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Early Alert providing disaster and continuity of operations consulting for governmental agencies and corporations. We offer unparalleled, hands-on experience in the field of public safety, contingency development, emergency management, disaster operations, business continuity, all hazard training, and loss mitigation. Global coverage includes USA, Mexico, United Kingdom, Japan, Caribbean, Asia, Australia, Central America, Canada, South Korea, and China.

June 2023, Early Alert developed and delivered a HSEEP Hurricane Functional Exercise for Monroe County Emergency Management, FL with the focus on communications and resource ordering.

April 2023, Early Alert developed and delivered a FEMA L-958: NIMS All-Hazards Operations Section Chief (OSC) Course for Monroe County, FL with focus on providing local- and state- level emergency responders with a robust understanding of the duties, responsibilities, and capabilities of an effective Operations Section Chief (OSC) on an All-Hazards Incident Management Team (AHIMT).

August & September 2022, All Hazard Training, a Division of Early Alert, provide two NIMS All-Hazards Position Specific Course, L-956 All-Hazards Liaison Officer, to Leon County, FL.

August 2022, All Hazard Training, a Division of Early Alert, provide the 5 day NIMS All-Hazards Position Specific Course Training Incident Commander Course (L-950) training to Leon County, FL.

April 2022 - Early Alert, Inc. attends and exhibits at the RILA - Retail Asset Protection Conference Orlando, FL.

2021 Hurricane Season, Early Alert's provided Critical Decision-making support, and Incident Management Support Team deployment. IMST were deployed to assist clients with disaster assessment, response and recovery to Hurricane’s Elsa, Grace, IDA, and Nicholas

2021, Early Alert's Incident Management Support Team (IMST) was deployed for several Fortune 500 companies to assist with COVID 19 Global Pandemic & public health emergency to provide situational awareness, critical decision support, threat assessments, business continuity and sustainability throughout the event.

December 2021, All Hazard Training, a Division of Early Alert, provided USFA All Hazards Incident Management Team (IMT) O305 Training and Emergency Management planning services for the County Office of Galveston Emergency Management.

Civil Unrest, summer of 2020. Ongoing wave of civil unrest, comprising of protests and riots: Early Alert provide clients with Situational Awareness and Critical Decision-making support.

March 2020, Early Alert's Incident Management Support Team (IMST) was deployed for several Fortune 500 companies to assist with COVID 19 Global Pandemic & public health emergency to provide situational awareness, critical decision support, threat assessments, business continuity and sustainability throughout the event.

May 2019, Early Alert's Incident Management Support Team (IMST) was deployed to Dayton, OH tornado outbreak and provide client damage assessment and on-site situational awareness.

May 2019, Early Alert's Incident Management Support Team (IMST) was deployed to Kearney, NJ to provide incident management for a hazardous material incident.

March 2019, Early Alert attended and showed at the 2019 National Tornado Summit in Oklahoma City, OK

December 2018, Glynn County, Georgia, awarded Early Alert a multi-year Emergency Management Support contract

August 2018, All Hazards Training, a Division of Early Alert, conducts a Hurricane Tabletop Exercise for the City of Marathon, FL

June 2018, Early Alert conducts their Annual Strategy Workshop and Training

May 2018, Early Alert attended the RILA - Asset Protection Conference in Orlando, FL

April 2018, Early Alert attended the RIMS Conference in San Antonio, TX

February 2018, Early Alert attended and showed at the 2018 National Tornado Summit in Oklahoma City, OK

September - August 2017, Early Alert's IMST was deployed to Home Depot HQ, to assist with Hurricane Harvey and Irma.

November 2017, Early Alert was awarded a multi-year Emergency Management Support contract for the City of Marco Island

February 2017, Early Alert conducts their Annual Strategy Workshop and Training.

February 2017, Early Alert attended and showed at the 2017 National Tornado Summit in Oklahoma City, OK

April 11, 2016 - All Hazard Training, a Division of Early Alert, provided the first pilot IMT Sustainment Training Exercise in partnership with TEEX

March 21, 2016 - Early Alert, Inc. attends, presents and exhibits at the 2016 National Hurricane Conference in Austin, TX

March 13, 2016 - Early Alert, Inc. attends the Disaster Recovery Journal/Business Continuity in Orlando, FL

Jan. 2015, All Hazard Training, a Division of Early Alert, provided USFA All Hazards Incident Management Team (IMT) O305 Palm Beach County, FL

Aug. 2014, All Hazard Training, a Division of Early Alert, provided USFA All Hazards Incident Management Team (IMT) O305 Training for Florida DEM

June 2014, All Hazard Training, a Division of Early Alert, provided USFA All Hazards Incident Management Team (IMT) O305 Training for Orange County, CA

April 2014, Early Alert attend and displays at Retail Asset Protection Conference (RILA) held in Indianapolis, IN

March 2014, All Hazard Training, a Division of Early Alert, provided USFA All Hazards Incident Management Team (IMT) O305 Training for Oklahoma City, OK

December 2013, Early Alert was awarded a contract to develop and train the Cities of Pahokee, Belle Glade and South Bay, FL an Evacuation Plan

March 2013, All Hazard Training, a Division of Early Alert, provided Palm Beach County, FL a Family Assistance Center Workshop

November 2013 - Early Alert was jointly selected with Adjusters International to develop a State of Alaska ``Individual Disaster Assistance Field Guide``

March 25-28, 2013 - Early Alert, Inc. attends and exhibits at the 2013 National Hurricane Conference in New Orleans, LA

December 04-06, 2012 - Early Alert, Inc. attends and exhibits at the 2012 All-Hazards Incident Management Teams Association Conference in Indianapolis, IN

October 30, 2012 – Early Alert's Hurricane Specialist and Meteorologist, Miles Lawrence, was featured on National Geographic News, ``Sandy Far From Finished: Why Storm’s Still Super, Headed for New Targets”

October 2012 - All Hazard Training, a Division of Early Alert, was selected and delivered the USFA Type 3 IMT course to the County of Lexington, SC

Early Alert was selected for “Professional Emergency Management Consulting Services for the Division of Emergency Management”, on an As-Needed Basis for Palm Beach County, FL.; through May 2017

March 26-29, 2012 - Early Alert, Inc. attends and exhibits at the 2012 National Hurricane Conference in Orlando, FL

November 14-17, 2011 - Early Alert, Inc. attends and exhibits at the 2011 IAEM Annual Conference & EMEX Exhibit in Las Vegas, NV

September 29, 2011 - Early Alert's All Hazard Training Division conducts a Hazmat Awareness course for the South Florida Local Emergency Planning Council in Key West, FL

August 1-4, 2011 - EAs All Hazard Training Division conducts a L-958 All-Hazards Operations Section Chief (OSC) for Broward County Fire Rescue, FL

June 1-3, 2011 - Early Alert, Inc. responds to Joplin, MO to assist clients in their recovery after the onslaught of the devastating tornado outbreak

May 5, 2011 - Early Alert attends the Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Forum in Dallas, TX

March 22, 2011 - Early Alert, Inc. was selected along with Weather Nation to provide Emergency Management consultant services for Wells Fargo and Wachovia Bank

Early Alert, Inc. was selected to provide Emergency Management Planning for the City of Austin Housing Authority

November 2, 2010 - Early Alert attends the IAEM 58th Annual Conference & EMEX 2010 in San Antonio, Texas

October 18, 2010 – Early Alert attends the 2010 Annual NEMA Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas

Early Alert, Inc. attends and exhibits at the 2009 Florida Emergency Preparedness Conference in Orlando, Florida February 11 - 12, 2009

Early Alert, Inc. was co-selected by the City of Sanibel, Florida to provide emergency management, planning and training consulting, December 2008

Early Alert, Inc. attends and exhibits at the 2008 National Hurricane Conference in Orlando, Florida on April 12 - 16, 2008

Early Alert, Inc. was selected by Tampa Bay Water, Florida to provide ``As-needed`` Emergency Management Consultant consisting of all hazard training, CEMP planning, public education and disaster support services

Early Alert, Inc. was selected by the City of Marathon, Florida to provide Disaster Recovery Services and Emergency Management Support

Early Alert, Inc. attends and exhibits at the 2007 The World Disaster Response Summit held in Georgia World Congress Center - Atlanta, Georgia

Early Alert, Inc. was selected by the City of Key West, FL for Emergency Management support services

Billy Wagner Retires and Joins Early Alert. US1 Radio Station

Early Alert is featured in NOAA's 200 years celebration publication released Spring 2007

April 2023, Early Alert developed and delivered Fort Bend County, TX, Office of Emergency Management a USFA All Hazards Incident Management Team (IMT) O-305 courst with focus on developing a Type 3 Incident Management Team.

September & October, 2022, Early Alert provide continuity of government (COG) for the Town of Fort Myers Beach, stood up the initial COOP and BOO for the entire Town, for the first 5 weeks, established ICS/IAP incident action planning from day one and integrated the Town staff into the ICS planning process and the daily operational briefing.

August 2022, Early Alert developed and delivered to the National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) US Department of Energy a FEMA NIMS All-Hazards Position Specific Course Training Liaison Officer Course (L956) course with focus on provide local, state and federal-level emergency responders/managers with a robust understanding of the duties, responsibilities, and capabilities of an effective LOFR on an All-Hazards Incident Management Team.

June 2022, All Hazard Training, a Division of Early Alert, provide a Full Scale Exercise in Winnemucca, NV for a large national chemical company to test and evaluate organizational capabilities.

June 2022, All Hazard Training, a Division of Early Alert, provided a IMT-III Tabletop Exercise for the Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK. The exercise simulated the Good Friday Earthquake for 1964 with compressed timelines regarding a Tsunami impact and subsequent supply chain disruption in the Resurrection Bay area of the Kenai Peninsula, working around & through a complex scenario for relief distribution and other identified objectives.

May 2022, All Hazard Training, a Division of Early Alert, provided the USFA All Hazards Incident Management Team (IMT) O305 Training for City of Pearland, TX.

April 2022 - Early Alert, Inc. attends and exhibits at the Restaurant Loss Prevention and Security Association's annual conference in Denver, CO.

April 2022 - Early Alert, Inc. attends, exhibits and conducted several fire rescue and law enforcement workshops at the National Hurricane Conference Orlando, FL.

March 2022, All Hazard Training, a Division of Early Alert, provide ICS-300 Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents and ICS-400 Advanced ICS courses for the State of New York Department of Agriculture and Market

Historic Wildfires, CA, WA, OR, Spring and Summer 2021: Situational Awareness and Critical Decision-making support.

November 2021, All Hazard Training, a Division of Early Alert, provide the 5 day NIMS All-Hazards Position Specific Course Training Incident Commander Course (L-950) training to Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska.

October 2021, All Hazard Training, a Division of Early Alert, provide ICS-300 Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents three-day course for Monroe County Emergency Management, FL.

May 2021, All Hazard Training, a Division of Early Alert, provided and conducted a joint Hurricane Tabletop Exercise for a large LNG plant in LA to discuss the actual process and communication of the Hurricane Plan and to identify any gaps or areas of improvement to the plan.

2020 Hurricane Season, Early Alert's provided Critical Decision-making support, and Incident Management Support Team deployment. IMST were deployed to assist clients with disaster assessment, response and recovery to Hurricane’s Hanna. Isaias, Laura and Delta.

Historic Wildfires, CA, WA, OR, Spring and Summer 2020: Situational Awareness and Critical Decision-making support.

June 2019, All Hazard Training, a Division of Early Alert, developed and conducted EOC Training & Functional Exercise for Monroe County, FL EOC Planning Section.

May 2019, Early Alert, in partnership with Tidal Basin, was tasked to perform the Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) and Stakeholder Preparedness Review (SPR) for the State of Michigan.

April 2019 - Early Alert, Inc. attends and exhibits at the 2019 National Hurricane Conference in New Orleans, LA.

April 2019 - Early Alert, Inc. attends and exhibits at the Annual Continuity Insights Management Conference, in New Orleans, LA.

September 2018, Monroe Country, Florida, awarded Early Alert a multi-year Emergency Management Support contract

June 2018, Early Alert attends the HEB Hurricane Workshop in San Antonio, TX

May 2018, Early Alert attended and displayed at the 2018 Texas Emergency Management Conference (TEMC) in San Antonio, TX

April 2018, Early Alert attended the Continuity Insights in Miami, FL

March 2018, Early Alert attended and showed at the 2018 National Hurricane Conference in Orlando, FL

August 2017, Early Alert's IMST was deployed to assist Monroe County EOC, City or Marathon and City of Key West and City of Marco Island for response and recovery to Hurricane Irma

December 2017, Early Alert was awarded a multi-year Emergency Management Support contract for the City of Key West

March 2017, Early Alert attended and showed at the 2017 National Hurricane Conference in Orlando, FL

April 17, 2016 – Early Alert attend and displayed at the RILA - Asset Protection Conference, Dallas, TX

March 23, 2016 - Early Alert, Inc. presents the technology regard their Tornado Alert device at the 2016 National Hurricane Conference in Austin, TX

March 21, 2016 - All Hazard Training, a Division of Early Alert, provided ICS 300 training at Ft. Meade, MD

March 30, 2015 - Early Alert, Inc. attends and exhibits at the 2015 National Hurricane Conference in Austin, TX

Dec. 2014, Early Alert attends as a sponsor and displays at the All Hazard Incident Management Team Association Conference (AHIMTA) held in Dallas, TX

Aug 2014, All Hazard Training, a Division of Early Alert, provided USFA All Hazards Incident Management Team (IMT) O305 Training for the Cherokee Nation

June 2014, Early Alert and Adjusters International attend and participate in the State of Hawaii full-scale disaster exercise

March 14-17, 2014 - Early Alert, Inc. attends and exhibits at the 2014 National Hurricane Conference in Orlando, FL

January 2014, All Hazard Training, a Division of Early Alert, provided the Cities of Pahokee, Belle Glade and South Bay, FL an Evacuation Plan Training and Tabletop Exercise

March 2013, All Hazard Training, a Division of Early Alert, provided USFA All Hazards Incident Management Team (IMT) O305 Training for the USDA, APHIS

August 2013 - Early Alert Technologies, a wholly owned and operated subsidiary of Early Alert, Inc., launched their new ``tornadoAlert`` device

August 2013 - Early Alert was jointly selected with Adjusters International to rewrite the State of New York, ``Hazard Mitigation Plan``

March 11 & 12, 2013 - Early Alert, Inc. attends the 2013 Tornado Summit in Oklahoma City, OK

October 29-31, 2012 - Early Alert, Inc. attends and exhibits at the 2012 International Association of Emergency Management Conference in Orlando, FL

October 29, 2012 – Early Alert, Inc. featured on National Geographic News, ``Hurricane Sandy’s Expected Impacts”

August 6, 2012 - Early Alert was jointly selected with Adjusters International to develop a State of Alaska ``Disaster Recovery Framework``

May 13-18, 2012 - Early Alert, Inc. attends and exhibits at the 2012 Florida Governor's Hurricane Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, FL

January 17 - 19, 2011 - Early Alert, Inc. attends and exhibits at the The International Disaster Conference held in New Orleans, LA

October 4, 2011 – Early Alert, Inc. attends the NEMA Conference in Austin, TX

August 15, 2011 - Early Alert, Inc. and their strategic partner Adjusters International are awarded a emergency management stand-by contract from South Carolina Emergency Management Division with Emergency Management for support services for the State EOC

June 9, 2011 - Early Alert's All Hazard Training Division conducts a Hazmat and Radiological Awareness course for the South Florida Local Emergency Planning Council in Key Largo, FL

May 17 - 20, 2011 - Early Alert, Inc. attends and exhibits at the 2011 Florida Governor's Hurricane Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

April 19, 2011 - Early Alert, Inc. attends and exhibits at the 2011 National Hurricane Conference in Atlanta, Georgia

March 21, 2011 – Early Alert, Inc. attends the 2011 Mid-Year NEMA Conference in Alexandria, Virginia

December 6, 2010 – Early Alert's All Hazard Training Division conducted several All Hazards Incident Management Team Position Specific course for Kenai, Alaska

October 2010 - Early Alert, Inc. introduces their newest product “Siberian Ice”. Sub-zero Packs are capable of maintaining any freezer or insulated cooler at sub-zero temperatures…

Early Alert, Inc. attends and exhibits at the 2010 National Hurricane Conference in Orlando, Florida on April 30, 2010

Early Alert's Chief Advisor and Emergency Management Specialist, Billy Wagner, was featured in the Wednesday, December 31, 2008 addition of Inside TIMES.com

Early Alert, Inc. attends and exhibits at the 2008 Florida Governor's Hurricane Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on May 11 - 15, 2008

Early Alert, Inc. was selected by The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide NOAA with Continuity of Operations Planning and Training

Early Alert, Inc. featured on National Geographic News, ``2007 Hurricane Season Ending Raises Forecast Concerns``

Early Alert, Inc. was selected by the VA Health Administration Center, Denver, Colorado to provide the Denver office of VA with Continuity of Operations Planning and Training

Early Alert, Inc. attends and exhibits at the 2007 Florida Governor's Hurricane Conference on May 16 - 18, 2007

Billy Wagner's Retirement Celebration US1 Radio Station

Personal Meteorologist on call Tampa Bay Times

Early Alert featured in news article: ``Private weather services do what government won't... On-call consultants analyze weather according to clients' needs``

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