Personnel from Erie Prep spent this past week with members of the emergency response team at DuPont Circleville, Ohio. Companies such as DuPont are regularly faced with the question of where do they fit in within the overall scheme of things in the incident command system (ICS)? The Erie Prep training this year helped answer this question as well as others. The sessions consisted of discussions and scenarios stressing DuPont's position after an emergency. This years trainin

I know most of us work pretty hard, but remember why you are putting in those long hours. Hard work only pays off when you take the time to enjoy your success. If you put in the extra hours in order to move to the next level professionally, but miss out on a little league game, is it really worth it? There have been times during my career when I wished I had stopped for a moment to smell the roses and appreciate what I was doing. While constantly focusing on bettering my resu