The Big Question
WHY EMINT?
Why Emergency Managers Need Emergency Management Intelligence - all the time.
The U.S. has limited application for Emergency Management Intelligence now
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And it tends to be
- Law Enforcement-centric / Homeland Security/Military only in the United States, aligned specifically to Intelligence and Investigations
- Limited to Response and Recovery - not full cycle
- Focused on Terrorism and Human-driven threats only
Check out Appendix B of FEMA's 2023 Response and Recovery Interagency Operational Plan
CEMIR overviews at Conference Presentations
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Download a PDF copy of the slides from the June 29, 2023 IAEM-USA R2 Conference presentation of "Introducing the Academic Concept of Emergency Management Intelligence" at our Parliamentarian's page (members only).
The U. S Military already includes EMINT into their ICS
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U.S. Coast Guard - Intelligence Oversight Manual (OSINT)
Other nations are using EMINT in their ICS
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New Zealand is an example. See their material on our Oceania page.
Why the CEMIR?
Academics and Practitioners need to flow Intelligence through to Emergency Managers
We are the only game in town
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As far as we know, we are the only entity promoting this concept/paradigm shift.
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WhAT IS WITH the Logo? WAIT, Is that an Owl?
Yes: we thought the eagle was overdone (and seems to represent more Operations or Command). And our logo is pretty rough-draft, too.
The Owl
Owls have been a symbol of wisdom - akin to Intelligence. This Great Grey Owl is a hunter-seeker and also has great vision.
The Color Purple
We choose purple as a thematic color for Emergency Management Intelligence, since it was not used in the current color-coding for ICS (take a look online at DHS' color palette, or via a search engine at the ICS vests available now - you will see white, black, blue, yellow and red). So purple was available. We call it for EM. Of course, purple is a color with other significance for crises, disasters, etc.
We recommend hex code #54278f, or rgb(84, 39, 143).
The Motto
"Vigilia Pretium Libertatis" - Vigilance is the price of freedom.
Vigilance seems a good single word to describe why we need EMINT. This is the motto of NATO's SHAPE - https://shape.nato.int/page13417157
We hope they don't mind us borrowing their motto.
Originally sourced from "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty", Wendell Phillips, 1852.
Why Five Stars?
There are five gold stars in the center to represent the five areas EMINT is important to: Command, Finance/Admin, Logistics, Operations, and Planning. EMINT should be shared/distributed to all branches and sections as needed - and treated equally and independently by command as any other branch/section.
Sapientia
= Wisdom
We like the Latin word "Sapientia" to symbolize wisdom, like the owl. If we ever get to publish an academic journal, this will probably be the name.
Parliament
a group of owls
Did you know a group of owls is called a "parliament"? We didn't, until we looked it up online. Interesting how different groupings of living things have different names in the English language. Could be worse: if we picked crows, then it would be a "murder". Click here for an alternate opinion on terms used for venery, from Audubon magazine. Photo by Taleon Pinheiro on Unsplash.
Connection to Emergency Management
EMINT is part of bigger picture
EMINT as part of the larger picture of Emergency Management (EM), is a must-have for us.
This new image (as of 2006) was developed by Morrie Goodman, an emergency communications specialist and the managing director of AGG International, a marketing firm.
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