When a program pursues Emergency Management Accreditation, or EMAP accreditation, the stakes are high and the standards are exacting. IEM’s subject-matter experts have guided counties, cities, and states through accreditation and reaccreditation, including the State of Illinois and Orlando International Airport, the first airport in the world to achieve this prestigious designation.
Our results speak to the depth of that expertise. IEM recently helped a client move from conditional accreditation, having met 19 standards, to full reaccreditation, resolving every deficiency through a methodical, comprehensive approach. The client achieved compliance with all 66 standards.
A Team Unmatched in EMAP Experience
Few teams bring the depth of EMAP experience IEM offers. Our experts have written the standards, assessed against them, and guided dozens of programs to success.
Bruce Lockwood has been an EMAP assessor since 2006, serving on multiple EMAP assessment teams and on the EMAP Technical Committee from 2014 to 2017, which develops the language for standards, processes, reviews, appeals, interpretations, compliance enforcement, on-site assessment materials, and training. As Chair of the Capitol Region Emergency Planning Council in Connecticut in 2015 and 2016, he worked with EMAP to pilot a regional program review, and the Council became the first regional program in EMAP history to receive conditional accreditation.
Rich Mortimer, former EMAP accreditation manager for the Commonwealth of Virginia, has supported accreditation for six jurisdictions. He served on the EMAP Business Consultant Initiative Focus Group and the EMAP Standards Subcommittee, reviewing community input on standards modifications and making recommendations to the EMAP Commission.
In 2009, IEM Senior Executive Advisor Elizabeth Zimmerman received the Eric Tolbert Distinguished Service Award, named for the former North Carolina State Emergency Management Director and founder of EMAP, and given to those who have supported EMAP through assessments, committee service, program coordination, or service on the EMAP Commission.
Our team is proficient with both the 2019 and 2022 EMAP standards, having supported reaccreditations under each depending on a program’s five-year renewal timeline. IEM President and CEO Bryan Koon is a former EMAP Commission Board member, and our EMAP team is currently reviewing EMAP’s strategic planning document through 2027.
EMAP Business Consultant
IEM is proud to be an EMAP Business Consultant. Numerous team members have completed EMAP’s Business Initiative training, a rigorous program that builds comprehensive command of the Emergency Management Standard and its cascading structure, so our experts apply those principles effectively across every plan and project we support.
We work alongside your team to streamline processes, resolve inconsistencies, and ensure the documentation exists to meet each standard. Our EMAP experts will:
- Review emergency management program plans, policies, procedures, and documentation against EMAP standards
- Develop a customized system to track compliance with EMAP standards
- Review annual reports, communications, and other documents for EMAP compliance criteria
- Prepare emergency management and stakeholder staff for assessor on-site visits
- Attend EMAP planning meetings virtually
- Advise on and document recommended modifications for potential paths to accreditation and reaccreditation success
- Provide subject-matter expertise on changes in EMAP standards
- Deliver weekly standards-compliance reporting via Power BI
- Identify best practices and opportunities for enhancement to support successful reaccreditation
Ready to pursue accreditation or reaccreditation with confidence? Partner with IEM’s EMAP experts today.
