The National Defense University (NDU) hosted a workshop Oct 3 and a table top exercise Oct 4-5 at NDU in Ft. McNair, Washington, DC, and jointly sponsored a planning workshop with MEMA at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab in Laurel MD on Oct 4, 2011. There was a combined out-briefing conference on Oct 6, 2011 at the US Capitol Visitors Center.
-- For more detailed information on these threats, visit the website www.stop-EMP.com or Google "Grid Act Impact". Post conference reports will be available in early 2012.
On July 21, 2011, the InfraGard National Members Alliance EMP Special Interest Group (SIG) was officially formed. This SIG will facilitate strategic partnerships between INMA members and organizations within the private and public sectors to address high-impact low-frequency threats to critical infrastructure such as extreme space weather and electromagnetic pulse (EMP). The National Foreign Trade Council encouraged its members and critical infrastructure providers to participate. See NFTC Council Highlights p 12 for August/Sept 2011 and www.InfraGard.org.
Further information will be made available on the official InfraGard website. All interested parties are encouraged to contact the National EMP SIG manager, Mr. Charles Manto for more information through normal InfraGard channels or cmanto@stop-EMP.com.
One of the first collaborations of the EMP SIG included a solar storm table top exercise, workshop and conference of the National Defense University, MD Emergency Management Agency and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory described below.
Future information on MEMA 2012 planning exercises for space weather impact on power grids will appear here.
Click InfraGard to sign-up for the EMP SIG if you are an InfraGard member. If not an InfraGard member, go to infragard.org to join InfraGard.
(You may also email:
cmanto@stop-EMP.com for more information)
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High-impact low-frequency
events such as the 100 yr
solar storm, high-altitude
nuclear burst, coordinated
physical attack or cyber
attack could cause long-
term regional or nationwide
power outages.
