About MACEM&PS
The Mid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management & Public Safety (MACEM&PS) at Frederick Community College (FCC) provides academic and career credentials, professional services, and community engagement, and serves as a resource to meet the challenges of a prepared and resilient nation.
Mission
The Mid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management & Public Safety participates in outreach activities, provides education, training, and development in all phases of emergency management, and engages in professional services to engender effective preparedness solutions to real-world challenges.
Vision
To be a preferred partner and resource for all entities, public or private, in meeting challenges in all phases of emergency management.
Core Values
- Honor
- Education
- Innovation
- Service
Core Capabilities
- Education: MACEM&PS provides academic credentials including Letters of Recognition, Certificate, and Associate of Applied Science degrees. Through a unique partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Emergency Management Institute, the Mid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management & Public Safety serves as the sole provider of college credit to those completing FEMA online Independent Study courses.
- Service: MACEM&PS engages in community service designed to foster a positive, collaborative, prepared, and resilient environment within and outside the emergency management community.
- Professional Services: MACEM&PS provides a broad range of professional services for public and private sector workers nationwide. The experts at the Mid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management & Public Safety develop solutions through strategic planning and development, research, and management of operations to achieve goals and objectives.
- Training & Content Development: MACEM&PS, through affiliation with Frederick Community College and its partners and a variety of agreements, develops innovative course content and provides professional training in emergency management. Business consortium training and related business research are conducted by highly qualified personnel.
Accreditation
As a department at Frederick Community College, our academic programs are regionally accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). MACEM&PS programs are also among the first emergency management and homeland security programs in the country to receive industry accreditation by the Council for the Accreditation of Emergency Management and Homeland Security Education (CAEMHSE).
History & Expertise
Established in the early 2000s as a course-review partnership between Frederick Community College (FCC) and FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute (EMI), the Mid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management & Public Safety (MACEM&PS) has grown from a single office into a fully fledged, practicing academic department. For over two decades, we have educated, trained, and consulted for public safety constituents ranging from exploratory students to industry leaders. Following a major expansion in 2019, our scope now spans the entire spectrum of preparedness and response—including emergency management, fire sciences, criminal justice, and legal studies. As a premier academic department, we provide a nationally recognized, accessible education that prepares students for career success. Concurrently, we serve as a trusted preparedness education contractor, partnering with businesses and local, state, and federal agencies to research, design, and deliver solutions that enhance operational readiness.
Our instructional team—comprising adjuncts, full-time professors, and seasoned trainers—hails from top-tier universities across the country, including Duquesne, Oklahoma State, George Washington, and West Point. They bring our students a powerful blend of academic expertise and real-world experience, drawing from their careers as emergency managers, business continuity specialists, first responders, fire chiefs, legal professionals, and veterans. Supported by a dedicated team of instructional designers, quality assurance experts, and administrative staff, we collaborate seamlessly to deliver exceptional educational programs.
Partners
Community resilience in the face of an emergency relies entirely on proactive planning, preparation, and knowledge. MACEM&PS equips professionals with the critical expertise needed to prepare for, respond to, and recover from evolving threats and modern disasters. By collaborating with local, state, regional, and national partners, we continually elevate emergency management education and training across the country.
Our partners include:
- Department of Homeland Security
- Esri
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- FEMA Emergency Management Institute’s Higher Education Program
- The Emergency Management Institute
- The Resilience Consortium
- Maryland Emergency Management Agency
- Maryland State Department of Education, Career and Technology Education, Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Program
- Naval Post-Graduate School, Center for Homeland Security and Defense, University and Agency Partnership Initiative (UAPI)
Contact Us
Mid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management & Public Safety
Frederick Community College
7932 Opossumtown Pike
Frederick, MD 21702
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST Monday - Friday
Academic Programs Contact
301.624.2854
emergmgt@frederick.edu
Professional Services Contact
240.629.7970
macem@frederick.edu