The response to  the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is underway, with involvement between key strategic clean-up response units such as Special Projects and Decon Branch, in charge of decontaminating all boats which enter the disaster zone.

Captain John Sholey, Manager of Tech Services for Johnson County Fire District 2 in Kansas, manages the units, and comments on the technical amount of planning that is required for his operations. He uses Coordinated NIMS Incident Planner (CNIP) as his software tool.

Integral to the usage of CNIP, Captain Sholey operates it from an IronKey Flash Drive for added security, as obviously this is a response effort with high-level security issues.  The CNIP / IronKey combination means IAPs are mobile and secure. It also allows users in remote locations to access plans directly from a laptop without use of the Internet.

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