The Purpose of the IAEM Awards Program is to recognize and honor people and organizations that have made special or significant contributions to the field of emergency management and have represented the profession well by their outstanding performance.

The 2025 IAEM-USA Award winners (pictured above) were honored at the 2025 IAEM Annual Conference & EMEX in Louisville, Kentucky. The 2026 IAEM-USA Award winners will be recognized in Long Beach, California at the next Annual Conference this November.