RUSSELL C. COILE, Ph.D., PE, FICDDS
CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MANAGER
970 Egan Avenue
Pacific Grove, California 93950-2406
Tel (831) 649-8946
e-mail:  russell@coile.com
web-site: http://www.disasterman.com

EDUCATION:

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION / REGISTRATION:

EXPERIENCE:

Disaster Preparedness Coordinator, Sand City Police Department,
Sand City, CA
May 2003—present

Director of Emergency Services, American Red Cross, Carmel Area Chapter,
Carmel, California
November 2000 to November 2001

Adjunct Professor, Institute for Joint Warfare Analysis,
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California,
May 1998 to May 2000.

Assisting in research on development of models of response by local governments to acts of terrorism involving chemical-biological weapons of mass destruction

Disaster Coordinator, Pacific Grove Fire Department, City of Pacific Grove
January 1990 to October 2000.

Responsible for disaster preparedness for the City of Pacific Grove.  Duties included: initiating emergency preparedness programs, revising and updating the City'sMulti-Hazard Emergency Plan, designing the City's Emergency Operating Center, writing Emergency Operating Center Standard Operating Procedures, planning and conducting the City's exercises such as the participation in the annual statewide earthquake exercise each April, conducting public education programs, writing the City's Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service Plan, organizing local amateur radio operators in the City's RACES group, teaching and organizing the City’s Volunteers in Preparedness (neighborhood emergency response teams), and training all City employees in the State’sStandardized Emergency Management System (SEMS).

Senior Scientist, VRC Corporation (formerly Evaluation Technology, Inc.), Monterey, CA

Research on command and control systems, total quality management, and test and evaluation.  Research on  mass transit system emergencies.

Deputy Executive Director/Chief Scientist, Planning Research Corporation, Fort Ord, California

Management of a 200 person ($10 million dollar) contract with the U.S. Army to administer the Scientific Support Laboratory of the Combat Developments Experimentation Center at Fort Ord and Fort Hunter Liggett, California.

Senior Scientist, KETRON, Inc., Arlington, VA

Research on U.S. Navy command and control communications systems. Research on emergency operations centers both aboard ships and at shore headquarters.

Operations Research Analyst, Office of Naval Research funded Operations Evaluation Group at the University of Rochester; Franklin Institute; & Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Military operations research experience working for several universities which had Office of Naval Research grants to design and evaluate exercises for the Navy, Marine Corps and Army. Assisted in research on the design of emergency operating centers and participated in training exercises at various Air Force and Navy headquarters in the United States, Japan and England.

Broadcast Station Design Engineer, Colton & Foss, Washington, D.C.

Working for a consulting engineering firm designing AM and FM radio broadcast stations and appearing as an "Expert Witness" in Federal Communications Commission hearings.

Magnetician, Carnegie Institution of Washington, D.C.

Earthquake research at a geophysical observatory at Huancayo, Peru conducting research on earthquakes, lightning, and radio propagation through the ionosphere.

MILITARY EXPERIENCE – Military experience included Reserve Officer training in high school and college.  Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Signal Corps Reserve upon graduation from college. Now Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Retired).

AMATEUR RADIO – Amateur radio operator participating in emergency communications at my amateur stations, K6FVH, W3EJK, W1ILE, KC6TUW, KO6IA and currently K6FVH.  President (1996) Naval Postgraduate School Amateur Radio Club.

American Red Cross Courses

FEMA’s EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, Emmitsburg, Maryland training courses:

THE HOME OFFICE EMERGENCY PLANNING COLLEGE,
The Hawkhills, Easingwold, York, England
Training courses:

American Red Cross activities

Disaster Response & Preparedness Papers & Presentations

How Well Are Schools Prepared for Terrorism. Russell C. Coile and Hector Gonzales. Paper presented at Emergency Response 2004 Conference, November 19, 2004, San Diego, CA

Lessons From Disasters: What Policy Leaders Need To Know, Russell C. Coile. League of California Cities, 2004 Mayors and Council Members Executive Forum, July 29, 2004, Monterey, CA

Preparedness for Terrorism in Schools. Russell C. Coile. Poster paper presented at the 14th World Conference on Disaster Management, June 20-23, 2004, Toronto, Canada

Citizen Corps Volunteers to Prepare for and Respond to Terrorism and Natural Disasters – Russell C. Coile. Paper presented on May 16, 2002 at the 9th World Conference on Emergency Management, The International Emergency Management Society, University of Waterloo, Waterloo (Toronto), Canada

Citizen Corps Volunteers – Russell C. Coile. Paper on the Internet at UN/ISDR Earth Summit 2002 Debate: Building Partnerships for Sustainable Development, Week 3      (29 April – 2 May 2002) http://www.earthsummit2002.dyndns.org/pages/debate_intro.cfm

Disaster Education for Children – Russell C. Coile. Paper on the Internet at UN/ISDR Earth Summit 2002 Debate: Building Partnerships for Sustainable Development,  Week 4 (6 May – 9 May 2002)   http://www.earthsummit2002.dyndns.org/pages/debate_intro.cfm

Contributions of Disaster Information Organizations to the World Agency of Planetary Monitoring  - Russell C. Coile, Director of Emergency Services, American Red Cross, Carmel Chapter, Carmel, California. Paper presented at the Founding Conference of the World Agency of Planetary Monitoring and Seismic Prediction, Geneva, Switzerland, May 5, 2001.

Terrorism and School Violence - Russell C. Coile.  The ASPEP Journal 2000, pages 99-107, American Society of Professional Emergency Planners, Falls Church, Virginia, November 2000.

Disaster Information for Emergency Management - Russell C. Coile. Paper presented at Disaster Forum 2000,  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, November 3, 2000.
http://www.edmc.net/disaster .

October 2000 Progress Report: Small Communities Working Group of the Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN) - Russell C. Coile and Patricia Jocius. Pre-GDIN 2001 document prepared for March, 2001 GDIN Conference, Canberra, Australia.
http://www.gdin-international.org/wg/smcomm_progress.html 

How GDIN Might Help Local Communities  - Russell C. Coile.  Poster paper presented at the First International Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN) Information Technology Exposition and Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, October 9-11, 2000.

The Certified Emergency Manager program sponsored by the International Association of Emergency Managers - Russell C. Coile. Poster presentation at Fourth Local Authorities Confronting Disasters and Emergencies (LACDE) 2000 Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland,  August 27-30, 2000.

Local Government Virtual Working Group of the Global Disaster information Network  - Russell C. Coile.  Poster presentation at Fourth Local Authorities Confronting Disasters and Emergencies (LACDE) 2000 Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland,  August 27-30, 2000.

Emergency Response: Terrorism and Schools - Russell C. Coile. Paper presented at the Biological and Chemical Weapons Curriculum Workshop, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California, July 27, 2000.

Report of Working Group 2, How a GDIN might Engage or Help Local Communities, especially those with Poor Communication Capabilities - Russell C. Coile. Paper presented at the GDIN Conference, Mid East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, April 27, 2000. 
http://www.gdin-international.org/ankara/coile.doc

Disaster Information Networks – Russell C. Coile.  The ASPEP Journal 1999,  pages 71-81, American Society of Professional Emergency Planners, Falls Church, Virginia.

Pacific Grove Fire Department's Public Education and Professional Outreach Programs for Disaster Preparedness – Russell C. Coile. Partnerships in Preparedness: A Compendium of Exemplary Practices in Emergency Management, Volume IV page 10, November 1999, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC.
http://www.fema.gov/pte/partners_v4.pdf

Progress on the Development of the Global Disaster Information Network – Russell C. Coile. Poster session paper PS99-5 at the 1999 Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, University of Colorado, Boulder, July 11-14, 1999.

Natural Disaster Reduction Efforts at the Local Government Level  in the United States - Russell C. Coile. Paper presented at the annual conference of The International Emergency Management Society, Delft Technical University, The Netherlands, June 10, 1999. (Paper published in Proceedings of  TIEMS ’99).

Role of Local Communities in Disaster Information Networks - Russell C. Coile. Paper presented at the International Conference on Information Systems for Disaster Management, Plenary Session  3  (May 12,  9:00-10:30 am), How a GDIN might Engage or Help Local Communities, especially those with Poor Communication Capabilities,  Mexico City, Mexico, May 12, 1999. 
http://www.state.gov/www/issues/relief/coile.html 

Disaster Information Requirements of the City of Pacific Grove, California – Russell C. Coile.  Users Conference ’99, Pacific Disaster Center, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii, April 28-30, 1999

Preparing for and Coping with Local Disasters; An Information Overlay – Russell C. Coile. Paper presented at Pacific Intelligence Forum (PACINTEL ’99), Monterey, California, February 9, 1999.

Terrorism – Russell C. Coile.  Interview in CAMPUSAFE, Volume 2, No.1, January 1, 1999.  Interviewed by Rick Tobin, Editor, CAMPUSAFE

A Professional Exchange Visit to China – Russell C. Coile. The ASPEP Journal 1998, pages 55-58, American Society of Professional Emergency Planners, Falls Church, Virginia.

Partnership for Preparedness Against Terrorism – Russell C. Coile. Partnerships in Preparedness: A Compendium of Exemplary Practices in Emergency Management, Volume III, page 15, October 1998, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC.
http://www.fema.gov/pte/partners_v3.pdf  

Disaster Preparedness for the City of Pacific Grove – Russell C. Coile. 1998 California Cities Helen Putnam Award for Excellence in Category: Public Safety, Certificate of Honorable Mention, League of California Cities, September 11, 1998.

Exercises for Modeling Response by Local Authorities to Chemical-Biological Terrorism -  Gordon S. Schacher, Xavier Maruyama and Russell C. Coile. Poster session paper PS98-22 at the 1998 Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, University of Colorado, Boulder, July 12-15, 1998.

Chinese Research on Earthquake Forecasting – Russell C. Coile. Poster session paper PS98-5 at the 1998 Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, University of Colorado, Boulder, July 12-15, 1998.

Baseline Exercise for Chem-Bio Terrorism Response: Pacific Grove Multi-Casualty Incident Drill, November 1997 - Gordon S. Schacher, Xavier Maruyama and Russell C. Coile. Paper presented at the FBI/State OES Bay Area Terrorism Working Group meeting, San Jose, California, July  9, 1998

Disaster Preparedness  For Children – Russell C. Coile.  Paper presented at Disaster Forum ’98, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, June 29, 1998.

Multi-casualty Incident Exercise: Modeling, Data Acquisition, and Parameters – Gordon E. Schacher, Xavier K. Maruyama, Russell C. Coile. NPS-IJWA-98-005, Vol. 2, June 1998, Institute for Joint Warfare Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California.

Disaster Resistant Communities in the United States – Russell C. Coile. Paper presented  at the Durham University Business School’s conference on Hazards and Sustainability: Contemporary Issues in Risk Management, Durham, England, May 26, 1998.

Emergency Preparedness for Earthquakes in China: The Great Tangshan Earthquake of July 28, 1976 – Russell C. Coile.  Paper presented at the annual conference of The International Emergency Management Society, George Washington University, Washington DC, May 20, 1998. (Paper published in Proceedings of TIEMS 1998 Meeting)

Pacific Grove Multi-Casualty Incident Drill: 22 November 1997 - Andrew Miller, Russell Coile, Xavier K Maruyama, and Gordon E. Schacher.  NPS-IJWA-98-003, Vol. 1, February 1998,  Institute for Joint Warfare Analysis, Naval Post Graduate School, Monterey, California.

Pacific Grove’s Earthquake Preparedness Program – Russell C. Coile.  Paper presented in a seminar at the Center for Disaster Reduction, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, October 21, 1997.

Comprehensive Disaster Planning for Earthquakes  – Russell C. Coile. The ASPEP Journal 1997, pages 16-20, American Society of Professional Emergency Planners, Falls Church, Virginia.

Communications in the Extreme: Can our unmet needs be identified and addressed? – Russell C. Coile.  Panel Speaker on the Emergency Information Infrastructure Program (EIIP) Virtual Forum, (http://www.emforum.org), September 29, 1997

Collaboration of Community-Based Organizations for Disaster Preparedness – Russell C. Coile.. Poster session paper  PS97-3 at the 1997 Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop in Denver, University of Colorado, Boulder, July 13-16, 1997.

Pacific Grove – A Model for Small City Disaster Preparedness – Russell C. Coile. Partnerships in Preparedness: A Compendium of Exemplary Practices in Emergency Management, Volume II, page 25, May 1997, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC.   
 http://www.fema.gov/pte/partners_v2.pdf

How California’s Cities Will Help Each Other in Disasters - Russell C. Coile. Paper on the IDNDR Internet Conference: Solutions for Cities at Risk to Disasters, October 16, 1996. The United Nations (Geneva) Department of Humanitarian Affairs’ virtual conference on the Internet, August 26-October 25, 1996.

California’s Standardized Emergency Management System - Russell C. Coile.  The ASPEP Journal 1996, pages 37-39, American Society of Professional Emergency Planners, Falls Church, Virginia.

Disaster Management Conferences on the Internet - Russell C. Coile.  The ASPEP Journal 1996, pages 34-36, American Society of Professional Emergency Planners, Falls Church, Virginia.

Disaster Management in the Carmel River Floods - Russell C. Coile.  The ASPEP Journal 1996, pages 28-33, American Society of Professional Emergency Planners, Falls Church,Virginia

Studying Earth Science Using Disasters: Earthquake!, Flood!. Oil Spill!. Hurricane! – Russell Coile. .  Poster session paper at the 1996 Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, University of Colorado, Boulder, July 16-18, 1996.

The Role of Amateur Radio in Providing Emergency Electronic Communication for Disaster  Management - Russell C. Coile.  Paper  on the Internet; June, July, August 1996 in DISASTER '96 (First Internet Conference "Electronic Communication and Disaster Management"),  http://www.mcb.co.uk/confhome.htm.  Virtual Conference Center, MCB University Press / Disaster Prevention and Limitation Unit, University of Bradford, UK.
http://www.sp.nps.navy.mil/npsarc/press/1996/coile.html

Disaster Preparedness by Local Authorities in California - Russell C. Coile.  Paper presented at the Second International Conference: Local Authorities Confronting Disasters and Emergencies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 22-24,1996  (published in Proceedings of the 2nd LACDE International Conference).

Prevention of Non-Structural Damage in Schools - Russell C. Coile.  Paper presented at the Earthquake Response & Recovery Workshop sponsored by  Monterey Peninsula College, Cabrillo Community College District, Community College League and the California Office of Emergency Services, Monterey, California, November 17, 1995.

Disaster Preparedness Activities In California after the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake - Russell C. Coile.  The ASPEP Journal 1995, pages 31-40, American Society of Professional Emergency Planners, Falls Church, Virginia

Northern California Disaster Preparedness Network: Five Years of Community Education - Russell C. Coile.  Poster session paper PS95-5 at the 1995 Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, University of Colorado, Boulder, July 16-18, 1995.

Neighborhood Emergency Response Teams For Community Outreach - Russell C. Coile.  Poster session paper  PS95-4 at the 1995 Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, University of Colorado, Boulder, July 16-18, 1995.

Emergency Managers Mutual Aid in California - Russell C. Coile.  The ASPEP Journal 1994, pages 57-63, American Society of Professional Emergency Planners, Falls Church, Virginia.

Emergency Management in the United States - Russell C. Coile.
Paper presented at the Emergency Planning Society's 1995 Annual Conference, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, June 21,1995.

Disaster Preparedness Activities in the United States for Oil Spills  - Russell C. Coile.  Paper presented at the Institute of Civil Defense and Disaster Studies Annual Study "Effect of Disasters on the Environment" June 16-18, 1995, at the Home Office's Emergency Planning College, Easingwold, York, England.  (An extract from this oil spill paper entitled "U.S. peps up oil spill preparedness"was published in the Home Office's Civil Protection, Issue No.36, page 16, Autumn 1995, London England.)

A Yank at Easingwold - Russell C. Coile.  The ASPEP Journal 1994, pages 45-55, American Society of Professional Emergency Planners, Falls Church, Virginia.

Certified Emergency Manager  - Russell C. Coile. Paper published in Emergency, page 9, Autumn 1994, Institute of Civil Defence and Disaster Studies, London, England.

Emergency Preparedness Training in England  - Russell C. Coile. Paper presented at the annual conference of the California  Emergency Services Association, South Lake Tahoe, California, October 28,1994.

Recent Disasters In California - Russell C. Coile.  Paper presented at the Institute of Civil Defence and Disaster Studies Annual Study "International Civil Protection Preparedness and Response to Major Disasters" at the Home Office's Emergency Planning College, Easingwold, Yorkshire, England, June 17-19,1994.  (Published in the Final Report of the Institute of Civil Defence and Disaster Studies Annual Study, June 17-19,1994 "International Civil Protection Preparedness and Response to Major Disasters", Institute of Civil Defence and Disaster Studies, Bell Court House, 11 Blomfield Street, London, EC2M 7AY, England).

Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief in Future International Security Operations - Russell C. Coile.  Paper presented at the Tenth International Symposium on Military Operations Research, Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham, Wiltshire, England, September 6-9, 1993.

Oil Spill! - Russell C. Coile, author, producer, & director.  Play to dramatize and help wildlife rescue volunteers visualize how they should fit into the Incident Command System.  Play presented by a cast of 22 volunteers of the California Ocean Assistance Spill Team to Friends of the Sea Otter, at Ohlone School, Hillcrest Road, Watsonville, California, March 20, 1993.

Disaster Preparedness - Russell C. Coile.  Paper presented at Joint National Meeting, Operations Research Society of America (ORSA)/ The Institute of Management Science (TIMS), San Francisco, California, November 2, 1992.