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Ernie Shirley

Consultant, Emergency Response

Ernie Shirley has experience in the environmental and emergency response industry, and he has vast knowledge from a  government regulator perspective. He specializes in the areas of response, damage assessment/remediation, and sampling. Mr. Shirley’s response experience includes 150 inland oil spills, 75 chemical tanker roll overs, 15 class 1 train derailments, 60 fixed facility chemical accidents, 150 traffic accidents involving 18 wheelers (saddle tanks/ box trailers), 20 barge accidents on Mississippi River, 30 meth labs, and 5 major hurricanes. He has also participated in compliance inspections with multimedia teams conducted at mainly fixed facility locations throughout the state of Mississippi.

Mr. Shirley has a strong background in ICS structure and served as one of the Mississippi unified commanders in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (MC252) that lasted 2 years with 25,000 people working under unified command. Mr. Shirley has worked alongside many federal agencies including US EPA (Region 4 Atlanta, GA), Coast Guard (Mobile/New Orleans/Vicksburg), Core of Engineers (Vicksburg, MS), FBI (Jackson, MS) and US EPA CID (Atlanta, GA).

Education

  • B.S., Environmental Sciences, Delta State University
  • A.S., Applied Sciences, Community College of the Air Force

Registrations & Certifications

  • TTCI- Tank Car Specialist
  • UPRR- Tank Car Safety
  • Science of Chemical Releases Training, NOAA
  • National Incident Management System (NIMS) Incident Command System, ICS-300 Intermediate ICS
  • Modular Emergency Response Radiological Transportation Training (MERRTT)
  • 45-Hour Hazardous Materials Technician-I
  • FEMA IS-00015.A, Special Events Contingency Planning for Public Safety Agencies
  • FEMA IS-00800, National Response Plan (NRP), an Introduction
  • FEMA IS-00700, National Incident Management (NIMS), an Introduction
  • FEMA IS-00200, ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
  • FEMA IS-00100, Introduction Incident Command System (ICS 100)
  • FEMA IS-00340, Hazardous Materials Prevention
  • FEMA IS-00253. Coordinating Environmental & Historic Preservation Compliance
  • FEMA IS-00546, Continuity of Operations (COOP) Awareness Course

Phone: (601) 946-9474


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