The Israeli Experience:Societal Resilience and

Emergency Management One or Two Day Seminars

Leveraging Israeli Experience for a More Resilient Society

Background• Due to the region in which it resides, Israel has been forced to prepare for and deal with

both natural as well as man-made disasters.

• Over the past two decades, since the founding of the Home Front Command (HFC)

within the Israeli military (IDF), Israel has developed a robust doctrine for Emergency

Management and Societal Resilience that

has shown, preparedness for war is also preparedness

for natural and other man-made disasters.

Background- continued• This doctrine has been forged through numerous conflicts as well as natural disasters

effecting the State of Israel.

• In addition to real world events in Israel, Israeli Humanitarian Assistance Missions

throughout the world have been hailed as cutting edge responses, responding quickly

and efficiently, often far from Israeli shores in record setting time.

• EM-SME has gathered Israeli subject matter experts with real world experience in order

to offer Israeli best practices to interested parties around the world

Who, What and Where?• Who:

• EM-SME seminars are appropriate for emergency managers, first responders, community leaders and businesses concerned with preparing prior to natural and man made disasters.

• The seminars are appropriate for audiences up to 600 participants at a time, and can include participants from multiple jurisdictions and agencies.

• What:• One or Two day seminars, presented by Israeli Subject Mater Experts with years of

real-world “battle tested” experience in some of the most demanding events.• Presentations on: Command and Control, Strategic Communications, Societal

Resilience, Inter-Agency Coordination, Emergency response, etc – all from the Israeli experience.

• Where:• We will “bring Israel to you” - Seminars will be held local to you, in order to allow a maximum number

of participants while minimizing overall cost.

Who We Are – Our Leadership

• Retired IDF LTC with over 26 years of service.

• First Israeli Liaison Officer to the National Guard in Washington DC.

• English Language spokesperson for the HFC, providing guidance to the Israeli population during emergencies.

• EM consultant to the Israel Airport Authority and Ben-Gurion International Airport.

• Former member of Israel’s annual Consequence Management Seminar Staff.

Ira “Chezy” Deutsch

• Retired IDF Col with over 25 years of service.

• EM Consultant to numerous Israeli Government Ministries.

• Lead Planner for Israel’s annual National Level Exercise.

• Reserve Sub-District Commander, with responsibility for DSCA to numerous Israeli cities adjacent to the Gaza Strip.

• Former Commander of Israel’s annual Consequence Management Seminar.

Itai Peleg

Seminar lecturers will be chosen from the following list based on actual content coordinated with the client.

Who We Are – Our Lecturers•BG (ret) Avi Bachar – Former Head of NEMA (National Emergency Management Agency)

•Police Commander Yuval Kimhi – Emergency Management in the Police

•Col (res) Eitan Ben-Moshe, C4 Systems

•LTC (res) Yoni Portnoy, Alert and Warning Systems

•Dr Tzach Slor, Societal Preparedness and Resilience

•Dr Gal Hirsh, Societal Preparedness and Resilience

•Col (res) Hagai Daphna – Societal Preparedness and Resilience

Partial List of Potential Presentations

•Command and Control in the Civil Arena•Societal Resilience 101•Resiliency Support Teams in the Community•The Concept of Crisis Management•Strategic Communication•International Assistance Missions•Holding Exercises within the Community• Engaging With the Population Before and During an Event

Partial List of Potential Presentations

•Israel USAR Doctrine•Best Practices from Multi National Exercises•Educating the Population before a Crisis•Media training•Airport Emergency Management•Family Assistance Plans for an Aerial Disaster• Preparing the Medical System for Emergencies• Leadership Best Practices

Example Itinerary of Day 1Morning Session:

08:15 – 08:30 : Opening Remarks.

08:30 - 09:30 : The Concept of Crisis Management

09:30 – 09:45 : Break

09:45 – 11:00 : Population Behavior During a Crisis

11:00 – 11:30 : Strategic Communications – PR vs

Population Guidance

11:30 – 11:45 : Break

11:45 – 12:45 : Command and Control and

Interagency Coordination

Afternoon Session:

13:45 – 14:45: Breakout Sessions:

* International Assistance Missions

* Preparedness of the Medical System

14:45 – 15:00: Break

15:00– 16:00: Break out Sessions:

* Police and Emergency Management

* Exercising in and with the community

16:00-16:15: Break

16:15-17:00: Open Q&A session

17:00-17:15: Seminar Summary

Example Itinerary of Day 2 (TTX Option - up to 75 participants)

Morning Session:

08:15 – 08:30 : Opening Remarks.

08:30 - 09:30 : Israeli USAR Doctrine

09:30 – 09:45 : Break

09:45 – 11:00 : USAR Best Practices from

International

Assistance Missions

11:00 – 11:30 : Table Top Exercise: Presentation of

the Scenario and Working

Groups

11:30 – 11:45 : Break

11:45 – 12:45 : Work in groups

Afternoon Session:

13:45 – 15:00: Continue working in groups

15:00 – 15:15: Break

15:15– 16:30: Back Brief by the Groups

16:30 - 17:00: Exercise Summary

17:00 - 17:30: Seminar Summary

Example Itinerary of Day 2 (No TTX Option - above 75 participants)

Morning Session:

08:15 – 08:30 : Opening Remarks.

08:30 - 09:30 : Israeli USAR Doctrine

09:30 – 09:45 : Break

09:45 – 11:00 : USAR Best Practices from

International

Assistance Missions

11:00 – 12:30 : Breakout Sessions:

* Media Training

* Community Support Teams

* Airport Emergency Management

Exercise

Afternoon Session:

13:30 – 15:00: Breakout Sessions:

* Aerial Disasters – Family Assistance

Plans

* C4 Systems in Emergency

Management

* Preparing for Mass Casuelty Events

15:00 – 15:15: Break

15:15– 16:15: Key Note Speaker

16:15-16:30: Break

16:30-17:30 Seminar Summary

Why choose an EM-SME Conference?

• We bring the unique “battle tested” Israeli experience to your location.

• All presenters are subject matter experts with years of real experience

in their fields

• Flexible dates based on your needs.

• Flexible content Based on your needs.

• Fixed low cost for up to 600 participants.

Contact Info:Ira “Chezy” Deutsch

Chezy.deutsch@gmail.comUS Phone: 817-793-7418

Israeli Phone: 972-054-2544657Ira “Chezy” Deutsch on Linkedin