EmergeX - Leaders in Risk and Emergency Management

EmergeX has moved to Richmond

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:29:00 -0800

We are pleased to announce that EmergeX has moved the head office to a spacious location in Richmond, British Columbia. We now have a new office telephone and fax number. The new address and contact information are as follows:

EmergeX Planning Inc.
8331 River Road
Richmond, BC
V6X 1Y1
Phone #: (604) 303-8803
Fax #: (604) 303-7743

The new location provides us with the opportunity to grow our resources to offer new products and services. "We now will be close to the Vancouver International Airport and the many services that Richmond has to offer. Also, the new location provides our clients with such perks, as free parking and beautiful ocean views," said Tully Waisman, CEO.

About EmergeX Planning Inc.
EmergeX Planning Inc. (EmergeX) is a leading risk and emergency management company. For the last thirteen years, the organization's strength lies in the experience of the team. EmergeX's planners and trainers have extensive backgrounds in Risk and Emergency Management, Geological Information Systems (GIS), Environmental Science, Pandemic Planning, Fire Safety, Wildland Interface Fire Planning and Crisis Communications.

For more information, please contact:

Tully Waisman
CEO
EmergeX Planning Inc.
Phone: (604) 303-8803
Fax: (604) 303-7743

EmergeX Holds Key Planning Positions in the 10,000 Tonne Oil Spill Exercise

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:21:00 -0800

EmergeX Planning Inc. (EmergeX) was part of the Burrard Clean Operations (BCO) Team for the 10,000 Tonne Marine Oil Spill Exercise on June 8-9, 2006. For this exercise, BCO successfully demonstrated its ability to handle different marine oil spills to maintain its certification program by Transport Canada. Two members from EmergeX Tully Waisman, President and CEO and Stacey Chobotar, Manager of Corporate Services held key positions in the planning section.

This exercise had been designed to review BCO’s readiness to respond to a marine oil spill in the Vancouver Harbour. Tully was the Situation Unit Leader for the day shift. His primary responsibility was to update and maintain all information pertaining to the spill. “I noticed that since BCO implemented the Incident Command System there is a comprehensive way to easily assign people to roles and responsibilities,” said Tully.

For the night shift, Stacey acted as the Situation Unit Leader. Her experience made her realize that ICS proved to be ideal for managing complex large events like this particular exercise.

This organization often participates in smaller exercises, so this was an excellent opportunity for the team to be involved in a large event that only happens once every three years. EmergeX team members participated with many other organizations that are apart of the Burrard Clean Operations Team. “It was great to see that all participants of the team acted as if the exercise was real. It went very well and now we are one step further to ensuring preparedness for any large scale spills we have on the West Coast,” said Tully.

For more information please contact:

Contact:
Stacey Chobotar Manager, Corporate Services	1.604.688.0888 1.800.992.0888 toll free
info@emergexplanning.com	www.emergexplanning.com

EmergeX Evaluates UBC's Emergency Exercise - Operation Sick Students

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:50:00 -0800

Vancouver, BC - Tully Waisman, CEO of EmergeX Planning Inc. (EmergeX) evaluated this year's University of British Columbia (UBC) annual emergency exercise, "Operation Sick Students." This activity was implemented to exhibit the effects of a flu-like epidemic across the campus and to test the effectiveness of the UBC response to a medically based emergency.

This emergency exercise was unique because previous exercises have been based on physical disasters. Also, this was the first time that the Vice Presidents of UBC participated in the annual event. The three hour exercise scenario overview consists of students going to a party on a Friday and one of the guest's is sick. By Monday morning, many students on and off-campus are severely ill. The main objective of the exercise is for the UBC Executive Committee members to establish effective communications with the Emergency Operation Centre's (EOC) personnel to allow for an efficient response to the crisis.

Tully evaluated the exercise based on how well all of the participants effectively communicated with each other and he provided comments on what lessons had been learned from this activity. "This team learned a lot on how to communicate better and how to effectively use some of the important EOC forms at the UBC campus," said Tully.

"This exercise was very successful for the UBC community. I was very happy to be able to participate in the UBC Emergency program and assist in their ongoing preparedness, response and recovery programs," stated Tully. It was really great for him to see that UBC are practicing their emergency preparedness plans for the 70, 000 students on campus.

EmergeX Planning Inc. (EmergeX) is a leading risk and emergency management company. For the last thirteen years, our strength lies in the experience of our team. Our planners and trainers have extensive backgrounds in Risk and Emergency Management, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Environmental Science, Pandemic Planning, Fire Safety, Wildland Interface Fire Planning, Occupational Health & Safety and Crisis Communications.

For more information, please contact:

Contact:
Stacey Chobotar Corporate Services Manager	1.604.688.0888 1.800.992.0888 toll free
info@emergexplanning.com	www.emergexplanning.com