The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
requests that qualified individuals who are interested in serving on the FEMA National Advisory Council (NAC)
submit an application to be considered for appointment.
The NAC is a federal advisory committee of up to 35
members that advises the FEMA Administrator on all aspects of emergency
management to ensure input from and coordination with state, local, tribal, and
territorial governments, and the private sector on federal plans, programs, and
strategies for all hazards. The NAC provides consensus recommendations to the
Administrator and gives FEMA access to expertise, information, and advice on a
broad range of issues. Topics of recent recommendations included provision of
medical countermeasures, duplication of benefits in the Individual Assistance
Program, and tribal partnerships training.
NAC members represent a geographically diverse mix
of officials, emergency managers, and emergency response providers from all
levels of government, non-governmental organizations, tribes and the private
sector. Individuals appointed to these positions represent the whole community
and bring their experience and expertise, along with their diversity of views
and willingness to express them.
FEMA is now accepting applications for open
positions in the following discipline areas:
- Elected Local Government Official (one
representative appointment)
- Elected State Government Official (one
representative appointment)
- Emergency Management Field (one representative
appointment)
- Emergency Response Providers, which includes
fire, law enforcement, hazardous materials response, emergency medical
services, and organizations representing emergency response providers (two
representative appointments)
- Communications Expert, an expert in
communications infrastructure, public safety and first responder
communications systems and networks, and/or broadcast, cable, satellite,
wireless, or wireline services and networks (one Special Government
Employee, or SGE)
- Cybersecurity Expert, an expert in protecting and
defending information and communications systems from damage, unauthorized
use or modification, or exploitation, (one SGE)
- In-Patient Medical Provider, a provider of
medical care to patients admitted to a healthcare facility, such as a
hospital or skilled nursing facility (one SGE)
- Administrator Selections (up to two SGE
appointments)
All appointments are for three-year terms beginning
in September 2018. Applications must be received on or before March 18, 2018.
Detailed instructions on
how to apply can be found at: http://www.fema.gov/membership-applications
and in the forthcoming Federal Register notice. 
