During the course of 2012 and early 2013, the IT Gas Technology Team and the Gas Line of Business have been working closely to improve PG&E’s ability to have Emergency Response information readily available with the development of the Emergency Preparedness Mobile Application (EPMA). The EPMA project took the Gas Emergency Response Plan (GERP), which is currently distributed in oversized binders, and placed it into a mobile application that can be ...
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After the myriad of physical security changes implemented for the nation’s nuclear power plants following the attacks of 9/11/01, the nuclear industry completed the “Hostile Action-Based Event” (HABE) exercise program, led by the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI). Through 2007 – 2009, every US nuclear power plant was required to plan, develop and execute a non-evaluated HABE exercise designed to explore and improve the ...
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In October 2008, Spectrum Health System in Central Michigan, received a competitive grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through the State of Michigan to prepare a plan on how to deliver essential health care services during a pandemic influenza event. Spectrum Health coordinated this project in collaboration with providers in West and Central Michigan known in federal health care preparedness grant activities as ...
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Pandemic Flu ExerciseCMCG, LLC successfully completed a week-long exercise program for the City of Yonkers, New York on Saturday, May 13th, with the demonstration of a field exercise to respond to a pandemic flu scenario.
CMCG developed a unique approach to the flu exercise by doling out pieces of the scenario over a several day period via email to involved agencies. The scenario simulated an index patient who was ...
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CMCG, LLC recently developed and conducted a tabletop exercise for Duke Energy’s Houston facilities. This tabletop scenario involved a major hurricane affecting the Houston area with long term power outages and building evacuations and included continuity of business operations until the offices could be reoccupied. CMCG produced an After Action Report to evaluate the Duke Energy response and present recommendations for improvement.
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