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Industry Thought
We share ideas, conversations, and insights from thought-leaders, diving into the future of emergency management, the challenges of current processes, and the transformative potential of AI-driven innovation.
INDUSTRY THOUGHT
Dear Status Quo
The way we’ve always done preparedness is breaking down—and fast. With $218 billion in U.S. disaster losses in 2024 alone and pressure mounting from every direction, it’s clear that the status quo can’t keep up. This piece is a direct message to the outdated systems, legacy tools, and expensive processes still dominating the field—and a call for something better. Preppr is built for the people actually doing the work. Not to modernize the binder, but to replace it entirely.
INDUSTRY THOUGHT
What My 9-Year-Old's Game Taught Me About the Future of AI Enabled Disaster Preparedness
I've spent years in emergency management, working with complex tabletop exercises (TTXs) designed to test response capabilities and identify gaps in emergency plans. I've seen exercises that took months to design and required teams of subject matter experts to execute. So imagine my surprise when my 9-year-old son created a TTX in just 20 minutes. Using Preppr.ai, our AI-powered emergency planning platform, he designed a tabletop exercise based on something he understood well: Monopoly. The familiar board game became his framework for exploring how communities respond when resources are limited and decisions have consequences.
INDUSTRY THOUGHT
Trump’s Incoming Disaster Relief Order: How AI Can Strengthen Disaster Preparedness
Trump’s disaster relief order reduces FEMA’s role, forcing local agencies to do more with less. AI-powered solutions offer a cost-effective way to maintain disaster preparedness.
Industry Thought
We share ideas, conversations, and insights from thought-leaders, diving into the future of emergency management, the challenges of current processes, and the transformative potential of AI-driven innovation.
INDUSTRY THOUGHT
Dear Status Quo
The way we’ve always done preparedness is breaking down—and fast. With $218 billion in U.S. disaster losses in 2024 alone and pressure mounting from every direction, it’s clear that the status quo can’t keep up. This piece is a direct message to the outdated systems, legacy tools, and expensive processes still dominating the field—and a call for something better. Preppr is built for the people actually doing the work. Not to modernize the binder, but to replace it entirely.
INDUSTRY THOUGHT
What My 9-Year-Old's Game Taught Me About the Future of AI Enabled Disaster Preparedness
I've spent years in emergency management, working with complex tabletop exercises (TTXs) designed to test response capabilities and identify gaps in emergency plans. I've seen exercises that took months to design and required teams of subject matter experts to execute. So imagine my surprise when my 9-year-old son created a TTX in just 20 minutes. Using Preppr.ai, our AI-powered emergency planning platform, he designed a tabletop exercise based on something he understood well: Monopoly. The familiar board game became his framework for exploring how communities respond when resources are limited and decisions have consequences.
INDUSTRY THOUGHT
Trump’s Incoming Disaster Relief Order: How AI Can Strengthen Disaster Preparedness
Trump’s disaster relief order reduces FEMA’s role, forcing local agencies to do more with less. AI-powered solutions offer a cost-effective way to maintain disaster preparedness.
Industry Thought
We share ideas, conversations, and insights from thought-leaders, diving into the future of emergency management, the challenges of current processes, and the transformative potential of AI-driven innovation.
INDUSTRY THOUGHT
Dear Status Quo
The way we’ve always done preparedness is breaking down—and fast. With $218 billion in U.S. disaster losses in 2024 alone and pressure mounting from every direction, it’s clear that the status quo can’t keep up. This piece is a direct message to the outdated systems, legacy tools, and expensive processes still dominating the field—and a call for something better. Preppr is built for the people actually doing the work. Not to modernize the binder, but to replace it entirely.
INDUSTRY THOUGHT
What My 9-Year-Old's Game Taught Me About the Future of AI Enabled Disaster Preparedness
I've spent years in emergency management, working with complex tabletop exercises (TTXs) designed to test response capabilities and identify gaps in emergency plans. I've seen exercises that took months to design and required teams of subject matter experts to execute. So imagine my surprise when my 9-year-old son created a TTX in just 20 minutes. Using Preppr.ai, our AI-powered emergency planning platform, he designed a tabletop exercise based on something he understood well: Monopoly. The familiar board game became his framework for exploring how communities respond when resources are limited and decisions have consequences.
INDUSTRY THOUGHT
Trump’s Incoming Disaster Relief Order: How AI Can Strengthen Disaster Preparedness
Trump’s disaster relief order reduces FEMA’s role, forcing local agencies to do more with less. AI-powered solutions offer a cost-effective way to maintain disaster preparedness.
Product Update
We are dreamers and builders. We dream about what’s possible, and then we kick ourselves into action to build it. Follow Preppr’s development here, as we add in more and more features.
INDUSTRY THOUGHT
Swarm Intelligent Prepareness: Transforming Disaster Preparedness One Step at a Time
Preppr.ai is on a mission to rethink how we handle disaster preparedness. Right now, it’s only scratching the surface of what’s possible, and there’s so much more to come.
INDUSTRY THOUGHT
Bringing Real-Time Context to Preppr: Exploring OSINT Integration
Preppr is exploring OSINT integration to bring real-time data into exercise design. Users could define needs, retrieve targeted insights, and embed them seamlessly, ensuring scenarios reflect current conditions for more realistic and actionable training.
INDUSTRY THOUGHT
Disaster Preparedness as a Platform. That’s My Goal. Here’s Why.
What if disaster preparedness was as easy as your favorite app? Empowering small teams with big solutions to design better exercises, faster, and build resilience for everyone.
Product Update
We are dreamers and builders. We dream about what’s possible, and then we kick ourselves into action to build it. Follow Preppr’s development here, as we add in more and more features.
INDUSTRY THOUGHT
Swarm Intelligent Prepareness: Transforming Disaster Preparedness One Step at a Time
Preppr.ai is on a mission to rethink how we handle disaster preparedness. Right now, it’s only scratching the surface of what’s possible, and there’s so much more to come.
INDUSTRY THOUGHT
Bringing Real-Time Context to Preppr: Exploring OSINT Integration
Preppr is exploring OSINT integration to bring real-time data into exercise design. Users could define needs, retrieve targeted insights, and embed them seamlessly, ensuring scenarios reflect current conditions for more realistic and actionable training.
INDUSTRY THOUGHT
Disaster Preparedness as a Platform. That’s My Goal. Here’s Why.
What if disaster preparedness was as easy as your favorite app? Empowering small teams with big solutions to design better exercises, faster, and build resilience for everyone.
Product Update
We are dreamers and builders. We dream about what’s possible, and then we kick ourselves into action to build it. Follow Preppr’s development here, as we add in more and more features.
INDUSTRY THOUGHT
Swarm Intelligent Prepareness: Transforming Disaster Preparedness One Step at a Time
Preppr.ai is on a mission to rethink how we handle disaster preparedness. Right now, it’s only scratching the surface of what’s possible, and there’s so much more to come.
INDUSTRY THOUGHT
Bringing Real-Time Context to Preppr: Exploring OSINT Integration
Preppr is exploring OSINT integration to bring real-time data into exercise design. Users could define needs, retrieve targeted insights, and embed them seamlessly, ensuring scenarios reflect current conditions for more realistic and actionable training.
INDUSTRY THOUGHT
Disaster Preparedness as a Platform. That’s My Goal. Here’s Why.
What if disaster preparedness was as easy as your favorite app? Empowering small teams with big solutions to design better exercises, faster, and build resilience for everyone.
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INDUSTRY THOUGHT
Emergency Management 7-Day Outlook: High-Risk Conditions May 18-24, 2025
By
Justin Snair
Multiple natural disasters converge with federal emergency response cutbacks this week—a dangerous heat wave exceeding 100°F in the South, an atmospheric river bringing 4-10 inches of rain to the Southeast, and tornado threats across the Midwest, all as FEMA undergoes dramatic restructuring with 1,000+ staff cuts and elimination of key programs while CISA faces similar reductions, leaving state and local governments vulnerable to both natural disasters and increased cybersecurity threats targeting critical infrastructure as hurricane season approaches with reduced federal coordination capacity.

INDUSTRY THOUGHT
Emergency Management 7-Day Outlook: High-Risk Conditions May 18-24, 2025
By
Justin Snair
Multiple natural disasters converge with federal emergency response cutbacks this week—a dangerous heat wave exceeding 100°F in the South, an atmospheric river bringing 4-10 inches of rain to the Southeast, and tornado threats across the Midwest, all as FEMA undergoes dramatic restructuring with 1,000+ staff cuts and elimination of key programs while CISA faces similar reductions, leaving state and local governments vulnerable to both natural disasters and increased cybersecurity threats targeting critical infrastructure as hurricane season approaches with reduced federal coordination capacity.

INDUSTRY THOUGHT
Dear Status Quo
By
Justin Snair
The way we’ve always done preparedness is breaking down—and fast. With $218 billion in U.S. disaster losses in 2024 alone and pressure mounting from every direction, it’s clear that the status quo can’t keep up. This piece is a direct message to the outdated systems, legacy tools, and expensive processes still dominating the field—and a call for something better. Preppr is built for the people actually doing the work. Not to modernize the binder, but to replace it entirely.

INDUSTRY THOUGHT
Dear Status Quo
By
Justin Snair
The way we’ve always done preparedness is breaking down—and fast. With $218 billion in U.S. disaster losses in 2024 alone and pressure mounting from every direction, it’s clear that the status quo can’t keep up. This piece is a direct message to the outdated systems, legacy tools, and expensive processes still dominating the field—and a call for something better. Preppr is built for the people actually doing the work. Not to modernize the binder, but to replace it entirely.

INDUSTRY THOUGHT
What My 9-Year-Old's Game Taught Me About the Future of AI Enabled Disaster Preparedness
By
Justin Snair
I've spent years in emergency management, working with complex tabletop exercises (TTXs) designed to test response capabilities and identify gaps in emergency plans. I've seen exercises that took months to design and required teams of subject matter experts to execute. So imagine my surprise when my 9-year-old son created a TTX in just 20 minutes. Using Preppr.ai, our AI-powered emergency planning platform, he designed a tabletop exercise based on something he understood well: Monopoly. The familiar board game became his framework for exploring how communities respond when resources are limited and decisions have consequences.

INDUSTRY THOUGHT
What My 9-Year-Old's Game Taught Me About the Future of AI Enabled Disaster Preparedness
By
Justin Snair
I've spent years in emergency management, working with complex tabletop exercises (TTXs) designed to test response capabilities and identify gaps in emergency plans. I've seen exercises that took months to design and required teams of subject matter experts to execute. So imagine my surprise when my 9-year-old son created a TTX in just 20 minutes. Using Preppr.ai, our AI-powered emergency planning platform, he designed a tabletop exercise based on something he understood well: Monopoly. The familiar board game became his framework for exploring how communities respond when resources are limited and decisions have consequences.

INDUSTRY THOUGHT
Trump’s Incoming Disaster Relief Order: How AI Can Strengthen Disaster Preparedness
By
Justin Snair
Trump’s disaster relief order reduces FEMA’s role, forcing local agencies to do more with less. AI-powered solutions offer a cost-effective way to maintain disaster preparedness.

INDUSTRY THOUGHT
Trump’s Incoming Disaster Relief Order: How AI Can Strengthen Disaster Preparedness
By
Justin Snair
Trump’s disaster relief order reduces FEMA’s role, forcing local agencies to do more with less. AI-powered solutions offer a cost-effective way to maintain disaster preparedness.

INDUSTRY THOUGHT
Why 96% of Disaster Preparedness Professionals Prioritize Tabletop Exercises After Expected Federal Funding Cuts
By
Justin Snair
Despite looming federal funding cuts, disaster preparedness professionals agree—tabletop exercises are essential for readiness, risk reduction, and resilience.

INDUSTRY THOUGHT
Why 96% of Disaster Preparedness Professionals Prioritize Tabletop Exercises After Expected Federal Funding Cuts
By
Justin Snair
Despite looming federal funding cuts, disaster preparedness professionals agree—tabletop exercises are essential for readiness, risk reduction, and resilience.

COMPANY JOURNEY
The Journey to Preppr’s Launch—And What’s Next
By
Justin Snair
From a late-night idea to a full-scale launch, Preppr is redefining preparedness with innovation, speed, and impact. And we’re just getting started.

COMPANY JOURNEY
The Journey to Preppr’s Launch—And What’s Next
By
Justin Snair
From a late-night idea to a full-scale launch, Preppr is redefining preparedness with innovation, speed, and impact. And we’re just getting started.
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disaster preparedness.
Disaster preparedness isn’t working as well it should —and we need it to evolve. Preppr is tackling this, starting with how we design and conduct disaster exercises.
Take control of your
disaster preparedness.
Disaster preparedness isn’t working as well it should —and we need it to evolve. Preppr is tackling this, starting with how we design and conduct disaster exercises.
Take control of your
disaster preparedness.
Disaster preparedness isn’t working as well it should —and we need it to evolve. Preppr is tackling this, starting with how we design and conduct disaster exercises.