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2010 National Hurricane Conference March 29 - April 2|Orlando Hilton|Orlando, FL The nation's forum for education and professional training in hurricane preparedness!
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31st National Hurricane Conference
The Nation’s Forum for Education and Professional Training in Hurricane Preparedness
Thursday, April 9, 2009 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon Austin Convention Center Austin, Texas
Links to Presentations are highlighted in blue A2 METEOROLOGY Tropical Cyclone Hazards
Richard Pasch, NOAA/NWS/National Hurricane Center, Miami,FL
Storm Surge Impacts Jamie Rhome, NOAA
Inland flooding Roy Sedwick, Lower Colorado River Authority and Hector Guerrero, NWS WFO San Angelo
Hurricane Winds Mark Powell, NOAA Hurricane Research Division
B2 Engineering Hurricane IKE: Wind Findings From FEMA Mitigation Assessment Team
For several years, FEMA has studied the performance of structures subjected to disasters to illuminate issues of major significance. These broadminded studies have been driven by a core mission of the FEMA’s Mitigation Directorate to reduce future damages from disasters. This work is accomplished by the FEMA Mitigation Assessment Team (MAT). Often, recommendations from these findings have been adopted as statutes in model building codes, or just as importantly, as guidance for better and stronger construction practices.
The primary objective for this paper will be the main findings of the MAT regarding wind damage from Hurricane IKE in coastal Texas and Louisiana. Recommendations will cover structural and building envelope performance for wind including high-rise buildings in downtown Houston. Critical facility performance during Ike will be described including recommendations for increased resiliency.
FEMA worked with several organizations on this MAT including the American Institute for Architects, the International Code Council, the National Association of Homebuilders, Texas Department of Insurance, the American Plywood Association and the Vinyl Siding Institute.
Moderator: Paul Tertell, Mitigation Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency
Speakers: Paul Tertell, Mitigation Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency Larry J. Tanner, Wind Science and Engineering Research Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX Tom Smith, Rockton, IL C2 EVACUATION Assisting Special Populations During Evacuations: Being prepared for those who can’t prepare themselves
Moderator: Robin Danforth, FEMA Region III, Hurricane Program Manager, Philadephia,PA
Methods Of Determining Populations That Need Assistance During Evacuations
Lessons Learned From Moving Special Populations At The Local Level Jerry Sneed, LtCol USMC (RET), City of New Orleans, LA
Special Needs Evacuation Tracking System (SNETS) Lesia Dickson, Radiant RFID, LLC, Austin TX and Gordon Wells, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
D2 Business, Industry & Economic Stability Beyond Volunteers and Donations: How to Engage the Private Sector in Successful Disaster Planning, Response and Long-Term Redevelopment
Advocating a community-wide disaster preparedness and recovery system requires a successful strategy to engage the private sector at all levels. This workshop will feature a panel of speakers that are well versed in best practices and have developed and deployed successful partnerships and initiatives that engaged private sector funding and leadership to rebuild communities and revitalize local economies impacted by a disaster.
Moderator: Mickie Valente, The Florida Council of 100,Tampa,FL
Florida’s ESF 18 Partnership Mickie Valente, The Florida Council of 100,Tampa,FL
Business Executives for National Security Lynne Kidder, Business Executives for National Security, Washington, DC
Palm Beach Private-Public Partnership Sheridan "Butch" Truesdale, Palm Beach County Division of Emergency Management, West PalmBeach,FL
The Greater Houston Partnership David Braun EMAC and the Fire Service
Every year, disasters occur that cause a state to deplete the resources available from within a state. When this occurs, states must then rely on neighboring states to provide additional resources. This is most commonly accomplished through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC). The IAFC has developed a special program to teach chief officers and local government officials on how the process is utilized. This program will provide a modified version of the entire program and will provide the key information on activation, mobilization, and reimbursement.
Instructors: Bill Bullock, International Association of Fire Chiefs, Fairfax, VA Chief Larry Waddle,Edisto Beach Fire Department, Edisto Beach, SC Division Chief Sean Hughes, N. Richland Hills Fire Department, N. Richland Hills, TX
F2 HEALTH CARE/SPECIAL NEEDS Hurricane Ike - Regional Medical Response and Challenges
This session will focus on the unique circumstances faced by healthcare entities during Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, as well as steps taken to prevent overwhelming the medical infrastructure, while meeting the needs of the community that depend on us. Within this Workshop a well though out and exercised emergency operations plan, subscribing to a regional medical response plan, having a well stocked tool-chest and thinking outside the box will be presented. With this in place the unexpected perils associated with medical disaster response to a severe storm event can be mitigated and overcome. Michael M. Weston, Co-Chair NHC Health Care and Special Needs Planning Committee Lori Upton, Texas Children’s Hospital, Executive Director - Regional Hospital Preparedness Council, Houston, TX Douglas Havron, Southeast Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council, Houston, TX
G2 UTILITIES Electric Industry Storm Restoration: Obstacles to Restoration and the Role of the Electric Power Sector in Re-entry Decision-Making
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Speakers: Bill Howell, Entergy Corporation, Jackson, MS Jim Nowak, American Electric Power
H2 PUBLIC EDUCATION/ MEDIA Empowering Your Citizens To Be Part Of Your Disaster Preparedness /Response Program
This workshop will focus on the county and municipal partnerships and tools necessary to develop a disaster preparedness program for neighborhood associations as well as some techniques for keeping evacuated residents informed of hurricane information. Through Sarasota’s “neighbor helping neighbor” program, citizens develop a self-sufficient program and a direct information link with their local Emergency Management department. In addition, public libraries in Florida are receiving training to facilitate disaster response and recovery operations including outreach to neighborhoods, businesses and our Citizen Emergency Response Teams (CERTs).
Moderator Edward J. McCrane Jr., Sarasota County Emergency Management, Sarasota, FL Your Residents can be your Partners in Disasters Edward J. McCrane Jr., Sarasota County Emergency Management, Sarasota, FL The Hidden Resource: Your Neighborhoods Scott Montgomery, Sarasota County Emergency Management, Sarasota, FL Public Libraries and Disaster Response and Recovery Dr. Charles R. McClure, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL I2 Sheltering/Mass Care Privacy Rights and Shelter Security - a discussion of balance
Moderator: Trevor Riggen, American Red Cross, Washington, DC Lillie Coney, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), Washington, DC
J2 Response Challenges for Host Communities: Providing Emergency Assistance to Evacuees
With large populations settling along our nations coastlines, when a major hurricane approaches, evacuations often extend beyond jurisdictional or even State boundaries. When evacuees are sent to other areas through organized evacuation efforts or even self-evacuation to other areas, those jurisdictions and States face a new set of challenges. How do we provide the services that evacuees require when our jurisdictions are not impacted? What services are we obligated to provide? What services should we provide? How do we fund these services?
Moderator: Elaine Wathen,North Carolina Division of Emergency Management, Butner, NC The Alabama Perspective Charlisa Ussery, Natural Hazards Program Manager, Alabama Emergency Management Agency, Clanton, AL
The Arkansas Perspective David Maxwell, Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, North Little Rock, AK
K2 RESPONSE FEMA Gap Program 2009 Update
In the fall of 2008, during his testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Disaster Response, FEMA Deputy Administrator Harvey Johnson credited the FEMA Gap Analysis Program as being "critical in enabling a more effective response to this year's hurricane responses on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts," and that, "[i]t saved valuable time in responding because FEMA already knew the States' needs." Since that time, GAP has expanded in scope to include all FEMA regions, and has assumed an all-hazards stance. This workshop will include speakers from Gap Program participants at FEMA Headquarters, the FEMA Regional level, and State and Local governments, moderated by a representative from the project contractor Hagerty Consulting. Speakers will detail the program’s accomplishments to date, and discuss with workshop attendees the many existing and possible preparedness and response enhancements that are available to program stakeholders at every level of government.
Moderator: Matthew Hochstein, Hagerty Consulting
Speakers: Paul K. Schwartz,Chief, Operational Integration, Disaster Operations Directorate,FEMA Sarah Williamson, FEMA Region 6, Denton, TX
L2 MITIGATION Risk Analysis and Comprehensive Hurricane Emergency Management – National Hurricane Program Update
A short presentation on how the National Hurricane Program is incorporating and improving the development of hurricane risk assessment for the whole range of emergency management functions, not just evacuation (via the Hurricane Evacuation Studies.). This will be followed by a Q&A session with the workshop participants.
Speaker: Dan Catlett, National Hurricane Program Manager, Department of Homeland Security , Federal Emergency Management Agency |