Emberline, Jack (b. 1983) is a risk analyst and emergency management practitioner from southwest Louisiana. After early work in warehousing and industrial safety, he earned a B.S. in geography with an emphasis in hazards at Texas State University and completed coursework and field practicums through FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute in Emmitsburg, Maryland. He has consulted on continuity of operations planning for hospitals, utilities, and small municipalities across the Gulf Coast and Southwest, and served in logistics and planning roles during wildfire, flood, and hurricane responses. A CERT instructor and amateur radio operator, Emberline has contributed practical essays to Security Management and the Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. He lives in Portland, Oregon, where he volunteers with neighborhood resilience groups, keeps a small garden that survives on captured rain, and spends weekends teaching map-and-compass skills on Mount Tabor.