About NWMIMT
Our Services
We are a multi-agency/multi-jurisdictional Type 3 Incident Management Team of trained personnel from western Massachusetts who assist local jurisdictions in managing major and/or complex incidents including:
weather-related disasters such as tornadoes, earthquakes or floods
joint law enforcement operations
public safety or public health operations
planned exercises or events
Our team may be deployed locally, within Massachusetts and throughout the nation.
We are a division of the Tri-State Fire Mutual Aid Association (TSFMA).
Administration
The Team Leader, Deputy Team Leader, Section Chiefs and Public Information Officer serve on the Executive Board. Individuals are elected by the general team members.
Duties of the Executive Board
To give preliminary approval to expenditures, subject to ratification by the host agency (TSFMA).
To consult with the host agency (TSFMA) on grant applications, membership, etc.
To meet regularly to provide for the opportunity for the officers and section chiefs to collaborate in developing goals and objectives for future team development, SOGs, training opportunities etc.
Oversee recruitment and retention of members
To make recommendations to the membership to amend the standard operational guidelines.
Other Officers of the Organization:
Additional team positions are filled from the membership. A member of the Executive Board may also fill one of these roles, however it is encouraged that when qualified personnel exist, the roles be filled by others.
A Safety Officer who works with all members to develop and implement plans to best assure the safety of all IMT personnel and our associates and the general public. The team SO will oversee others training and working in the role of safety officer.
A Training Specialist who consults about training, tracks team member training in coordination with the PSC, assists with completion of task books and other “shadowing” opportunities, works with other training agencies, the OSC, and other team members to offer training opportunities for the team, and is responsible for recruitment.
The Executive Board
Dennis Annear
Team Leader
TEAMLEADER@NWMIMT.ORG
Joe Cuneo
Planning Section Chief
PLANNING@NWMIMT.ORG
Bob Strahan
Operation Section Chief
OPERATIONS@NWMIMT.ORG
John Taylor
Logistics Section Chief
LOGISTICS@NWMIMT.ORG
Butch Garrity
Deputy Team Leader
DEPLEADER@NWMIMT.ORG
JD Hebert
PIO
PIO@NWMIMT.org
Jonathan Miller
Training Specialist
Training@NWMIMT.org
Larry Holmberg
Finance Section Chief
Finance@NWMIMT.org
Our Gear
Field Comm 40 at the Command Post During Hard Knox Full Scale Exercise in 2016
The Team has three vehicles which are used to support our operations.
A communications vehicle called Field Comm 40
A Team bus
A Team van
Other equipment includes:
Computer server
Smart board
Printers
Field desk
Pop-up canopy
ICS charts
T-cards
Portable radios
We gratefully acknowledge and thank the Western Region Homeland Security Advisory Council (WRHSAC), the Franklin Regional Transit Authority (FRTA), Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and Tri-State Fire Mutual Aid for supporting acquisition and maintenance of this equipment.