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. As part of EMSI’s goal to help …
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 …
On July 1st, EMSI began work under a new contract with the U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA), awarded as a task order under the DOE/NNSA Technical, Engineering, and Programmatic Support (TEPS) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA). EMSI’s partners on this TEPS task order include Project Enhancement Corporation (PEC) …
Proactima is a Norwegian company specializing in risk management, national security, and health, safety, and environmental (HSE) management. Founded in 2003, Proactima has completed a number of projects in the oil and gas, transport, maritime, public, banking, and insurance sectors. With complimentary capabilities and similar philosophies, EMSI and Proactima have …
EMSI is pleased to share that our home state, the Commonwealth of Virginia, has adopted the All-Hazards Incident Management Team Association (AHIMTA) Interstate Incident Management Team Qualification Systems (IIMTQS) Guide. Formally signed on April 14, 2016, the adoption of this standard will ensure that all Virginia IMTs and their members …
This summer, EMSI will be working with the City of Boston Office of Emergency Management (OEM) to develop citywide Joint Information Center (JIC) and Joint Information System (JIS) plans, policies, and procedures. OEM’s goal is to have all Boston Public Information Officers from across the city government available to staff …
Now available through IMTGear: Command Boards and other quality products from Command Concepts. The Command Board is a portable incident management tool that sets up in less than a minute to organize on-the-spot command and incident management functions, facilitating quick situational awareness, resource status, and decision-making. A highly useful tool, …
Continuing to provide critical emergency management performance support to responders, EMSI is proud to offer our new Joint Information Center (JIC) job aid and JIC course . The job aid and course were recently developed by Type 1 PIOs with extensive public information and joint information experience, in consultation with …
