Paradigm Updates CoRE Program for 2019
The 2019 Coordinated Response program includes
real-life scenarios and audience engagement
Paradigm is preparing to launch its 2019 Coordinated Response Exercise (CoRE) and Excavator Safety Program (CoRE-EX). The pipeline scenario training is designed for consistent audience engagement and interaction between instructors, emergency officials, stakeholders, and sponsors. Each section of instruction includes opportunities for input from attendees, and pre-meetings put attendees and pipeline operators together for conversation minutes before the program begins.
"That helps break the ice," says Robert Soto, Paradigm's Director of Training. "By the time we get into our scenario, everybody is hopefully fully engaged."
The 2019 CoRE program begins with a 9-1-1 call regarding a pipeline incident, detailing the chaos, confusion, and unpredictability of such an emergency. "We try to bring that reality into that initial 9-1-1 call," Soto says.
Soto, a retired law enforcement officer from Kansas, is one of more than 25 Paradigm instructors, who have more than 575 combined years of first-response experience. Their message is cultivated from their own experience and through feedback from emergency officials and pipeline operators they encounter during one of more than 1,000 Paradigm meetings each year.
"We want to hear what's realistic in the field from all attendees," Soto says. "We want to hear their real experiences and blend that together within the liaison process to make this a successful program."
Published August 2018
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