NIUSR Announces Founding of The Alliance in Conjunction with the Opening of the World Disaster Response Summit

The president and founder of the National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue (NIUSR), Lois Clark McCoy, announced today the addition of NIUSR as a founding member of "The Alliance." The announcement comes as NIUSR celebrates their 30th anniversary. McCoy said, "Being a founding member of The Alliance is like getting a traditional pearl necklace for our anniversary. It took some time to form, but the natural connection that NIUSR has with other members of The Alliance made it worth the wait. We look forward to working with organizations that share our objective of making America a safer place."

Santa Barbara, CA (PRWEB) May 29, 2007 -- The president and founder of the National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue (NIUSR), Lois Clark McCoy, announced today the addition of NIUSR as a founding member of "The Alliance." The announcement comes as NIUSR celebrates their 30th anniversary.

McCoy said, "Being a founding member of The Alliance is like getting a traditional pearl necklace for our anniversary. It took some time to form, but the natural connection that NIUSR has with other members of The Alliance made it worth the wait. We look forward to working with organizations that share our objective of making America a safer place."

McCoy said, "It has always been our position that working with others to respond to emergencies is vital to achieve success so we are very proud to make official our common goals with other founding members."

With partners like the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, International Association of Emergency Managers, American Red Cross, National Council on Readiness and Preparedness, Regional Alliances for Infrastructure and Network Security, Marine Corps Warfighting Training Lab, the Office of Emergency Services for the Governor of California, Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism, San Diego State University Foundation and San Diego State University Master's Program in Homeland Security we are confident that this partnership will serve the public and fulfill our mission.

NIUSR is meeting for their mid-year conference during the World Disaster Response Summit May 30 - June 1, 2007 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

NIUSR looks forward to meeting with Alliance partners as well as leaders in the field of emergency response. The Summit includes many exhibits from industry, government, and organizations whose purpose is to save lives and property during emergencies.

Founded in 1977 NIUSR attracts high level executives and experts from government, military, emergency management, academia and industry with the purpose of assisting to prepare and respond to disasters of man or nature. Using technology and learning from past emergencies, NIUSR will remain on the front lines of emergencies while working with an alliance of like-minded organizations. The National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue, Inc. has been doing valuable work in a wide range of fields from enhancing citizen emergency preparedness, to pushing for more effective command approaches under ICS for domestic disasters. Their many dedicated "Eagles" come from a wide variety of disciplines, civilian, military, industry, intelligence and academe. They work to facilitate cooperation among disparate entities, as well as have direct involvement in emergency situations. Founded in 1977 by Lois McCoy NIUSR's latest initiative is Community Readiness and a National Integrated Communications Expressway, a model for how a national system could work for interoperable communications and decision support.

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