NEW YORK, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- As the first Chief on the scene during
the World Trade Center attacks, Joseph W. Pfeifer, Chief of Planning and
Strategy and Deputy Assistant Chief of Operations for the Fire Department of
the City of New York, experienced firsthand the challenges faced by first
responders in dire emergency situations. Pfeifer will share his unique
perspective as a survivor and leader at the American National Standards
Institute's (ANSI) Annual Conference on Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at the
Marriott at Metro Center in Washington, DC.
The conference, "Homeland Security: Collaboration, Innovation and
Standardization," examines the role that standards play in protecting U.S.
citizens and enhancing our national security infrastructure. The event calls
upon a diverse group of experts to address the essential security and
emergency preparedness issues facing the nation.
A 22-year veteran of the FDNY, Pfeifer served as the Planning Section
Chief of the FDNY's World Trade Center Incident Command Team in the days
following the collapse, and developed the GPS Recovery System to document the
location of victims at the WTC. He was the co-project manager of the McKinsey
Report, a study of the FDNY response to the World Trade Center, and is also
currently drafting the FDNY Terrorism Preparedness Strategy.
"The standards and conformity assessment community will benefit from Chief
Pfeifer's trained experience as a first responder and leader in emergency and
terrorism preparedness," said ANSI president and CEO Mark W. Hurwitz.
Pfeifer will address the conference at 12:30 p.m. Other panels and
discussions will encompass homeland security issues including equipment and
systems that protect and assist first responders; biological and chemical
anti-terrorism systems and the prevention of terrorist attacks; reducing
vulnerability of critical infrastructure systems such as postal, information
technology and telecommunications systems; minimizing damage to built
environments; and much more.
For more information, visit http://www.ansi.org/wsweek.
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a non-profit
organization whose mission is to enhance U.S. global competitiveness and the
American quality of life by promoting, facilitating, and safeguarding the
integrity of the voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system.
Comprised of businesses, professional societies and trade associations,
standards developers, government agencies, and consumer and labor
organizations, the ANSI Federation represents the diverse interests of more
than 120,000 entities and 3.2 million professionals worldwide.
SOURCE American National Standards Institute
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