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National Security and Emergency Management

The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) helps prepare the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) emergency response assets, as well as those of other federal and state agencies, by managing and conducting programs, studies, research, exercises and training.

ORISE’s national security and emergency management capabilities include:

  • Providing incident response where weapons of mass destruction and/or improvised explosive devices are involved
  • Evaluating the readiness of our country’s security assets
  • Strengthening emergency preparedness, training and response

Through ORISE’s interdisciplinary team of operations planners, technical staff, emergency management and personnel security experts, DOE and other federal and state agencies are provided services that strengthen our nation’s preparedness to respond to any disaster, whether natural or man-made.

Capabilities

How ORISE is Making a Difference

Resources

Current Career Opportunities

Ref. No. Job Title Location
13-011 Forensic Examiner - Firearms / Tool Marks Multiple
12-057 Forensic Examiner (Latent Print Examiner) Quantico, VA
12-126 Forensic Examiner (Latent Print Examiner) Quantico, VA
12-128 Systems Support Specialist Arlington, VA
12-132 Junior Latent Print Technician Lorton, VA
12-120 Administrative Clerk 3 Washington, DC
12-097 Quality Assurance Specialist Lorton, VA
12-058 Latent Print Examiner Senior Quantico, VA
12-116 Technical Director Cytogenetics Oak Ridge, TN
12-117 Latent Print Technician R Lorton, VA
12-096 Photographer 2 Lorton, VA
12-094 Photographer (Latent Print Photographer) Lorton, VA
12-101 Case Inventory Technician Lorton, VA
12-098 Administrative Clerk (Administrative Assistant) Lorton, VA
12-076 Physical Scientists - Trace Evidence Quantico, VA
12-078 Physical Scientist 2 - Trace Quantico, VA
12-075 Forensic Photographers (Senior Personnel) Quantico, VA
12-074 Forensic Photographer Quantico, VA
12-082 Quality Assurance (QA) Specialist Quantico, VA
12-069 Chemist Quantico, VA
12-084 Statistical Analysis Quantico, VA
12-083 Safety & Occupational Health Specialist Quantico, VA
12-073 Logistics Management Specialist Quantico, VA
12-077 Physical Scientists Quantico, VA
12-079 Physical Scientists - Trace Evidence Quantico, VA

Female trainer presents to group during Amber Waves exercise

ORISE coordinates tabletop exercise to help agencies prepare for the threat of dirty bombs

ORISE assisted the U.S. Department of Energy in delivering a series of training events, referred to as Amber Waves 2012, which were designed to foster interagency collaboration among federal, state, and local organizations with stakes in a radiological emergency response.