Workshops
Improving Disaster Outcomes for Our Most Vulnerable Residents
(1-Hour)
Emily Bentley, J.D., assistant professor & director, Savannah State University Homeland Security and Emergency Management Program
This session will explore ways of applying social sciences research to identify and better understand the most socially vulnerable residents of your community and how to improve efforts to reach them with appropriate preparedness messaging.
Offerings:Wednesday May 5, 2010 10:30 AM Room D
Coordination between Local EMAs and Higher Education Institutions
(1-Hour)
Phillip Webber, Emergency Management Consultant, James Lee Witt Associates
In this session the moderator will facilitate a discussion with a panel compromised of representatives from local EMAs and Higher Education Institutions. The moderator will use a video clips drive discussion about important coordination issues between local EMAs and Higher Education Institutions.
Offerings: Thursday May 6, 2010 10:00 AM Room A
Recovery Operations, the Long and the Short of it.
(1-Hour)
Drew Sachs, Vice-President for Crisis and Consequence Management, James Lee Witt Associates
Greg Fenton, Director of Operations, Southeast Region, James Lee Witt Associates
This session will examine several different aspects of recovery operations. We will address the differences between short-term and long term recovery operations. The presentation will discuss examples of long term planning efforts that have been done. We will also explore different organizational structures at the state and local levels that have been used to mange recovery operations.
Offerings: Thursday May 6, 2010 1:45 PM Room C
Current Issues in School Safety
(1-Hour)
Todd Keys, Georgia Emergency Management Agency
This session will cover the latest issues in school safety found around the United States.
Offerings:
Wednesday May 5, 2010 10:30 AM Room A
Thursday May 6, 2010 9:00 AM Room A
Thursday May 6, 2010 1:45 PM Room A
Georgia K-9 Bomb Program Update
(1-Hour)
Todd Keys, Georgia Emergency Management Agency
This session will provide a detailed overview and update of the Georgia K-9 Bomb Program.
Offerings:
Wednesday May 5, 2010 11:30 AM Room A
Thursday May 6, 2010 11:00 AM Room A
Homeland Security Exercise Program
(1-Hour)
Georgia Emergency Management Agency
This session will provide an overview of the Homeland Security exercise and Evaluation program.
Offerings:
Wednesday May 5, 2010 10:30 AM Room B
Thursday May 6, 2010 3:00 PM Room A
National Weather Service Horizons: What Weather Service Will Look Like in 2015
(1-Hour)
Lans Rothfusz, Meteorologist in Charge, National Weather Service Peachtree City Georgia
The session will give a futuristic presentation of the National Weather Service in the future and encourage dialog between the National Weather Service and Emergency Managers.
Offerings:
Thursday May 6, 2010 11:00 AM Room B
Thursday May 6, 2010 3:00 PM Room B
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is the science agency of the Department of Interior. One of its primary missions is to monitor and assess the magnitude and impact of natural hazards to protect against property loss, environmental destruction, and loss of life. The USGS has real-time data capabilities for monitoring earthquakes, floods, droughts, water-quality hazards, and hurricane surge. This presentation will discuss how emergency managers (EM) can have direct access to this information, the partnerships that USGS have with other Federal hazards agencies, and how all of this is beneficial to the local EM's mission.
Offerings:
Thursday May 6, 2010 1:45 PM Room B
Thursday May 6, 2010 4:00 PM Room B
NRCS
(2 Hours)
Speaker - TBD
This session will give an overview of the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program that is available through the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS). The presentation will provide information on what activities are eligible under this program and how they can benefit local communities. It will also address how to access the resources available under this program.
Offerings: Thursday May 6, 2010 9:00 AM Room B
Engaging Special Needs Population: Creating New Engaged Partners
(1-Hour)
Natasha Pope, DHR
The session will stress the importance of getting to know your long-term care providers, how to access information about the special needs providers in your area, your role in reviewing Nursing Home Disaster Plans and our role in incorporating Nursing Homes in the state's emergency preparedness.
Offerings:
Thursday May 6, 2010 9:00 AM Room C
Thursday May 6, 2010 11:00 AM Room C
Volunteer & Donated Goods
(2-Hour)
Offerings: Thursday May 6, 2010 3:00 PM Room C
Local Hazard Analysis & Situational Awareness
(1-Hour)
Emergency managers are tasked with maintaining situational awareness of and determining the existence of potential or ongoing hazards that pose a threat to life safety or property within their jurisdictions. A myriad of tools and technologies are available that support this monumental and ever present task. This workshop will provide an overview of many of the tools and technologies that are available to emergency managers - many of which are free or offered at a minimal cost - and the capabilities they offer. Easy to use and very capable tools receiving the spotlight include: Google Earth, iNWS, and ArcGIS. Additionally, the newly developed situational awareness platform for Georgia will be introduced: the Georgia Online Disaster Awareness Geospatial System (GODAWGS) - a system based upon the Virginia Department of Emergency Management's VIPER.
Offerings:
Wednesday May 5, 2010 11:00 AM Room C
Thursday May 6, 2010 10:00 AM Room C
Emergency Planning for Special Needs Community
(8-Hours)
Kristen Rogers, Course Coordinator for Homeland Security programs, West Virginia University
This 8 hour course will address the need to incorporate special needs considerations into the development of emergency plans. The courses goal is to utilize a strategic multi-disciplinary universal planning approach to provide information for and encourage partnerships between emergency personnel and special needs organizations with resources necessary to save more lives during disasters.
Offerings: Tuesday May 4, 2010 8:00 AM Room A
Damage Assessment for PA and IA
(6-Hours)
GEMA Field Coordinators
This session will provide vital information for emergency managers related to conducting damage assessments for both Individual (IA) and Public Assistance (PA).
Offerings:
Tuesday May 4, 2010 8:00 AM Room B
Thursday May 6, 2010 9:00 AM Room D IA Only
Thursday May 6, 2010 2:00 PM Room D PA Only
WEBEOC® Training & Tabletop Exercise
(8-Hours)
Laurie Wood
This session will provide training specific to WEBEOC®. A tabletop exercise using WEBEOC® will also be held.
Offerings: Tuesday May 4, 2010 8:00 AM Room C
Managing Search Operations
(8-Hours)
This class is for agency personnel tasked with the initial response to a lost or missing person incident. Search is an emergency and time critical. Proper decision making and wise application of resources determine successful outcomes. This class will include discussion of the proper organization, planning and operation of a search. Topics included will be, search theory, the search sequence, lost person behavior, reflex tasking, confinement and proper use of resources. The class will consist of lecture, classroom exercises, and video presentations. Recommended prerequisites include ICS 100,200 and, 700. Students should also have the ability to read and use topographical maps.
Offerings: Tuesday May 4, 2010 8:00 AM Room D
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