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4/18/2014

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My workroom is a bloody mess as I begin preparations for two mass casualty exercises.  I've discovered the wonders of gel and have made some very fun stick-on wounds for our next event in May.  


We are finishing up the After-Action Reports for the Marine Terrorism Response functional exercise we conducted in March.  It's been a long process and involved nearly 200 people.  The results were worth it as we found some gaps in our planning that we will be able to improve over the next couple years.


I'm so impressed with the two private companies I'm working with.  They both want to develop solid preparedness plans to protect their employees at work and at home during a disaster.  We are building evacuation plans, emergency kits, and training the staff in first-aid and CPR.  Well done!








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Heading for Copenhagen

9/19/2012

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I'm heading for Copenhagen to teach a Business Continuity Course for a group of Danish and Swedish business managers.  I'm hoping to have time to visit one of Denmark's famous castles while I'm there.

In the meantime, I'm gearing up for two more tabletop exercises for the Transportation Recovery Annex, one in Island County and the other for a combined Skagit and Snohomish County event.  It's going to be a busy fall!

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Business Continuity Training

6/26/2012

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I attended a re-certification/refresher course with the Institute for Business Continuity Training in Las Vegas. I learned some new stuff, was reminded of stuff I forgot and met some interesting new people.  What more can you ask of a training class?
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Charity Work - EAF Online Auction

11/11/2011

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Life is not all about  making a buck for yourself, sometimes you just need to something to help others in need - at least that's my philosophy.  For the last 12 years I've been coordinating an online auction to benefit the Alaska Airlines Employee Assistance Fund - an amazing program this is set up as a 501 3(c) non-profit. The fund exists to provide a safety net of financial support to employees who are unable to work due to illness or injury.  Once their vacation and sick leave are gone, the Fund steps in and pays the employee's bills (mortgage, medical, insurance, food, utilities) until they are able to return to work. The auction raises money for the fund and occurs for two weeks in the fall. www.eafauction.com.  I'm responsible for all of the photography, data entry, and item descriptions.
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Transportation Recover Annex Training and Exercise

11/11/2011

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I'm happy to report that my collaboration with Witt Associates and our proposal to conduct the Transportation Recover Annex training and exercise was successful. We will be traveling around the Puget Sound region delivering training, conducting exercises and leaving each of the 8-counties in the region with a full Train-the-Trainers packets so the years of hard work on the Regional Catastrophic plan won't go to waste and be forgotten.
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Bellingham Airport Triennial Crash Exercise

11/11/2011

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The Bellingham Airport Triennial Crash exercise is finally completed and put to bed. It was a lot of fun working with so many different agencies in the small community. You never know what conditions you will face in a full-scale, outdoors exercise. During the SeaTac Exercise in July, our crash victims were huddled under mylar blankets and shivering, while the victims in Bellingham in last September were over-heated and sunburned from unseasonably high temps.
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Thank you for visiting Gleaves Consulting

6/10/2011

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Thanks for visiting Gleaves Consulting. 
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    Kathy Gleaves, long time emergency management wonk!

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