last update: 14 February 2008
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last update: 14 February 2008
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Chicago Post
Society
of American Military Engineers
It is the policy of the United States to have an Emergency Mobilization Preparedness Capability that will ensure that government at all levels, in partnership with the private sector and the American people, can respond decisively and effectively to any major national emergency with the defense of the United States as first priority. National Security Council NS DD-47
To support
government at all levels in their emergency preparedness capabilities, the
Chicago Post of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), in
cooperation with its corporate members/firms, has developed a
Disaster Preparedness and
Response Plan
in response to the Society's commitment to come to the aid of governments
and citizens in time of national emergencies, including natural and man made
disasters.
Our Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan outlines how civilian architectural and engineering firms,
construction contractors, materials suppliers, and other firms can interact with
military and government construction agencies in the Chicagoland area to
effectively respond to any major emergency.
For those in
the private sector, the Plan will include the names and addresses of
organizations you can contact in the event you wish to make your firm known as a
resource to support emergency relief or recovery efforts. For those in the
public sector, you will find the names and addresses of organizations prepared
to support disaster relief who can respond in a disciplined manner to prevent
further loss and restore normalcy.
A copy of the Disaster Preparedness and Response
Plan is available here for review
(pdf 376 kb).
To complete the Plan, the Post is soliciting input on specific emergency response and readiness capabilities from its private sector sustaining members. This information will be assembled in a database and included in the attachments to the Plan that will be distributed to local, State and Federal emergency response agencies in our region to aide those agencies in locating needed resources in the event of an emergency. A letter and questionnaire requesting this information was sent to sustaining members in January.
The Chicago Post is seeking a 100 percent commitment by our sustaining member firms. If you have not already done so, please take the time now to demonstrate your firm’s commitment by completing the Fast Start Questionnaire. You can mail, email, or fax your response to the Post at:
SAME Chicago
Post
111 No. Canal St., Suite 600
Chicago, IL 60606
FAX: 312-353-2169
EMAIL: SAME-Chicago@same.org
If you have any questions, please contact the Chicago Post Readiness Co-Chairs:
Mark
Tryon;
(312) 242-6386;
Shamel Abou-El-Seoud;
(312) 846-5470;
Letter (doc file)
Questionnaire (doc file)
