Deputy Chief Weaver is first in Fire Services to receive Certified Emergency Manager CredentialDemonstrating a working knowledge of the basic principles of disaster/emergency management as well as having completed prescribed training and education in the field, Deputy Chief Kathy Weaver has become the first member of Volusia County Fire Services to achieve the designation of Certified Emergency Manager (CEM). The designation of CEM is the highest honor of professional achievement available from the International Association of Emergency Managers. She met the requirements of the certification by also providing work history that included actual disaster experience, completion of a Bachelor Degree, the completion of a management essay and the passing of a written test measuring her knowledge of the discipline. Her new title makes her recognizable as having experience and knowledge of community-wide participation in planning; coordination and management functions designed to improve disaster/emergency management. Every five years her designation as a CEM will be reviewed and she will need to meet certain requirements to continue the certification. Deputy Chief Weaver has been with Volusia County Fire Services since 1999 and is currently the leader of the Planning and Special Services Team.
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