IAEM promotes its Principles of Emergency Management,[1] and also aims to provide information, networking and professional development for its members.
A Professional Standards Advisory Council was formed of subject matter experts representing all aspects of emergency management and related fields.
They determined that the best way to implement standards was to define professional benchmarks and provide practitioners with a certification program to document their qualifications.
The nominees must meet the requirements to serve on the Commission including, being a full-time emergency manager, be a current CEM, having successfully recertified at least once, and they must be living and working within the geographic boundaries of the nominating Council.
The Certification Commission reflects the spectrum of emergency management expertise including all levels of governmental emergency management programs (local, state, tribal, federal) and all environments of practice including but not limited to private sector, military installations, not-for-profit/volunteer-based, campuses and healthcare organizations.