More people need to be educated, and some directly involved in emergency prepardness. Especially if you are pretty intelligent, and/or have the ability to take in the big picture and make good decisions.

Emergency Response/Management doesn't pay crap, especially if you have a degree, but what else are you going to do in a prolonged disaster like a Hurricane? Sit at home and twidle your fingers? At least these kinds of things help you keep your mind on something else. Especially if you're entire life is wiped away with a storm surge.

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Florida Division of Emergency Management (State Level) is a EMAP Accredited (Emergency Management Accreditation Program). There are 3 other states accredited: North Dakota, Arizona and Washington, D.C. 6 others are conditional: East Baton Rouge, LA, Jacksonville/Duval County, FL, Illinois, Montana, Pennsylvania and Virginia. If they don't appear on here, only means they haven't applied, or haven't finished the accreditation program.

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I recently found this PDF by searching for "Florida Best emergency management country". It is a transcript of a presentation made to the U.S. Senate on September 8, 2005. It's a de-ja-vu reading of some of the things pointed out above, but a much more detailed look. It is 29 pages, but 12 is a testimonial about Florida EM by Mr. Roberts, chairman of the Florida Association of Broadcasters. If you're interested in how things should work, and how Florida does it, read it here