Mission

The mission of the EIIP is to promote the safety of the general public by enhancing the effectiveness of individuals, whether paid or unpaid, full-time or part-time, who are engaged in some aspect of emergency/disaster management.

Vision

To be valued by members of the academic, business, government, community and volunteer sectors as the leading provider of unique opportunities for dynamic exchange and discussion of timely and relevant emergency management information.

Our Guiding Principles

We value the contribution to society made by the thousands of dedicated individuals who are committed to serving their communities, no matter how large or small their emergency management role may be, and we are committed to serving them.

We believe that dialogue between levels of government, researchers and practitioners, private and public sector individuals and organizations, and between first responders, volunteers, and interested stakeholders enhances individual and organizational effectiveness. We encourage dialogue about important public safety issues, and provide opportunities to learn from each other.

We believe that all phases of emergency management--mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery--in an "All Hazards" context, must continually improve in the future, and we strive to contribute to this improvement in our own unique way.

We believe that the application of emerging information technologies has significant, and as yet largely unrealized, potential for improving collaboration and coordination, and we support the development of open, consensus standards as the means to achieving interoperable solutions.

We believe that the challenges posed by natural, technological, and civil hazards are universal, and that individuals the world over have something to contribute. We endeavor to support international efforts and approaches that are based on mutual respect and dialogue.

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To Become a Partner

If your organization shares our vision, mission and values, we invite you to consider becoming a Partner of the EIIP. A vibrant Partner community can help ensure that the services we provide will continue to benefit you in the future.

Specifically, to become a Partner, we ask you to do the following:

• Designate a point of contact (POC) with an email address initially, and maintain current contact information in the future. The contact person provides the link for dialogue between the EIIP and the Partner organization.
  
  
• Provide a link from your Website to the EIIP Virtual Forum Website as appropriate. Linkage helps build our community and establish a presence for the major search engines.
  
  
• Help circulate program announcements to members of your organization and encourage them to participate.
  
  
• Provide feedback and suggestions for EIIP activities.
  

Benefits of Partnership

In return, the EIIP will provide the following:

• Recognition of the Partner organization on the EIIP Virtual Forum Website with link to your Website.
  
  
• Subscription of the Partner POC to the EIIP Partner Mailing List.
  
  
• Opportunity to use our Virtual Forum facility for non-commercial purposes related to emergency management.
  
  
• Consideration of Partner's needs and priorities relating to information to enhance your knowledge and understanding of emergency management issues.

Instructions:

for further assistance. We look forward to your active participation!