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Call for Founding Members: U.S. Local Emergency Managers Alliance. Emergency management doctrine has long recognized one fundamental truth: All Disasters Are Local. Yet local emergency managers, the frontline professionals who respond first and leave last, still lack a unified national platform. The recent Executive Order explicitly emphasizes this reality, stating clearly that preparedness is best "owned and managed at the State, local, and even individual levels." The lack of leadership, support, and relevance from existing associations is clear and will not change. Why Now? The latest Executive Order makes it clear: "Federal policy must rightly recognize that preparedness is most effectively owned and managed at the State, local, and even individual levels." It’s time to "shift from an all-hazards approach to a risk-informed approach." This is our opportunity to end the cycle of being undervalued, fragmented, and under-resourced. Introducing the US Local Emergency Managers Alliance: We aim to create a formal alliance dedicated specifically to the needs of local emergency managers, giving them a powerful, unified voice. Our alliance will: ●Advocate for resources, recognition, and realistic federal support. ●Facilitate the sharing of best practices, planning templates, drills, coordination methods, and standards-based data. ●Ensure local/regional level emergency management needs are accurately represented in national conversations and policy-making. Our community sees the need clearly: "Would love the opportunity to be a part of this!" – Tiffany Doria MS, CHEP, CEDP, PMP, Emergency Management Specialist "Would love to be part of seeing how I can be involved from the healthcare side perspective, coordination, etc." – Healthcare EM Manager "We tried this locally in my area and got very little traction...We need a community of local EM practitioners." – Richard Pereira MDEM, CEM® "I think this sounds like a great idea and would love to spitball ideas with you about it." – Wyatt M. Peters Take Action: We need your voice. Become a founding member of the US Local Emergency Managers Alliance and help shape the future of emergency management from the ground up. Due to the overwhelming and encouraging response from the community, we need to become more efficient in coordinating our efforts. To help manage this, please take a moment to complete this quick sign-up form: https://lnkd.in/ercP7-hr No Spam, No Membership (time & effort is how we contribute), No outside influence. We'll make sure to reach out to everyone who commented previously or reached out to Alex. Together, let's ensure that local emergency managers finally have a seat at the national table.