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"Disaster Management Symposium"

Planning | Response | Recovery

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Following National Preparedness Month, IWCE’s Urgent Communications and American City & County will host the Disaster Management Symposium, a virtual forum. Join us to learn from an experienced group of experts discussing the best ways to PLAN | RESPOND | RECOVER from a disaster. We will present three distinct conversations focused on disaster management from local-government and critical-communications perspectives. Each session will allow time for your questions to be answered by our experts. Details below.

10:00am PT: Disaster Planning

Preparing for a disaster differs from normal emergency-management efforts, because the loss of life/property typically is greater, and the tools to deal with the inevitable issues are usually limited. Many of the actions that must be taken are expensive, and local governments are constricted by budgets. In this session, a panel of expert speakers will examine some of the key issues that local, state and federal officials should consider as they prepare to respond to—or even mitigate—a variety of disasters.

11:00am PT: Disaster Response

Actions taken in response to a disaster can vary significantly, depending on the type of events. During a tornado or hurricane, it may not be possible to safely respond until the storm has passed or died down significantly. In other cases, it is paramount to begin taking action immediately to limit the loss of life and/or property as much as possible. During this session, our panel of experts will discuss the types of communications necessary to enable efficient responses, from alerting the public to directing the personnel trained to address the myriad issues associated with the disaster.

12:00pm PT: Disaster Recovery

After the initial disaster passes, recovery/relief must start immediately, ensuring the safety of those affected. Priorities are getting people who may be trapped out of danger, and making sure people have access to clean drinking water. In case of a natural disaster, safe shelter for the displaced should also be top of mind, including those who were homeless. Then there is the debris cleanup, and the health and safety hazards of leaving piles of debris on the streets. This panel can discuss how to make your organization whole again following a disaster, a place where the people feel safe and supported.

Featuring:

Dan Munsey, Fire Chief, San Bernadino County Fire Department

Michelle Geddes, Chief Information Officer, San Francisco Department of Emergency Management

Red Grasso, Director of FirstTech, North Carolina Department of Information Technology

Ryan Ackerman, Administrator, Souris River Joint Board

Grady Joseph, Disaster Recovery Lead for the Western Fire Chiefs Association

Sergeant Robert Dooley, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Program Coordinator, Florida Highway Patrol

Jason Harris, CTO, ROK Technologies

Pat Hart, Senior Director of Resilience, American Public Power Association (APPA)

Ben Holycross, Radio Systems Manager (Ret), Polk County Florida

Jared Jones, Asst. City Manager, Panama City, Florida

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