EMSI Contributes the Radiological Operations Support Specialist Pilot Course

Traditionally thought of as critical resources in nuclear and radiological incident response, qualified and experienced radiological response subject matter experts are rare during such high-risk response operations. Addressing this shortfall, a recent federal initiative in partnership with some state and local governments and non-governmental organizations is offering a Radiological Operations …

Oil-Chemical Incident Annex Overview for Industry

In June 2016, the U.S. Government released the Oil/Chemical Incident Annex to support and provide hazard-specific supplemental information to the Response Federal Interagency Operational Plan (FIOP) and the Recovery FIOP. Oil and chemicals may be released from sources such as onshore and offshore oil production-related facilities, oil and chemical transportation …

Facilitative Instructor Course Developed for Oil Industry Client

Continuing its mission to develop emergency responders, EMSI recently developed and delivered a Facilitative Instructor course for an oil industry client to aid in the progression of their internal instructor cadre. Based upon the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) M410 Facilitative Instructor course, our course is designed to help learners …

Varying Responsibilities of PIOs

Given the myriad of complexities that come into play when we are responding to an incident, it should come as no surprise that the function of a Public Information Officer (PIO) during incident response is different than that of the PIO during daily routine operations. On a day-to-day basis, the …

EMSI Job Aids Available in E-Book Format

Recognizing a need for quality ICS position specific guidance and job aids, EMSI began development of our seminal job aids nearly ten years ago. In 2007, EMSI rolled out our first ICS position job aids for the Operations Section Chief and Planning Section Chief. Since then, EMSI has developed the …

EMSI Wins Major PREP Exercise Contract

EMSI is pleased to announce the recent award of a contract to conduct exercises for an industry client to satisfy National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program (PREP) guidelines. Consisting of Incident Management Team (IMT) Table Top Exercises (TTXs) and Equipment Deployment Exercises, these exercises will occur across nearly a dozen …

EMSI Welcomes Two New Members to the Team

EMSI welcomed two new members to our team in July: Ted Jakubowski and Wendy Chernesky. Ted and Wendy bring diverse backgrounds with a tremendous wealth of experience to EMSI. Both will provide considerable support to the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) under our new contract. Bringing more than …

Ask an Expert: Safety Officer Stop Work Authority

EMSI routinely receives questions seeking an advanced explanation of an emergency management or incident management concept. Recently we received a question regarding a Safety Officer’s “stop work” authority under ICS. This is a thought provoking question and we thought we would share the answer with our followers. If you have …