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| ETC Announces Delivery of ADMS™ Exercise to Port of Jacksonville, Florida |
| Southampton, Pa., April 4, 2006: Environmental Tectonics Corporation (AMEX:ETC) ("ETC" or the "Company") today announced that on April 5, 2006, the Port of Jacksonville, Florida (Jaxport) will utilize the Advanced Disaster Management Simulator (ADMS™) to conduct a Security Officer Training demonstration exercise.
The simulation exercise was funded through a contract from the University of Central Florida's Center for Advanced Transportation Systems Simulation and involves a terrorist bombing of a major commercial break bulk and container terminal at Jaxport. ADMS will allow Jaxport responders to exercise their emergency plans under joint command utilizing NIMS (National Incident Management System) protocols. Major seaports have been clearly identified as prime targets for terrorists to cause major disruption. The Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 prescribed standards and mandated continued improvement for Port Security. Evolving a better understanding of the dynamic threats, vulnerabilities, and best response actions during adverse events in the vital port environment is a very complex challenge. This exercise marks the first time virtual reality simulation will be used to perform a vulnerability assessment and validation of a major seaport's emergency evacuation plan. High fidelity, interactive simulation offers a proven methodology to provide operationally cost-effective synthetic disaster management experience and is the best way the interdependent stakeholders in a port environment can develop and verify plans and protocols to ensure collective continuity of operations. ETC is able to provide seaport training exercises for under a $100,000. ETC was selected as a participant in this critical program based on two major criteria: 1) the unique capabilities of ADMS to provide a realistic, affordable, safe and efficient experience, and 2) our expertise in conducting these types of exercises for major airports over the last 12 years. ADMS simulates emergency incidents such as terrorist acts, Weapons of Mass Destruction, hazardous material spills, multi-vehicle road accidents, fires and natural disasters and simultaneously trains entire response teams in the four C's of disaster management: Command, Control, Coordination and Communication. ADMS authentically simulates the dynamic elements of the environment (people, vehicles, threats) that are significant in a disaster situation - and the outcomes of actions taken provide authentic feedback, resulting in real skill building. William F. Mitchell, ETC's President and Chairman, said, "The provision of our established technology to our nation's ports is a natural fit, and further bolsters ETC's position as the world's leading designer and supplier of simulation systems addressing security planning and training requirements." For over a decade, ADMS has been in use at US Airports and major firefighting and emergency response training facilities worldwide, and is an industry-proven and mature solution for optimal emergency preparedness. | ||
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