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Montana Department of Environmental Quality- Energy Assurance Plan Review & Exercise

Recognizing Spartan's expertise in both planning and exercise design & management, the MT DEQ has asked us to review their Energy Assurance Plan and assist them in conducting a tabletop exercise to test its effectiveness. This project is part of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act grant funding to the State of Montana for the purpose of protecting our critical infrastructure. Spartan is proud to be a part of this important effort. For more information, please contact us.

Region 4 Public Health Emergency Preparedness Team- Pandemic Influenza Functional Exercise

As part of their ongoing committment to Infectious Disease preparedness, Public Health Departments from Montana PHEP Region 4 came together and asked Spartan Consulting to develop, facilitate, and evaluate a functional exercise aimed at testing their Pan-Flu response plans.  The exercise was held in Butte on  May 25th and was a great success.  For more information, please contact us.

Daniels Memorial Hospital - HCC Seminar & Functional Exercise - MHA Region I

As part of Montana's ongoing committment to preparedness, Montana Department of Public Health & Human services (DPHHS) once again partnered with Spartan Consulting to conduct a Regional HCC Seminar and Functional Exercise.  This "hands-on" HICS-based training, which has been presented all over Montana, was developed by Brett Lloyd of Spartan Consulting. The seminar is designed to provide healthcare managers, supervisors, and administrators with the basic knowledge and understanding necessary to effectively staff, operate, and manage a Hospital Command Center during emergency situations. For more information, please contact us.

Lewis & Clark County Emergency Operations Plan Revision

As part of Montana's ongoing committment to preparedness, Montana Disaster & Emergency Services (DES) provided grant dollars to local jurisdictions for the purpose of revising their local Emergency Operations Plan. Recognizing Spartan Consulting's experience in this field, Lewis & Clark County selected us to assist them with this important project. For more information, please contact us.

OSHA HazMat Operations & Patient Decon Training for Hospital First Receivers 

Spartan Consulting recently had the pleasure of conducting a series of HazMat trainings for several Montana hospitals.  By taking advantage of left over grant funds, hospitals in Dillon, Havre, Red Lodge, and Whitefish, all had the chance to receive Spartan's 8-hour HazMat Operations course at no cost to their facility.  This course, which was developed based on the OSHA 1910.120 requriements for Awareness and Operations level certification for "first recievers", provides instruction in HazMat incident identification and procedures, Level-C PPE donning and doffing, decon for ambulatory and non-ambulatory patients, and guidance on inexpensive decon equipment and tools.  As always, Spartan enjoyed the chance to once again travel to our State's hospitals and work closely with the dedicated staffs that work so hard to keep them prepared.  For more information, please contact us.

2009 NIMS Compliance Training for the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT)
Spartan Consulting has once again contracted with MDT as part of a statewide effort and joint collaboration between the MT Disaster and Emergency Services and the MDT to get as many MDT staff trained in the NIMS  IS 700 and  ICS 100 courses as possible.  Training will be provided in over a dozen different locations throughout the State for MDT field personnel whose responsibilities include the oversight and management of all Montana roads and highways within their respective jurisdictions to include response to hazardous materials accidents, severe weather situations, and major accidents.  Previously, Spartan provided training for over 600 MDT personnel in the summer of 2008 and we appreciate this opportunity to once again provide this service for the State of Montana.  For more information, please contact us.

Facilitation of Missoula County's Pandemic Influenze Planning Committee's Annual Meeting
Brett Lloyd of Spartan Consulting was recently honored to participate as guest facilitator for the Annual Meeting of Missoula County's PanFlu Planning Committee.  Brett worked with the Committee to summarize the progress reports of each the group's subcommittee's and to identify any "just-in-time" activities that may need to take place over the course of the next year.

Development of Montana's Mass Care and Donations Management Annexes
Spartan Consulting has just completed its contract with the State of Montana to develop the State's ESF #6 - Mass Care, Housing, and Human Services  Annex and the Volunteer & Donations Management Support Annex.  These documents will become part of Montana's all-hazards State Emergency Coordination Plan which is also in the first stages of revision.  Spartan enjoyed working closely with representatives from the Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services and Montana Disaster & Emergency Services as well as other key State response agencies on this project.  For more information, please contact us.

NIMS Compliance Training - Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital, Hamilton, MT

As part of MDMH's ongoing committment to preparedness and to meet their 2009 Hospital Preparedness Program Grant deliverables, MDMH contracted with Spartan to conduct training sessions of IS700.a, IS100.a, IS200.a, and IS800.b in late March.  Spartan always enjoys the chance to work with the great staff at MDMH and thanks them for their continued support.  For more information, please contact us.

Montana's FY08 State Preparedness Report to Department of Homeland Security

Spartan Consulting has completed it's contract to assist with Montana's FY08 "State Preparedness Report" to the Department of Homeland Security.  This report is an annual requirement under the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006.  The purpose of this report is to provide valuable data on the State's capabilities, gaps, and requirements to address those gaps with regard to the National Preparedness Priorities.  This year, Montana was required to report it's progress in 8 different analytical areas;

 The successful completion of this project was a contingency for Montana's continued eligibility for federal grant funding.  Spartan is proud to have been part of such an integral part of Montana's ongoing readiness efforts and of the opportunity to have worked with the numerous State agencies and representatives involved in this program! For more information, please contact us.

Spartan Consulting Completes Statewide HazMat Response Training Survey
Spartan Consulting is proud to have recently worked with the Montana Fire Services Training School, the State of Montana HazMat Incident Response Team, MT-DES, and the State Emergency Response Commission's HazMat Subcommittee to assist with the development, administration, and evaluation of a statewide survey.  The purpose of the survey was to assess the level of HazMat incident response training throughout the state.  The results of the survey will help determine what training has been done and what training is still needed or desired.  The overall goal is to use this information to target local jurisdictions needing future training in order to increase overall State Hazmat response readiness.  Funding for the project and the expected training will be provided by future Homeland Security grants.  Local fire, EMS, law enforcement, and private industries were contacted throughout the state to take part in the survey over the course of several weeks.  Respondents to the survey recieved a complimentary copy of the new NFPA 472 manual as well as the chance to recieve future trainings at little or no cost to their agency.  For more information, please contact us.

Spartan Consulting recently wrapped up a summer long project in conjunction with the Montana Bioterrorism Training Project and Indian Health Services to train as many IHS and Tribal representatives in the NIMS  IS 700, ICS 100, and ICS 200 courses as possible.  Training was conducted at all of the IHS/Tribal facilities in the Billings Area Office, which includes all seven reservations in Montana as well as the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming.  Spartan would like to thank the MBTP and IHS for the opportunity to be part of this great endeavor.  For more information, please contact us.

NIMS Compliance Training - Montana Department of Transportation
Spartan Consulting is proud to have been part of a statewide effort and joint collaboration between the MT Disaster and Emergency Services and the MT DOT to get as many MT-DOT staff trained in the NIMS  IS 700 and  ICS 100 courses as possible over the course of this summer.  Training was provided in over a dozen different locations throughout the State for over 600 MT-DOT field personnel whose responsibilities include the oversight and management of all Montana roads and highways within their respective jurisdictions to include response to hazardous materials accidents, severe weather situations, and major accidents.  We would like to thank MT-DOT and MT-DES for the chance to be part of this highly successful project.  For more information, please contact us.

NIMS Compliance Training - Lame Deer Health Center, N. Cheyenne Reservation, MT
Spartan consulting recently provided IS 700, 100 and 200 courses to the clinic's leadership staff here at the impressive Lame Deer Health Center campus as part of ongoing training for all IHS/Tribal healthcare facilities in the Montana region.  For more information, please contact us. 

NIMS Compliance Training - Rocky Boy Tribal Health Clinic, Rocky Boy Agency, MT
Spartan consulting recently provided IS 700, 100 and 200 courses to the clinic's leadership staff here at the beautiful Stonchild College campus as part of ongoing training for all IHS/Tribal healthcare facilities in the Montana region.  For more information, please contact us. 

NIMS Compliance Training - Blackfeet Community Hospital, Browning, MT
Spartan consulting recently provided IS 700, 100 and 200 courses to the leadership staff here at BCH as part of ongoing training for all IHS/Tribal healthcare facilities in the Montana region.  For more information, please contact us.

NIMS Compliance Training - Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribal Health & Human Services, St. Ignatius, MT
Spartan consulting recently provided IS 700, 100 and 200 courses to cpmmunity leaders here as part of ongoing training for all IHS/Tribal healthcare facilities in the Montana region.  For more information, please contact us. 

NIMS Compliance Training - Crow/Northern Cheyenne Indian Hospital, Crow Agency, MT
Spartan consulting had a great time providing IS 700, 100 and 200 courses to representatives from the hospital's facilities management, administration, nursing, support staff, and safety departments here as part of ongoing training for all IHS facilities in the Montana region.  The local group was fun, open-minded, and took part in some great discussions on leadership, incident management, preparedness.  For more information, please contact us.

National Incident Management System (NIMS) IS 700 Compliance Training - Holy Rosary Healthcare, Miles City, MT
Spartan Consulting recently provided 6 sessions of IS 700 to the staff of Holy Rosary Healthcare as part of the hospital's continued committment towards NIMS compliance.  For more information, please contact us.

NIMS Compliance Training - Vern E. Gibbs Health Center, Ft. Peck Indian Reservation
Spartan consulting provided IS 700, 100 and 200 courses to the leadership staff of Vern E. Gibbs Health Center, an Indian Health Services facility, as part of ongoing training for all IHS facilities in the Montana region.  For more information, please contact us.

PanFlu Exercise - Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital, Hamilton, MT

Spartan Consulting designed and facilitated and PanFlu tabletop exercise for hospital and community leaders.  Participants included representatives from the MDMH Emergency Department, Materials Management, Laboratory, Nursing (Med/Surg Unit Manager and DON), Maintenance, Radiology, Information Systems, ED Admissions/Reception, Ravalli County Sheriff’s Department, Ravalli County Search & Rescue, EMS, Rocky Mountain Lab, Ravalli County Office of Emergency Management, and Ravalli County Public Health.  Goals of the exercise were to test the MDMH Emergency Operations Plan, Medical Surge capability and Medical Surge Staffing capability in response to a Pandemic Influenza event.   For more information, please contact us.

NIMS Compliance Training - Ft. Belknap Hospital, Ft. Belknap Indian Reservation, MT
Spartan Consulting recently provided core NIMS training to over 60 personnel representing numerous agencies on the Ft. Belknap Indian Reservation.  The training was the first of several sessions to be held throughout the State of Montana and is part of a joint effort between the Montana Bioterrorism Training Project and Indian & Tribal Health Services to get as many rural healthcare and first response personnel trained in the NIMS  IS 700, ICS 100, & ICS 200 courses as possible over the course of the next few months.  Attendees consisted of representatives from healthcare, public health, public works, law enforcement, fish & game, forestry, and housing.  For more information, please contact us.

Pandemic Influenza Exercise - Cascade City/County Health Department

Great Falls, MT:  Over 40 community leaders attended a tabletop exercise covering a pandemic influenza event.  Spartan Consulting was honored to be asked to provide facilitation services for the exercise, which was held at the Great Falls Civic Center.  Goals of the exercise were to implement and manage a NIMS-compliant ICS structure, manage public information, medical supplies and resources shortages, and manage medical surge issues related to a mass casualty event.  Cascade County Public Health Officer, Allene Mars said that the exercise went very well and was quite happy with what was discussed and learned.  Read the Great Falls Tribune Article Here.  See KFBB news video here

NIMS Compliance Training - Montana Department of Transportation, Helena MT
Spartan Consulting recently provided core NIMS training to 31 Maintenance Supervisors from the MT DOT in Helena, MT.  The training was the first of several sessions to be held throughout the State of Montana and is part of a joint effort between the MT Disaster and Emergency Services and the MDT to get as many first line MDT workers trained in the NIMS  IS 700 and  ICS 100 courses as possible over the course of the next few months.  Attendees consisted of MDT Maintenance Supervisors stationed throughout the State whose responsibilities include the oversight and management of all Montana roads and highways within their respective jurisdictions to include response to hazardous materials accidents, severe weather situations, and major accidents.  For more information, please contact us.

Weapons of Mass Destruction- Explosives Awareness Training - University of Montana-Helena College of Technology, Helena MT
Safety Committee members from the UM-HCT recently recieved WMD-E Awareness Training delivered by Brett Lloyd of Spartan Consulting at the Donaldson Campus in Helena, MT.  The training consisted of background information on the different types of explosives, common bomb-making components, and some basic awareness information on recognizing and responding to a suspected explosive event.  The course was the second in a series of courses on Weapons of Mass Destruction Awareness being provided to HCT by MT Disaster & Emergency Services at the request of HCT's Safety Committe.  For more information, please contact us.

Multiple Casualty Incident Training - Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital, Hamilton, MT
Spartan Consulting assisted representatives of the Montana Bioterrorism Training Project in the delivery of it's new course entitled "Managing Multiple Casualty Incidents: The Hospital/Pre-Hospital Interface".  Attendees included representatives from area fire departments, EMS, the hospital, law enforcement, public health, and the Rocky Mountain Laboratories complex.  The course included two tabletop exercises as well as instructional modules and is designed to increase the jurisdiction's efficiency in responding to and recovering from an incident involving multiple casualties while also improving the EMS/Scene to Hospital interface through the use of the Incident Command System and a commonly accepted triage system.  For more information on this ground breaking course, contact us.

Pandemic Influenza Tabletop Exercise- Flathead County, Kalispell, MT
Spartan Consulting developed and delivered a TTX entitled "Flathead Flu I" for over 35 representatives from local Public Health, Hospitals, Law Enforcement, Fire, EMS, Emergency Mangement, and the County Commission at the Flathead City/County Public Health Dept. building.  Participants said that the exercise was very useful and illustrated a great many areas for future work and improvement.  The event was well attended by most of the "key players" in the County and covered extensively by local newspaper and TV media.  For more information, please contact us.

ICS 300 for Healthcare and Tabletop Exercise - Holy Rosary Healthcare, Miles City MT
Holy Rosary Healthcare received 16 hours of emergency management training in utilizing elements of the National Incident Management System and the Incident Command System for expanding medical incidents.  Attendees consisted of HRHC administration and staff whose responsibilities include the oversight and management of response activities during emergent situations at the facilities that currently make up the HRHC campus in Miles City. The training was “tailored to fit our needs” as expressed by Ms. Sherry Taylor, Critical Care Services Manager for HRHC, and was capped off with a 2-hour tabletop exercise focusing on evacuation of the HRHC Main Building.  For more information, please contact us.

MTDPHHS Emergency Operations Plan - Montana Dept. of Public Health & Human Services
Spartan Consulting recently developed a new Emergency Operations Plan for the MTDPHHS.  This document, when approved and adopted, is designed to be the core document or “basic plan” for the Department and provides the framework in which the Department and its various divisions can plan and perform their respective functions during a public health or medical emergency.  Once implemented, all other DPHHS plans will be considered annexes to this EOP, which itself is part of the overall State Of Montana Disaster & Emergency Plan.

• Annex L: Health, Medical, & Mortuary Plan (dated 9-30-1991)

 The MTDPHHS EOP was designed to be consistent with and subordinate to higher-level plans including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National Response Framework, and the aforementioned Montana Disaster & Emergency Plan.  Spartan Consulting worked closely with representatives from the MTDPHHS Public Health & Safety Division as well as representatives from MT Disaster & Emergency Services in completing this project.  For more information, please contact us.
 

Mass Fatality Incident Coordination Plan - Montana Dept. of Public Health & Human Services
Spartan Consulting recently developed a new Mass Fatality Incident Coordination Plan for the MTDPHHS.  This document, when approved and adopted, will serve as the State's primary document for coordinating assistance to local jursidiction's in the event of a Mass Fatality Incident (MFI).  The plan is a stand alone, event-specific, annex to the recently developed MTDPHHS Emergency Operations Plan and is designed to outline roles and responsibilities of State agencies in the event of an MFI requiring State assets activation.  Spartan Consulting worked closely with representatives from the MTDPHHS Public Health & Safety Division as well as representatives from MT Disaster & Emergency Services, the Montana Board of Funeral Services, and the Montana Dept. of Labor & Industry in completing this project.  For more information, please contact us.

Pandemic Influenza Tabletop Exercise- Missoula, MT
Brett Lloyd of Spartan Consulting had the pleasure of assisting with Missoula City-County Health Department's PanFlu Exercise.  Brett served as the Policy Group table's facilitator for the duration of the exercise which was held "to foster on-going planning and training relationships with key partners to establish a coordinated coummunity-wide process to traige, transport, and treat large numbers of influenza patients and.....to prepare a work plan to guide the continued improvement of policies and procedures needed to respond to an influenza pandemic in Missoula County."  (excerpted from the exercise handbook).  Numerous representatives from local area Public Health, Hospitals, Law Enforcement, Fire, EMS, Emergency Mangement, and other agenices attended the exercise and worked together quite well to accomplish the exercise objectives and goals.  For more information, please contact us.  (Read the MCCHD Letter of Appreciation to Brett here)

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