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EMAP Accreditation Boosts Accountability in Emergency Preparedness Reporting

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Ready or Not 2025: Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterriorism, a report by Trust for America’s Health (TFAH), evaluates states’ preparedness for a variety of health emergencies based on 10 key indicators, including healthcare system readiness, public health funding, laboratory surge capacity, employee access to paid time off, and the statefy of […]

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Celebrating Excellence as 13 Programs Achieve Emergency Management Accreditation

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We are excited to recognize the following emergency management programs have achieved accreditation by the Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP): Seminole County, FL; Missouri; Williamson County, TN; Houston, TX; New York; Tennessee; Chester County, PA; Florida International University; Orange County, CA; El Paso, TX; St. Petersburg, FL; U.S. Virgin Islands; and District of Columbia. The

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Highest Honor for Emergency Management Awarded to Six Programs

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The Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) is excited to announce that the following Emergency Management Programs have earned accreditation. Congratulations to the following programs: Amtrak; Kansas; Charleston County, SC.; Utah; East Baton Rouge Parish, LA.; and SC-TF4. The full press release is available here. 

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13 Programs Earn the Highest Honor of EMAP Accreditation

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The Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) is excited to announce that 13 Emergency Management Programs have earned accreditation. Congratulations to the following programs: Hilton Head Island, SC.; Idaho; San Diego County, CA.; Illinois; North Carolina; Flagler County, FL.; Tufts University; New Jersey; Rhode Island; Alabama; North Dakota; Pikes Peak Regional Program, CO.; and South Carolina.

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EMAP Accredited States Achieve Higher Scores in FEMA State Preparedness Report

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Recent analysis of the SPR results exposed imperative ties of higher scores in the core capabilities for the EMAP Accredited States. An assessment of the SPR and EMAP Accreditation proves that accreditation has a positive impact on emergency management programs. With a ranking system from 1-5, where 5 is the highest, States that have earned EMAP accreditation are broadly

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Highest Honor for Emergency Management Awarded to the First Private Sector Entity 

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Savannah, Ga. – Amtrak made history this week as the first Private Sector Entity to ever earn Emergency Management Programs accreditation by the Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP). The Amtrak Emergency Management and Corporate Security (EMCS) department manages Amtrak’s security and preparedness program to help protect passengers, employees, and assets throughout the rail system. “Congratulations

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How the Evolution of Emergency Management has Impacted the Emergency Management Standard

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Mr. Darryl Dragoo, CEM, IPEM, Strategic Planner/Nuclear Safety Health Physicist, Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Technical Committee Vice-Chair, Emergency Management Accreditation Program Ms. Christine Y. Jacobs, CEM, TEM, Chair, IAEM Standards & Practices Committee and Assistant Director, Emergency Management Accreditation Program As Emergency Managers, we have a history of assessing our programs based on other

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IAEM Endorses EMAP as the Standard for Emergency Management Programs

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IAEM Endorses EMAP as the Standard for Emergency Management Programs The IAEM-USA Board of Directors at its recent meeting officially endorsed the Emergency Management Standard administered by the Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) as the standard for emergency management programs. Read the complete release with more information from IAEM-USA President Nick Crossley, CEM, CPM pictured

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Motivation, Benefits, and Guidance Builds a 77% Increase in Accredited Programs

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Over the past three years, EMAP has acquired a 77% increase in accredited programs, thus providing key outcomes in the comparison of the 2015 Accredited Program Survey (with a 53% response) to the 2012 Accredited Program Survey (with a 56% response). The purpose of the survey is to gather information that may assist in improving

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The Criticality of Standards for Disaster Search and Rescue Capabilities

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Captain Todd Livingston, St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue; Task Force Leader; FLTF-3 US&R Task Force; Chairman, Florida Association of Search and Rescue; and Vice President, State Urban Search and Rescue Alliance Mrs. Nicole Ishmael, Executive Director, Emergency Management Accreditation Program Nationally, the availability and operational capability of Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) rests upon 28

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