Job Description
Company Description Job Description New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) helps New Yorkers before, during, and after emergencies through preparedness, education, and response. NYCEM is responsible for coordinating citywide emergency planning and response for all types and scales of emergencies. We are staffed by more than 200 dedicated professionals with diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise, including individuals assigned from other City agencies. The Logistics Bureau is made up of the Urban Search & Rescue, Humanitarian Logistics, Ground Support Logistics, Logistics Planning and Coordination, and the Mutual Aid and Resource Processing units. In blue skies, the Logistics Bureau works to increase the City's emergency response and recovery capabilities by providing logistics planning support for agency and Citywide response programs. In grey skies, the Bureau provides active resource management for response programs, staffs operational task forces, and coordinates mutual aid requests. SELECTED CANDIDATE NEEDS A VALID CLASS A CDL OR CDL PERMIT (MORE INFORMATION BELOW) Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) is the process of locating, extricating, and providing medical treatment to victims trapped because of structural collapses and other natural or man-made catastrophes. The National US&R System consists of 28 task forces located throughout the country. NYCEM sponsors one of these 28 teams: New York Task Force One. New York City Emergency Management is looking for a well-qualified person with a background in warehouse/equipment management, warehouse/fleet operations, emergency management, the transportation industry, and/or other sectors of the logistics industry that would be able to support New York Task Force One (NY-TF1). The National Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) Response System is a framework for organizing federal, state and local partner emergency response teams as in