Thom Carr

Current

Emergency Operations Specialist at National Disaster Medical System (NDMS)

Past

CERT Trainer at Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Contract Associate Instructor (Intermittent) at FEMA Emergency Management Institute
Senior Systems Engineer (Office Automation) at Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO)

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Education

The George Washington University
FEMA Emergency Management Institute
Other Relevant Training

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Industry

Public Safety

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Thom Carr’s Summary

Experience in Electronics Technology, Aviation, Public Safety, Emergency Communications, Information Systems Technology, Disaster Recovery and Emergency Management.
First Responder (LE) in communities that ranged from rural locales to a major cosmopolitan metropolitan area;
First Receiver and 911 & Emergency Communicator in one of the largest metropolitan areas in this nation at one of the largest and busiest emergency operations centers (EOC) [1PP];
Systems Analyst, Developer, Systems Engineer and Project Manager, for both hardware and software systems from enterprise main frame systems to mobile devices that included, but are not limited to, supporting real-time command and control systems and deploying, implementing and maintaining office automation and workgroup collaboration systems and disaster recovery solutions and insuring there were no workflow stoppages at the desktop (that included forcing users to use office automation [hiding typewriters], cleaning hair out of mice, cookie crumbs out of keyboards,);
Emergency Responder, both professionally, as a Technician & Public Safety Liaison and as a volunteer; the spectrum of incidents or events include supporting the recovery during the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew and subsequent hurricanes, to the 2007 Independence Day Celebration on the National Mal and other events and exercises;
and an Independent Hazards and Disaster Researcher conducting research and applied a range of analytical and evaluative methods and techniques, both qualitative and quantitative, concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of program operations (policies, processes, procedures, methods and technologies), substantive administrative support and technical support functions of projects or studies of, but not limited to, FEMA’s Nationwide Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Program and local government participation in local FEMA - Approved Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plans as of 2006 in the 3,141 counties or county-equivalents in the Nation.

Thom Carr’s Specialties:

Trying to remain a Generalist, but it is not working :>

Thom Carr’s Experience

Emergency Operations Specialist

National Disaster Medical System (NDMS)

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; HHS/OS/ASPR/OPEO; Public Safety industry)

March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

As of 3/31/2008, as a Emergency Operations Specialist, while continuously evaluating the effectiveness of the systems and programs, based on customer feedback, to improve services and operations, while minimizing administrative expenses; provides strategic and operations support to the Chief, Central Geographical Area of Responsibility (CGAR) of the Operations Branch of NDMS. Serves as a contact to counterparts in various Federal, State, local, and voluntary agencies and organizations to coordinate the training, activation, deployment and demobilization of the NDMS Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMATS), specialty teams, resources, equipment, personnel, and other assets as needed to supplement State and local medical resources during disasters and emergencies. And supports the Federal medical response to public health and medical emergencies; and natural or manmade disasters, including hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods, transportation accidents, and terrorist acts. (e.g WMD)

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Thom Carr’s Interests:

Hazards and Disaster Research, and Home and Office Automation, first computers at home were a Heath ET-3400 and Heath H-8 with a teletype keyboard, Then for school had a Zenith Z-160 (and hand-truck), Now the home server is a Toshiba Magnia SG-30 with two 100 GB drives with a XP desktop and a few ThinkPad T-30 used for school, with the MS Office suite products, now know as MS Office Ultimate 2007, Contemplating an upgrade of the home server with, WHS, or, Win2K8, or SBS, on, a NORCO DS-520G, with 5, 1TB drives, with a 1GB back-bone router, . Daily drive none, thinking about, a Isuzu VehiCROSS, or a, Steyr-Puch Pinzgauer 712K, if I can find one.