As we ring in the new year (its already March!), the staff at Emergency Management Services International (EMSI) have an additional reason to celebrate…being in business for 25 years! Since its inception in 2000, EMSI has played a significant role in building capacity across all levels of government and within …
Continuing in its commitment to developing responders, EMSI President Ron Cantin recently organized and presented as part of a panel session at the Clean Gulf Conference in Tampa, FL. The session was titled: “Understanding Incident Complexity: Right Sizing the Response Organization”. This session examined the specific factors that drive incident …
I’m honored to be able to commemorate our fifteenth year in business. EMSI was formally started in March of 2000 by an amazing group of response professionals, some of whom were involved in the actual creation of the Incident Command System in the 1970’s. They forged EMSI’s culture through an …
Over the past fourteen years, EMSI has developed scenarios, conducted exercises, coached and mentored responders, and provided evaluation services to a wide variety of clients around the world.Our cadre of seasoned professionals is ready to help your organization prepare for exercises and real-world events alike. Exercise Development and Execution: EMSI …
On Sunday, June 30, 2013, the emergency response community lost 19 firefighters as they battled the Yarnell Hill fire in Arizona. All of the deceased were members of the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew. The entire staff of EMSI is deeply saddened by this loss and we offer our thoughts …
EMSI and Sam Sacco, of Strategy & Communications, have teamed up to create a training program that combines both the operations and media elements of a Day 1 response. The program, called ICS-201/ Media Response Workshop, provides interactive training that offers participants the opportunity to hone both the ICS and …
Within the Incident Command System (ICS), there are many terms commonly used by incident and event management professionals. These terms allow responders from a variety of agencies or disciplines to join together using a common response language. “Command’s Direction” is one of those terms. It generally means the collection of …
