
Entry-Level Incident Management System:
Empire Essentials is Your Cost-Effective Way to Take Your Organization to the Next Level
NY Responds Enhanced
Building on the NY Responds capabilities that you already posses, Empire Essentials (E2) is the next step to managing your own incidents and having internal communications, internal tracking, while still having the benefits of sharing information and requests with the state with a single-click when needed.
Control Your Own Incidents with an Incident Management System
You started with NY Responds, and this is the next step in your journey. Do you want to manage your own incidents? Do you want to be able to control your own statuses? Do you want to manage things that the State is not activated for?
E2 provides the tools to have more granular control of your operations. Fully upgradeable, you have the option to add even more modules down the road to improve the incident management system and ensure it best meets your needs.
Enhanced tools for local Communication, Coordination, and Cooperation
- 10 Concurrent Users
- Create your own Incidents
- NYS Customers Only
- Task & Resource Management, Pre-Config Status Boards, and User Security
- Permission Management
- Training Video Provided
- Single-click data sync for internal/external collaboration

A Perfect Compliment to Your NY Responds Workflow
BCG subject matter experts scoped the must-have capabilities for New York State emergency managers and created the day-to-day All-Hazards package: DLAN Empire Essentials (E2). E2 is an entry-level Incident Management System (IMS) crafted to augment the capabilities of smaller NYS entities by providing the ability to create your own incidents, track your own missions and tasks, and sync data for internal/external collaboration with a single-click (such as NY Responds).
Use your 2025 EMPG or SHSP grant funding!
EMPG • Emergency Management Performance Grant
EMPG assists state, local, tribal and territorial governments in developing their emergency management capabilities and for all-hazards preparedness activities.
SHSP • The State Homeland Security Program
SHSP is a federal homeland security program that provides funds to build and sustain capabilities at the state, local, tribal, and territorial levels.


