The acronym IAEM stands for International Association of Emergency Managers. IAEM is a global professional federation active in over 60 countries spread out over the world. IAEM was initially created in the mid 50s of the 20th century as a governmental civil defence agency. IAEM became an independent not-for-profit organisation some thirty years later. In [...]
. Why should you become a member of IAEM ? IAEM offers a number of very valuable services to its members: Access to a network of over 6,000 colleagues, emergency management experts working in governement, public and private sector organisations and universities and high schools; Access to an impressive database with legislation, documentation and links; [...]
. IAEM Principles of Emergency Management IAEM, FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency, US) and a number of international experts have jointly worked on and stated a number of principles which characterize state of the art emergency management. There are eight principles, which are explained below. Individuals and associated organisations can sign a memorandum of acceptance [...]