Emergency Management Student Association - EMSA UCF

It is important for anyone entering the EM field to understand how the National Weather Service works closely with EM professionals to help communities prepare for severe weather. Recently, EMSA students had the opportunity to tour Hurricane Hunter planes for both the National Weather Service and the Air Force. We were able to speak directly to the professionals and learn about the work that they do.

EMSA students were given the opportunity to participate in a regional mass casualty exercise as both evaluators/controllers and as volunteer victims. These exercises are essential to public safety as they help hospitals and officials practice and improve their emergency response procedures. As future emergency managers, it is important for our students to experience these drills firsthand.

Today EMSA students were given a special tour of emergency operations this was such a cool experience, we were all certainly geeking out quite a bit. Thank you so much to everyone who helped get this organized‼️(and yes that is the real space suit Neil Armstrong wore to the moon)

The tour will begin at 10:30, but you must be there by 10:25. We highly recommend arriving at least 15 minutes early to account for possible traffic or getting lost.

The address will be sent separately to those who RSVP. We need to obtain temporary clearance from the NASA badging office, so you must be a US citizen and bring I-9 identification to the tour. (The RSVP form contains a link to acceptable forms of ID).

‼️RSVP is due by 12:00pm on Wednesday, April 17th. Please remember that this is a tour with a federal organization, you can NOT attend without an RSVP or the proper identification‼️

There are only 15 spots so don’t wait! The RSVP is linked in our profile. Go to our profile, and at the bottom of our bio you will see a link icon that says “linktr.ee/emsaucf and 1 more”. Click on that, and then click the docs.google.com/forms link.

The tour will begin at 10:30, but you must be there by 10:25. We highly recommend arriving at least 15 minutes early to account for possible traffic or getting lost.

The address will be sent separately to those who RSVP. We need to obtain temporary clearance from the NASA badging office, so you must be a US citizen and bring I-9 identification to the tour. (The RSVP form contains a link to acceptable forms of ID).

‼️RSVP is due by 12:00pm on Wednesday, April 17th. Please remember that this is a tour with a federal organization, you can NOT attend without an RSVP or the proper identification‼️The RSVP is linked below. Please DM us if you have trouble accessing it.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSckdZjBcE3YqgO3va9UxolF3_VYC1UZ84I0vACbfclaSY7X6Q/viewform

Join us for our last GBM of the school year! We will hear from our very own RSO sponsor, Bryan Garey, the Deputy Director for UCF EM. We will also use this as the perfect opportunity to celebrate our graduating members.

Huge shout to our panelists from last night: Kevin Guthrie from , Michelle Cechowski from , and our EMSA President .knorst. You were all amazing! Thank you as well to everyone else who helped make this event possible! Networking and hearing from professionals in the field is always an invaluable experience for students.

EMSA was very proud to send some of our students to the National Hurricane Conference! This was a great opportunity for students to learn about one of the most common hazards in Florida.

This is a very exciting opportunity for students to attend a discussion panel and hear from FDEM’s Executive Director. All are encouraged to attend! Please use this link to RSVP if you are able to attend https://ucf.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a8LMRWV6ktuF7OC

Huge thank you to Jason McMillan from for taking the time to come speak at our meeting. It’s always great for students to be able to connect with professionals from the field.

We are excited to announce our next GBM!! It will be held in the UCF Emergency Operations Center on Friday, March 1st @ 6:30pm. Please try to arrive several minutes early. Our speaker will be Jason McMillan, the Training and Exercise Manager for Orlando International Airport (MCO). As always, please RSVP on KnightConnect and feel free to reach out to [email protected] with any questions.

Today, EMSA students had the amazing opportunity to take part in Seminole County's Full-Scale Exercise as disaster victims involving a downed airplane at Orlando-Sanford International Airport! EMSA's own Treasurer Tommy Robertson did an outstanding job organizing and directing this exercise through his internship at Seminole County's OEM!

These exercises are excellent opportunities for students to get involved in the field!