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Laurie Wood

Lwood@dpando.com

Laurie Wood, DP&O CIO, has over 30+ years’ experience within the emergency management, legal, humanitarian, Oil &Gas, DOD contractor and education sectors, having worked in the field as well as in emergency management software consultancy domestic and international. She worked for ESi/WebEOC (now Intermedix) for approximately 10 years as EM Solutions Manager, ESRI mapping and GIS expert and business development and EM SME. In the emergency management sector, Laurie worked for American Red Cross, as the Director Emergency Services, NEGA Chapter, and The School Board of Brevard County, Florida, was responsible for personnel management of 1500+ volunteers, and was recognized for excellence in building and strengthening long–term relationships with industry peers, clients and co-workers. She also served as the Dep. Director of Emergency Management Forsyth County GA where she transitioned the department from Civil Defense Agency to Emergency Management Agency. Moreover, she has been a certified GA Emergency Manager, is a trained GA Firefighter and American Red Cross Disaster Services Instructor and Instructor for Train-the-Trainer, is currently still a Licensed Amateur Radio Operator and CERT Trainer/Instructor, she is also GA Search & Rescue Specialist. Laurie has worked in private and government operations, strategic consulting, business continuity and exercise planning, THIRA assessments, non-profit management, marketing, strategy, analysis, business development, contracting, project management and training.

Specialties:

  • GA Certified Emergency Manager

  • Licensed Amateur Radio Operator: Technical License with the FCC – Amateur Radio License – KG4ZHH

  • American Red Cross Disaster Volunteer

  • Certified WebEOC Administrator

  • American Red Cross Disaster Services Instructor and Instructor-Train the Trainer

  • CERT Trainer/Instructor

  • Threat & Risk Assessment Course – NERRTC

  • COBRA (WMD Incident Command and Hands-on-Training)

  • WMD Radiological/Nuclear Responder Operations Course – Bechtel

  • National Registered First Responder

  • Richmond County GA Sheriff’s Office – Bomb Incident Plan/Bomb Threat Assessment;

  • Georgia Public Safety – EVOC

  • NWS –Sky Warn Spotter

FEMA Certifications/Training Courses:

  • FEMA Certifications: IS-001, IS-002, IS-003, IS-005, IS-22, IS-55, IS-120, IS-208, IS-230, IS-240, IS-241, IS-275, IS-393, IS-700, IS-800 IC/EOC Interface, Infection Control: A Street Smart Approach; Rescue Specialist; Crash Victim Extrication, Emergency Planning, Awareness for Initial Response to Hazardous Materials Incidents, Director & Certification Briefing, Hazardous Weather and Flooding Preparedness, Basic Public Information Officer, Decision Making and Problem Solving, Developing Volunteer Resources, Threat & Risk Assessment for Weapons of Mass Destruction, Mass Fatalities Incident Response, Exercise and Design Evaluation, Disaster Response and Recovery Operations, Hazardous Materials Contingency Planning; Principles of Emergency Management; Certified Emergency Manager, Community Emergency Response Team Train-the-Trainer Course; Certificates of Attendance to Georgia Emergency Managers Conference 2002-2004 (Note: PDS Course work completed)

American Red Cross: Disaster Instructor Specialty Training:

  • Fundamentals of Instruction & Facilitation

  • Preventive Disease Transmission

  • CPR instructor

  • Shelter Operation/Simulation

  • Introduction to Disaster Services

  • Family Services

  • Certificate of Appreciation – Disaster Assistance

  • Emergency Services of the Year - Forsyth County DAT 2004

  • Supervision in Disaster (Management)

2018 Governor’s Hurricane Conference Training Courses:

  • TS4. (G205) Recovery from Disaster: The Local Government role – Awarded 05/18/2018