Innovative Emergency Management
- Innovative Emergency Management
Innovative Emergency Management (IEM) is a Baton Rouge, Louisiana-headquartered risk management company founded in 1985. It is headed by CEO Madhu Beriwal. [ [http://www.iem.com/ IEM Corporate Website] ] IEM has eight offices strategically located around the United States. Their areas of specialty include: homeland security and emergency management, information technology, defense support, and program integration support.
On June 3, 2004 IEM was contracted by the Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency to support development of a catastrophic hurricane response plan for Southeast Louisiana, including the City of New Orleans. The contract award for this plan was approximately $500,000. [ [http://www.ieminc.com/Whats_New/Press_Releases/pressrelease060304_Catastrophic.htm Award Announcement] ]
To develop the plan, IEM created a model of a simulated category 4~5 hurricane called Hurricane Pam and its associated consequences. The last exercise using "Hurricane Pam" was conducted on August 24, 2005. Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29, 2005, less than a week after this last exercise. Hurricane Pam was intended to be a series of exercises to develop a comprehensive emergency response plan and was only partially completed prior to Hurricane Katrina. [ [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=%22Hurricane_Pam%22_simulation Hurricane Pam Simulation] ]
According to Greg Palast IEM could not produce a copy of its hurricane evacuation plan for New Orleans a year after Hurricane Katrina hit. [http://www.gregpalast.com/hurricane-expert-threatened-for-pre-katrina-warnings/]
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