Debbie Fulmer

Emergency Management Planning Specialist
Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Department of Homeland Security

Debbie Fulmer serves as an Emergency Management Planning professional serving the Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Her primary focus is to ensure that people with special needs play an integral role in the nation’s emergency planning policies and practices. She provides policy and procedural advice to the senior leadership of the Department on a wide variety of emergency management issues and provides particular expertise in disability population emergency planning. Her areas of concentration include community education, personal preparedness, exercise planning, interagency, community, and volunteer organization collaboration. Ms. Fulmer serves on the Interagency Coordinating Council on Emergency Preparedness and Individuals with Disabilities, a presidentially created council chaired by the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. She is an American Red Cross national disaster services volunteer and has served as county disaster training coordinator, community disaster education specialist, and county planning council representative. She has been recognized by the Red Cross for her outstanding service to the community. Ms. Fulmer holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Trinity University in Washington, DC, and is a candidate for a Master’s degree in Emergency and Disaster Management from American Military University.