EOC-IMT Training Conducted at NNSY

INSTALLAT LT. VINCENT DEL GRECO LISTS LOGISTICS BRANCH NEEDS DURING RECENT EOC-IMT TRAINING.

EOC-IMT Training conducted at NNSY

BY ANNA TAYLOR • PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST PHOTOS BY KRISTI BRITT • PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST Norfolk Naval Shipyard recently conducted Emergency Operations Center - Incident Management Team (EOC-IMT) training, qualifying 30 military and civilian employees as IMT members.

Attended by shipyard Sailors, civilians and tenant command employees, the three-day course focused on Emergency EOC organization and coordination, information management, "SMART" objective development, incident action planning, resource management, recovery operations and Command, Control, Communications Computers and Intelligence (C4I) familiarization.

The training was facilitated by the Shore Operations Training Group from Commander, Navy Installations Command, which teaches courses to EOC responders around the country.

“It demonstrated the complex networking required to effectively mitigate emergencies,” said Assistant Public Works Officer Lt. 16 • SERVICE TO THE FLEET • NOVEMBER 2018

Vincent Del Greco. “Clear lines of communications within a multi-organization network are vital to ensuring a timely response as well as ensuring the right decisions are made. By knowing what resources are available before an emergency event takes place decisions can be made in a more expeditious manner.”

“We also learned how important it is to have an understanding of other response organizations, which allows for mutually beneficial cooperation and integration,” added Emergency Management Specialist Reuben Johnson.

Along with attending the classroom lectures, students were required to put the training into action during practical, small-scale exercises designed by the trainers.

TION EOC-IMT MEMBERS RESPOND TO A MOCK TERRORIST ATTACK DURING RECENT TRAINING.

« EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE STEVE MURLEY DIRECTS EOC-IMT RESPONDERS DURING AN EXERCISE.

The first exercise tested students’ ability to respond to a destructive tornado and the associated fatalities and structural damage.

Later in the week, students simulated manning the EOC to respond to terrorist attacks aboard the installation.

“The course introduced the principles, components, and characteristics of NNSY's emergency management program and the major functions of the EOC to our IMT members,” said Norfolk Naval Shipyard Installation Training Officer Kevin Hull. “It

allowed us to operate as an effective, cohesive team in a training environment and helped to identify processes and skill sets we need to strengthen, refine, and improve upon, which paid huge dividends as we made preparations for Hurricane Florence response and recovery operations.”

In the event of an emergency, like an accident, natural disaster, active shooter or terrorist attack, EOC-IMT personnel manage the incident from the EOC, provide necessary resources to first responders on the scene, and stabilize the situation.

“The training was a valuable experience because it brought different NNSY Emergency Management entities and resources together in one place to concentrate on EOC operations,” said Emergency Operations Center Manager Josh Pivac. “It was the first time the EOC-IMT training has been conducted at NNSY, which allowed us to determine our strengths and weaknesses.

We’ll apply what we learned to build on our emergency management operations and plans in order to better inform, prepare, and protect the Sailors, civilians, and families.”

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