Emergency Services Consulting International

What Emergency Services Consulting International does

Emergency Services Consulting International (ESCI), founded in 1976 and headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, is the official consulting firm of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of that association. ESCI provides consulting, analytics, and human-capital services to fire departments, EMS agencies, law enforcement departments, and local-government clients across the United States (and selectively internationally), with a stated customer base of hundreds of agencies served over nearly fifty years. Service lines include Management & Assessment, Planning Services, Risk Assessment & Deployment (including Standards of Cover), Recruitment/Testing/Promotion (entrance exams, promotional testing, executive recruitment, succession planning), and Performance Analytics.

ESCI's core technology product is the Community Risk Hub powered by CRAIG 1300™, a web-based platform launched in 2024 and built on the Esri ArcGIS platform, aligned to the NFPA 1300 standard for community risk assessment and reduction. The product is offered in three annual subscription tiers (Level I at $950, Level II at $4,950, Level III at $21,500) and requires clients to be existing Esri customers. Supporting technology includes a customized Performance Dashboard ingesting client RMS data for near-real-time benchmarking, plus contracted GIS and data analytics retainer services. ESCI also licenses the NFPA-registered CRAIG 1300™ trademark and partners with NPPGov for cooperative purchasing.

The business model is a hybrid of professional services (project-based consulting, testing programs, executive search engagements) and recurring software subscriptions (Community Risk Hub tiers). Go-to-market is enterprise field sales with consultative selling to fire chiefs, agency heads, and local-government officials, supplemented by referral distribution through IAFC and channel access via NPPGov. ESCI operates with approximately 15–20 full-time staff, augmented by an expanded nationwide network of contracted subject-matter consultants. Revenue is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Emergency Services Consulting International

Legal name

Emergency Services Consulting International

Website

https://esci.us

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Emergency Services Consulting International (ESCI), founded 1976 and headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, is the consulting arm of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, providing management, planning, risk assessment, testing, executive recruitment, and GIS-based analytics services to U.S. fire, EMS, and law enforcement agencies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chantilly

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Fee-for-service consulting engagements covering management & assessment, planning services, risk assessment & deployment, and human capital programs. Revenue is project-based and varies by scope.
2. Community Risk Hub Subscriptions: Annual subscription-based SaaS product with three tiers (Level I: $950, Level II: $4,950, Level III: $21,500). Requires clients to be existing Esri customers and maintain annual ESCI subscription. Includes training and support at each level.
3. Testing & Assessment Services: Written promotional tests, assessment centers, entrance level exams, and training programs for fire, law enforcement, and EMS departments. Offered on a per-engagement or program basis.
4. Executive Recruitment: Executive recruitment and selection services for fire chiefs, police chiefs, and other public safety leadership positions. Revenue is fee-per-recruitment, as evidenced by specific job postings with salary ranges.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ESCI is the consulting firm of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), providing management consulting, strategic planning, performance analytics, risk assessment and deployment analysis, executive recruitment, and testing/promotional services to fire, EMS, law enforcement, and homeland security agencies. Its core technology product, the Community Risk Hub powered by CRAIG 1300™, is a subscription-based web application built on the Esri ArcGIS platform that enables community risk assessment and reduction aligned to NFPA 1300 standards.

Product overview

ESCI operates as a consulting firm offering a portfolio of advisory services and technology products for public safety agencies. The core technology product is the Community Risk Hub powered by CRAIG 1300™, a web-based platform built on Esri ArcGIS for community risk assessment and reduction following NFPA 1300 standards. Supporting services include Performance Analytics (GIS dashboards, RMS data analytics), Management & Assessment (cultural, agency, staffing evaluations), Recruitment/Testing/Promotion (human capital programs, entrance exams, executive recruitment), Planning Services (master and strategic planning), and Risk Assessment & Deployment (standards of cover, community risk assessments). Services are available through NPPGov Group Purchasing Organization. ESCI serves as the consulting division of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, supporting fire, EMS, law enforcement, and homeland security agencies since 1976.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CRAIG 1300: An NFPA trademark and acronym for Community Risk Assessment Insight Generator, a framework that helps fire departments identify, analyze, and prioritize community risks. Powers ESCI's Community Risk Hub tool.

Products and services

• Community Risk Hub powered by CRAIG 1300™ A web-based subscription product built on the Esri ArcGIS platform that helps fire departments and community stakeholders identify, analyze, and prioritize community risks based on NFPA 1300 standards. Available in three subscription tiers with varying features including risk assessment applications, dashboards, and analytics retainer services.
• Performance Dashboards

Quantifiable outcome

• Community risk assessment and resource deployment aligned to NFPA 1300 standards
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• NFPA (National Fire Protection Association)coreTechnology or IntegrationCRAIG 1300™ is an NFPA trademark. ESCI's Community Risk Hub is powered by this NFPA framework and aligned to the NFPA 1300 standard for community risk assessment and reduction. ESCI operates under license to use the CRAIG 1300 trademark and NFPA standards in its product offering.
• Esri (ArcGIS Platform)coreTechnology or IntegrationESCI's Community Risk Hub and GIS analytics services are built on the Esri ArcGIS platform. Clients are required to be existing Esri customers and maintain an annual Esri subscription to access ESCI's Community Risk Hub product. This platform enables data-driven, granular CRR activities and geospatial analytics.
• NPPGovcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorESCI holds a competitive Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) contract with NPPGov, allowing member agencies to access ESCI services through cooperative purchasing. This channel enables agencies to avoid RFP delays and secure favorable pricing. NPPGov has no cost to join and no purchasing obligations for members.
• International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerESCI is the official consulting firm of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). This is a flagship, structural partnership where IAFC provides brand association, referral network, event platforms (e.g., Fire Rescue International conference), and strategic credibility. ESCI draws upon IAFC's international network of resources and is featured on IAFC's website under consulting services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Matrix Consulting Group: Management consulting firm serving cities, counties, and special districts including public safety agencies. Directly comparable in offering organization assessments, staffing analyses, and operational studies to municipal and public safety clients.
• Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE): Non-profit that provides accreditation, credentialing, and consulting for fire and emergency service agencies, including the CFAI accreditation program that ESCI benchmarks against. Overlaps directly with ESCI's accreditation support and standards of cover work.
• AP Triton: Public safety consulting firm providing staffing, deployment, and operational analyses for fire, EMS, and law enforcement agencies. Closely comparable to ESCI's risk assessment, deployment, and Standards of Cover engagements.
• The McMahon Group: Public safety executive search and consulting firm focused on fire chief, police chief, and other public safety leadership placements. Directly comparable to ESCI's executive recruitment and leadership advisory offerings.
• Hedlund Government Consulting: Government and public safety consulting practice focused on fire, EMS, and law enforcement agency evaluations, consolidation studies, and management reviews. Comparable niche to ESCI's management & assessment and planning services.

Broad incumbents

• Raftelis: Management consulting firm serving utilities and local governments, with adjacent practice areas in public safety, finance, and operations. Comparable in serving municipal clients with operational and financial studies, though broader in scope than ESCI.
• Tyler Technologies: Large public sector software vendor providing ERP, public safety records, and analytics to state and local government. Comparable as a broad public safety software incumbent, though Tyler's footprint spans well beyond ESCI's risk assessment and consulting niche.

Emerging players

• Lexipol: SaaS provider of policies, training, and content for fire, EMS, and law enforcement agencies. Comparable as a technology-enabled public safety platform, though its focus on policy/compliance content overlaps only partially with ESCI's risk analytics offerings.
• ESO Solutions: Software and analytics company serving fire departments and EMS agencies with patient care reporting, incident data, and operational analytics. Comparable as a public safety data/analytics SaaS provider targeting the same buyer personas as ESCI's Community Risk Hub.
• ImageTrend: Public safety software platform providing records management, analytics, and reporting for fire, EMS, and law enforcement. Comparable as a data-driven public safety technology vendor overlapping with ESCI's performance analytics and RMS-data use cases.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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