EMSI is excited to participate in both the Clean Gulf 2017 conference and the All-Hazards Incident Management Team (AHIMT) Association Symposium this December. The Clean Gulf conference, scheduled December 5-7 in Houston, TX, covers spill preparedness and response topics for the exploration and production; transportation; and storage of oil and …
This February the EMSI team will be in Houston, TX to support various public safety and security operations. Working with the highly specialized Nuclear Emergency Support Teams (NEST) from the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA), EMSI Emergency Management Specialist Ted Jakubowski will be deploying to Houston in the …
On January 22, EMSI will present a session at the Midyear Meeting of the Health Physics Society (HPS). Leveraging extensive knowledge in nuclear and radiological response, coupled with all-hazards incident management, EMSI subject matter experts will lead a presentation on nuclear and radiological incident management, highlighting the differences between health …
On December 13, 2016, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) conducted a Functional Exercise at the Department’s headquarters in Washington, DC, to test a Unified Coordination Structure (UCS) concept recently established under its Department-wide emergency management enterprise. The exercise scope involved personnel from multiple program offices implementing headquarters-level coordination for …
During the week of October 17, Northern Lights 2016, a full-scale nuclear power plant exercise, was conducted at the Emergency Management Training Center at Camp Ripley, in Minnesota. The exercise was led by the Department of Energy (DOE) with support from the State of Minnesota, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), …
Continuing in its commitment to developing responders, EMSI President Ron Cantin recently organized and presented as part of a panel session at the Clean Gulf Conference in Tampa, FL. The session was titled: “Understanding Incident Complexity: Right Sizing the Response Organization”. This session examined the specific factors that drive incident …
EMSI is pleased to announce that we will be participating in the All-Hazards IMT Association (AHIMTA) Training and Education Symposium again this year. Held in Oklahoma City, OK, from December 5-8, EMSI’s Director of Operations Billy Haley will be participating in the vendor showcase. EMSI offers a diverse array of …
Read more about EMSI’s participation in the Clean Gulf Conference and about EMSI’s Clean Gulf Associates PROs contract. EMSI is excited to participate in the Clean Gulf 2016 conference in Tampa, FL, this week. The Clean Gulf conference covers spill preparedness and response topics for the exploration and production; transportation; …
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 …
A 10 kiloton (10kt) nuclear detonation is one of the most complex scenarios emergency response personnel can face. During the week of May 2nd, EMSI helped Department of Energy (DOE) responders prepare for this very scenario during the Vibrant Response 2016 exercise. An annual exercise directed by U.S. Northern Command …
