Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup

What Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup does

The Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup (CREW) is a Seattle-based non-profit coalition founded in the late 1990s to address regional earthquake hazards in the Pacific Northwest. The organization convenes private, public, and academic stakeholders — including emergency managers, government officials, scientists, engineers, insurance professionals, business owners, and community members — to develop and disseminate earthquake risk mitigation knowledge across the Cascadia Region and the broader western U.S.

CREW's core products are educational content and guidance documents rather than technology products. Its portfolio includes the Unreinforced Masonry (URM) Building Survey Workflow Guidebook (June 2025), state-specific Earthquake Guides for Insurance Agents covering Oregon, Nevada, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, and Utah, the Ready to Recover and Ahead of the Wave podcast series, the EQPM 101 self-guided learning modules, CPACE financing resources for seismic strengthening, the Insure Against Earthquakes public education toolkit, and recurring convenings such as the National SSC Forum and the National Earthquake Insurance Forum. The organization explicitly does not develop proprietary technology.

CREW operates as a grant-funded non-profit with no commercial revenue. Funding flows primarily from FEMA through the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP), including an FY2024 grant that supported the URM Guidebook. All resources — guidebooks, podcasts, webinars, fact sheets — are distributed at no cost via the crew.org website, podcast platforms, email newsletters, quarterly meetings, and partner channels. The organization employs 1-10 people and is led by Executive Director Pascal Schuback. Customer-facing segments include federal, state, and local government agencies; insurance agents and professionals; private sector businesses; homeowners and residents; and scientists and researchers.

Name

Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup

Legal name

Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup

Website

https://crew.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CREW is a Seattle-based non-profit coalition founded in the late 1990s that convenes public, private, and academic stakeholders to produce free earthquake preparedness guidebooks, podcasts, webinars, and learning modules for communities, governments, insurance agents, and businesses across the western U.S., funded primarily by FEMA's NEHRP grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disaster Preparedness Education

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

akta.pro primary industry

Disaster Recovery, Reconstruction & Resilience Programs (BPAGAAAK)

Keywords

• Earthquake risk mitigation
• Disaster preparedness resources
• Seismic safety education
• Emergency management coalition
• Earthquake insurance outreach

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding: CREW operates as a nonprofit organization funded primarily through grants from federal agencies including FEMA and the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP). The organization does not generate commercial revenue.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels12 records

Core offering

CREW is a non-profit coalition that develops and freely distributes educational resources, guidance documents, podcasts, webinars, and self-guided learning modules focused on earthquake risk reduction and community resilience. Its portfolio includes the URM Building Survey Workflow Guidebook, state-specific Earthquake Guides for Insurance Agents, the Ready to Recover and Ahead of the Wave podcast series, EQPM 101 learning modules, CPACE financing resources, and the Insure Against Earthquakes public outreach toolkit. The organization also convenes forums, quarterly meetings, and business roundtables to coordinate earthquake preparedness and mitigation across the Cascadia region and western U.S.

Product overview

CREW (Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup) is a non-profit coalition that develops and provides educational resources, guidance documents, and community programs focused on earthquake risk reduction and resilience. The organization offers a portfolio of publications and tools including the URM Building Survey Workflow Guidebook for surveying vulnerable buildings, state-specific Earthquake Guides for Insurance Agents, the Ready to Recover and Ahead of the Wave podcast series, EQPM 101 self-guided learning modules, CPACE financing resources for seismic strengthening, the Insure Against Earthquakes public education toolkit, and various forums and webinars. These products serve communities, businesses, emergency managers, insurance professionals, and government agencies across the western U.S. to improve earthquake preparedness and recovery.

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Brands

• Ahead of the Wave: A podcast series developed by CREW providing timely discussions with experts on seismic and risk reduction topics to inform seismic and emergency management professionals and the public.
• Ready to Recover
• Insure Against Earthquakes

Products and services

• Unreinforced Masonry (URM) Building Survey Workflow Guidebook Guidebook helping local jurisdictions plan and implement surveys of unreinforced masonry buildings to create inventories of earthquake-vulnerable structures for emergency response and mitigation planning.
• Earthquake Guides for Insurance Agents (state-specific series) State-specific guides providing locality-specific information and tools for insurance agents to help clients understand earthquake hazards and make informed decisions about earthquake insurance.
• Earthquake Guides for Insurance Agents - Oregon State-specific guide for Oregon providing locality-specific earthquake hazard information and tools for insurance agents.
• Earthquake Guides for Insurance Agents - Nevada State-specific guide for Nevada providing locality-specific earthquake hazard information and tools for insurance agents.
• Ready to Recover Podcast Podcast series featuring conversations with geologists, engineers, social scientists, emergency managers, and insurance professionals discussing earthquake preparedness and recovery topics.
• EQPM 101 Learning Modules Self-guided learning modules for earthquake program managers and other earthquake professionals and volunteers to explore topics of interest.
• CPACE for Seismic Strengthening resources Primer, podcast, and webinar resources explaining Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Financing (CPACE) for seismic resilience building upgrades.
• Insure Against Earthquakes Toolkit Public education and outreach resources including social media graphics, videos, and a public information hub for earthquake readiness and insurance.
• Ahead of the Wave Podcast Pilot podcast series with discussions with experts on seismic and risk reduction topics, funded by NEHRP.
• National Earthquake Insurance Forum Forum event bringing together stakeholders to discuss earthquake insurance topics and resilience challenges.
• Forum for Seismic Safety Commissions, Committees, Councils & Workgroups Two-day event where participants share tips, best practices, and learn what other commissions are doing to build resilience.
• Without Warning Comic Book Cascadia version comic book about earthquake awareness and preparedness.
• Safer Buildings, Stronger Communities: A Roadmap to Action for Earthquake Country Wasatch Front Unreinforced Masonry Risk Reduction Strategy helping communities develop successful URM risk-reduction programs.
• Earthquake Insurance Webinars Webinars addressing earthquake insurance topics including equitable access to affordable earthquake insurance.
• EQPM Tech Resources Compendium of software and online resources for earthquake programs.
• Earthquake Scenarios Cascadia region earthquake scenario information and documentation.
• Fact Sheets Fact sheets for businesses and schools on earthquake preparedness.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• PACE Loan GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPACE Loan Group participated in CREW's CPACE for Seismic Strengthening webinar and podcast to discuss CPACE loan programs for seismic mitigation projects.
• Utah CPACE Program / Sustainable Real Estate SolutionsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Utah CPACE Program participated in CREW's CPACE webinar panel to discuss CPACE financing options for seismic resilience projects in western states.
• Municipality of Anchorage, AlaskaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlaska municipality participated in CREW's CPACE webinar panel to share experience with C-PACE program administration for seismic projects.
• Nuveen Green CapitalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNuveen Green Capital participated in CREW's CPACE webinar panel discussing CPACE financing for seismic upgrades in western states including WA, OR, AK, and MT.
• Petros PACE FinanceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPetros PACE Finance participated in CREW's CPACE webinar panel to discuss PACE financing for seismic resilience projects.
• DegenKolbminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering firm DegenKolb featured in CREW's Ahead of the Wave podcast Episode 3, discussing tsunami vertical evacuation structures in Washington State.
• City of Tacoma, Washington StateminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCity of Tacoma contributed to the development of CREW's URM Building Survey Workflow Guidebook based on their experience organizing and implementing local URM building surveys.
• Washington State Emergency Management DivisionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWashington State Emergency Management Division contributed to CREW's URM Building Survey Workflow Guidebook development.
• Building Department of Clark County, NevadaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClark County, Nevada Building Department contributed to CREW's URM Building Survey Workflow Guidebook development.
• Prosper PortlandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProsper Portland participated in CREW's CPACE podcast episode to discuss CPACE loan programs for seismic mitigation in Portland.
• CUSEC (Central United States Earthquake Consortium)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCUSEC co-hosted CREW's webinar on equitable access to affordable earthquake insurance in February 2023.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP): NEHRP is the federal multi-agency program coordinating earthquake risk reduction policy and research, and serves as CREW's principal grant-making counterpart for educational initiatives.
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): FEMA is CREW's primary federal funder and the largest U.S. federal agency for disaster preparedness and response, providing the broader policy and funding framework within which CREW operates.

Direct peers

• Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI): EERI is a national nonprofit membership organization advancing earthquake engineering research and practice; comparable to CREW in its nonprofit, multi-stakeholder convening role, but anchored in technical engineering research rather than regional preparedness.
• Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER): PEER is a multi-institution research center headquartered at UC Berkeley focused on earthquake engineering and Pacific-region seismic risk, with a similar west-coast geographic anchor and cross-sector coordination role as CREW.
• Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC): SCEC is a university-based research consortium coordinating earthquake science across southern California institutions, comparable to CREW in bringing together academic, public, and private stakeholders around regional seismic risk.
• Earthquake Country Alliance (ECA): ECA is a California-based public-private partnership coordinating earthquake risk reduction messaging and ShakeOut drills, serving a similar cross-sector coalition and educational-content mission as CREW but focused on California.
• Central United States Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC): CUSEC is a similarly structured nonprofit coalition of state emergency management agencies focused on earthquake preparedness, mitigation, and recovery in the central U.S. It is the most direct functional peer to CREW and is already a co-host of CREW's earthquake insurance webinar series.

Emerging players

• Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS): IBHS is a nonprofit research organization focused on building resilience against natural hazards including earthquakes, with a parallel mission of producing education, research, and toolkits for insurers and property owners.

Others

• National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS): NIBS is a nonprofit that convenes government and private stakeholders around building sciences including natural hazard mitigation, overlapping with CREW on multi-stakeholder convening and resilience policy advocacy.

Regional players

• Wasatch Front Unreinforced Masonry Risk Reduction Coalition: Wasatch Front is a regional coalition focused on URM risk reduction in Utah, producing the 'Safer Buildings, Stronger Communities' roadmap that CREW has co-distributed; it operates as a more geographically narrow peer with overlapping content.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/CascadiaEQ
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/CascadiaEQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/Cascadia-Region-Earthquake-Workgroup-124579332984
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cascadia-region-earthquake-workgroup

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Profiles1 record

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