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 The
Emergency Visions Consulting Services Team is comprised of
the most experienced and knowledgable emergency management
experts in the industry. These experts are not
new to emergency management - they have been there.
They bring years of actual experience to the table, having
responded to thousands of natural and man-made emergencies
(all hazards), including; bioterrorism attacks, nuclear hazards,
tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, fires, earthquakes, chemical
disasters, and airplane/airport incidents.
The
depth and breadth of the team allows Emergency Visions to
carefully select the ideal subject matter experts depending
on the requirements of the training or consulting services
engagement.
Our
consultants and project managers have an unparalleled level
of experience in vulnerability and readiness assessment, emergency
response plan development, emergency simulation/drill design
and delivery, and education and training of key community
personnel on every facet of emergency management.
An
example of Emergency Visions' Consultant Qualifications is
below. These anonymous biographical sketches are actual
but are not all-inclusive of every applicable Emergency Visions
Consulting Services Team member. These are provided as a brief
representation of the expertise found on the team; and a more
detailed and comprehensive listing can be provided at the
appropriate time.
Former
Senior Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Managers |
051 |
EV Consultant #051 is a former Hazard
Mitigation Program Specialist with the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, and has over 28 years
in emergency management, disaster research, mitigation,
preparedness, response, recovery, training and exercises.
Involved in projects following more than 100 presidentially
declared disaster areas, and in 47 states, 2 U.S. Territories,
and 5 foreign nations, including providing assistance
to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO); the Alaska Oil Spill Commission;
the Central United States Earthquake Consortium; the National
Academy of Sciences; the National Research Council; the
EPA and several national engineering firms. Responsibilities
have included training, planning, public education, floodplain
management, disaster recovery, hazard mitigation project
management and research. |
073 |
EV Consultant #073 is a former Office
of Inspector General with the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), responsible
for planning, conducting, and coordinating performances
of audits of Disaster Assistance Program response and
recovery operations. Currently Emergency Management
Coordinatorat the local level. Assisted in the assessment
of emergency preparedness/response capabilities and needs
assessment related to the Bioterrorism and the Domestic
Preparedness Program grants and coordinated the State
level Council of Government training on Homeland Security,
and Weapons of Mass Destruction-Threat and Risk Assessment
Training. |
033 |
EV Consultant #33 is retired from FEMA
after over 45 years of military and civilian Emergency
Preparedness, Management and Operations experience. As
a Technological Hazards Program Specialist in FEMA’s
Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP)
and Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program (REP);
responsible for: Development of Technical course curriculums
and instructional materials; Coordination between Military,
Federal, State and local emergency management officials
during the local community’s emergency planning
and exercise process; Planning and training the community’s
managers in emergency communications/public awareness/alerting
and evacuating or in-place protection; in preparation
for annual community exercises; Development of standard
operations procedures (SOP’s); training and exercising
for day-to-day emergency preparedness in order to effectively
respond and implement those emergency procedures and in
disseminating emergency information upon the occurrence
of a possible disastrous event.. Designed/Coordinated/Evaluated
fifty (50) tabletop, functional and full scale exercises
that were conducted by Military, Federal, State and local
communities. Also served as ‘Special Project Officer’
to the Federal Coordinating Officer in 3 major disaster
areas. |
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042 |
EV Consultant #042 is retired from FEMA
with over 34 years of experience in Federal, State and
private Emergency Management. FEMA
assignments included: Director of Regional Liaison at
FEMA’s National Office;
Acting Superintendent of the Emergency Management Institute
(EMI); Director of Policy and Planning for the National
Emergency Training Center; Division Chief for Field Training
Programs in FEMA’s
Training and Fire Programs Directorate; and Disaster Response
and Recovery Division Director. Also served as Regional
Representative for the President’s Office of Emergency
Preparedness, and a regional Individual Assistance Officer
in the for the Federal Disaster Assistance Administration.
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053 |
EV Consultant #053 has over 30 years
experience with the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA). Roles included regional
Director of the Response and Recovery Division; and Engineering
Branch Chief. Successfully managed Staff and multiple
Disaster Assistance programs as the Representative of
The President of the United States. Successfully
served as Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO) for forty
federally declared major disasters where effective, cost-efficient
and timely delivery of disaster relief to affected families,
businesses and political entities was provided. FCO of
the largest Presidential major disaster declaration during
the “Great Flood of ‘93”, managed the
response and recovery operations; including formulating
and implementation of strategies for interfacing and coordinating
activities among federal, state, and local leaders. Member
of the core team that created, produced, and launched
a highly effective senior management FCO Fast-Track Training
Program. Selected as key instructor for the most complex
of training sessions; teaching a course which impacted
every department within the agency. |
066 |
EV Consultant #066 is a former Director-Preparedness,
Training and Exercises with the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with over 32
years in Emergency Management and Disaster Response. Responsible
for increasing emergency management capability at State
and local levels by delivering quality programs through
exercises and disaster critiques. Corrective action programs
were implemented through improving plans and effective
training/exercising. Recently provided instructor
support for various FEMA
courses on public assistance, public affairs, disaster
leadership and managing disaster field office staff. Subject
matter expert to the Corps of Engineers Readiness 2000
Training Program and recognized specialist in All Hazards
Planning, Capability Assessment, and Mitigation. |
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026 |
EV Consultant #026 has over
30 years experience in Fire Suppression and HAZMAT. Served
as FEMA Technological Hazards
Program Specialist; assigned as Regional Response Team
Member (Hazardous Materials Officer). Team Leader for
the National Exercise Response Initiative. Evaluator for
numerous CCEPP and REP Nuclear facility exercises. Instructor
for the National Fire Academy, two (2) State Fire Academies.
Team Leader and Exercise coordinator for the National
CHER-CAP (Comprehensive Hazardous Materials Emergency
Response Capability Assessment training and exercise Program).
Expert in review and updating of existing plans and training
for all agencies in a community and design of a community
specific exercise. Performs individualized training for:
Fire/HAZMAT teams; EMS; Hospitals/Medical Facilities;
Public Works; Law enforcement; Emergency Management; Industry;
and Local Officials. Consultant #026 has conducted 34
CHER-CAP exercise initiatives through out the United States.
Assisted State Department of Health Bureau of Radiation
Control, as Training Instructor for emergency responders
to radiological events related to Transportation, Medical
Facilities, Laboratories etc. |
039 |
EV Consultant #039 retired after 30
years of disaster and emergency work. For the last 20
years, acted as FEMA Training
Manager at Emergency Management Institute, responsible
for managing FEMA’s
training programs focusing on disaster response and recovery.
Designed and developed a variety of Distance Learning
Programs including Independent Study, and the internationally
recognized Emergency Education NETwork (EENET). A satellite-based
video training program currently received by over 15,000
sites nationwide, including several hundred cablevision
providers, bringing interactive emergency management training
to community levels. Currently provides expertise
during disaster operations. Additionally serves as a classroom
instructor for FEMA.
Specializes in: disaster recovery; exercise design; multi-hazard
planning for schools; incident command; ICS/EOC interface;
and a variety of exercise-based Integrated Emergency Management
courses for communities including an Advanced Public Information
Officers Course. |
061 |
EV Consultant #061 is a former Technical
Hazards Program Specialist with the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, with over 30 years
in emergency response and law enforcement, preparedness/training,
and exercise coordination. FEMA
Certified Evaluator at 44 federally managed exercises
consisting of: Hazardous Material Spills, Chemical Weapons
Accidents/Incidents, and Radiological incidents. Responsible
for coordinating with State and local jurisdictions in
developing off-post emergency preparedness plans, upgrading
community response capabilities and conducting training/exercises.
Also provided coordination and oversight between the United
States Army, Federal, State and local jurisdictions with
the Army’s Chemical Accident Incident Response Activity
(CAIRA) planning process. Also conducted federally managed
exercises to evaluate the effectiveness of emergency preparedness
programs for the State level and fourteen local jurisdictions.
A FEMA-certified Evaluator/Instructor
on the National Exercise Integrated Process Team. Developed
FEMA’s performance
evaluation methodology for federally managed exercises
and served on the committee which overseas the national
exercise and training programs for the Chemical Stockpile
Program. |
054 |
EV Consultant #054 has 15 years with
the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA), in emergency planning, operations
center management, and disaster exercise planning, training
and evaluation. 20 years experience in the Department
of Defense in planning, training and evaluating emergency
readiness. Served as a FEMA
Regional Training Manager working on a daily basis with
planners, trainers, and local Emergency Managers on addressing
a variety of emergency management readiness, training
and exercise issues. Responsible for planning, training,
and leading FEMA region's
successful participation in national level exercises such
as Response ’91, Response ’95, and Catastrophic
(CAT) ’97. |
027
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EV Consultant #027 retired from FEMA
with over 30 years as Certified Health Physicist (CHP).
Established and maintained FEMA’s
Radiological Defense (RADEF) program (protection from
nuclear attack) in 5 States. Also served as a materials
inspector at Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and
Supervisory Health Physicist, U.S. Army. Responsible for
all activities related to the maintenance of an effective
health physics program for a U.S. Army nuclear facility.
Currently acting as FEMA
Instructor, Radiological Emergency Response Operations
(RERO). Instruction includes performance-exercise-based
training course that provides a realistic environment
for response and management of radiological incidents,
including on-scene radiological monitoring, procedures
for radiation exposure and contamination control, accident
victim rescue and care techniques, and reporting procedures.
Also serves as lead CHP Health Physics evaluator of technical
activities at FEMA REP nuclear
power plant exercises. The duties consisted of evaluating
field monitoring activities, dose assessment, mobile laboratory
analytical procedures, and hospital endeavors for treating
contaminated injured patients. |
034 |
EV Consultant #034 is a former Emergency
Management Officer, Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA), Edited strategic plan
streamlining Radiological Exercise Program (REP), resulting
in reduction in regulations for state and local jurisdictions.
Assessed off-site emergency planning and full-scale exercises
at 25 nuclear power plant facilities. Responsible for
coordination of Presidential declaration procedures between
offices of US Congress and FEMA,
resulting in expedited relief checks to victims on six
major disasters. Deployed to the disaster areas of Los
Angeles, Miami, Omaha, Green Bay, Chicago and Cape Cod
that incurred $50 billion in damages: coordinated Presidential
declaration procedures between offices of US Congress
and FEMA, resulting in expedited
relief checks to victims. |
064 |
EV Consultant #064 is a former FEMA
manager with over 30 years Emergency Management experience.
Emergency Analyst to the Regional Director and Director,
Resource Management and Administration Division. In addition
to serving in various FEMA
management positions on over 40 disasters in 22 States,
he also served on FEMA’s
national task force that developed the Federal Response
Plan that is utilized on all disaster operations. Registered
Professional Civil Engineer. Secret Clearance required
and maintained until 1999.
Currently serves as technical advisor, instructor and
evaluator to FEMA, State,
and Local Governments on Federal Radiological Exercises.
To date, he has performed over 125 evaluations
on over 125 FEMA/NRC Federal full-scale Nuclear exercises. |
021
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EV Consultant #021 is Chief of Preparedness
Training at FEMA’s
Emergency Management Institute at Emmitsburg, Maryland.
Retired with 38 years experience in Emergency Management
training and exercising at the local, state and national
levels of government, and former. Personally involved
in the design, development, and coordination and conduct
of over 300 full-scale exercises and over 800 Table-Top
training exercises, including Radiological Emergency Preparedness
(REP), HAZMAT, Terrorism, and Natural Hazard topics. Designed
Professional Development and Higher Education training
activities and taught over 2,000 training courses during
his career. FEMA evaluator
in 10 Radiological (REP) exercises and assisted. in Training
operations over 40 Presidential Disasters. Provides
consultation in exercising, training and emergency management
with recent work accomplished for Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
as a Disaster Reservist assisting in the design, development
and conduct of Exercise Design/Evaluation courses and
Served as Chief Evaluator in the state-wide hurricane
exercises for the past 6 years for a State Division of
Emergency Management. Recently designed and conducted
a District Level Health Exercise for State. |
067 |
EV Consultant #067 is retired from the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with
over 14 years experience in Response and Recovery programs.
Served as a program manager in the following areas: Radiological
Emergency Preparedness (REP), HAZMAT, CSEPP, Terrorism
and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WPM). Consultant to Emergency
Preparedness at State level. Currently serves as Evaluator
on REP Nuclear Exercises. Also on a State-level Emergency
Management Agency Disaster Reservist Cadre performing
work as a Community Relations Manager. Active member and
logistics officer in State with the National Disaster
Medical System (NDMS) under the Department of Homeland
Security. Currently assists the Coast Guard Auxiliary
as the communication officer in State-level. |
041 |
EV Consultant #041 is retired with over
33 years Emergency Management experience with FEMA.
He has served in numerous management positions as Acting
Regional Director, Deputy Regional Director Resident,
Emergency Management and National Preparedness Division
Director, and Federal Coordinating Officer for Presidential
Declared Disasters in 4 States. Supervisor/Manager
and Player/Evaluator or Controller of the following FEMA
programs: State/Local Exercises: REP Plume/Ingestion;
CSEPP; CHER-CAP, Earthquake; Hurricane; Continuity of
Government Exercises and DoE Nuclear Weapons Exercises.
Also served as manager of FEMA ERT at National Democratic
and Republican Conventions. Currently, serves as
Evaluator on FEMA Radiological
Emergency Preparedness (REP) Nuclear Exercises. |
063 |
EV Consultant #063 is the retired Chief
of Disaster Recovery Training at FEMA’s
Emergency Management Institute. Has 32 years of
experience in emergency management, hazard mitigation,
and disaster recovery programs at the federal level. Developed
and delivered disaster response and recovery training
programs at the Emergency Management Institute, FEMA’s
national training center. Recognized expert in local government
disaster recovery planning. Specializes in leadership
and management training and is certified in the Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator (MBTI). 4 years experience working in environmental
programs at the local government level, including water
quality and hazard abatement programs. |
059 |
EV Consultant #059 has over 37 years
experience with the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA), involved in a full range
of activities encompassing planning/preparedness; training/exercises;
response/recovery, and hazard mitigation activities. Registered
Professional Civil Engineer. Presently consults FEMA
under a technical assistance contract in assisting with
the State-level coastal recovery efforts from the effects
of recent hurricanes. |
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