10/03/98-08:00CDT

To: All interested emergency and governmental agencies and personnel

From: The Emergency Response & Research Institute

                                             Subject: Y2K Emergency Agency Compliance and Contingency Planning

The Emergency Response & Research Institute (ERRI) is in the midst of discussions regarding the current state of awareness and preparedness by local, county, and state emergency response agencies for the Year 2000 or Y2K computer problem. ERRI has been examining this issue for several months now and would like to expand our scope of discussion to include other segments of the emergency/government/corporate community.

In light of the possible serious implications of this issue, ERRI would like to gauge the importance and "do-ability" of conducting a survey of emergency agencies to ascertain their level of both internal compliance and preparation for external contingency plans, should they be required by the loss/malfunction of essential services such as electrical power, telecommunications, 911 centers, water purification and distribution, traffic control, medical equipment and hospital systems, or other Y2K related matters. We would appreciate your views on such a survey, and recommendations on whether or not you feel such an effort to be worthwhile and/or if we should to undertake it.

If sufficient interest and coopertation is expressed by respondents to this and other outreach programs that we will undertake in the next 60 days, ERRI will further study the problem and issue reports concerning these findings, and attempt to assist the overall emergency community in the sharing of plans, preparations, and programs that could be helpful to lessen the potentially negative impact of Y2K.

We would also appreciate other comments, questions, concerns, and suggestions that might be shared with others in the emergency response community. Please feel free to respond to this e-mail with any concerns or issues that you might like to see addressed. Thank you for your time and attention regarding this matter.

C. L. Staten, Executive Director

Emergency Response & Research Institute
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