Vocational Programs for Emergency Management Directors Career

The role of Emergency Management Directors is to plan and direct disaster response or crisis management activities, provide disaster preparedness training, and prepare emergency plans and procedures for natural (e.

The average annual wage of the occupations is $93,690 and $45 per hour. 6 vocational programs could be taken for the Emergency Management Directors career. Based on BLS data, a total of 11,910 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Emergency Management Directors Career

The following 6 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Emergency Management Directors.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Emergency Management Directors
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Critical Incident Response/Special Police Operations	1	-	-	-	-
Protective Services Operations	3	$11,665	-	-	-
Homeland Security	42	$22,975	-	-	-
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	68	$22,692	-	-	-
Critical Infrastructure Protection	9	$35,869	-	-	-
Terrorism and Counterterrorism Operations	6	$17,200	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Emergency Management Directors Career

The following 18 occupations are related to Emergency Management Directors.

Related Occupations toEmergency Management Directors
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Chief Executives	211K	$258,900	$124
Facilities Managers	131K	$111,110	$53
Medical and Health Services Managers	515K	$134,440	$65
Social and Community Service Managers	174K	$83,400	$40
Managers, All Other	590K	$146,320	$70
Management Analysts	838K	$115,530	$56
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	1,103K	$89,130	$43
Computer Occupations, All Other	437K	$112,430	$54
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	22,510	$108,740	$52
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	122K	$85,570	$41
Emergency Medicine Physicians	35,100	$306,640	$147
Emergency Medical Technicians	167K	$43,100	$21
Paramedics	98,770	$57,450	$28
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	84,120	$90,740	$44
Fire Inspectors and Investigators	14,200	$82,510	$40
Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists	2,270	$61,090	$29
Public Safety Telecommunicators	97,820	$52,140	$25
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians	11,520	$34,420	$17

Schools offering vocational programs for Emergency Management Directors

The following 120 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Emergency Management Directors. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.