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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, November 28, 2011 – Global consulting firm IEM today announced that it has won the FEMA contract to provide integrated preparedness support services to the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP). CSEPP is one of the nation’s most complex and rigorous emergency preparedness programs, originally involving eight chemical weapons stockpile sites, 10 states, 41 counties and affecting more than one million people.

Jack Long, IEM’s director of critical infrastructure programs and the program manager for this work, said, “It has been our privilege to have supported FEMA with technical analyses, exercise support, and integrated program support to the CSEPP since 1999. Much has been accomplished in that time and we are excited about the opportunity to continue to support CSEPP as it carries out its Congressional mandate of ‘maximum protection’ for workers, the public, and the environment.”

IEM’s emergency management experts have supported CSEPP since 1993. IEM will deliver the latest work under a blanket purchase agreement with FEMA, which jointly manages CSEPP with the U.S. Army. The contract has an estimated value of more than $22 million over the lifetime of the project.  

IEM team members include CR Dynamics & Associates, Inc. of Baltimore, MD; D&E Technical, Inc. (DETech) of Champaign, IL; Excalibur Associates of Alexandria VA; Mission Critical Partners of State College, PA; Outreach Process Partners of Annapolis, MD; and Patriot Technical Consultants of Pasco WA.

Under the contract, the IEM team will provide services in alert and notification systems, automation, communications, planning, emergency operations centers, exercises, medical response, protective action strategies, public outreach and education, and training.

Commenting on the project, IEM vice president Wayne Thomas said, “We are happy to continue our partnership with CSEPP, applying science, technology, and best practices in emergency management to help ensure that communities have the knowledge and resources they need to protect their citizens until the chemical weapons stockpile has been safely destroyed.”