The Story The U.S. Army Umatilla Chemical Depot in eastern Oregon has been a depository of chemical weapons since 1962, housing nearly a quarter of the United States’ chemical nerve agents and mustard gasses. Today, the ammunition is being incinerated at the recently built Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility.
The Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) works closely with local communities, FEMA and the Army to protect the citizens of the area. CSEPP upgraded Emergency Operations Centers in Umatilla, Morrow and Benton counties to act as nerve centers in response to any emergency. They are equipped with state-of-the-art technologies to detect, predict and track potential toxic plumes if such an incident should occur.
The Challenge CSEPP and the Morrow County Emergency Management, faced with enormous geography, sought a way to forecast and communicate potential deadly plume movement to emergency service personnel. Working with ezWireless, a leader in secure, broadband wireless systems for emergency management and homeland security, CSEPP developed cutting edge technology and WiFi capabilities to create a nearly 700 square mile WiFi “cloud”. The ezWireless designed and built mobile, secure, broadband and web-based network enabled local fire & police departments in
The U.S. Army Umatilla Chemical Depot in eastern Oregon has been a depository of chemical weapons since 1962, housing nearly a quarter of the United States’ chemical nerve agents and mustard gasses. Today, the ammunition is being incinerated at the recently built Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility.
