ISBN: 1977413978 9781977413970

Category: Business & Economics / Management

Page count: 116

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) ability to successfully mitigate disaster situations depends on having a well-trained and skilled incident workforce (IW), and mentorship can play an important role in helping to develop, support, and sustain IW staff. RAND researchers assessed--through a literature review; a survey of FEMA regions, cadres, and headquarter offices; and interviews with a broad cross-section of FEMA's IW--the range and maturity of existing mentorship efforts across the IW. In this report, they identify requirements for an IW-focused mentor program in the future and describe the range of factors serving as challenges that might influence a mentor program, concluding with recommendations for addressing requirements, gaps, and challenges.