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Jersey City Office of Homeland Security Takes A Giant Step Forward

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Posted by GET NJ on May 19, 2004 at 12:33:14:

City of Jersey City
Office of Emergency Management

GLENN D. CUNNINGHAM
MAYOR
CITY HALL
JERSEY CITY, NJ 07302

May 19, 2004
For Immediate Release

Eugene Drayton
Coordinator
(201) 547-5681
Fax: (201) 547-6542

JERSEY CITY – The city's efforts to form an office of homeland security took a giant step forward after contracting a security firm to structure its operations and the implementation of terrorism training programs for emergency responders.

The city of Jersey City was recently informed it would receive $2,405.72 for the Calendar Year 2003, a State and Local All Hazards Emergency Operations Planning grant issued by FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The grant is earmarked to augment operations provided by Jersey City regarding its Office of Emergency Management.

"This is a significant grant, one that recognized Jersey City's critical infrastructure and the efforts we have already undertaken to better prepare our emergency response personnel to all types of emergencies," said Gene Drayton, Director of the Office of Emergency Management. "We can use this money to further our training curriculum."

The firm of Buckley Petersen Global, based in Allendale, has been contracted to structure the office of homeland security in Jersey City. The firm, headed by James Buckley and Ed Petersen, who combine more than 60 years of law enforcement experience at both the federal and state levels, lists a number of large entities as references of their services, including; Verizon, Sotheby's Major League Baseball, NFL, NBA, MCI WorldCom, the Federal Reserve and Goldman Sachs.

Shortly after September 11, 2001, where Jersey City and its emergency response personnel distributed heavily to the rescue and recovery efforts in lower Manhattan, Mayor Glenn D. Cunningham recognized the need for the establishment of an office of homeland security within the city. Buckley Petersen Global will develop the schematics for the office and perform critical infrastructure assessment studies.

"Jersey City is the financial engine of the state and we have various critical infrastructures that include transportation networks and fiber-optic trunks. And with our proximity to so many ports and New York, we are definitely a city that needs to work that much harder to protect ourselves from the unexpected," Cunningham said.

The SLAHEOP grant will pay for much needed training in preparation for the formulation of the office. OEM officials recently reviewed strategic preparedness curriculum hosted by Buckley Petersen Global.///

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