This is an article by Chas Eby, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, February 26, 2025.
While initially useful, the term “all hazards” no longer accurately describes the functions or mission of the emergency management discipline. The current generation of emergency management has moved beyond all hazards to become “hazard agnostic.”
Learn how this new model prepares emergency managers for a wide range of evolving threats through a properly resourced, flexible, and scalable approach.
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Chas Eby
Chas Eby is the deputy secretary of the Maryland Department of Emergency Management (MDEM), where he oversees its operations, administration, and programs, including the recently established Maryland Office of Resilience and State Disaster Recovery Fund. In 2021, Chas led Maryland’s COVID-19 mass vaccination site campaign, during which the 13 state sites administered over 1.2 million vaccinations. Prior to joining MDEM, he was the chief planner for Emergency Preparedness at the Maryland Department of Health and served as the pandemic influenza coordinator during the 2009-10 H1N1 influenza pandemic. Chas holds an M.A. in security studies from the Naval Postgraduate School. Chas has completed the FEMA National Emergency Management Executive Academy (2015) and a 2022 detail to FEMA headquarters. He was a 2019 Henry Toll Fellow at the Council of State Governments and an ELBI Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security in 2014.
