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Innovative Solutions to Provide Economic Relief
Innovation drives progress. The solutions needed to overcome the compounding challenges of the pandemic and build a more resilient world can only be created through innovation.
IEM Celebrates 37 Years of Innovation
On this date in 1985, IEM President & CEO, Madhu Beriwal founded the company with the idea to create one of the first consulting firms to focus exclusively on emergency management.
Healthy for the Holidays: How to protect your health this holiday season
This holiday season, precautions must be taken to prevent a surge in case numbers this winter and protect individuals from the emerging variants. Dr. Rashid Chotani, IEM Health Chief Medical Director, shares how the holidays can safely be celebrated.
IEM Innovative Geospatial Technology: Pandemic Response & Mitigation
Geospatial information systems (GIS) are valuable tools to gain a greater understanding of where vulnerabilities exist and what actions to take to become more resilient. IEM uses innovative GIS technology to support our public health and pandemic response initiatives as well as to inform emergency managers of potential hazards and their consequences.
Secure our Elections: Build Resilience into our Democratic Processes
The protection of election infrastructure is essential to our country’s national security. Through concentrated efforts to maintain best practices for both the physical and cybersecurity of elections, CISA and election officials can help ensure that our elections remain safe, secure, and resilient.
Build Security and Resilience into Critical Infrastructure
Investment in our nation’s critical infrastructure is vital to build resilience and increase security against potential threats and disruptions. The historic infrastructure bill in conjunction with federal programs are key to enhancing infrastructure resiliency and furthering mitigation initiatives.
Plan for Soft Target Security: Build in Security for Mass Gatherings Starting With Your Planning
During this Infrastructure Security Month, take a moment for introspection and consider what practices you and your organization have in place to reduce the risk of security threats at a mass gathering event.
IEM Insights: Key Resiliency Components of the Infrastructure Bill
Not only will this bill provide needed resources and authority to help rebuild America’s roads, bridges and rail, and also improve access to clean water and high-speed internet and focus on resilience and climate adaptation in an equitable way.
Interconnected and Interdependent Critical Infrastructure: Shared risk means building in shared responsibility
In today’s globally interconnected world our critical infrastructure face an array of risks when it comes to cybersecurity. Creating a data breach response plan helps manage risk and decrease severity of breaches.
Communities Are Stronger When Youth is Disaster Ready
By educating America’s youth about disaster preparedness, we can empower them with knowledge and skills to lessen their anxieties pre-disaster and build their confidence in contributing to their family and community’s emergency preparedness.
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.”
Integrating Web-Based Emergency Management Software with Airport Operations
The IEM-developed TRB primer, ACRP 94, explains how to evaluate and implement web-based emergency management tools into normal and emergency response airport operations.
