Posted on 09/03/2005 10:56:42 PM PDT by XHogPilot
IEM Team to Develop Catastrophic Hurricane Disaster Plan for New Orleans & Southeast Louisiana June 3, 2004
IEM, Inc., the Baton Rouge-based emergency management and homeland security consultant, will lead the development of a catastrophic hurricane disaster plan for Southeast Louisiana and the City of New Orleans under a more than half a million dollar contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
In making the announcement today on behalf of teaming partners Dewberry, URS Corporation and James Lee Witt Associates, IEM Director of Homeland Security Wayne Thomas explained that the development of a base catastrophic hurricane disaster plan has urgency due to the recent start of the annual hurricane season which runs through November. National weather experts are predicting an above normal Atlantic hurricane season with six to eight hurricanes, of which three could be categorized as major.
The IEM team will complete a functional exercise on a catastrophic hurricane strike in Southeast Louisiana and use results to develop a response and recovery plan. A catastrophic event is one that can overwhelm State, local and private capabilities so quickly that communities could be devastated without Federal assistance and multi-agency planning and preparedness.
Thomas said that the greater New Orleans area is one of the nation’s most vulnerable locations for hurricane landfall.
“Given this area’s vulnerability, unique geographic location and elevation, and troubled escape routes, a plan that facilitates a rapid and effective hurricane response and recovery is critical,” he said. “The IEM team’s approach to catastrophic planning meets the challenges associated with integrating multi-jurisdictional needs and capabilities into an effective plan for addressing catastrophic hurricane strikes, as well as man-made catastrophic events.”
IEM President and CEO Madhu Beriwal is the recipient of a s pecial merit award from the Louisiana Emergency Preparedness Association ( LEPA ) for her work in New Orleans hurricane emergency preparedness.
Looks like history repeated itself
disaster management in New Orleans had been privatized, the 'catastrophic hurricane disaster plan' having been handed over to Baton Rouge-based Innovative Emergency Management last year. "IEM, Inc., the Baton Rouge-based emergency management and homeland security consultant, will lead the development of a catastrophic hurricane disaster plan for Southeast Louisiana and the City of New Orleans under a more than half a million dollar contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)."
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I wonder if they can tell us what they learned...
The Louisiana Emergency Preparedness
Association and the Louisiana Office of
Homeland Security and Emergency
Preparedness invite you to attend the
2005 LEPA/LOHS-EP Workshop, May
31– June 3, 2005, at the Hilton
Riverside in New Orleans, Louisiana.
There will also be an ‘Evening Social
with the Vendors’ on Wednesday, June
1st from 5:30-6:30pm before the
Membership Banquet.
LA Catastrophic Hurricane Planning Workshop
BDLS & ADLS: Disaster Preparedness
John Boudreaux
Bennett C. Landreneau
Brad Tiffee, IEM, Inc.
Sean R. Fontenot, LOHSEP
Knox Andress, RN
http://tinyurl.com/dqdx6
Overall, JLWA reviewed the University's public worksheets for the estimation of costs of recovery. JLWA helped each entity to better understand the disaster recovery process and maximize their funding from insurance and federal disaster programs by...
Wonder where the plan is??
Part of my profession includes writing/developing disaster plans. We would be sued, not asked to return if we had done this work.
And the governor didn't even mention that today when she introduced him!
2 Sep 2005 02:49 Europe/Paris
James Lee Witt Associates Statement On IEM Disaster Plan
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- In May of 2004, IEM included James Lee Witt Associates, LLC in their proposal to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for developing a FEMA Catastrophic Plan for Southeast Louisiana and the New Madrid Seismic Zone.
After the proposal was submitted to FEMA, James Lee Witt Associates was not approached again by IEM, nor did JLWA have any involvement whatsoever in the project.
Contact: Kim Fuller
(Mobile) 918-289-9450
(Office) 202-585-0780
kfuller@wittassociates.com
PRNewswire -- Sept. 1
Source: James Lee Witt Associates
Web site: http://www.wittassociates.com/
---It looks like Witt's hurricane disaster plan for Louisiana was - "Let the federal government handle it".---
Their plan has always been to let the peons fend for themselves and to stick their hand out for money when it's over. It's really that brutally simple.
It almost makes you wonder if she got a call from a Cajun living safely in DC. "Things're lookin' pretty bad for you theah, this guy's the one you want to oversee, he can clean up more than the streets if you get my drift, nothin' will come back on you, the guv'ner..."
We need to see the results of his 2004 plan before he twists it around to fit the post Katrina situation to look like everything was force majeure.
IEM Team to Develop Catastrophic Hurricane Disaster Plan for New Orleans & Southeast Louisiana
June 3, 2004
IEM, Inc., the Baton Rouge-based emergency management and homeland security consultant, will lead the development of a catastrophic hurricane disaster plan for Southeast Louisiana and the City of New Orleans under a more than half a million dollar contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
In making the announcement today on behalf of teaming partners Dewberry, URS Corporation and James Lee Witt Associates, IEM Director of Homeland Security Wayne Thomas explained that the development of a base catastrophic hurricane disaster plan has urgency due to the recent start of the annual hurricane season which runs through November. National weather experts are predicting an above normal Atlantic hurricane season with six to eight hurricanes, of which three could be categorized as major.
The IEM team will complete a functional exercise on a catastrophic hurricane strike in Southeast Louisiana and use results to develop a response and recovery plan. A catastrophic event is one that can overwhelm State, local and private capabilities so quickly that communities could be devastated without Federal assistance and multi-agency planning and preparedness.
Thomas said that the greater New Orleans area is one of the nation’s most vulnerable locations for hurricane landfall.
“Given this area’s vulnerability, unique geographic location and elevation, and troubled escape routes, a plan that facilitates a rapid and effective hurricane response and recovery is critical,” he said. “The IEM team’s approach to catastrophic planning meets the challenges associated with integrating multi-jurisdictional needs and capabilities into an effective plan for addressing catastrophic hurricane strikes, as well as man-made catastrophic events.”
IEM President and CEO Madhu Beriwal is the recipient of a s pecial merit award from the Louisiana Emergency Preparedness Association ( LEPA ) for her work in New Orleans hurricane emergency preparedness.
IEM, Inc. was founded in 1985, and is one of the leading emergency management corporations in the U.S. While some organizations include emergency management as one of many business areas, helping to plan for and manage emergencies is IEM’s core business . IEM’s clients include some of the foremost federal emergency and defense organizations in the U.S., including the Department of Homeland Security/FEMA, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. www.ieminc.com
Established in 1956, Dewberry is a multidisciplinary planning, engineering, and design firm, employing more than 1,600 individuals. As FEMA’s largest contractor, Dewberry plays a significant role in the national effort to reduce the impact of both natural (flood, fire, earthquake, tropical storm, cyclone, hurricane, tornado, and winter storm) and man-made (hazardous waste, terrorism, etc.) hazards on people, property, and the economy. www.dewberry.com
URS Corporation provides planning, engineering, architecture, and applied science to hundreds of government agencies and private industrial and commercial companies worldwide. The company has more than 26,000 employees -- the largest Architectural & Engineering firm in the U. S. for the fourth consecutive year.URS has approximately 500 employees in Louisiana. URS has over 30 years of experience in hazard mitigation planning and engineering support work for FEMA and other customers. www.urscorp.com
James Lee Witt Associates, LLC, established in 2001 by the former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is a leader in public safety and crisis management. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in Atlanta, Chicago and Sacramento, James Lee Witt Associates works with state, local and foreign governments, corporations, hospitals, universities and utilities in conducting vulnerability assessments, after-event audits and reviews, developing all-hazard emergency and continuity of operations planning, as well as with the telecommunications industry on wireless interoperability. www.wittassociates.com
What about Rush? And is he taking off Monday? If he were on the air on Monday, he'd have a huge audience with everyone not working.
Okay, they may slither out of this one. Thanks for the info.
Thanks. She has enough experience to make her ineptitude even more unforgiveable.
I've looked over the Hurricane Comprehensive Plan on the City of New Orleans website, and can't find anything about evacuating those without cars, nor nursing homes, just the setup of a shelter (with no guarantee of safety) for special needs patients. Maybe I missed it, but searched the sidebar topics and didn't find it in any of those, either, unless my eyes glazed over too much.
http://www.cityofno.com/portal.aspx?portal=46&tabid=26
Where is the plan!
Am I stupid or does that not mean that they still PLANNED THE PLAN?
And what IS "the project?"
That's Terry Ebbert's site. I don't see much there that would help anybody, do you?
And no buses mentioned!
http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/9809/29/georges.03/
Federal Emergency Management Agency director James Lee Witt emphasized the need to watch closely how taxpayer dollars are spent in rebuilding.
"What's important as we rebuild in high-risk areas is that you look at those high-risk areas and you look at how to rebuild or not rebuild in those areas," Witt said
"What about Rush?"
Rush will be helpful, but, in case nobody noticed it, the Left declared a propaganda war (coincidentally? hours after Jackson returned from the South American Communist summit meeting in Venezuela) which is being fought on CNN/MSNBC/ABC/CBS/NBC/FOX. The EIB network just ain't in the same league, I'm sorry to admit.
The "War of Liberation for America" might have started, and, as far as I can tell, we're not showing up.
Bush was unforgivably inept. The Governor was naive. :^)
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