Chicago institute offers recommendations concerning joint operations task forces

September 12, 2005 06:19 AM •

By Paulo Anderson, Metro Correspondent

CHICAGO- ERRI spokesman and former emergency services chief, Clark Staten, today issued a recommendation concerning providing law enforcement, evacuation, and emergency medical services to the stricken neighborhoods.

Staten said that the idea is one that worked in Los Angeles during the Rodney King Unrest, and during disturbances in Chicago following several Chicago Bulls victories. Staten said it might prove useful in New Orleans.

Staten said that the idea involves the use of “joint response teams” which include a:
[1] security element (law enforcement/military), [2] EMS (medical) element, and a [3] firefighting and rescue element.

These joint task forces could be dispatched via helicopter or by (pontoon) boat to neighborhoods where the greatest need exists. Additional resources would then dispatched as needed after initial outposts have been established and secured. Staten said that this other strategies are being developed by ERRI emergency service and disaster analysts and passed on to those who might be able to utilize them to help the citizens of New Orleans. More as it happens...

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Chief Clark Staten

Chief Clark Staten is the founder and Executive Director of the Emergency Response & Research Institute (ERRI) in Chicago. He is a US Army veteran and former police officer and in 1995, after 20 years of service, he retired as an Assistant Chief Paramedic with the Chicago Fire Department. Chief Clark is a frequent lecturer on the tactics and political implications of domestic and international terrorism, officer survival, hazardous materials, chem/bio consequence management, media relations, Amanagement and motivation methods, productivity, mass casualty/disaster management, security planning and numerous other topics.

Chief Staten is a certified DoD Domestic Preparedness Instructor-Trainer and has instructed the US Army, US Air Force, NATO and a number of police, fire and EMS agencies nationwide. In 1998, Chief staten was appointed to be the Emergency Management Advisor to the International Association of Counter-Terrorism and Security Professionals and in 1999 he received the IACSP National Leadership Award. In March, 2000 Staten was named to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Terrorism Task Force. He has presented at more than 160 conferences worldwide and had appeared on virtually every major TV network and in the nation’s top print publications to discuss terrorism and other emergency issues.

Check out his yahoo blog here.