2003

The O'BRIEN'S Group was involved in providing comprehensive exercise programs to our clients who are required to comply with the U.S. National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program (NPREP). We also provided executive level crisis management exercises. All exercises were developed, conducted and evaluated to meet the client’s specific objectives. Development typically included a scenario, simulated injects, ground rules and participant manual. Exercises were conducted with experienced controllers to guide and coach participants to meet the exercise objectives. Personnel, with actual response experience, using written criteria, conducted the exercise evaluations. Exercise reports including clear and concise recommendations and complete exercise documentation were delivered to the clients. These clients included several large industrial companies such as CITGO, Shell, BP/Amoco, Unocal, ConocoPhillips, ChevronPhillips Chemicals, and many others. Additionally, we conducted Incident Command System (ICS) response training and a tabletop exercise for the University of California, Irvine. We also developed a three-year exercise program in compliance for the NPREP program for the Savannah River Co-op and its members.

As a subcontractor to the U.S. Government, we provided emergency response expertise in Iraq during and after Gulf War II - Operation Iraqi Freedom. This included the assessment of designated sites, some of which contained unexploded ordinance, development of remediation plans and execution of strategic and tactical operations. We also provided training to personnel to operate various types of emergency response equipment. Our team spent approximately six months in Iraq performing emergency response management and remediation services.
We developed numerous emergency response plans and conducted 141 training courses, including Incident Command System (ICS), Crisis Management and responder training programs for our clients.