Center for Integrated Emergency Preparedness

The Center for Integrated Emergency Preparedness (CIEP) works to develop and apply new and existing state-of-the-art methodologies and technologies to increase the capabilities of emergency managers, planners, and responders to counter technological disasters, natural disasters, and terrorist use of weapons of mass destruction. We use interdisciplinary knowledge to develop and implement new methods for systems-based emergency planning, training, and exercising. Our multidisciplinary team includes experts in computer science and engineering; economics, history, and geography; law; environmental science; physical sciences; public health; behavior and social sciences; political science; and journalism and communications.

For more than 25 years, Argonne National Laboratory’s emergency management experts have been supporting federal, state, local, and Tribal agencies and organizations in finding new and better ways to accomplish daily emergency planning and operations as well as advancing the state of the art for emergency preparedness.

As a research and development laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), CIEP's primary function is to advance emergency preparedness planning and response operations—ultimately to find new and more efficient ways to prevent, respond to, and recover from natural or technological disasters or acts of terrorism.

Areas of Expertise

Emergency management exercise research and technical assistance
Multijurisdictional planning and technical assistance to state and local governments
Risk communication methods research and technical assistance
Public health emergency preparedness research and assistance
Identification of and support process assistance for special needs populations
National emergency management policy
Planning modernization research and development

For more information, contact:
William C. Metz
Phone: 630-252-3271
Fax: 630-252-5327
E-mail William C. Metz

Edward Tanzman
Phone: 630-252-3263
Fax: 630-252-5327
E-mail Edward Tanzman

Co-Directors, Center for Integrated Emergency Preparedness
Decision and Information Sciences Division
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 South Cass Ave., Bldg. 221
Argonne, IL, 60439