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Mr. Bowden
Mr. Bowden is a Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) with over 30 years experience, and is a FEMA Certified ICS Instructor. Jay has worked over 14 federally-declared disasters, including serving over 16 months in the New Orleans EOC following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. He has completed all applicable federal professional development training as well as extensive training and experience in hazardous materials response. He is skilled in planning, exercise and program design and development. Jay is also an experienced liaison with public safety and health organizations related to homeland security (CBRNE) and disaster preparedness and exercises. He currently serves as an assessor for the national Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP), and was recently appointed as co-chair of a sub-committee looking to develop national standards for EOCs.
Jay is a Certified Flood Plain Manager, and has conducted numerous studies of risks, resulting in the development of Hazard Mitigation Plans.
He has worked at both the state and local Emergency Management agencies which has provided a wealth of experiences from mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. He field experience in response and recovery makes him uniquely qualified in planning, training and exercise. He has extensive experience working with the public health, hospitals and EMS in preparing for MCI events as well as Bioterrorism and pandemic preparedness.
A milestone accomplishment was working with the City of New Orleans to rewrite their emergency operations plans, including a City Assisted Evacuation Plan. He has also worked extensively with NIMS compliance, as well as EOC layout design for 6 sites in New Orleans.
Over the past 2 years he has served as a facilitator and/or player in over 15 exercises involving terrorism intervention, post incident response as well as hurricane exercises.
Jay is a Certified Flood Plain Manager, and has conducted numerous studies of risks, resulting in the development of Hazard Mitigation Plans.
He has worked at both the state and local Emergency Management agencies which has provided a wealth of experiences from mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. He field experience in response and recovery makes him uniquely qualified in planning, training and exercise. He has extensive experience working with the public health, hospitals and EMS in preparing for MCI events as well as Bioterrorism and pandemic preparedness.
A milestone accomplishment was working with the City of New Orleans to rewrite their emergency operations plans, including a City Assisted Evacuation Plan. He has also worked extensively with NIMS compliance, as well as EOC layout design for 6 sites in New Orleans.
Over the past 2 years he has served as a facilitator and/or player in over 15 exercises involving terrorism intervention, post incident response as well as hurricane exercises.