In addition to EMSI’s guidance on performing in the Operational Planning Process, this job aid offers several key checklists and reference sheets for the COML. You can order the Communications Unit Leader job aid or any one of our other ICS job aids exclusively at IMTGear.com. EMSI continues to provide …
Continuing to build the emergency management community, EMSI recently participated in the annual All-Hazards Incident Management Team Association(AHIMTA) Training and Education Symposium in Denver, CO, which was attended by nearly 500 all-hazards incident management professionals. As part of the conference, EMSI provided an ICS-310 Incident Commander course for attendees. Nearly …
Happy New Year from EMSI! As we transition into the New Year, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on 2015 and highlight some things to come in 2016. First, 2015 was a great year for EMSI. Not only did we celebrate our 15 year anniversary but we launched …
EMSI continues to provide emergency management performance support to responders through the development of tools you can use. We are proud to announce our new Glossary of ICS and Emergency Management Terms posted on our website at www.emsics.com. This tool is intended to help incident responders by providing a consolidated …
EMSI is excited to announce that we will be participating in two important upcoming industry conferences, the Clean Gulf Conference and the All-Hazards IMT Association Training and Education Symposium. Clean Gulf The Clean Gulf Conference will be held November 10-12 in New Orleans. Clean Gulf covers spill preparedness and response …
Looking for a new angle to improve your organization’s Safety Officer’s skills? What could be better than taking a handful of great like-minded safety individuals, putting them in a room for two days, and allowing them to dissect a scenario to better enhance their overall safety skills? (Nothing, right?) In …
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD-5) and the subsequent release of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) have recently made the Incident Command System (ICS) a household concept among emergency management and incident response personnel. Many people misleadingly point to NIMS as the commencement of ICS application to all-risk, all-hazards …
A radiological release from a nuclear power plant presents a challenging scenario for government and private industry responders. During the week of July 20 EMSI helped responders prepare for that very scenario by providing support to Southern Exposure 2015, the largest nuclear power plant exercise in over 20 years. Southern …
Gulf Coast – An inbound Motor Tanker experiences a loss of propulsion, resulting in the Captain’s quick decision to drop anchor outside the entrance to the port. As the ship continues to drift, the anchor is drug over an underwater pipeline, cutting it open. Shortly thereafter, dark oil and heavy …
Incident management is as important as ever when dealing with hazardous materials incidents. This was demonstrated during the recent Department of Energy (DOE) RAPSTONE drill in Richland, WA, where responders from the DOE Radiological Assistance Program (RAP) and the Consequence Management Advanced Command (CMAC) conducted training to prepare for a …
