Homeland Security
Preparation for emergency situations that follow natural disasters or protection against acts of terrorism has been a top priority for local communities, state governments, federal agencies, and private industry. F&V’s main goal is to be our client’s trusted source for homeland security issues and serve as a catalyst for cost-effective solutions. Our experience in emergency management planning, hazard modeling, and multidisciplinary engineering, we are able to assist our clients in increasing their level of preparedness in helping protect the public and secure critical infrastructure. Our approach consists of three phases: assessment, development of recommended corrective actions, and implementation of those actions.
During the assessment phase, F&V experienced staff works closely with our clients, facilitating the identification of critical assets and development of the design basis threat. That threat is then used to assess the client’s vulnerabilities that are then used with various models to assist in determining a reasonable level of risk. With the determination of the acceptable risk, specific, cost-effective actions are defined to reduce or eliminate vulnerabilities or mitigate the impact of the vulnerability. These actions are grouped as policy and procedure, security design, and plant or facility design.
Implementation of recommended corrective measures is often accomplished through the creation or revision of existing emergency management plans by incorporating multi-hazard approaches; testing and training of the client’s staff; design of a more effective physical protection system and facility modifications with construction management services and acceptance inspections; mitigation planning and monitoring; and emergency response and recovery (debris removal and documentation).
F&V is the acting Solution Area Planner for several Tier I and Tier II Jurisdictions.
Services:
- Vulnerability assessments
- Emergency response planning
- Plan exercising
- Emergency action guidelines
- Grant management