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October 2008 CEMA Moves to New Location Effective October first, CEMA corporate headquarters will move to the new East Lansing, Technology Innovation Center. The TIC will provide CEMA with a state-of-the-art office environment and powerful links to the Michigan technology community. "With this move, we are able to offer greater convenience and improved services for our customers, while CEMA will enjoy improved collaboration with other innovative public and private partners" said Tom Shaver, CEMA Principal. September 2008 CEMA Welcomes Tres Brooke and Opens Traverse Office Comprehensive Emergency Management Associates (CEMA) an East Lansing based emergency planning provider of consulting, training and exercise servies is pleased to announce the opening of a Traverse City office, with Tres Brooke joining the firm as the Northern Branch Director. The Traverse office will provide a full range of emergency planning services to the northern lower peninsula and UP clients. "Tres Brooke, formerly the Region 7 Bioterrorism coordinator, brings a wealth of experience and a knowledge of regional needs and issues to the CEMA team" said Tom Shaver, CEMA Principal and spokesman. September 2008 CEMA Teams with Ingham Regional Medical Center Comprehensive Emergency Management Associates (CEMA) an East Lansing based emergency planning provider offering consulting, training and exercise servies is pleased to announce a contract with Ingham Regional Medical Center, of Lansing Michigan, to provide Environment of Care and Safety Services to the institution. August 2008 CEMA Welcomes Byron Callies as New Partner Comprehensive Emergency Management Associates (CEMA) an East Lansing based emergency planning provider offering consulting, training and exercise servies is pleased to announce that Byron Callies has joined the CEMA team as a full partner. Callies, a Certified Emergency Planner and Master Exercise Practitioner will focus on the healthcare industry, and on enhancing CEMA's menu of exercise services for the public and private sectors. Prior to joining CEMA, Callies had been the Environment of Care Manager for a large mid-Michigan hospital, and earlier, the Bioterrorism Coordinator for one of the eight Michigan Bioterrorism Planning Regions. January 2008 CEMA Wins Training Services Contract Comprehensive Emergergency Management Associates, LLC (CEMA) won a competitive bidding process and was awarded a training services contract by the Region 3 Bioterrorism Defense Network. The contract calls for CEMA to design, develop and deliver a variety of training programs for hospital, public health and first-responder personnel throughout the 14 county region in eastern lower Michigan. For ease of scheduling and access, CEMA will be working closely with its partner, MSU-Global to deliver selected program content via a web-based online learning system. November 2007 CEMA and HSS pen Agreement CEMA and Hospital Shared Services, Inc. (HSS) proudly announce a partnering agreement. HSS, a Denver, Colorado based provider of security and aggression managment training servicies to the healthcare industry will be melding together thier product lines and offering them to their combined clients. "We see this as an example of synergy in its truest form" said Tom Shaver, CEMA Principal. October 2007 CEMA and Michigan State University pen Agreement Comprehensive Emergency Management Associates (CEMA) a Lansing based full service emergency planning and consulting firm, and MSU-Global, a division of Michigan State University, have announced a partnership agreement. MSU-Global, develops and implements online institutes, programs and services including a business and life-skills program. Under the agreement, communications skills and conflict management course content from MSU-Global will be added to existing emergency preparedness training programs now offered by CEMA. The resulting Conflict Management Continuum Program “will provide a broad range of communications and conflict management learning options to meet the needs of our clients“ said Byron Callies, CEMA Program Manager. CEMA, a mid-Michigan based consulting firm, specializes in emergency planning, training and exercising for public, private and not-for-profit clients. May 2007 CEMA Receives Mass Casualty Training Grant Comprehensive Emergency Management Associates (CEMA) was awarded a training grant by the District 1 Regional Medical Response Coalition. The training program will be for emergency medical, fire, law enforcement, hospital and 9-1-1 communications personnel in the nine District 1 Counties. The grant will provide first responders with information and skills to better manage and care for the victims of mass casualty incidents (MCI's). The program is gaining recognition for its uniques content of best practices and lessons learned gleaned from the study of of responses to large incidents around the world. "MCI's are arguably the most complex and challenging events a first-responder will ever be faced with. If we fail to learn from the successes and mistakes of others, we loose a huge body of useful information" said Joe DeFors, CEMA co-founder and program manager. April 2007 CEMA Awarded Regional Pandemic Influenza Exercise Comprehensive Emergency Management Associates, LLC (CEMA) was awarded a contract to plan and conduct a Pandemic Influenza Exercise by the District 1 Regional Medical Response Coalition. “This exercise is about community preparedness, and our hospitals response to an infectious disease,” said Joe DeFors, a principal of CEMA. Titled District 1Regional Playbook 3 (D1RE PLAY-3), the contract calls for a series of multiple exercises beginning in June and concluding in late August of this year. “D1RE Play-3 will challenge and evaluate our ability to coordinate systems that support the care of a large numbers of victims,” said Tom Shaver of CEMA, the Lead Planner for the exercise. “We will test our Modular Emergency Medical System” (MEMS). The MEMS addresses the gap in resources that will exist if a large number of victims were to seek treatment from area hospitals. The MEMS is based on the rapid organization of two types of expandable patient care modules, the Neighborhood Emergency Help Center (NEHC) and the Acute Care Center (ACC). The exercise will be designed to involve a number of other regional resources as well. With this project, CEMA will bring one of the first Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) compliant exercises to the mid-Michigan area. January 2007 CEMA Concludes Schools Emergency Training Program In a project funded by 2006 homeland security dollars, Comprehensive Emergency Management Associates (CEMA) has been training school’s administrators, principals, security and other staff in a variety of emergency planning topics. The project, a partnership between CEMA and the Ingham Intermediate School District (IISD) offered four different emergency planning modules to schools staff. Topics included crisis teams, emergency communications, sheltering and evacuation, and building protection and utility controls. Content for the program came from weaknesses and deficiencies identified in earlier emergency planning work CEMA had conducted in Michigan schools. |