While millions of people spent their Super Bowl Sunday glued to the action on the field at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, MN, hundreds of response and security personnel were focused on everything but the game. Through strong partnerships with federal, state, and local public safety agencies, the City of …
Elements of this article were originally published by DOE/NNSA. https://nnsa.energy.gov/blog/nnsa-conducts-first-disaster-response-drill-usaid Kicking off 2018, EMSI aided the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) with their interagency partners at the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) to conduct a field drill, called …
With 2018 off to a fast start, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on 2017 and share some of our activities and accomplishments. This past year was another busy year supporting our clients and it afforded us the opportunity to grow our team and expand the services we …
In the National Incident Management System (NIMS) guidance released in October 2017, FEMA offers suggestions on how to adopt ICS-like structures to support Emergency Operations Centers (EOC). EOCs are used in varying ways at all levels of government (City, County, Region and/or State) and within private industry to provide coordination, …
Unfortunately, nuclear and radiological incident preparedness continues to be a timely and relevant topic, and while the recent events in Hawaii proved to be a false alarm, it is no reason for anyone to let their guard down. Current threats come from state-sponsored, military grade nuclear weapons; radiological dispersal devices …
In December 2017, EMSI successfully completed two deliveries of our recently revised and enhanced ICS-220 Initial Response course with an updated Initial Response Guide Book (job aid). This course focuses on the functions of Command and key members of the Command Staff, General Staff and a few Unit Leaders during …
EMSI is excited to have recently started work under our new five-year contract to the U.S. Coast Guard, providing advanced Incident Command System position and team training to their responders. Kicking off in November, the contract began with the delivery of a combination ICS 430/440 Operations Section Chief/Planning Section Chief …
EMSI is pleased to announce the recent award of a contract with Fairfax County, Virginia, to provide training and exercise support for the National Capital Region (NCR) Incident Management Team (IMT) and public safety agencies in Fairfax County, a continuation of the work we have performed since 2008. Under this …
On October 17, 2017, FEMA released a long awaited “refresh” of the National Incident Management System (NIMS). This update to NIMS attempts to incorporate lessons learned and best practices from a wide variety of disciplines, at all levels of government, from the private sector, tribes, and non-governmental organizations. It also …
In the spirit of the season, we thought we’d take a tongue-in-cheek look at an unlikely event: The Zombie Apocalypse. As professional Emergency Managers, there are a multitude of incidents out there that we routinely prepare for, but are you ready for a Zombie Apocalypse? Laugh if you want, but …
