Identifying Gaps and Areas for Improvement in the FEMA Qualification System for Incident Workforce Positions: Recommendations for Developing an Improvement and Evaluation Process

Abstract

This report documents research and analysis conducted as part of a project entitled Identifying Gaps and Areas for Improvement in the FEMA Qualification System for Incident Workforce Positions, sponsored by the Integration Branch of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) within the Workforce Development Division of the Field Operations Directorate. The findings should be of interest to FEMA, given that the purpose of the project was to identify gaps and challenges in assessing the current state of the FEMA Qualification System (FQS) and provide recommendations that will allow FEMA to evaluate and improve FQS.