An Overview of a Demographic Study of United States Emergency Managers

John Weaver Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

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Lindsey C. Harkabus CIRA, and Troy University, Fort Walton Beach, Florida

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Jeffry Braun Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

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Steven Miller Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

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CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: John Weaver, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1876, E-mail: John.Weaver@colostate.edu

Supplements to this article are available online (10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00183.2; 10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00183.3; 10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00183.4)

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: John Weaver, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1876, E-mail: John.Weaver@colostate.edu

Supplements to this article are available online (10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00183.2; 10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00183.3; 10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00183.4)

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