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EFG, RTFC team for ICS for Industry
Emergency Film Group has just completed its fifth collaboration with the Refinery Terminal Fire Company (RTFC), as it wrapped shooting on a three part training series called ICS for Industry.

Narrated by Greg Noll, Chair of the National Fire Protection Association Hazardous Materials Committee, the series will consist of three programs, “Incident Management,” “Organizing the Response,” and “The EOC & Crisis Management.” The programs were shot over a period of six days under the direction of Gordon Massingham.

The goal of the series is to provide industry with a guide for organizing incident management that will be compliant with the National Incident Management System. “This is important,” Massingham says, “because if you have an incident that exceeds the capability of your in-house response team, or if your plant is victimized by an outside event like a hurricane or flood, you need to be able to work with outside response agencies. To do that, you need to know how the game is played and who the players are.”

Massingham is enthusiastic in his praise of RTFC. “They are a highly professional organization with unique skills honed to deal with the very specific challenges of the petrochemical industry. So we feel quite fortunate to be able to work with them again.” more


IEDs & VBIEDs
IEDs and VBIEDs is the latest training package from Emergency Film Group.

"We began work on the project in the fall of 2007," says Gordon Massingham, director of the film. "We didn’t need DHS to tell us that this is a real potential problem. We pride ourselves on being the tip of the sword when it comes to finding solutions for emergency response problems."

He points to the company’s Response to Anthrax Threats released before the 2001 attacks and AIDS, Hepatitis & the Emergency Responder released before HIV was on anyone’s radar.

"Almost every single terrorist act in the West since September 11," Chertoff declared during his announcement, "has involved an IED, an improvised explosive device, whether it's the bombings in London, whether backpack bombs, whether it was the train bombing in Madrid, whether it was the liquid bombs they tried to put on airplanes as part of the 2006 plot. These are all IEDs. So when we prioritize IEDs as a focus, we are prioritizing what is far and away the greatest threat in the West with respect to terrorist attacks. It does not mean that we're limiting this to the very kind of sophisticated improvised explosive devices and roadside bombs you see in Iraq and Afghanistan. This is a much broader category."

The IEDs & VBIEDs DVD-based package should go a long way to training up emergency responders to recognize IEDs and have a good understanding of how they are used. The half hour interactive DVD is accompanied by a CD-Rom with a PowerPoint, testing materials, references, and other assistance for instructors to put on a course of instruction featuring the video.

Shooting was completed in Spring, 2008 with the assistance of police departments, fire departments, bomb squads, emergency medical teams and emergency management agencies in North Carolina.

A feature of the production is a spectacular car bombing at a postal facility with multiple casualties and a secondary bomber. “It was a training exercise," says Mike Cataldo, Assistant Director on the shoot, "but so real you could see the tension on the faces of the responders." Also included are a substantial number of field demonstrations clearly showing how various devices and explosive arrangements work. As well, there is footage of actual VBIEDs in Iraq shot by GIs and terrorists.

Serving on the Technical Committee for the project are chemist and hazmat instructor Dieter Heinz; Commander Tom Rancich, retired Navy Seal and veteran of tours in Iraq and Afghanistan; Chris Ronay, head of the Institute of Makers of Explosives and former Chief of the FBI’s Explosives Operations Group; August Vernon, Emergency Management Coordinator, Forsyth County, NC and former Iraq security contractor; and Trent Walker of the Greensboro, NC Bomb Squad.

"What is amazing is that we have not already been attacked, and while it’s the last thing we want to have happen, it seems almost inevitable," Massingham says. "We’re hopeful that our work can perhaps prevent some of these events, or at least help reduce the ensuing chaos when an attack occurs."

Liquefied Natural Gas
Planning, coordinating and commanding an emergency response to an LNG incident. Also help with the possible siting of an LNG facility. Liquefied Natural Gas was produced by Emergency Film Group for the National Association of State Fire Marshals under a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. It provides training for fire marshals, fire chiefs, government officials and other personnel who may be responsible for planning, coordinating or commanding an emergency response to an LNG incident, or who may contribute professional opinions about the possible siting of an LNG facility.
Pipeline Emergencies
Winner at Videofuego 2005 for Best Video in Contest and also for Best Training Film! Pipeline Emergencies was created for the National Association of State Fire Marshals under a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Research & Special Projects Administration. It was distributed to every fire department in the country to help local response organizations respond to incidents involving pipelines.
Responding to Trucking Incidents Involving Commercial Explosives
Created for the Institute of Makers of Explosives under a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. This program also was distributed to every fire department in the country. It is one of five programs created by Detrick Lawrence and the IME to promote the safety and protection of employees, users, the public and the environment during the storage, use and transportation of commercial explosives.
Operations Security and Public Safety Awareness
Created for the Utah Olympics Public Safety Command and funded by the Interagency Operations Security Support Staff (IOSS), this program was shown to all security personnel working at the 2002 Olympics. It was so successful that it was re-released for the 2004 Athens Olympics. IOSS is a joint operation of many federal agencies including the Department of Defense, the central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Managing Terrorism Incidents
Using Unified Command for WMD Incidents and Using the Incident Command System for WMD Incidents were created for the U.S. Department of Justice; both were part of TOPOFF 2003, the most comprehensive terrorism response exercise ever conducted it he United States. The programs aired on VNN (Virtual News Network) as part of the exercise.