washington, D.C.
- State of Virginia
- State of Florida
- State of Texas
- State of California

then you should study how they do it. One thing I've noticed from a lot of reading, and just a little bit of knowing how they operate (I don't know them all), it appears to me to be one key thing: No negative politics.

Politics is dealing with people, and you'll find that in these areas, EVERYONE is on the same page. Its very hard to have negative politics in it because of the peer pressure.

Proper coordinating and building relationships is the real key to Emergency Management. Everyone needs to be flexible and working together, otherwise, nothing works.

martinfocazio on here does emergency management and also has some "boots on the ground" experience.