Who Is The AHC?

The All Hazards Consortium (AHC) is a state-sanctioned 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that bridges industry and government collaboration. Governed by a Board of Directors and supported by voluntary working groups, the AHC serves a nationwide network of over 40,000 stakeholders. It provides a neutral, FOIA-protected, and secure environment to foster connections, address challenges, and leverage shared ideas, strategies, and solutions for public-private benefit.

Since 2005, the All Hazards Consortium (AHC) has grown into a nationwide network public and private stakeholders within a trusted framework to share information, solve problems, develop solutions, coordinate investments, and reduce the collective risks and impacts of common threats and disasters in essential sectors such as energy (electric, fuel), transportation (rail, roadways, ports), telecommunications, food, water, medical, retail, and logistics.

The AHC is:

1. A Non-Profit Organization: Founded in 2005, the All Hazards Consortium (AHC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to building operational partnerships between state/local government and industry to address complex operational challenges.
2. Accelerating Business Recovery: As a private sector liaison to government, the AHC speeds up information sharing, reducing operational delays and enabling faster restoration of businesses and supply chains during disruptions.
3. A DHS-Approved, Audited, and State-Sanctioned Organization: The AHC responsibly manages millions in federal and state grants, undergoes annual audits, and is trusted by state and local governments as a trusted fiduciary to expedite work for them.
4. An Operational Trust Framework: The AHC manages a comprehensive Trust Framework that integrates legal, policy, procedural, and technical elements to support coordinated public-private planning and secure information sharing.
5. A Partnership and Resource Connector: During regional disasters, the AHC connects stakeholders with essential resources and organizations, helping to coordinate response efforts across sectors.
6. Accelerating Research to Market: The AHC helps transform early-stage research and development (R&D) into practical, real-world solutions that benefit critical infrastructure, researchers, and investors.
7. A Sensitive Information Sharing Hub: Through its Sensitive Information Sharing Environment (SISE) Working Group, the AHC operates a secure legal framework that enables safe, efficient sharing of sensitive information between the public and private sectors.
8. Regulatory Compliance and De-Confliction Partner: The AHC connects public and private sector professionals to resolve compliance challenges, providing a platform to clarify and address conflicting regulatory requirements.
9. Provider of Professional Advisory Services: The AHC offers access to a nationwide network of industry and government experts who provide advisory services on a wide range of topics, including grant writing, disaster planning, cybersecurity, logistics, and more.

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Vision

The All Hazards Consortium will support the efforts of organizations and individuals to improve their ability to handle emergencies of any kind.

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Mission

The AHC exists to form a network of organizations and individuals who share a common interest in improving the capacity of our region to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. We strive to unite these stakeholders around a common culture where public benefit takes priority over profit, politics or professional gain.

The AHC engages and serves State/Local governments and the critical infrastructure owners and operators. We welcome and encourage participation by businesses; education and research institutions; not-for-profit organizations throughout the region; and Federal Government agencies. Our programs focus on the needs of our stakeholders are open to everyone whose interests align with our objectives.

The AHC provides a national reach with regional focus on a wide variety of issues including disaster management / logistics, public safety communications, business continuity, regulatory de-confliction & compliance, sensitive operational information sharing, cyber security, identity / access management, community resilience, and applied operational research.

The AHC fosters trusted relationships among participants; enhances regional planning; creates a common voice and enables the identification and sharing of resources and information that supports disaster preparedness, response and recovery efforts. Our actions engage and complement existing organizations – including the Federal Government – which are working in this area.