Additional Readiness Support
Many components make up an organization's preparedness to respond to natural or man-made emergencies. ORAU's national security and emergency management personnel offer comprehensive services to help you:
- analyze your needs and organize your resources
- prepare to handle the communications aspects of an emergency
- train your personnel in their responsibilities
Taking such steps will allow you to act quickly and decisively during any type of emergency.
Asset and Resource Tracking
Knowing your staff's capabilities and all of your resources are important in being able to manage an emergency. ORAU's personnel have created unique systems for the U.S. Department of Energy to make readiness information available online to all who need to know.
24/7 Response and Consultative Services
ORAU employees often work side-by-side with our clients during actual emergencies, incidents, or events.
Emergency Public Information
A critical component of any emergency response is effective communication with the public. ORAU designs public information systems and trains organizations in their use.
Emergency Response Communication
Communication among those responding to an emergency is also crucial to an effective response. ORAU educates organizations on an innovative approach that capitalizes on the benefits of handheld/wireless technology.
Information Sharing and Networking
Ensuring that everyone in your agency or company knows the latest developments, understands key issues, capitalizes on lessons learned, and shares valuable resources is essential to an effective organization. ORAU provides the infrastructure and staff to manage large information and resource sharing networks.
Risk Management
ORAU personnel support the Department of Homeland Security's Risk Management Division (RMD) in three areas:
- Analyzing threat information with regard to its technical viability and likelihood of success
- Defining protective measures for general and specific types of attack methodologies against general and specific critical infrastructure / key resources (CI/KR)
- Assisting in the development of daily briefs for key RMD leaders by determining credibility of current threats
