Continue to train personnel in the Incident Command System (ICS), the National Incident Management System (NIMS), and the Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) as needed or required under NIMS.
Assisted Fire Prevention Division with annual High Rise and Mid-Rise Annual Fire Drill Exercises.
Developed WebEOCÒ communications tool for the Business and Industry Emergency Preparedness Committee.
Conducted staff training on the use of WebEOCÒ to include monthly desktop testing and exercising.
Gave numerous lectures on Emergency Preparedness to local civic groups and to various businesses.
Maintained a spreadsheet tracking system for training all City personnel for compliance in NIMS which includes documentation of training.The matrix also includes SEMS and ICS training.
Participated as Planning Chief of the Command Staff for the implosion of the NRG Power Plant Implosion Event.
Held regular meetings of the Business & Industry Emergency Preparedness Committee so that partnerships at all levels can be achieved. The roster now contains over 60 names and more are added regularly.
Conducted regular monthly meetings of the El Segundo Amateur Radio Group (ESARG).
Trained members of the El Segundo CERT Association (ESCERTA) in the Pandemic Module to teach them on what a Pandemic is and how to luse the information received in the training in a Pandemic.
Reconvened the Emergency Preparedness Committee to re-write the Emergency Operations Plan for the City as part of a Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan.
Conducted two CERT classes for residents and one for business.
Conducted training for all Department Heads in the use of the Mass Notification System (Everbridge) for the City to assist in alerting employees in their respective departments.This system is also used to alert employees for meetings, notifications, activations, etc.
Continuous development of WebEOCÒ as an everyday operations tool for City operations.
Finished the installation of the computer and software system for the AM 1040 radio station to help with the coordination of messages, distributed from the El Segundo Cable TV & the PIO broadcast to the radio station, at the same.
Started using Twitter and Nixle for unofficial notifications for events for the City.
Acted as Disaster Management Area Coordinator for Area "G", which is the fourteen cities in the South Bay, until a replacement is hired.
Spoke with members of the Neighborhood Watch Groups, about Disaster Preparedness and notifications during an emergency, for the El Segundo Police Department.
