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SOC 11-9161 · O*NET 11-9161.00
Under U.S. O*NET-SOC 11-9161.00, coordinates the emergency management work of a jurisdiction or institution: assesses risk, drafts and updates emergency plans, organizes exercises and training, coordinates resources and agency responses during incidents, and organizes recovery and review afterwards.
Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((75+25+25)/3+0.5)=42; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.
First judge whether you can coordinate per plans under high uncertainty and multi-party pressure and can patiently maintain plans and records,and should then be verified with this page's paper exercises and seven-day experience, rather than only the single point of “meaningful work.”
This page does not constitute emergency command, administrative, or legal conclusions; warning issuance and resource dispatch may only be carried out by authorized personnel under applicable regulations and plans.
More likely suited: someone who is willing to coordinate per plans and procedures and can write the assessment basis and decisions clearly,and who proactively stops and escalates when the basis is unclear or authorization is exceeded.
Occupational boundary: this page is written under U.S. O*NET-SOC 11-9161.00 “Emergency Management Directors,” meaning management positions that coordinate emergency preparedness, response, and recovery for a jurisdiction or institution (risk assessment, plan drafting, exercise and training, response coordination, and review); it differs in scope of duties and authorization from first-line firefighting supervisors (on-scene firefighting command), first-line police supervisors (law enforcement command), security managers (single-organization security matters), and general and operations managers (business operations).
It revolves around the whole emergency process for a jurisdiction or institution: first assess risk and check plans and regulations, then organize exercises and training and monitor the situation, coordinate resources and agencies per the plan during incidents, and finally organize recovery and review and produce traceable records.
Career direction comparison
The following occupations are all related to public safety or organizational operations, but their scope of duties, command objects, and authorization differ; use them to check directions, not as substitutes for one another.
| Career direction | Core work and outputs | Key differences | Which choice is a better fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| General and operations managers | Coordinates an organization's daily operations, resources, and performance. | Focuses on business objectives and routine operations and does not take on cross-agency emergency response coordination. | Choose that occupation if you prefer organizational operations management; choose this occupation if you prefer emergency preparedness and response. |
| First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers | Directs on-scene firefighting and prevention front-line actions. |
AI's impact on the occupation
AI and digital tools can assist with risk material retrieval, plan version management, situation and resource data organization, and exercise assessment and report drafts; they cannot replace risk assessment and warning judgments, cross-agency coordination and on-scene decisions, resource allocation and public communication, nor do they bear the authorization and legal responsibility of emergency response. AI Impact Score 42% is an editorial estimate. Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((75+25+25)/3+0.5)=42; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.The three tasks, ratings and sources are listed in the FermatMind method source record on this page.
FermatMind AI Impact Score estimation method v1
FermatMind / 费马测试 · 2026-10-18
Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
Mainland China pay reference
Chinese pay framing
Public material classifications
Insufficient evidence: no national single-occupation framing was obtained
Insufficient evidence: no Mainland China national single-occupation wage percentile precisely corresponding to this occupation was obtainedBroad government employer industry reference: 2025 pre-tax annual average wage for non-private units in public administration, social security, and social organizations was 119,465 yuan; this is not the emergency management director median or a salary range, and corporate business continuity positions cannot automatically be assigned to this industry.
U.S. pay reference
U.S. O*NET-SOC 11-9161.00 single-occupation 2025 national median annual wage 93,330 USD (median hourly wage 44.87 USD); the five percentile values are from the same source, and the occupation, period, and unit framing should be retained when using them.
| Framing | Value | Statistical position | Limitations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low end | 54,210 USD/year (national 10th percentile, 2025) | National 10th percentile | Low end: 10th percentile 54,210 USD/year, the low end of the distribution, not an entry-level starting salary. |
| Median | 93,330 USD/year (44.87 USD/hour, May 2025) | National median | Median: 93,330 USD/year (44.87 USD/hour, May 2025); half of practitioners are below and half above this value. |
Career fit guide
The key is not “whether you dare take responsibility,”Rather, whether you can coordinate per plans under high uncertainty and multi-party pressure, write assessments and decisions clearly, and keep maintaining plans and records.
Worth experiencing further： Willing to write the risk assessment basis, decisions, and division of duties clearly so others can review them.
Check the real conditions first： Faced with contradictory multi-source information, record and verify first, rather than concluding by intuition.
Do a small trial first： Stay sensitive to overreach in issuance and confidentiality risk, and would rather confirm the procedure once more than jump ahead.
Work pressure and occupational boundaries
The main risks center on plan and regulation versions, multi-source situation assessment, information release and confidentiality, and command beyond authority; most can be reduced through checking, review and documentation, and per-plan division of duties, but cannot be eliminated entirely.
The occupational profile supports tasks and work context, and the registered regulations support duties only within their jurisdiction; the risk scenarios, possible consequences, and responses are an editorial summary, not incident probabilities, specific equipment work procedures, or unified penalty conclusions.
Typical scenario：Citing a revised plan or expired regulations and liaison lists.
Main positions：Plan and response position
Possible consequences：May cause response misalignment and ineffective resource dispatch.
Entering the field, qualifications, and career development
The U.S. typically requires a bachelor's degree plus years of emergency response, disaster planning, or public administration experience; small local governments may accept high school but still require substantial experience, and volunteer activity cannot substitute for the supervisor experience requirement. No unified national bachelor's or major threshold for this occupation was verified for China, and recruitment conditions follow the posting; the warning issuance entity and procedures set out in the Emergency Response Law, internal position duties, and individual capability are verified separately.
Career prospects and transitions to related occupations
The labeled U.S. occupation is projected to grow 4% over 2025—2035,14,000 employed in 2025 with 1,100 annual openings; an overall projection, not AI-attributed, including growth and replacements.
United States · O*NET-SOC 11-9161.00 (Emergency Management Directors)
4%
Employment growth
Growth is average, reflecting how public safety investment and emergency management demand affect the number of positions.
Cannot show：A projection is not the actual outcome and does not constitute a personal employment guarantee.
Coordinates the emergency management work of a jurisdiction or institution: assesses risk, drafts and updates emergency plans, organizes exercises and training, coordinates resources and agency responses during incidents, and organizes recovery and review afterwards.
This occupation does not directly direct firefighting or law enforcement, but coordinates preparedness, response, and recovery across agencies; fire and police first-line supervisors direct their own department's on-scene actions.
Choose a real task from this page for a small practice project or a conversation with someone in the field. Use the planning guides to set a date, an output and feedback questions before deciding whether to continue.
This only verifies work-style preferences,It does not test command capability or examination scores, and it does not make a hiring conclusion.
Verify with one paper exercise task:You are given a fictional plan and incident situation; see whether you can list risk assessment, division of duties, resource dispatch, and information release points.
Includes natural disasters, accidents, and public health scenarios
Main deliverables are plan systems, exercise and response records
A standards-compliant response means the full chain from confirming the basis and plan, assessing risk and resources, organizing the response per procedures, review and reporting, to recovery and review; If any step lacks basis, authorization, or records, the decision cannot be passed forward.
| Dimension | Main directions | Comparison direction |
|---|---|---|
| Basis and plans | Regulation and plan versions are consistent | Record the basis and open items, and stop and escalate on conflict |
| Risk and resources | Risk levels and the resource ledger are stated | Sources and uncertainties must be recorded |
| Response organization | Executed per the plan's division of duties and procedures | Dispatch decisions are documented |
| Information and release | Release information prudently per authority | Approval and release records cannot be omitted |
| Coordination and liaison | Cross-agency liaison is unobstructed | Division of duties and liaison must be documented in writing |
| Recovery and review | Organize recovery and review for improvement | Improvement measures are closed out |
| Record archiving | The process enters controlled records | Keep the responsible person and the basis |
Assess the jurisdiction's or institution's vulnerabilities and record data sources and open items.
Organize the drafting and updating of emergency plans and liaison mechanisms, and implement approval duties.
Organize exercises and training and assess findings and track corrective action.
Consolidate and verify the situation and propose warning recommendations or submit information per procedures.
Coordinate resources and agencies per the plan and record dispatch decisions and their basis.
Coordinate recovery, review, and improvement; information release follows the prescribed entity and authority.
This occupation does not directly direct firefighting or law enforcement, but coordinates emergency preparedness, response, and recovery across agencies; fire and police first-line supervisors direct their own department's on-scene actions; security managers handle a single organization's security matters; general and operations managers focus on business objectives and routine operations.
Whole-process cross-agency emergency coordination
Takes on coordination and plan system responsibility
Emergency management or public administration education and experience
The U.S. figure is for this single occupation
| Directly commands firefighting and rescue forces, which is on-scene action command rather than cross-agency coordination. |
| Choose that occupation if you prefer on-scene action command; choose this occupation if you prefer plans and coordination. |
| First-line supervisors (police and detectives) | Directs police operations and case investigations. | Focuses on law enforcement and public order and does not coordinate disaster prevention and recovery. | Choose that occupation if you prefer law enforcement command; choose this occupation if you prefer whole-process emergency management. |
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| Security managers | Responsible for internal organizational security and risk control. | Focuses on a single organization's security matters and does not take on government-level cross-agency response. | Choose that occupation if you prefer corporate security management; choose this occupation if you prefer public emergency management. |
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| Social and community service managers | Coordinates community service programs and personnel. | Focuses on social service delivery and does not take on emergency command and resource dispatch. | Choose that occupation if you prefer community service management; choose this occupation if you prefer emergency management. |
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| Management analysts | Provides operations and process improvement recommendations to organizations. | Provides analysis and recommendations and does not carry emergency decision-making and execution responsibility. | Choose that occupation if you prefer analytical consulting; choose this occupation if you prefer carrying emergency management responsibility. |
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Adjacent directions differ in scope of duties (whole-process emergency coordination, on-scene fire command, on-scene police command, corporate operations, corporate security, community services, management consulting), command objects (cross-agency and cross-institution, the department's own forces, intra-organizational resources), and entry (emergency management major and experience, specialist training and promotion, public sector examination); before choosing, check the target position's actual tasks and requirements.
Compare in the order of “first whether it is cross-agency whole-process emergency coordination, or commanding the department's own on-scene actions or other management functions, then the authorization.”
Refers to tasks the tool can complete under controlled conditions, such as risk material retrieval, situation organization, and report drafts; it does not mean it can be used for formal warnings and command decisions.
Depends on whether systems and data are integrated, whether permissions and confidentiality are controllable, whether networking is allowed, and the institution's command and duty rules.
Refers to changes in employment and task structure, which require industry-level statistics; technical capability and adoption cannot directly imply job outcomes.
| Work direction | Task | Current changes | Human control points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Risk assessment | Identify the jurisdiction's or institution's main risks and vulnerabilities | Can assist: retrieve historical incident and risk materials and organize assessment drafts. | Risk levels and priorities are assessed and confirmed by authorized managers. |
| Plan drafting | Draft and update emergency plans and response processes | Can assist: organize plan structures and version lists. | Plan content, duty allocation, and approval are confirmed by managers and the competent authority. |
| Exercises and training | Organize emergency exercises and personnel training | Can assist: generate exercise scripts and assessment form drafts. | Exercise plans, assessment conclusions, and corrective action are confirmed and documented by the organizer. |
| Situation and warnings | Monitor the situation and issue warnings | Can assist: organize multi-source situation data. | Warning judgments and issuance are made by authorized personnel per procedures. |
| Response and coordination | Coordinate resources and agencies during incidents | Can assist: organize the resource ledger and liaison lists. | Dispatch decisions and cross-agency coordination are the responsibility of the command system per the plan. |
| Recovery and review | Organize recovery and after-action review | Can assist: organize loss and review materials. | Review conclusions and improvement measures are confirmed and reported by managers. |
| Boundaries and anomalies | Identify uncertainty and out-of-bounds situations | Conditions for adoption: reliable data sources, compliant permissions and confidentiality, and clear plan versions. | Stop and escalate on an unclear basis, overreach, or exceeding authorization. |
The following task tables, directions, processes, and responses are editorial trial suggestions based on occupational tasks; tool capability, actual adoption, effects, and job causality each require independent evidence.
Natural disasters, accident disasters, public health, and major event support differ in plans, agencies, and resources, and AI plays a different role in each.
What AI mainly changesHistorical data and plan retrieval can be accelerated.
Still the responsibility of peopleSituation assessment, evacuation, and resource dispatch remain the command system's responsibility.
What AI mainly changesResource ledger and liaison list organization can be assisted.
Still the responsibility of peopleOn-scene handling coordination and risk decisions remain the authorized personnel's responsibility.
What AI mainly changesPlan comparison and checklist organization can be assisted.
Still the responsibility of peopleRisk assessment and support decisions remain the competent department's responsibility.
The following are editorial suggestions for tool trial and review, not a unified industry system or statutory work procedures.
Check the applicable regulations, plan versions, and division of duties, and record the basis and open items.
Assess risk levels and available resources and record sources and uncertainties.
Organize coordination and dispatch per the plan and record decisions and their basis item by item.
Review key decisions within authorization and report and release information per procedures.
Organize recovery and review for improvement and form records and corrective action closure per rules.
May cause response misalignment and ineffective resource dispatch.
Control method:Control method: go by the controlled plan and regulation list, and check the version and effective scope before citing.
May omit on-site conditions and multi-source contradictions, causing misjudgment.
Control method:Control method: tool output is only a draft; assessments and decisions are reviewed and documented by authorized personnel.
May trigger public panic or violate confidentiality rules.
Control method:Control method: release information per authority and procedures, and keep approval and release records.
May cause response delays or duplicated dispatch.
Control method:Control method: clarify duties and liaison per the plan and test and correct them in exercises.
May cause a chaotic response and create liability risk.
Control method:Control method: confirm authority per regulations and the command system, and stop and escalate on overreach.
First study public administration, emergency management, and geographic information fundamentals, and use internships or volunteer rescue to accumulate incident and exercise experience.
Hand material retrieval and document organization to tools while retaining the judgment rights over risk assessment, coordination and dispatch, and information release, and document them.
First check the target region's requirements for education, experience, and training, and demonstrate ability with checkable plans, exercises, and response records.
Define the scope of tool use, information permissions, and command responsibility, and ensure warnings and dispatch are made by authorized personnel.
It cannot be inferred that way. Tools can speed up material retrieval and document organization, but risk assessment, cross-agency coordination, and on-scene decisions still need to be handled by authorized managers.
Source:O*NET OnLine — 11-9161.00 Emergency Management DirectorsOriginal materials ↗
No. Warning judgments and issuance must be made by authorized personnel per regulations and procedures, and tool output can only serve as organization and assistance.
Source:O*NET OnLine — 11-9161.00 Emergency Management DirectorsOriginal materials ↗
Editorial suggestion: trial material retrieval and record drafts on non-sensitive, non-real work materials and review each item's source and conditions; actual time savings must be compared and verified and are not guaranteed in advance.
Source:O*NET OnLine — 11-9161.00 Emergency Management DirectorsOriginal materials ↗
Demonstrate with experience from internships, volunteer rescue, exercise organization, or related project management, and write clearly the duties, basis, and results.
Source:O*NET OnLine — 11-9161.00 Emergency Management DirectorsOriginal materials ↗
The focus is emergency management regulations and the plan system, command and coordination processes, risk assessment methods, and public communication and crisis communication.
Source:O*NET OnLine — 11-9161.00 Emergency Management DirectorsOriginal materials ↗
Yes. Natural disasters, accident disasters, public health, and major event support have different plans and agencies, and direction choices must be checked against the target scenario.
Source:O*NET OnLine — 11-9161.00 Emergency Management DirectorsOriginal materials ↗
They can only serve as a direction reference. Employment and wages are statistical framings, and actual requirements depend on the target region's job postings and competent authority rules.
Source:O*NET OnLine — 11-9161.00 Emergency Management DirectorsOriginal materials ↗
Technical capability, actual adoption, and job outcomes are judged separately and do not substitute for one another.
Insufficient evidence: a single recruitment quote is not used to substitute for occupational wages
Historical case status
| Position or scope | Pay and disclosure situation | Scope of application and gaps |
|---|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Bachelor's degree or above plus public sector recruitment | No unified national bachelor's or major threshold for this occupation was verified for China, and recruitment conditions follow the posting; the warning issuance entity and procedures set out in the Emergency Response Law, internal position duties, and individual capability are verified separately. |
| On-the-job training | Plan drafting and emergency exercises | On-the-job training focuses on plan drafting and review, emergency exercise organization, risk assessment methods and command coordination processes, and information release and public communication. |
| Qualifications and authorization | On-scene command and dispatch authorization | Warning issuance and command dispatch authority is verified per applicable regulations and organizational rules. |
| Occupation-level wage framing | National single occupation | Occupation-level wage framing: insufficient evidence, no national single-occupation distribution was obtained. |
If you see a recruitment figure, first check whether it is monthly salary, annual salary, performance pay, an allowance, or another framing.
The government emergency management and public safety direction needs plan, monitoring, and response positions.
Industry averages are not used to substitute for occupational wages.
The grassroots governance and community disaster prevention direction needs organization, mobilization, and exercise positions.
Must be checked against the specific position.
The corporate security and business continuity direction needs risk management and emergency coordination positions.
Must be checked against the specific position.
Insufficient evidence: no Chinese data was verified on AI adoption, measured effects, or causal income or demand effects for this occupation; the situation material and document trials are editorial suggestions.
| High end | 166,430 USD/year (national 90th percentile, 2025) | National 90th percentile | High end: 90th percentile 166,430 USD/year, usually related to institutional level, region, training, and experience. |
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Pay · 10th percentile：54,210 USD/year (national 10th percentile, 2025)；National 10th percentile； not an entry-level starting salary.
Pay · 25th percentile：67,910 USD/year (national 25th percentile, 2025)；National 25th percentile, from the same wage statistical framing.
Pay · median：93,330 USD/year (44.87 USD/hour, May 2025)；National median (May 2025)； half of practitioners are below and half above this value.
Pay · 75th percentile：126,490 USD/year (national 75th percentile, 2025)；National 75th percentile, from the same wage statistical framing.
Pay · 90th percentile：166,430 USD/year (national 90th percentile, 2025)；National 90th percentile； does not represent continuous paid hours or total income.
The statistical subject is the U.S. O*NET-SOC 11-9161.00 single occupation “Emergency Management Directors,” meaning management positions coordinating emergency preparedness, response, and recovery, and is not equivalent to first-line fire or police supervisors.
and cannot be directly extrapolated. No Mainland China national single-occupation wage percentile precisely corresponding to this occupation was obtained, and neither industry or broad personnel-category averages nor recruitment quotes can substitute.
No. The median and percentiles are statistics; individual pay depends on institution, level, region, training, and experience, and openings do not equal hiring probability.
Use it to understand magnitude and framing: first check the occupation, region, period, and units, then whether performance pay or allowances are included, and keep U.S. and Chinese framing in separate columns.
| Industry | Original source value | How to understand |
|---|---|---|
| Professional, scientific, and technical services | 136,930 USD/year | May 2025 occupation × industry median for this occupation, not the all-industry average. |
| Hospitals (state, local, and private) | 100,530 USD/year | This occupation's median in the hospital industry, not physician wages. |
| Local government (excluding education and hospitals) | 84,630 USD/year | This occupation's median in the local government industry, not the wages of all public employees. |
| Period | May 2025 wage data | Wages May 2025; the labeled occupational overall employment projection is 2025—2035. |
The median is 93,330 USD/year in 2025 (44.87 USD/hour); half of practitioners are below and half above this value.
Institution type and level: pay differs among local government, public safety agencies, and enterprise positions, and the job title alone should not be used.
Authorization and experience: command authorization, specialist training, and years of service affect the duties you can take on and the pay.
The employment projection base period headcount, not a wage sample or current job openings.
An overall projection, not AI-attributed, and not an individual hiring probability.
Includes growth and replacements after transfers and exits, not net gains.
Enterprising (E) — organizing coordination and driving decisions; Conventional (C) — checking per plans, procedures, and records; Investigative (I) — analyzing risk and the situation.
Interest code ECI is used only to explain work activity preferences and not as a capability, hiring, or personality conclusion.
Are you willing to write the assessment basis and decisions clearly?
Use a fictional response record to check whether the plan provisions and decision basis are written clearly.
Do not use it this way:Not used for personality diagnosis or hiring conclusions.
Learn about my career interestsDo you check the plan version before starting a response?
Use a fictional incident to observe whether the effective plan version and scope of application are confirmed first.
Do not use it this way:Not used for a qualification conclusion.
Learn about my Big Five traitsCan you align duties and liaison with multiple departments?
Use one coordination record to see whether responsibilities and liaison methods are written clearly.
Do not use it this way:Not used for capability scoring.
Learn about my personality preferencesWill you release information prudently per authority?
Use one release scenario to see whether approval and release records are kept.
Do not use it this way:Not used for a hiring conclusion.
Learn about my motivation cuesAre you willing to keep updating your knowledge of regulations and plans?
Check with learning records on regulation and plan updates.
Do not use it this way:Not used for a personality conclusion.
Learn about my cognitive performanceCan you keep your judgment during long duty periods?
Use high-load assumptions to see whether rotation and support mechanisms are implemented.
Do not use it this way:Not used for capability scoring.
Learn about my communication cuesBetter match:Willing to assess using methods and record uncertainty.
Note:Does not conclude from single-source data.
Better match:Willing to draft per regulations and organize exercises.
Note:Does not omit review and corrective action closure.
Better match:Coordination, resource allocation, and process management are transferable.
Note:Business, finance, customers, and business performance must be added, without bringing in public emergency command authority.
View related occupations:General and Operations Managers (general-and-operations-managers)Better match:Emergency collaboration, training, and risk awareness are transferable.
Note:Firefighting practice, on-scene command, and professional training qualifications must be added; management experience cannot replace front-line skills.
View related occupations:First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers (first-line-supervisors-of-firefighting-and-prevention-workers)Better match:Multi-department liaison and recording are transferable.
Note:Police occupational entry, law enforcement experience, and supervisor requirements are needed; emergency experience does not grant law enforcement authority.
View related occupations:First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives (first-line-supervisors-of-police-and-detectives)Better match:Emergency plans, risk, and coordination are transferable.
Note:Organizational security, incident investigation, and security system requirements must be added, with the organizational scope clarified.
View related occupations:Security Managers (security-managers)Suited to people who are willing to coordinate per plans and procedures, write assessments and decisions clearly, and stay prudent under high pressure; not suited to people who command by intuition, are unwilling to document, or are unwilling to be reviewed.
The U.S. O*NET new-hire education survey shows 59% bachelor's, 14% master's, and 9% some college; not a unified statutory threshold, and Chinese education requirements follow the posting.
BLS notes that some states require obtaining certification within a certain period after taking the post, and CEM/CBCP requirements vary by state or employer; in China, examinations, recruitment, and command authority follow specific rules, and certification does not automatically confer warning authority.
Demonstrate ability with experience from internships, volunteer rescue, exercise organization, or related project management, and write clearly the duties, basis, and results.
Material retrieval, situation organization, and document tasks can be assisted by tools, but risk assessment, coordination and dispatch, and information release remain the authorized personnel's responsibility.
The 2025 median annual wage for this U.S. single occupation is 93,330 USD; no corresponding single-occupation percentile was obtained for Mainland China, and U.S. figures cannot be directly extrapolated.
Mainly offices and emergency command facilities, requiring long duty periods and cross-agency coordination during incidents, possible call-out at any time, and high-pressure decisions.
Emergency management regulations and the plan system, risk assessment methods, command coordination and resource dispatch, information release and public communication, and exercise organization and review capability.
Complete a full closed loop with one paper exercise task: read the fictional plan and incident situation, list risk assessment and division of duties, and write the resource dispatch and information release points.
This page is a career exploration reference and does not constitute an emergency command, administrative, or legal basis; actual requirements follow local job postings and competent authority rules.
Basis：O*NET OnLine — 11-9161.00 Emergency Management Directors
Typical scenario：Forming assessment conclusions without checking multi-source data.
Main positions：Monitoring and assessment position
Possible consequences：May cause misjudgment and wrong decisions.
Reduce risk：Cross-check data sources and record uncertainty, and have key assessments reviewed by multiple people.
Basis：O*NET OnLine — 11-9161.00 Emergency Management Directors
Typical scenario：Releasing or sharing sensitive emergency information beyond authorization.
Main positions：Information and release position
Possible consequences：May trigger public panic or violate confidentiality rules.
Reduce risk：Release information per authority and procedures, and keep approval and release records.
Basis：O*NET OnLine — 11-9161.00 Emergency Management Directors
Typical scenario：Treating AI or system output directly as the basis for assessment and command.
Main positions：Assessment and coordination position
Possible consequences：May omit on-site conditions and multi-source contradictions, causing misjudgment.
Reduce risk：Tool output is only a draft; assessments and decisions are reviewed and documented by authorized personnel.
Basis：O*NET OnLine — 11-9161.00 Emergency Management Directors · Standing Committee of the National People's Congress: the Emergency Response Law of the People's Republic of China (revised in 2024, Presidential Order No. twenty-five)
Typical scenario：Issuing warnings or dispatching resources without authorization.
Main positions：Command and dispatch position
Possible consequences：May cause a chaotic response and create liability risk.
Reduce risk：Confirm authority per regulations and the command system, and stop and escalate on overreach.
Basis：O*NET OnLine — 11-9161.00 Emergency Management Directors · Standing Committee of the National People's Congress: the Emergency Response Law of the People's Republic of China (revised in 2024, Presidential Order No. twenty-five)
Typical scenario：Long duty periods and high-pressure decisions without rotation and support.
Main positions：Duty and response position
Possible consequences：May affect judgment quality and physical and mental health.
Reduce risk：Implement rotation and support mechanisms per institutional rules, and keep duty records.
Basis：O*NET OnLine — 11-9161.00 Emergency Management Directors · BLS OOH — Emergency Management Directors (emergency management directors)
Education, examination scores, and position authorization are different levels: education is not the same as hiring, and hiring is not the same as being able to issue warnings or dispatch resources.
| Entry directions | What you mainly do initially | Employer requirements and observation basis | How to demonstrate ability without experience | Differences from other directions |
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| Entry in plans and preparedness | Assists with organizing plans, liaison lists, and exercise materials. | Public administration and emergency management fundamentals. | Show regularity with assistance records and exercise materials. | Leans toward plans and preparedness; attention to versions and review. |
| Entry in monitoring and duty | Maintains emergency information duty and consolidates the situation. | Information consolidation and duty standards. | Show rigor with duty records and information summary tables. | Leans toward monitoring and duty; attention to timeliness and accuracy. |
| Entry in response coordination | Assists with coordinating resources and liaising with agencies. | Coordination methods and understanding of emergency plans. |
Check the discipline, education level, and examination requirements in the job posting, and record the posting date and whether it is still open.
Check the emergency management, coordination, or on-scene experience requirements, as well as professional training and certificate requirements.
Check the explicit requirements for plan drafting, exercise organization, and cross-department coordination.
Check duty arrangements, information release, and confidentiality requirements, distinguishing “aware of” from “proficient in”.
Write a risk assessment from a fictional jurisdiction situation, covering the basis and priorities.
Write the plan structure, division of duties, and liaison mechanism for a fictional scenario.
Design one exercise and write the assessment points and corrective action approach.
Simulate one response and write clearly the decision basis, problems, and improvement measures.
| Scenario | What to check | How to observe | What cannot be inferred from it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interview | Can they explain the plan basis, coordination process, and division of duties? | Check whether the regulatory basis, plan versions, and open items are written clearly. | Where conditions do not match, the institution and the position decide, not the individual. |
| Plan or exercise assessment | Can they complete a response plan or exercise design per the plan? | Check whether risk assessment, division of duties, dispatch, and records comply. | If not passed, they must not independently issue warnings or dispatch resources. |
| Probation and mentorship period | Completes plans, exercises, and duty under supervision with documentation. |
| Qualification / preparation item | Who it mainly suits | Practical value in job seeking | Whether it is a common entry requirement | Application / processing conditions | Investment considerations | Important limitations |
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| Bachelor's degree (emergency management, public administration, or a related field) | Most entry-level position candidates | Yes: about 59% of O*NET survey responses required a bachelor's | Yes: the typical U.S. entry point | Apply per institution and program requirements | Four years of study plus internship investment | A degree is not the same as command authorization |
| Master's degree | Some management and policy positions |
Gives plan provisions, incident background, and resource conditions as exercise input.
Exercise output: list risk assessment, division of duties, and open items.
Gives provisions on warning issuance, dispatch, and information reporting procedures.
Exercise output: write the source of the basis for this response and its scope of application.
Gives multi-source information and a resource ledger, including one contradiction and one gap.
Exercise output: mark the contradictory and gap items and write the verification and escalation requirements.
Lists the reference deliverables and the scope that must not be exceeded (no real warnings, dispatch, or information release involved).
Copy one applicable provision and write its scope of application and uncertain points.
Use a fictional jurisdiction situation to organize risks and priorities, marking assumptions and open items.
Lay out the response duties and liaison mechanism per the plan.
Write the warning conditions, procedures, and information release authority.
Write the exercise objectives and assessment points for a fictional scenario.
Change one risk and one resource condition respectively and write clearly the impact and adjustment items.
Summarize the situations in which you must stop and escalate authorization, producing a one-page review record.
Typical duties：Assists with organizing plans, liaison lists, and exercise materials.
Promotion evidence：Assists with records and exercise materials.
Qualification boundaries：Verified per work location and institution.
Next step：Takes on plan drafting support.
Typical duties：Drafts and updates emergency plans and response processes.
Promotion evidence：Plan texts and review records.
Qualification boundaries：Verified per work location and institution.
Next step：Takes on exercise organization.
Typical duties：Organizes exercises and training and assesses improvements.
Promotion evidence：Exercise plans and assessment reports.
Qualification boundaries：Verified per work location and institution.
Next step：Takes on risk assessment.
Typical duties：Coordinates the emergency management work of a jurisdiction or institution.
Promotion evidence：Plan systems and annual work reports.
Qualification boundaries：Verified per work location and institution.
Next step：Develop toward higher-level or cross-regional coordination positions.
Typical duties：Maintains emergency information duty and consolidates the situation.
Promotion evidence：Duty records and information summary tables.
Qualification boundaries：Verified per work location and institution.
Next step：Takes on situation assessment support.
Typical duties：Analyzes multi-source situations and proposes assessment recommendations.
Promotion evidence：Assessment reports and recommendation records.
Qualification boundaries：Verified per work location and institution.
Next step：Takes on coordination and dispatch support.
Typical duties：Coordinates resources and liaises with agencies per the plan.
Promotion evidence：Dispatch records and liaison ledgers.
Qualification boundaries：Verified per work location and institution.
Next step：Takes on on-scene coordination.
Typical duties：Assists with loss statistics and recovery needs consolidation.
Promotion evidence：Loss and needs statistics records.
Qualification boundaries：Verified per work location and institution.
Next step：Takes on review support.
Typical duties：Organizes after-action review and capability assessment.
Promotion evidence：Review reports and improvement lists.
Qualification boundaries：Verified per work location and institution.
Next step：Takes on capacity building plans.
Typical duties：Advances plan and team capacity building.
Promotion evidence：Capacity-building plans and implementation records.
Qualification boundaries：Verified per work location and institution.
Next step：Takes on cross-department collaboration mechanisms.
Check the regulations, plan versions, and division of duties, and record the basis and open items.
Complete risk assessment and resource inventory, recording sources and uncertainties item by item.
Assess multi-source contradictions and cross-boundary impacts, and submit the assessment per procedures with documentation.
Complete decisions and releases within authorization and hand off to an authorized role for review or approval.
United States · O*NET-SOC 11-9161.00 (Emergency Management Directors)
14,000
Employment size
Employment size and openings are not the same indicator; openings include both growth and replacements.
Cannot show：The statistics are for this single occupation and exclude first-line fire or police supervisors.
United States · O*NET-SOC 11-9161.00 (Emergency Management Directors)
1,100 per year
Projected openings
Annual openings include growth and replacements after transfers and exits, not a ten-year net gain, and do not equal an individual hiring probability.
Cannot show：An overall employment openings projection, not AI-attributed; used only for the labeled U.S. occupational level and period.
These are ability adjacency relationships and do not represent automatic promotion or exemption from further study.
Transferable：Organizational coordination and resource allocation.
Needs to be filled in：Add business, finance, business operations, and performance management.
View occupation detailsTransferable：Emergency collaboration and training organization.
Needs to be filled in：Add firefighting practice, on-scene tactical command, and the corresponding occupational qualifications.
View occupation detailsTransferable：Cross-agency coordination and recording.
Needs to be filled in：Add police entry requirements, law enforcement experience, and supervisor conditions; law enforcement authority is not automatically granted.
View occupation detailsTransferable：Risk, plans, and organizational collaboration.
Needs to be filled in：Add organizational security, investigation, and protection systems.
View occupation detailsTransferable：Public communication and community collaboration.
Needs to be filled in：Add service programs, budgets, personnel management, and community resources.
View occupation detailsTransferable：Process review and problem analysis.
Needs to be filled in：Add consulting research, data analysis, business diagnosis, and client delivery.
View occupation detailsTransferable：Emergency collaboration and risk awareness.
Needs to be filled in：Add firefighting practice, physical fitness, training, and the corresponding entry requirements; this is not treated as a direct downward entry from a management position.
View occupation detailsTransferable：Public communication and resource coordination.
Needs to be filled in：Add professional social work methods, medical service knowledge, and the relevant education and registration conditions.
View occupation detailsUnder the U.S. O*NET-SOC 11-9161.00 “Emergency Management Directors” single-occupation framing, not marked Bright Outlook.
BLS OES／O*NET show a 2025 national median annual wage of 93,330 USD (median hourly wage 44.87 USD); the quintiles are 54,210／67,910／93,330／126,490／166,430 USD.
O*NET/BLS show about 13,200 employed in 2024, projected average growth over 2024—2034 (3%—4%), and about 1,000 projected openings per year; openings include growth and replacements.
The National Bureau of Statistics materials checked here reach only industry and broad personnel-category framing and do not provide a national single-occupation wage percentile precisely corresponding to this occupation; this page registers insufficient evidence accordingly and does not substitute industry averages or a single recruitment quote.
In the U.S. O*NET survey, about 59% of responses required a bachelor's degree, 14% a master's, and 9% some college education; Job Zone Four, usually requiring several years of related experience and on-the-job training. Mainland China: emergency response work follows a governance system of Party committee leadership, government responsibility, departmental coordination, military-civilian joint action, social collaboration, public participation, science and technology support, and rule-of-law safeguards (Emergency Response Law of the People's Republic of China, revised in 2024, effective from November 1, 2024); the education and qualification requirements for specific positions are checked item by item against the target employer's job postings and competent authority rules, and this page obtained no nationally unified conditions that can be cited externally.
Material retrieval, plan version management, situation data organization, and report drafts can be assisted by tools, but risk assessment, cross-agency coordination, on-scene decisions, and resource allocation remain the authorized managers' responsibility; public sources are insufficient to conclude changes in job numbers.
Mainly offices and emergency command facilities, requiring long duty periods and cross-agency coordination during incidents, possible call-out at any time, and high-pressure decisions.
It can only serve as a direction reference. Employment and wages are statistical framings, openings do not equal hiring probability, and U.S. figures cannot be extrapolated to Mainland China; actual requirements follow local job postings and competent authority rules.
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2026-10-11 (author check of nine modules; other modules were not re-reviewed)
Source register and fact register for this page (O*NET, BLS OES／OOH, National Bureau of Statistics, etc.)
Limitations of use：The entry page does not carry this occupation's figures.
Limitations of use：Does not carry this occupation's wage or demand figures.
Limitations of use：The entry page does not carry this occupation's figures.
Limitations of use：Applies only to the U.S. framing; the median is not a starting salary, and openings are not net gains.
Limitations of use：Sets out the system and activities of emergency response work, without setting a unified national education or qualification certificate requirement for specific emergency management positions; specifics follow the original statute and competent authority rules.
Limitations of use：Does not carry this occupation's adoption rate or job outcome data.
Limitations of use：Applies only to the adjacent occupation, used to explain direction differences.
Limitations of use：Applies only to the adjacent occupation, used to explain direction differences.
Limitations of use：Applies only to the adjacent occupation, used to explain direction differences.
Limitations of use：Applies only to the adjacent occupation, used to explain direction differences.
Limitations of use：The entry page does not carry occupation-level wage distributions.
Limitations of use：Interest results are not used for capability or hiring conclusions.
Limitations of use：Cannot substitute for occupation-level wages; used only to explain framing boundaries.
Limitations of use：International materials do not provide this occupation's adoption or displacement rate data.
Limitations of use：Explains statistical methods and does not substitute for specific occupational figures.
Limitations of use：Applies only to that single occupation and does not represent other management positions or Chinese positions.
Limitations of use：Does not provide this occupation's adoption rate or job change data.
Limitations of use：Applies only to the adjacent occupation and is not used for this occupation's wage conclusions.
Limitations of use：Applies only to the U.S. framing; does not represent Mainland China education and examination requirements.
Limitations of use：Method descriptions do not substitute for specific occupational figures.
Limitations of use：Does not substitute for a specific country's or institution's warning and command rules.
Limitations of use：Applies only to the adjacent occupation, used to explain direction differences.
Limitations of use：Applies only to that single occupation; a percentile is not a seniority level.
Limitations of use：Applies only to the adjacent occupation, used to explain direction differences.
Limitations of use：Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
The nine modules this round were checked against the listed primary materials and their specific periods; the Hero, SEO, FAQ, and shared facts retain the frozen versions, and any period or scope differences are listed in the author report, with no full-page consistency acceptance performed. Education, discipline, experience, and training requirements in a job posting must be read item by item; one relaxable item does not mean other conditions can be substituted. Chinese and U.S. data are in separate columns: the U.S. is the O*NET-SOC 11-9161.00 single-occupation statistic (May 2025 wages, 2024—2034 outlook), while Mainland China figures are industry and broad personnel-category framing, with no precise occupational percentile obtained. This page does not constitute an emergency command, administrative, or legal conclusion; on-scene command and resource allocation may only be made by authorized personnel under applicable regulations and plans.
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No corresponding single-occupation percentile was obtained
This page does not replace regulations and plans
| Leans toward response coordination; attention to duties and records. |
| Entry in recovery and review | Assists with loss statistics and review material organization. | Statistics and assessment method fundamentals. | Show closure awareness with review materials and improvement lists. | Leans toward recovery and review; attention to implementing improvements. |
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| Entry in training and capacity building | Assists with organizing training and community disaster prevention outreach. | Training organization and communication capability. | Show organizing ability with training and outreach records. | Leans toward capacity building; attention to grassroots participation. |
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| Any overreach or error means immediate stop and retraining. |
| Independent management period | Independently coordinates within authorization and supports responses. | Check decision records, information release, and review and corrective action. | Overreach or violations are handled per institutional rules. |
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| Depends on the position: about 14% of responses required a master's |
| No: it is not a common requirement |
| Apply per direction and institution requirements |
| Two to three years of study plus in-service learning investment |
| An education level is not the same as position authorization |
| Some college education plus experience | Some technical or coordination positions | Depends on the position: about 9% of responses required some college education | No: it is not a common requirement | Apply per job posting requirements | In-service learning and experience accumulation investment | Must be assessed together with experience and position requirements |
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| Unified public sector examination | Mainland China administrative and public institution positions | Depends on the jurisdiction: usually required | No: verified per local rules | Take the examination and medical check per local notices | Examination preparation and recruitment procedure investment | Valid only within its applicable region and position |
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| Emergency management professional training | Positions carrying plan and response duties | Yes: usually required | No: verified per institutional requirements | Take training and assessment per institutional rules | Training and assessment investment | Cannot be inferred from education or job title |
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| Command and dispatch authorization | Positions that issue warnings and dispatch resources | Yes: institutional and regulatory authorization | No: it is position authorization | Granted per regulations and institutional rules | Authorization period and review investment | Valid only within its applicable jurisdiction and scope of duties |
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Typical duties：Coordinates and reports information during responses.
Promotion evidence：Response records and information reporting materials.
Qualification boundaries：Verified per work location and institution.
Next step：Develop toward command system positions.
Typical duties：Coordinates capacity building and cross-department collaboration.
Promotion evidence：Capacity-building plans and collaboration records.
Qualification boundaries：Verified per work location and institution.
Next step：Develop toward policy and management directions.
