EMSI at 25: Reflections from CEO, Ron Cantin

As we ring in the new year (its already March!), the staff at Emergency Management Services International (EMSI) have an additional reason to celebrate…being in business for 25 years! Since its inception in 2000, EMSI has played a significant role in building capacity at all levels of government and throughout the private sector to prepare, plan, train, exercise, and respond to emergencies of any cause, size, or complexity. Meanwhile, the demand for these services has grown on a global scale as incidents such as 9/11 terror attacks (2001), Hurricane Katrina (2005), the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (2010), and the COVID 19 pandemic (2020) pushed response capabilities past their limits and to search for viable solutions. 

Today, EMSI employs a vast network of real-world tested, large-scale incident-experienced, subject matter experts to deliver a comprehensive all-hazards spectrum of incident management services. In fact, in 2024, EMSI delivered 107 Incident Command System (ICS) courses in nine different countries, supported 22 exercises, and sent response expertise to seven real world responses! Quite the global mission profile for a minority and service-disabled, veteran-owned small business from Culpeper, Virginia. 

Recently, I was able to sit down with Ron Cantin, CEO of EMSI to get his perspective on what 25 years in business means, how the milestone was accomplished, and what is planned for celebrating the achievement in 2025. 

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