September is recognized as National Preparedness Month, which serves as a reminder that we all have a role in preparing, now and throughout the year, for the types of emergencies that could affect us where we live, work, and also where we travel. With the exception of deploying as part …
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 …
September is recognized as National Preparedness Month, which serves as a reminder that we all have a role in preparing, now and throughout the year, for the types of emergencies that could affect us where we live, work, and also where we travel. We each play a critical role in …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 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 …
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 …
