IEM in the News
Targeted investment, tech can sustain critical infrastructure
Construction Dive, June 17, 2025 – “Infrastructure was built in the 1950s to 1970s for a different climate regime, and we are trying to manage 21st century climate issues, not even talking about what could happen next century,” said Beriwal.
Uncertainty about federal disaster aid looms as storms roll in
St. Joseph Post, June 8, 2025 – “We don’t have to wait for an official guidance on this. We know that the bar has shifted,” said Bryan Koon, who led Florida’s Division of Emergency Management from 2011 to 2017 and is CEO of IEM, a disaster management consulting firm.
Experts concerned over cuts to key federal agencies as hurricane season starts
PBS News, May 31, 2025 — With predictions for a busy hurricane season beginning Sunday, experts in storms and disasters are worried about something potentially as chaotic as the swirling winds: Massive cuts to the federal system that forecasts, tracks and responds to hurricanes.
Nancy Dragani Joins IEM as Mid-West Region Account Executive
Homeland Security Today, May 26, 2025 – Nancy Dragani has joined the IEM team full-time and assumes the role of Mid-West Region Account Executive, according to a news release earlier this month.
How does FEMA approve disaster funds? Complicated story, but we have a clue
First Alert, May 23, 2025 – “We don’t have to wait for an official guidance on this. We know that the bar has shifted,” said Bryan Koon, who led Florida’s Division of Emergency Management from 2011 to 2017 and is CEO of IEM, a disaster management consulting firm.
Uncertainty about federal disaster aid looms as storms roll in
Tennessee Lookout, May 22, 2025 – “We don’t have to wait for an official guidance on this. We know that the bar has shifted,” said Bryan Koon, who led Florida’s Division of Emergency Management from 2011 to 2017 and is CEO of IEM, a disaster management consulting firm.
As L.A. rebuilds from the Palisades fire, residents ask: What’s the plan?
AOL, May 18, 2025 – To boost EMD, Bass in early February tapped Hagerty after hearing proposals from firms including AECOM and IEM.
FEMA cuts emergency training under Trump as hurricane season looms
WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) – The U.S. federal disaster agency FEMA has sharply reduced training for state and local emergency managers ahead of the start of the hurricane season on June 1, according to current and former officials, memos seen by Reuters, and three sources familiar with the situation.
Living through a ‘low-attention disaster,’ Mountain Fire survivors recover in LA’s shadow
AP News, April 18, 2025 – “Disasters that are beyond the capability of the local government to address and less severe than the federal government would support — that is an area with a lot of potential pain,” said Chris Smith, who directed FEMA’s Individual Assistance program from 2015 to 2022 and is now with disaster management firm IEM.
State to keep family shelters in Waterbury, Williston open longer
Vermont Public, March 27, 2025 – Vermont state is extending a contract with IEM International, Inc. to continue operating the Waterbury shelter at former state police barracks in Williston until mid-May, as said by Chris Winters, commissioner of the Department for Children and Families.