Mentorship Efforts Within the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Incident Workforce
Leslie Adrienne Payne; Susan G. Straus; Lea Sabbag
RAND Corporation
2025
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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. The authors examine mentorship efforts across the IW and provide recommendations for addressing requirements, gaps, and challenges.