Announcements

September 27 2019

IEM Founder/CEO Beriwal and Senior Community Liaison Patenaude participate in the Bipartisan Policy Center’s forum on “Reducing Natural Disaster Costs: Building Better and Stronger”

The costs and devastation associated with natural disasters will continue to increase as storms increase in intensity. Notably, as natural disasters become more severe, the federal government’s share of recovery funding has grown from just 26 percent of costs in 2004 to 70 percent today. Given the magnitude of recent natural disasters and their recurrent […]

June 20 2019

IEM Empowers the Emergency Preparedness Intelligence of Young Women by Sponsoring HERricane

At IEM, we believe in the importance of a talented and diverse workforce, representing the best America has to offer. That is why we’re proud to support programs that support the next generation of emergency managers and leaders in disaster recovery. Recently, IEM sponsored a unique program to introduce emergency preparedness to young women. HERricane […]

January 14 2019

IEM Vice President Bryan Koon Takes on Key Role in Rebuild 850’s Mission to Help the Florida Panhandle Recover

Three months to the day after Hurricane Michael devasted northwest Florida, Rebuild 850 held a media conference call about the volunteer group’s efforts to galvanize the recovery effort. Rebuild 850’s leadership, former Florida House speakers Allan Bense and Will Weatherford, used the occasion to announce a new member of the team. Bryan Koon was named […]

November 28 2018

IEM Wildfire Recovery Capabilities

IEM offers states, cities and counties that are recovering from catastrophic wildfires unparalleled experience and administrative skill in disaster planning and recovery. IEM is unique among emergency management firms for its cadre of over 200 in-house, all-hazards disaster recovery planning and recovery experts. Over its 33-year history, IEM has amassed an unrivaled degree of hands-on […]

March 14 2018

IEM Air Supports Hurricane Response in the Caribbean

IEM’s AirOps team has been on the ground and in the air supporting response and recovery operations in the Caribbean since Hurricane Irma. The team also helped with evacuations before Hurricane Maria made landfall.

March 13 2018

IEM Selected as EAGLE II Contractor

IEM has been selected as a prime contractor to support DHS through the Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading Edge Solutions II (EAGLE II) contract. EAGLE II includes multiple awardees, providing DHS with streamlined access to innovative private-sector expertise for IT support. Read more.

March 13 2018

Dr. Chotani Receives NATO Award for Scientific Achievement

IEM’s Dr. Rashid Chotani, MD, MPH, was awarded a NATO Science & Technology Organization (STO) Scientific Achievement Award for research on medical countermeasures against biological agents. Read more.

March 13 2018

IEM-Developed Guidance Helps Airports Prepare for Disasters

IEM-Developed Guidance Helps Airports Prepare for DisastersThe TRB has published ACRP Report 73, a guidebook prepared by IEM that helps airports develop/implement mutual aid programs in preparation for disaster response. Read paper.

October 20 2016

Airport Terminal Incident Response Planning

The IEM-developed TRB primer, ACRP 112, summarizes a software tool for conducting terminal evacuation planning and includes a checklist for generating incident response plans. Download the report.

February 26 2016

Flint Water Crisis: Who’s in charge of the response?

Read the interview with IEM’s Vice President, Wayne Thomas, on “bring[ing] together the various assets and capabilities that are found in different parts of government, and private sector, to make them work together to meet the needs of a crisis or a disaster.” Read more.

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