Interview

Interview

This is an interview with an emergency management professional. This person is experienced with managing and writing grants. Following is the synopsis of the interview.

What is the interviewee's name, qualifications, positions, organization and location?

The name of the emergency management professional is Lee Hyong. Since 40 years, he is associated with the emergency management and human services including the positions at International Rescue Committee, Christian Children's Fund and American Red Cross. The interview is experienced in provision of housing, mass fatality services, food, clothing, shelter, home repair and other related services. The interviewee has worked in voluntary agency coordination, vaccination programs, disaster case management, pharmacy operations, and primary health care. The background of Lee's services includes supplementary feeding, psycho-social recovery, intensive feeding, reunification, food distribution, vocational training, post-earthquake disability center construction and resettlement. Lee has served in various states and in 20 various countries (securitymanagement.com).

2. What training is essential in order to be successful at writing grants?

For the emergency management professional, the experience, education and specific training are required to write successful grants. The emergency management professional must have a clean record. He must have excellent English writing and presentation skills. He must excel in written and oral communication. At least, the education management professional must have high school graduation. According to Lee Hyung, the emergency management professional must be familiar with incident command system and its principles. He must have attempted the self-study courses from FEMA. The individual must be involved with the emergency management and related volunteer work within the locality, county or state. The individual must have a certificate by professional association for emergency management professional. The individual must have network contacts within the field of emergency management (emsvillage.com).

Writing a grant is not an easy task. It is an arduous and stressful process. It is important to ...