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Emergency Management

Preparing for a City Population to Double Overnight

How a one-person EM shop cut event plan cycles from a week to a day and started building its way off the county EOP.

Thomas (T.J.) Manor

Emergency Management Coordinator, City of Grapevine, TX

Education

When Student Safety Can't Wait for a Playbook

How a 1.5-person emergency management office used EM1 to build a campus EpiPen program from scratch, with no existing higher-ed template to follow.

Maribel Street

Director of Emergency Management, University of Richmond

Emergency Management

Preparing a Major Metro for the World Cup Under a Global Spotlight

How Miami-Dade County is using EM1 to prepare for seven FIFA World Cup 2026 matches, from exercise design through match-day EOC operations.

Dr. Jesse Spearo

Assistant Director, Miami-Dade County Department of Emergency Management

Emergency Management

Writing an Active Shooter Plan After a Real-World Threat

How a three-person emergency management team used EM1 to rewrite their active shooter plan, streamlining by 50% while closing gaps exposed by a real-world active shooter threat.

Brandon Vance

Emergency Manager, Florence County, SC

Emergency Management

Modernizing Emergency Plans Before Outdated Binders Became a Liability

How a four-person EMAP-accredited team north of Columbus uses EM1 to catch plan contradictions, streamline after-action reports, and query resources from the field.

Brad Gilbert

Director, Union County EMA

Emergency Management

Building a County Exercise Program Starting From Scratch

How a new emergency manager in rural Wisconsin went from dreading exercise requests to confidently delivering multi-agency tabletops in hours instead of months.

Steven Wall

Director of Emergency, Risk & Safety Management

Emergency Management

Staying Ahead of Hazmat Compliance When Manual Tracking Hit Its Limit

How Illinois' fourth-largest county uses EM1 to review 620 Tier II facility plans, build auditable compliance records, and pursue EMAP accreditation, all with a staff of 15.

Sean Fierce

Planner, Will County Emergency Management Agency