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Director's Perspective
Welcome to the Office of Emergency Management
Oversight
Steven Simonson, Director
The Office of Emergency Management Oversight is one
of the four subordinate offices to the Office of Independent
Oversight under the Office of Health, Safety
and Security (HS-1). Our mission is not only to provide
an accurate status of emergency management in the
DOE complex to the Secretary and senior DOE management
but also to provide the impetus to improve the DOE
emergency management program.
Our staff consists of emergency management professionals
dedicated to improving the DOE emergency management
program. Our primary mission is to conduct both regular
independent site inspections and complex-wide studies.
Our regular independent site inspections focus on
the functional areas of emergency management (i.e.,
hazard surveys, emergency planning hazards assessments,
protective actions, classification, notification,
training and drills, exercises) and include limited
scope performance tests. As part of these inspections,
we also assess the program awareness of and effectiveness
of management and direction provided by the DOE program
offices. Complex-wide studies are performed based
on issues and generic weaknesses found in emergency
management programs (e.g., wildland fire). We follow
the inspection process laid out in DOE
O 470.2B, Independent Oversight and Performance Assurance
Program. Programs are evaluated based on the requirements
and guidance found in various documents including
DOE
O 151.1C, Comprehensive Emergency Management System,
the associated Emergency Management Guide (DOE G 151.1),
and our appraisal process protocols and guides. Reports
are issued based on the findings of the inspection.
HS-63 provides feedback to the site/facility corrective
action plans. Then during our regular independent
inspections, we look at a sampling of the effectiveness
of the corrective actions. When appropriate, our reports
also include a section on Noteworthy Practices:
site-specific methods or approaches for
implementing an aspect of the site's emergency management
program that another DOE site may find useful.
You can find out more information about HS offices,
programs, and reports by using the links on the left-hand
side of your screen. There are also direct links embedded
in the discussion text to facilitate your access to
various guidance documents applicable to the emergency
management arena.
I hope that you find this web site helpful in understanding
the role of our Office and the process we use to fulfill
our mission. If you have any comments or questions
regarding the content of our web site or our organization,
please contact Steven Simonson, Director, Office of
Emergency Management Oversight at steven.simonson@hq.doe.gov.
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