EMSI

What EMSI does

EMSI (Emergency Management Services International, Inc.) is a Culpeper, Virginia-based professional services firm founded in 2000 that provides all-hazards incident management and emergency management services to government agencies and private sector clients. The company was established by members of the original FIRESCOPE Task Force that developed the Incident Command System (ICS) in the 1970s, giving it direct lineage to the design intent of the national incident management framework used across U.S. emergency response.

EMSI's service portfolio is organized into four interconnected lines: Training Services (ICS system, position, team, section, and incident leadership courses from ICS-100 through ICS-620), Exercises Services (HSEEP-compliant exercise design, execution, coaching, and evaluation), Response Services (incident management team deployment, just-in-time training, responder coaching, and crisis communications support), and Preparedness Services (program development, plan preparedness, NIMS implementation, and continuity of operations planning). These services are complemented by the IMT Gear e-commerce storefront selling incident command post equipment, position-specific job aids, and Planning P reference materials. The company operates through a cadre of Type 1 and Type 2 qualified incident management professionals with extensive federal and state agency backgrounds, including retired U.S. Coast Guard, USDA Forest Service, and FEMA-region personnel.

EMSI generates revenue through professional services fees from training courses, exercise contracts, incident response deployments, and consulting engagements, delivered primarily through government contracting vehicles including GSA Schedule and the Clean Gulf PROS Contract, supplemented by direct private sector engagements and product sales through IMTGear.com. The company holds a wholly owned Canadian subsidiary (EMSI Canada Ventures Inc.) and has supported international clients including BP Brazil operations. In December 2025, EMSI was acquired by Voyager Technologies as part of a six-acquisition consolidation strategy to build capabilities in space defense and missile defense systems.

Name

EMSI

Legal name

Emergency Management Services International, Inc.

Website

https://emsics.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

EMSI is a Culpeper, Virginia-based emergency management services firm providing ICS training, exercises, incident response, and preparedness consulting to federal, state, and local government agencies and private sector clients. Founded in 2000 by FIRESCOPE Task Force members, it operates a cadre of Type 1 and Type 2 qualified incident management professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Management Services

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Disaster Response Coordination & Incident Command (EOC/ICS) (HLAJAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Emergency Management & Incident Command (EOC/ICS) (EDALAEAD)

Keywords

• Incident command training
• Emergency management services
• All-hazards response
• ICS training programs
• Incident management exercises

Headquarters

HQ city

Culpeper

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Training Services: Provides ICS and incident management training courses to government and private sector clients. Training is delivered in various formats including instructor-led in-person, virtual, and combination courses. Revenue generated through course fees for open enrollment and contract training engagements.
2. Exercise Development and Execution: Develops and delivers tabletop, functional, and full-scale exercises for clients to practice and evaluate response capabilities. Services include scenario development, exercise facilitation, and evaluation using HSEEP guidelines.
3. Incident Response Services: Deploys incident management teams and advisors to support actual emergency responses. Services include IMT staffing (long team, short team, or select positions), coaching, just-in-time training, and Area Command support.
4. Preparedness Consulting: Provides consulting services for organizational emergency management program development including plan development, policy assessment, NIMS implementation, and program administration.
5. IMT Gear Products: Sells incident command post equipment, supplies, and job aids through IMTGear.com e-commerce platform. Products include vests, planning P posters, position-specific job aids, and incident management handbooks.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

EMSI provides all-hazards incident management and emergency management professional services to government and private sector clients. Its core offerings include ICS and incident management training (ICS-100 through ICS-620), exercise design and evaluation, on-call incident response and IMT deployment, and emergency preparedness consulting. These services are complemented by the IMT Gear e-commerce store selling incident command post equipment and proprietary position-specific job aids.

Product overview

EMSI is an all-hazards, full-service, multi-discipline incident management and emergency management services provider. The company offers a portfolio of interconnected services: Training Services (ICS system, position, team, and leadership courses), Exercises Services (design, execution, coaching, and evaluation), Response Services (IMT deployment, coaching, and support), and Preparedness Services (planning and program development). These services are complemented by the IMT Gear Store (selling incident command post equipment and supplies) and position-specific job aids and Planning P resources. Founded in 2000 by members of the original FIRESCOPE Task Force that developed ICS, EMSI serves government, private sector, and international clients with experienced incident management professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Training Services
• Exercises Services
• Response Services
• Preparedness Services
• IMT Gear Store
• Clean Gulf PROS Contract

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% Student Satisfaction: Every evaluation category received a perfect 5.0 score during Oakland County IMT ICS-320 course delivery
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• South Carolina Emergency Management DivisioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partner in IMTA Mid-Year Academy hosted at South Carolina Fire Academy, June 23-27. Joint delivery of incident management training courses for national audience.
• South Carolina State FirecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partner in IMTA Mid-Year Academy hosting and course delivery. Contributes to state and national IMT development objectives.
• Palmetto Incident Support TeamcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Joint host for IMTA Mid-Year Academy providing specialized incident support team expertise to training delivery.
• IMTA (Incident Management Team Association)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015EMSI has partnered with IMTA since 2015 for annual Symposium participation and training delivery. EMSI provides ICS position courses at IMTA training academies including facilities, resources, status check-in, division/group supervisor, staging area manager, and area command courses. Partnership enables national incident management training standards.
• U.S. Coast GuardflagshipImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEMSI served as official ICS and incident management advisors to USCG during Deepwater Horizon oil spill for nearly 9 months, providing nearly 50 Type 1 and Type 2 qualified personnel. Ongoing relationship includes USCG ICS training program delivery and ICS course equivalencies (ICS-320, ICS-400, ICS-620).
• Clean Gulf PROS ContractcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEMSI holds the Clean Gulf PROS Contract for incident response and management services in the Gulf Coast region, enabling rapid deployment of trained personnel for oil spill and hazardous materials response.
• Voyager TechnologiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEMSI was acquired by Voyager Technologies as part of six acquisitions in 230 days. Voyager positioned EMSI as critical enabler for space defense and missile defense initiatives, leveraging ICS expertise for national security applications.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Tetra Tech: Tetra Tech is a large consulting and engineering firm with significant emergency management and disaster response practices, particularly for federal and water/environmental clients — overlapping with EMSI's preparedness and response services.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Booz Allen is a large federal consulting firm with a homeland security and emergency management practice serving FEMA, DHS, and the Coast Guard, providing training, exercises, and program management comparable to EMSI's offerings at scale.
• AECOM: AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm with an emergency management and disaster response practice serving federal agencies and private sector clients, competing for similar training, exercise, and preparedness engagements.
• ICF International: ICF is a large advisory and digital services firm with an established homeland security and emergency management practice delivering training, exercises, and program support to federal agencies, competing with EMSI at the program-level.
• Leidos: Leidos is a major federal contractor with a homeland security and emergency management portfolio providing training, exercises, and program support to DHS, FEMA, and the Coast Guard — directly adjacent to EMSI's federal customer base.

Direct peers

• Hagerty Consulting: Hagerty is an emergency management and disaster recovery consulting firm offering planning, training, exercises, and response support to government and corporate clients, overlapping directly with EMSI's preparedness and response services.
• IEM (International Emergency Management): IEM is a private emergency management and homeland security consulting firm that provides preparedness, planning, training, and response services to government and private-sector clients — directly comparable to EMSI's training/exercise/response portfolio.
• Witt O'Brien's (Sealed Air): Witt O'Brien's is an emergency management, disaster response, and crisis consulting firm (now part of Sealed Air) that delivers preparedness, training, and incident response services, competing for the same federal and corporate emergency management engagements as EMSI.

Emerging players

• Kroll (Resilience & Security): Kroll's security and crisis management practice provides preparedness, response, and crisis consulting to corporations and governments, overlapping with EMSI's preparedness and incident support work in the private sector.
• BC Management: BC Management is a boutique consulting firm focused on business continuity, resilience, and emergency management program development for corporate clients, addressing overlapping preparedness and program design needs as EMSI.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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