Ida Kirmse Ms. Kirmse has 17+ years experience in emergency management. She worked for the Kansas Division of Emergency Management in various capacities, as Planner, Senior Plans Officer and Operations Officer. Her experience in the pre-disaster arena includes local and state planning, hazard identification and vulnerability assessments. Ms. Kirmse's experience also includes a variety of response, mitigation and recovery roles in 16 federally declared disasters since 1993. kema.org