FEMA of course has had disaster reservist positions for years. Today I found out that the Corps of Engineers specifically has a program to hire retired federal employees for disaster reservist duties. They call it
Reemployed Annuitant Cadre
This might be an option for someone who wants to keep their fingers in the workplace and help out during disasters.
Dave Spicer one of those "recently retired" federal employees shared this item.
Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.