About.The U.S. Disaster Preparedness Institute (USDPI) has been serving our nation since 1999. The mission of USDPI is threefold: to inform, to protect, and to encourage responsible preparedness.
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Established in 1999The U.S. Disaster Preparedness Institute was founded by Kevin Briggs out of his concerns regarding the lack of preparedness of the American public for disasters of all types, particularly nuclear and biological crises. Kevin is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, and served as an Officer in the U.S. Air Force where he led teams that studied nuclear warfare risks and provided nuclear scenario and modeling services to the Joint Chiefs of Staff for many years. He later served as the President of the American Civil Defense Association and the Editor of the Journal of Civil Defense. He then served as the Readiness Division Director at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) where he led many programs, such as the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and the National Warning System (NAWAS), and the FEMA National Radio System (FNARS). He conceived and obtained Presidential and Congressional approvals to initiate and develop FEMA's Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) program, that now provides authenticated emergency and life-saving information to the public through mobile phones using Wireless Emergency Alerts, to radio and television via the EAS, and on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Weather Radio. Kevin left FEMA in 2008.
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Our Goal The goals of USDPI are threefold:
Note: USDPI is a commercial business and has no affiliation with the U.S. government. |