SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT, EVENT, AND EXERCISE EXPERIENCE
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2020 Alabama Shipyard Disinfection/Decontamination Plan Development for Cardinal Culinary Services (Type-1 Global Pandemic)—Consulting services and plan development
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2019 Harris County Multi-Agency Coordinating Group Gap Analysis (Project Management)—Project Manager / Deputy Project Manager / Project Team Managed $750,000 project charged with developing a comprehensive Multi- Agency Coordinating Group Gap Analysis that identified initiatives to protect our community in the face of multiple Type-1 hazardous materials incidents beyond expanding air monitoring capacity. Included a risk assessment of refining and chemical plant operators and contractors. Provided comprehensive report in 78 working days that within five weeks, led to 74 new First Responder and support positions within four county departments as well as approximately $12 million in response equipment needs.
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2018 Kirby Spill Management Team Exercise (Type-3 Simulated HazMat Incident)— Exercise Manager / Exercise Controllers/Evaluators/Coaches Facilitated a Spill Management Team Exercise, dubbed “Ammonia 2018,” for Kirby Inland Marine headquarters in Channelview, Texas on 13 October 2018. The exercise was held at a venue in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and simulated an incident that occurred along the Mississippi River near West Memphis, Arkansas.The exercise was performed at the direction of Kirby Inland Marine and was conducted in accordance with current NPREP and HSEEP standards. There were a total of 66 participants. The exercise was planned and facilitated by a FEMA-certified Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP). The exercise simulated a collision between a tug and pressure barge load with ammonia and a tug and tank barge loaded with #6 fuel oil. Following the collision, the pressure barge allided with a loading dock on the right descending bank and damaged it’s scrubbing unit. The tank barge loaded with diesel began discharging product at the rate of 10-25 gallons per minute from the #1 port void and cargo tank. The pressure barge began to vent ammonia from the damaged scrubber unit. The focus of the exercise was the Incident Brief, Initial Unified Command Meeting, Unified Command Objectives Meeting, and the Command and General Staff Meeting as described in the US Coast Guard Incident Management Handbook (COMDTPUB P3120.17B). Pre-exercise training conducted by exercise staff included review of chemical hazards associated with ammonia, plume modeling, and crisis communications.
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2016 Mosier Unit Train Derailment (Type-1 Railroad Hazardous Materials Release)— Deputy Incident Commander / Planning Section Chief / Deputy Planning Section Chief / Situation Unit Leader / Operations Section Chief / Deputy Operations Section Chiefs / Logistics Section Chief / Deputy Logistics Section Chief / After- Action Report Author
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1996 MARC Train 286/Amtrak's Train 29 Collision and Derailment in Silver Spring, MD (Type-2 Mass Casualty Incident)—HazMat Group Supervisor
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1991 Railroad Derailment in Maryland (Type-3 HazMat Incident)—HazMat Group Supervisor
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1978 Freight Train Derailment and Fire in Montgomery County, MD (Type-3 Fire Incident)—Firefighter