Laura A. Ehrmantraut

North Chesterfield, VA 23235  USA

ehrmantrautlaura@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE:  Risk Analysis, Planning, Security, Terrorism, or Emergency Management Analyst

CAREER SUMMARY

• 2+ years, Customer Service Representative (retail, federal government)
• 9+ months, Researcher, Analyst (emergency management, policy documents)
• 9+ months, Policy Developer, Writer (emergency management)

EXPERIENCE PORTFOLIO

02/21 – present, Emergency Management Analyst (Intern)

City of Fairfax, Emergency Management, Fairfax, VA

• Research, develop, and draft a Continuity Of Operations Plan (COOP) chart for the City of Fairfax government services, resulting in a base plan for different departments in government functioning in a disaster (e.g., pandemic) covering services such as alternative ballot voting, bus services, courts, recreation departments, parks, museums, and emergency services
• Published an article in the Domestic Preparedness Journal
  • Ehrmantraut, L. A. (2021). Understand the Terrorist, Preempt the Threat. Domestic Preparedness Journal, p. 19. Retrieved from www.domesticpreparedness.com/journals/april-2021/
• Researched, audited, and updated the Fairfax City emergency tornado drill to include what to have to get ready, safest places to go in your house, containing exterior loose objects, or if caught outside, ‘to do’ lists resulting in dissemination to the general public
• Reviewed the City of Fairfax’s Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) final draft for editing (grammar, punctuation, spelling, graphics placement) and any potential missing information (e.g., roles of different entities and government levels), resulting in an updated 2021 EOP to instruct citizens on how to protect themselves and their property before, during, and after emergencies and disasters

05/18 – 02/21, Full-Time Student

02/18 – 11/18, Vehicle, Safety, Tools Representative

FEMA Corps (AmeriCorps), Vicksburg, MS

• Created emergency plans for potential disasters in Puerto Rico, targeting planning related to hurricanes in season during deployments (2-3 months)
• Researched, audited, identified, and documented reliable and feasible resources around the team’s lodging area such as hospitals, emergency centers, and urgent care as resources for team and disaster victims needing assistance
• Managed and operated van and rental cars transporting AmeriCorps members as a member of an 8-person team; conducted routine weekly maintenance checks on the AmeriCorps-provided team vehicle (fluids, tires, lights working); transferred vehicles for follow-up repairs at local shops

Deployments included:

09/18 – 11/18, Bayamon, Puerto Rico

• Conducted inventory and documented available utilities for FEMA use in office settings, DRC and/or CRC sectors to enable supplies identification with quantities, e.g., office supplies, outdoor tools, water pallets, first-aid kits, and generators to enable supplies and equipment to be ready and organized for use by other FEMA representatives to assist communities in a disaster/emergency; organized items (e.g., electrical extension cords) to distribute to over 30 FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) and Community Recovery Centers (CRCs)
  • Stacked and packaged emergency water (pallets) for distribution to survivors before, during, and after disaster events; drove forklifts; organized and stacked boxes and pallets on shelves and in delivery trucks; moved generators

06/18 – 09/18, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico (GPR)

• Represented a specific sector conducting administrative work for FEMA Continuous Improvement Program (CIP) representatives in the GPR’s Joint Recovery Office as a part of DR-4339 (major disaster declaration), embedded in the Health and Social Services Sector
  • Recorded exit interview notes into OneNote for the Continuous Improvement Program (CIP) as part of qualitative survey research for process improvement recommendations and identifying shortfalls and organizational issues for future planning and forecasting for circa nine interviews
  • Reviewed, notated, and identified common threads from transcriptions of interviews and created a snapshot report of work-related issues, topics, and trends
  • Recorded meeting memos during Health and Social Services meetings, as CIP sector representative, on updates about Disaster Recovery Centers (DRC) and Community Recovery Centers (CRC) and what issues needed addressing
  • Performed data entry for the Planning Sector death toll spreadsheet for three hurricanes (Irma, Marie, Harvey) to update missing information, resulting in enabling FEMA to assist victims for funeral/death assistance/costs
  • Researched, compiled, and implemented an organization chart in a spreadsheet to identify each Disaster Case Manager’s (DCM) name, title, responsibilities, and locations
  • Worked with Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Subject Matter Expert (SME) in a unique CRC sector to create site surveys for the destruction of property that happened during hurricane Maria using Survey123 identifying negative issues for geographic areas for FEMA to address and resolve

03/18 – 05/18, Montana Building Survey Project

• Surveyed buildings to establish if they met criteria designated by the Red Cross and FEMA; uploaded data into the system and updated new data on old buildings for the American Red Cross and Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services for the continuation of services for Disaster Shelter Project (2020)
  • Liaised/communicated with building and property owners and landlords as point person to discuss the potential for building designations as shelters
  • Conducted surveys, collected contact data, asked building-related questions on electric outlets, bathrooms, and room measurements; updated database to identify the number of persons who would comfortably ‘fit’ within a shelter, resulting in survey report for Montana’s local emergency managers to provide to the general public for designated disaster/emergency shelters
  • Coordinated with representatives of the state Emergency Operations Center (EOC) exercise in FEMA Region VIII Denver to use qualitative and quantitative data to provide team activity updates/progress resulting in identification and updating of ~114 Access and Functional Needs (survival gear, food, supplies, equipment, disability access, ramps, automatic doors) as well as locations in proximity to emergency services and basic needs services (grocery store, pharmacy, laundry services in surveyed shelters for the Shelter 2020 project

FORMAL EDUCATION

05/21, Bachelor of Arts, Homeland Security Emergency Preparedness and Criminal Justice, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; GPA: 3.5; Courses: Homeland Security & Emergency Preparation, Terrorism, Emergency Planning & Incident Management, Criminal Justice, Risk & Vulnerability Assessment (HSEP), Strategic Planning In Homeland Security, Corrections, Criminal Procedure, Emergency Public Health Preparation, Forensic Criminology, Policing, Legal & Constitutional Issues

08/15 – 05/16,  Bachelor of Arts, courses towards fine arts major, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

CAREER TRAINING / CERTIFICATIONS

• 06/21, Certification, Hurricane Awareness, NDPTC
• 05/21, Certification, Community Planning for Disaster Recovery, NDTPC
• 04/21, Certification, EMI Professional Development Series (PDS), FEMA
• 04/21, Certification, Bomb Threat Preparedness and Response (BTPR), FEMA
• 04/21, Developing and Managing Volunteers, FEMA
• 03/21, CERT and the ICS, FEMA
• 03/21, Certification, Bomb-making Materials Awareness Employee Training (BMMA ET), FEMA
• 03/21, Introduction to Exercise, FEMA
• 03/21, Emergency Planning, FEMA
• 03/21, Leadership and Influence, FEMA
• 03/21, Decision Making and Problem Solving, FEMA
• 10/20, Human Trafficking Awareness for FEMA Employees, FEMA
• 01/20, Preparing for Federal Disaster Operations: Response Partners, FEMA
• 08/20, Coordinating Health and Social Services Recovery, FEMA

• 08/20, Overview of Mass Care/Emergency Assistance, FEMA
• 08/20, Continuity of Operations Planning for Pandemic Influenzas, FEMA
• 01/20, National Response Framework, FEMA
• 05/19, Animals in Disasters: Awareness and Preparedness, FEMA
• 05/19, Fundamentals of Emergency Management, FEMA
• 08/19, Wildfire Mitigation Basics for Mitigation Staff, FEMA
• 08/19, Fundamentals of Risk Management, FEMA
• 05/19, National Incident Management System (NIMS), FEMA
• 09/19, The National Infrastructure Protection Plan, FEMA
• 10/18 – 10/21, Certification, Forklift Class 1,2,4 & 5 and Scissor-Lift, FEMA, Bayamon, Puerto Rico
• 08/18, Active Shooter: What You Can Do? FEMA
• 06/18, FEMA’s Public Assistance Program, FEMA
• 06/18, Management and Support Coordination of Federal Disaster Operations, FEMA
• 06/18, National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF) Overview, FEMA
• 06/18, Effective Communication, FEMA
• 03/18, Logistics, FEMA
• 03/18, Incident Command System ICS – 100, FEMA
• 03/18, Certification, Incident Workforce Academy, Corp Basic, FEMA, Vicksburg, MS
• 03/18, Certification, Logistics 101, FEMA, Vicksburg, MS
• 03/18, Certification, Disaster Survivor Assistance Specialist, FEMA, Vicksburg, MS

TECHNICAL / COMPUTER / LANGUAGES / VOLUNTEER

• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/laura-ehrmantraut
• German – Beginner conversation
• Adobe Creative Suite – Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign (beginner level)
• ArcGIS (beginner)
• MS O365: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
• 2018, Volunteer, Montana Audubon Center, Helena, MT
• 2018, Volunteer, YWCA, Billings, MT
• 2018, Volunteer, Salvation Army, Billings, MT
• 2018, Volunteer, Puerto Rico Humane Society, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
• 2018, Volunteer, Para la Naturaleza, San Juan, Puerto Rico
• 2018, Volunteer, Eye on the Rainforest, Patillas, Puerto Rico

KEY & TRANSFERABLE SKILL WORDS:  American Red Cross, AmeriCorps, Analyst, audited, communicated, Community Recovery Centers (CRCs), Continuity Of Operations Plan (COOP), Continuous Improvement Program (CIP), Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Customer Service, Disaster Case Manager’s (DCM), Disaster Recovery Centers (DRC), Disaster Shelter Project, disasters, Domestic Preparedness, Emergency Management, Emergency Operations Center (EOC), Emergency Operations Plan (EOP), Emergency Planning, Emergency Preparation, Emergency Public Health Preparation, equipment, forecasting, Forensic Criminology, Health and Social Services, Homeland Security Emergency Preparedness (HSEP), Incident Management, inventory, Lean Six Sigma (LSS), Managed, operated, planning, Policy Developer, process improvement, Public Health and Human Services, qualitative survey, report, Researcher, resources, Risk & Vulnerability Assessment, shelters, spreadsheet, Strategic Planning, Subject Matter Expert (SME), supplies, surveys, survival gear, team, Terrorism/Anti-Terrorism, Writer