Partnerships for Innovation
Technology Solutions and Training
Success Stories
When it comes to preparing emergency personnel to respond to natural disasters or acts of terrorism, adequate training and an emphasis on the use of technology are essential components of a coordinated relief effort.
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) offers the technical knowledge, as well as a proven capability to design, develop and deliver training solutions that provide agencies with a customized approach to their readiness needs.
Some recent examples of our technology solutions and training success stories include:
Asset Readiness Management System (ARMS)
Our emergency management experts developed ARMS, which tracks scheduled exercises and operations and provides managers comprehensive visibility of their teams’ activities and the department's assets.
Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) Exercise and Training Analysis Tool (CETAT)
ORAU enhanced the scope of functionality and ease of navigation to provide a tool to improve training and exercise effectiveness of the CSEPP sites and its respective community response partners.
Exercise Builder
We teamed with subject matter experts from the U.S. Department of Energy's Emergency Management Issues Special Interest Group to devise a computer-based tool used for designing and developing emergency preparedness drills and exercises.
Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP)
ORAU and the state of California partnered to revise HSEEP training to integrate the latest technology and a new toolkit to be used for exercise scheduling, design, development, conduct, evaluation and improvement planning.
Incident Command System (ICS)
ORAU planners teamed with Energy Management Services International (EMSI) to institute ICS training for DOE federal team leaders and response assets to enhance their ability to integrate into a incident or unified command setup.
WeB-MEDIS
ORAU designed and developed WeB-MEDIS—a Web-based patient tracking system designed to allow emergency responders to input, share and track patient data from the field using a personal digital assistant (PDA).