EPI

EPI is vigorously engaged in discovering the "next" practices that will advance the discipline of emergency management in communities, businesses, and families. Our aim is to set up camp at the leading edge of the industry and then hold up a flashlight to see a little further... EPI began by working to help people help themselves by bringing family emergency/disaster planning into the community and workplace. Its programs were initially geared to empowering anyone interested in protecting his or her family and home to build a personalized emergency/disaster preparedness plan. But the Institute soon discovered that the preparedness message was falling on more deaf ears than attentive ones. This led the EPI to explore why so many people don't pay attention to preparedness initiatives and to ask what needs to be done to make preparedness messages more engaging and compelling.