#1 Debris Management Course (40 participants)

This 2-1/2 day workshop provides an overview of issues and recommended actions to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a major debris-generating event (with emphasis on state and local responsibilities). Who Should Attend - local, state and federal personnel responsible for planning and/or implementing debris removal and disposal.

This is a 2 ½ day workshop. The goals for this course are to: Open a dialogue with the Special Needs network that will lead to cooperative planning and appropriate response. Raise awareness of and commitment to planning for special needs populations. Provide personnel who are responsible for emergency planning with an understanding of the special needs populations and with knowledge required to develop and implement sound plans. At the end of this course, the participants should be able to: Define special needs populations at the local level.

Identify appropriate resources to assist in planning for special needs populations. Identify capabilities and limitations of the special needs network. Define key terms related to special needs planning.

Describe the special needs considerations in all phases of comprehensive emergency management. Identify the relationship between special needs planning and the community Emergency Operations Plan (EOP). Identify basic components of a special needs plan.

This 2 day course assists representatives of local communities or multi-jurisdictional planning areas to develop a mitigation plan that meets community needs as well as the standards for FEMA approval. FEMA approved local mitigation plans are required in order to receive Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant funds, beginning with the Fiscal 2004 funding cycle. After November 1, 2004, FEMA approved local mitigation plans will be required in order to receive post-disaster mitigation grant funds. This workshop explains each of the requirements, demonstrates how FEMA's new Mitigation Planning How-to Guides can be used to address each requirement, and provides opportunities to begin the planning process in group activities.

This 2 day course covers proven methods and techniques for planning response operations before and after a hurricane. Topics include hurricane hazards forecasting and decision aids, evacuation, shelter, refuges of last resort and initial post-storm response. Who should attend - planners responsible for developing or revising hurricane operations plans and procedures.

#5 Hurricane Readiness for Inland Communities
(30 participants)

The Hurricane Readiness for Inland Communities course is a one day course based on the recently developed field course G-363 Hurricane Readiness for Coastal Communities. This course differs from the latter by specifically discussing the inland hazards from tropical systems, highlighting the inland flood threat. This course also covers the tools that help analyze these threats, the planning decisions pre-season, pre-landfall, and post storm, with the concept of using a Hurricane Readiness Checklist. Instructors involved in this course would be from the National Weather Service and experienced emergency managers. The course is aimed at the local inland emergency manager to build their capacity to prepare and respond to tropical systems.