Emergency Management and Response - Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC)

Excellent no-cost program that emergency management officials can join.


The term "critical infrastructure protection" (CIP) pertains to the proactive activities for protecting critical infrastructures: the people, physical assets, and communication/cyber systems that are indispensably necessary for national security, economic stability, and public safety. CIP methods and resources deter or mitigate attacks against critical infrastructures caused by people (e.g., terrorists, other criminals, hackers, etc.), by nature (e.g., hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, etc.), and by HazMat accidents involving nuclear, radiological, biological, or chemical substances (i.e., all hazards).

Plainly stated, CIP is about protecting those invaluable assets that make life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness a national reality.

To promote CIP by police, fire, emergency medical, and emergency management agencies, i.e., the Emergency Services Sector (ESS), the Emergency Management and Response—Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC) developed the CIP program to support this ESS initiative. Primarily, the EMR-ISAC disseminates information to bolster the infrastructure protection efforts of emergency first responders nationwide.

Located at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, MD, the EMR-ISAC imparts that critical infrastructures of the emergency services are essential for the accomplishment of missions affecting life and property. For further clarification, they are the people, physical assets, and communication/cyber systems that must be intact and operational 24x7 to ensure survivability, continuity of operations, and mission success.

www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/subjects/emr-isac/index.shtm