The work, the people, and the partnerships behind PSEMA.
The PSEMA Story
A six-part series on where PSEMA came from, what it does when disaster strikes, and where it is going. Short, direct, and built for people who do this work.
Origin
Why a group of private-sector emergency managers decided the sector needed its own table.
Convene
What happens when businesses, government, and nonprofits sit in the same room before the storm
Response
Five storms, twelve states, and what a season of coordinated response added up to.
Influence
Research, partnerships, and the private sector’s growing role in national preparedness.
Forward
Where PSEMA is headed and what the next chapter of the network looks like.
Membership
What it actually means to be part of the network, and how to join.
When It Counts
What coordination delivers during an actual event. These are real activations, told plainly. This section grows as the work does.
Hurricane Ian Response
Fuel was the constraint that decided who could move. Here is what the network did about it.
Los Angeles Wildfires
January 2025. Not hurricane season, and the reason preparedness is a year-round discipline.
Impact and Publications
2024 Hurricane Season Impact Report
Five named storms, twelve states, and twenty-seven days of activation. This is what the network delivered across a single season – alerts, situational reports, and the resource connections that came out of them.
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2025 Impact Report
Three activations, two countries, and twenty-eight days, in a year with a quiet hurricane season. From back-to-back January hazards to PSEMA’s first international response, this is what year-round monitoring delivered: the alert first, the network convened when it counted.
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