Harbor Emergency Response Organization (HERO) kicks off at Stevens, June 26
Fleet of private and commercial vessels set to serve tri-state area in future terrorist attacks and extreme emergencies
On Thursday, June 26th, officials and invited owners of private commercial vessels from the tri-state area will convene to finalize plans for the nation's first trained fleet of vessels that would move people, materials and supplies to and from Manhattan Island and other locations in the event of a future terrorist attack or other extreme emergency. The fleet has been dubbed the Harbor Emergency Response Organization, or HERO.
The final planning workshop for the HERO Fleet will take place in the Bissinger Room at the Wesley J. Howe Center at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J., beginning at 8:18 a.m. Speakers will include Assemblyman Gordon M. Johnson, 37th District, who will represent the New Jersey Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee, Lt. Commander Ernie Morton of the U.S. Coast Guard and Howard Butt from the N.J. State Police Office of Emergency Management.
The HERO Fleet was conceived and developed by the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium (NJMSC), a Sandy Hook, N.J., based marine and coastal organization which has been providing research, education and outreach services to New Jersey and the region since 1969. For more information about the HERO Fleet project and a complete workshop agenda, visit www.njmsc.org
PRE-WORKSHOP INTERVIEW AND PHOTO OP
Thursday, June 26, 2003
Bissinger Room
4th Floor, Wesley J. Howe Center
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, N.J.
7:45 a.m. 8:15 a.m.
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.
Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.
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