January 7, 2008
Helpful Hints, is a series prepared by the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance (TA) Center. According to the organization's Web site, the publication provides a quick overview of school emergency preparedness topics that are frequently the subject of inquiries. Associate Director of Training, Susan Hill, and former Assistant Director for Operations, Mark Fischer, contributed to the most recent publication.
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December 3, 2007
The Virginian-Pilot featured a news article bout VMC/Homeland Security Programs' course, Homeland Security Planning for Campus Executives held in Virginia Beach, VA.
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July 18, 2007
WTAP featured a news clip about VMC/Homeland Security Programs' pilot course, Interagency Coordination for Special Needs Planning for an Emergency Response, held in Parkersburg, WV.
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May 4, 2007
WDTV featured a news clip about VMC/Homeland Security Programs' course, Homeland Security Planning for Campus Executives. Jodi Van Horne, the VMC's Emergency Response Medical Specialist and a course instructor, was interviewed for the broadcast. The course provides a basic overview for those institutions attempting to develop an approach to solving homeland security planning, and it provides useful resources and tools.
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May 1, 2007
VMC/Homeland Security Programs was featured on WBOY regarding training available to higher education institutions. The course provides a basic overview for those institutions attempting to
develop an approach to solving homeland security planning, and it provides
useful resources and tools.
(View article )
April 30, 2007
VMC/Homeland Security Programs is offering two courses that will help higher education campuses in security planning. A press release was sent out from West Virginia University in order to remind those who may be interested in this training in the wake of the tragedy at the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va.
(View press release )
February 22, 2007
VMC/Homeland Security Programs has made the study, The Potential for an Uncontrolled Mass Evacuation of the DC Metro Area Following a Terrorist Attack: A Report of Survey Findings , available on its Web site. A copy of the press release is available by clicking here. The Daily Athenaeum published a feature article about the report. To read the article, click below.
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February 16, 2007
VMC/Homeland Security Programs took part in observing the Stadium Operations Center (SOC) at West Virginia University's Mylan Puskar Stadium. This project involved observing the functionality of the SOC and conducting tabletop exercises to study how participants worked with each other to resolve problems the center faced. An article discussing these observations and outcomes was co-authored by the VMC's director, George Trapp, and appeared in the January/February 2007 edition of the Campus Law Enforcement Journal, published by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA).
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August 24 , 2006
Mark Fischer, Assistant Director of Program Operations, and Jodi Van Horne, Emergency Response Medical Specialist, are part of an ongoing effort at West Virginia University (WVU) to explore mass migration possibilities from the Washington, D.C. area into or through West Virginia during a major disaster. Brian Gerber, a professor of Public Administration at WVU, leads the effort funded by the National Science Foundation that studies local infrastructure emergency planning. Fischer and Van Horne offer emergency response expertise to the project. Findings from an initial survey conducted in cooperation with the State of West Virginia were presented by Gerber at a conference in Davis, W.Va. on August 23, 2006. For more information, please click on the links below.
(View press release from WVU)
(View article from the Washington TImes )
July 10 , 2006
VMC/Homeland Security Programs developed a training course for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that is geared toward preparing campus executives for disasters..
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July 7, 2006
Mark Fischer of VMC/Homeland Security Programs and Lori Risk of WVU's Center for Excellence for Disabilities represented West Virginia at a national emergency management conference focusing on people with disabilities and the elderly.
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April 25, 2006
VMC/Homeland Security Programs offers podcasts on Apple's iTunes. Presentations from the Pandemic Flu Summit are available on the site.
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March 7 , 2006
Mark Fischer, Associate Director for Program Operations at VMC/Homeland Security Programs, is featured in this article discussing the Pandemic Influenza Summit held at the Radisson Hotel in Morgantown on March 6. The regional summit was organized by the Monongalia County Health Department.
(View article from The Exponent-Telegram in Clarksburg, WV )
Dec. 14, 2004
Associate Director for Program Operations, Mark Fischer, is certified by FEMA's Emergency Management Institute as a Master Exercise Practitioner. This is a national certification that less than a hundred non-federal employees have received.
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Feb. 21, 2004
The VMC® helped in planning the Mountaineer Express tabletop exercise at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center on Friday, February 20. Staff members attended to observe local first and emergency responders work through a mock biological terrorism incident.
Dec. 10 , 2003
West Virginia University's Radiant Trust Center of Excellence (RTCE) and Forensic Programs at WVU are featured in the December issue of BTS America, the Department of Homeland Security/Border and Transportation Security Directorate’s magazine. The VMC® and other programs within WVU's Office of Research are highlighted.
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Oct. 3, 2003
The VMC® was awarded grant money from the Department of Health and Human Services as part of $26.6 million awarded nationwide to provide bioterrorism training and curriculum enhancement programs.
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Sept. 24, 2003
West Virginia University is combining efforts with the City of Morgantown to improve communications during emergency incidents that occur on campus and within the city. Mountain Thunder II, a full-scale, mock disaster exercise sponsored by the VMC® in November 2002, revealed the need for an updated system and provided data that supported the decision to move to a more integrated communications system between the City and the University.
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Sept. 23, 2003
The VMC®, as well as two other programs within the Research Corporation, are highlighted in the October issue of BTS America, the Department of Homeland Security/Border and Transportation Security Directorate’s magazine.
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Sept. 18, 2003
Senator Robert C. Byrd (D, W.Va.) recently included approximately $2 million in legislation for an initiative aimed at preparing first responders for terrorist attacks. The VMC® will receive this funding to continue development of its Integrated Knowledge Base and first and emergency responder training courses.
Sept. 12, 2003
The VMC® recently received close to 900,000 in competitive grant funding from the Department of Health and Human Resources’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to provide bioterrorism continuing education training and curriculum enhancement programs in West Virginia.
(View press release)
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