The Emergency Manager translates systems. They integrate science, law, logistics, and planning into a coherent picture. They brief elected officials and interpret state and federal guidance. Their ...

What happens if the emergency responder wants to expand their skills to focus on preparedness, mitigation, or recovery? Perhaps it is time to consider a career shift to become an Emergency Manager.

Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.

It’s hard to name just one cause of the Flint water crisis. But it is impossible to extricate the poisoning of an American city's water supply from the botched state intervention that precipitated it.

Los Gatos introduced its first-ever emergency manager at the town council meeting on May 20. Chris Todd started his new job on May 12. He was previously emergency manager and continuity coordinator ...