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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 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Austin Convention Center Austin, Texas
Links to Presentations are highlighted in blue A4 METEOROLOGY Storm Surge Warning and Forecasting
Moderator : Bill Read, National Hurricane Center, Miami, FL
NWS Operational Storm Surge Procedures Jaime Rhome New Storm Surge Products and Services Dr. Will Shaffer State of Texas Storm Surge support for operations and preparedness Dr. Gordon Welles, University of Texas
B4 Engineering Local Officials’ Guide for Coastal Construction The primary audience for this training is local building officials and floodplain managers for communities in coastal areas, and also state and local government staff responsible for the approval, inspection, and/or certification of residences in coastal areas. This workshop is intended to provide a brief introduction to the Local Officials Guide for Coastal Construction. At the conclusion of the workshop, participants will have a better understanding of how the guide is laid out and how it can be applied to building more hazard resistant residential structures in coastal areas. Topics introduced in the presentation will include:
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Speakers: Adam Reeder, PBS&J, Raleigh, NC Christopher Hudson, FEMA, Washington, DC Scott Tezak, URS Corporation
C4 EVACUATION Re-entry: Planning for the Expected If you just let it happen, re-entry will be twice as long, twice as labor intensive, and you’ll have twice as many unhappy residents.
Moderator: Kent Baxter, FEMA Region VI, Hurricane Program Manager
Understanding evacuees and research on returning them home after the storm safely Mike Lindell, Texas A&M University,College Station, TX
County level re-entry innovations founded, landmines encountered, and lessons learned John Simsen, Emergency Manager, Galveston County OEM, Dickinson, TX
D4 FIRE/EMS FEMA Mission Assignment Program Support The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) coordinates and provides the core Federal disaster response capability in communities throughout the Nation that have been overwhelmed by the impact of a major disaster or emergency. The ability to respond effectively in a timely manner presents significant challenges in fulfilling this mission as FEMA strives to ensure that Federal emergency response systems and capabilities are properly poised. To meet this challenge, FEMA issues mission assignments to other Federal departments and agencies, tasking them to provide essential disaster response assistance. Examples of Federal assistance that will be discussed include medical support services provided through HHS and DoD during Gustav and Ike as well as 2007 California and Texas wildfire support. Because the mission assignment process is a critical component of the Federal government’s ability to respond to an incident, FEMA is establishing a comprehensive, effective, and sustainable Mission Assignment Program (MAP) that will promote a collaborative, coordinated approach between FEMA and its partners.
Moderator: Lisa M. Maddry, FEMA, Washington, DC Speakers: Jack Hurdle, USACE John Ford, FEMA, Washington, DC
E4 PRIVATE INDUSTRY Response Operations and the Houston Galveston Port
interior and the Gulf of Mexico for petrochemical products. Hurricane Ike posed one of the greatest modern threats experienced by port operators within Galveston Bay since creation of the Houston Ship Channel. This workshop will discuss the effort to re-open the largest petrochemical complex in the United States. Included in the discussion will be the value of effective relationships and open communications as demonstrated by the Houston-Galveston Port Coordination Team during and after Hurricane Ike. Ike Response Overview CAPT William J. Diehl, USCG Port Coordination Team Activities Steve Nerheim, USCG Industry EOC Rick Deel, The Lubrizol Corporation
F4 HEALTH CARE/SPECIAL NEEDS Dialysis Network Planning: A Panel Presentation
Speaker 1 and 2, A National Weather Service program helping to map dialysis planning will be outlined and described by a registered dietitian who works daily with meteorologists to make their information beneficial to the medical sector and support improved medical decisions & planning prior to hurricanes and other weather events. Also discussed will be the application of overlaying the new tropical cyclone impacts graphics as well as the text and graphical probabilistic wind speed products all to improve client care. Physicians’ comments on the new tropical cyclone graphics used during Hurricane Dean last year will be an illustration.
Speaker #3, Sherilyn Burris (a member of my IAEM SN Committee) was part of a team on the ground during Gustav and then Ike working in the metro Houston area and Southern Louisianan to plan for about 15 thousand dialysis patients. There a color coding system approved by both states to informally use a purple wrist band as identification so that dialysis clients were quickly and appropriately shepherded through the evacuation/relocation process. This aspect of the panel would focus on a presentation about the ground design of this system and if it is replicable or will be codified could be of great interest.
Speakers: Margaret Fowke, Office of Strategic Planning and Policy, National Weather Service, Silver Spring, MD Maryanne Kridner , Diabetes Coordinator Baylor All Saints/Southwest, Baylor Medical Center All Saints, Fort Worth, TX
G4 UTILITIES Public Works Responses and Recovery--Very little can proceed or get back to normal until these occur!
Moderator: Lupe Sosa, Jr., National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center
Speakers: Tony Alotto, Texas Public Works Response Team and Texas A&M University Tony Pena, Emergency Management Coordinator, Hidalgo County, Texas Pilar Rodriguez, Assistant City Manager , City of McAllen, Texas
H4 PUBLIC EDUCATION/ MEDIA The Gulf Coast Media Coverage Of Hurricane Ike On The Texas Coast
This workshop will highlight the vast array of media coverage of Hurricane Ike along the Texas Coast. Although the storm made landfall as a category two – the impact was historic. This session will include presentations from both broadcast and print media organizations from Houston to Beaumont.
MODERATOR: Greg Padgett, Innovative Emergency Management, Inc.
KPRC TV, Houston: A First Hand Encounter with Hurricane Ike Frank Billingsley, KPRC Local2 Severe Weather Team, Houston, TX KHOU-TV: Performing As a Public Utility during Hurricane Ike Gene Norman, Chief Meteorologist, 11 News,Houston, TX The Houston Chronicle: A Summary of the Newspaper’s Coverage. Eric Berger, Hurricane Reporter KFDM-TV, Beaumont, TX: The Untold Story of the North Texas Coast Greg Bostwick, Meteorologist
I4: Sheltering/Mass Care State of Florida Catastrophic Mass Care Plan
For over two years the State of Florida, in cooperation with local governments, federal agencies and non-profit entities, has been developing a catastrophic hurricane plan. The plan is based on a Category 5 hurricane impacting south Florida.. Mass Care experts from the American Red Cross, Salvation Army, Southern Baptist Convention, FEMA and the State of Florida worked with representatives from USDA, logistics vendors, wholesale and retail food establishments and voluntary agencies to develop the mass care portion of this plan. The purpose of this session is to outline the scenario that drove the plan; present the enormous problems encountered and discuss how they were addressed.
Speakers: John Michael Daly, Emergency Management Program Specialist, FEMA Region IV, Atlanta, GA Farrah L. Gosford, IEM, Inc, Lake City, FL J4 Response Workshop Emergency Distribution of Commodities
This workshop would address the challenges at each level of government in executing a successful operation for the distribution of commodities. We will explore the concept of operations and the mechanics of making it work. A local government representative will discuss the planning aspects of identifying an appropriate site for the distribution center, the type of equipment needed and the staffing required to operate such a center efficiently. State government will address equipment and staffing requirements for regional centers, as well as discussing bulk commodity purchasing/storage and contracting for commodities. The Federal government speaker will discuss the procedures for contracting for commodities and delivery of commodities to the impacted area in a timely manner.
Moderator: Beverly Williams, Harnett County Emergency Management, Lillington, NC
The Local Role John Wilson, Lee County Emergency Management, Fort Myers, FL
State Regional Distribution Centers Ted Maddry, Governor’s Division of Emergency Management, Austin, TX
Federal Commodity Preparations Kertz Hare, FEMA Region IV, Atlanta,GA
K4 Recovery FEMA, State & Voluntary Agency Coordination in Preparedness, Response and Recovery
This workshop highlights the coordination and collaboration between voluntary organizations and government throughout the emergency management cycle – preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation. The theme is to examine what works well in government – voluntary organization coordination and what areas need additional planning and development. Discussion will include the roles of the State and local emergency management community, State and local Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD), FEMA, and National VOAD, and model ways in which they work together before, during, and after disasters.
The Role of the FEMA Voluntary Agency Liaison Jamie Dake, FEMA Voluntary Agency Liaison,Denton, TX The Role of the State VOAD Nikki J. Beneke, Texas VOAD, Dallas, TX Nancy Bass
L4 Mitigation Flood Retrofit Techniques In this 90-minute workshop, FEMA will provide an overview of the six techniques for retrofitting flood-prone residential buildings (elevation, relocation, wet floodproofing, dry floodproofing, floodwalls and levees) as well as acquisition and Mitigation Reconstruction techniques. The workshop will provide guidance on basic hazard, site and building design factors to consider when evaluating alternatives and selecting mitigation options for buildings in the floodplain. The workshop is based on FEMA’s recent updates to its flood retrofit field course (G-279) for architects, engineers, and building officials.
Speakers: Chris Hudson, FEMA Mitigation - Risk Reduction Division John Squerciati, Dewberry |