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2008 Virginia Emergency Management Conference

It Can Happen Here

Hampton Roads Convention Center · March 11-14, 2008

Sponsored by Virginia Emergency Management Association and Virginia Department of Emergency Management

Conference Presentations

Please note that all presentations are in PDF format. Due to large file sizes, presentations may take several minutes to download.

Tuesday, March 11

Best Practices for Integrating GIS and Emergency Management

• GIS as a Tool for Emergency Management [4mb]
  Michelle Tilley Oblinsky, City of Chesapeake
• Hurricane Preparedness: A GIS Approach [204kb]
  Bob Oblinsky, City of Suffolk
• Using GIS for Radiological Event Training & Exercises [2mb]
  Brian Crumpler, Virginia Department of Emergency Management
• Introducing Spatial Metadata and the Virginia Metadata Portal [836kb]
  Lyle Hornbaker, Virginia Geographic Information Network
• GIS in the City of Chesapeake: Debris Management Planning [3mb]
  Lyle Hornbaker, Virginia Geographic Information Network
• City of Suffolk Fire and Rescue Special Operations Map Toolkit [2.4mb]
  Jim Judkins, City of Suffolk
  Bob Oblinsky, City of Suffolk
  Jason Cope, Geographic Technologies Group
• Applying Advanced Spatial Technology to the Search & Rescue Operation [1mb]
  John A. Ferketic, Spotsylvania County
• GIS and Critical Infrastructure Resiliency [5.4mb]
  Sam Martin, S. R. Martin Associates
  Tammie Organski, Versar, Inc.
• Use of HAZUS-MH to Support Virginia DEM Programs & Missions [1.8mb]
• Virginia 1st Flyer [1mb]

Wednesday, March 12

General Session

• Keynote Address: Overview of the 2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season [14mb]
  Max Mayfield, WPLG-TV Hurricane Specialist and Former NHC Director
• Greensburg, Kansas Tornado [19mb]
  Matt Mercer, Kansas Homeland Security & Emergency Management

New Emergency Managers VDEM Orientation - Part A

• Local Emergency Management Authorities [1mb]
  Janet Clements, Virginia Department of Emergency Management
• Local Support Services Division [328kb]
  Bruce Sterling, Virginia Department of Emergency Management
• Operations Division [2mb]
  Harry Colestock, Virginia Department of Emergency Management
• Preparedness Division [643kb]
  Ted Costin, Virginia Department of Emergency Management

WebEOC Users Group Workshop

• WebEOC User Group Workshop [1mb]
  Jason Eaton, Sue Ann Curran and Bobbie Atristain, Virginia Department of Emergency Management

Reviewing Special Facility Plans

• Department of Social Services: Assisted Living Facilities, Adult Day Care Centers, Children's Residential Facilities, and Child Day Centers [86kb]
  Annette Kelley, Virginia Department of Social Services
• Special Facilities: Abbreviated Descriptions [117kb]
  Michelle Pope, Virginia Department of Social Services
• Long Term Care Facility Fact Sheet [40kb]
  Carrie Eddy, Virginia Department of Health, Office of Licensure and Certification

Regional Hospital Coordination Center (RHCC)

• Virginia Healthcare Emergency Management Program & Response System [972kb]
  Steve Ennis, Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association
• Regional Hospital Coordination Center (RHCC) [288kb]
  Morris D. Reece, Hospital Preparedness Coordinator
  

New Emergency Managers VDEM Orientation - Part B

• Office of Training and Exercises [108kb]
  Hampton Hart, Virginia Department of Emergency Management
• Emergency Relief to Localities: State Public Assistance Program [451kb]
  Nealia Dabney, Virginia Department of Emergency Management
• Technological Hazards Division [1mb]
  Greg Britt, Virginia Department of Emergency Management

Family Assistance Centers

• Family Assistance Center Plan Overview [72kb]
  George Urquhart, Virginia Department of Emergency Management
• Easing the Burden for Crime Victims [65kb]
  Mary Vail Ware, Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund

Crisis Management for Schools

• Community Emergency Response Team [1.4mb]
  Sharon Woo, Virginia Department of Emergency Management
• Managing a School Emergency [483kb]
  Richard Ponti, Virginia Beach City Public Schools

Hazard Identification & Risk (HIRA)

• Threat Assessment & Management Briefing [58kb]
  Jay Callan and George Ginovsky, George Mason University
• University of Mary Washington - HIRA [8mb]
  Ruth Lovelace, University of Mary Washington
• Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment [33kb]
  John Beach

Thursday, March 13

General Session

• Coordinating Chaos [1.5mb]
  Bob Spieldenner, Virginia Department of Emergency Management

Debris Management - Part A

• Debris Management: Operations [672kb]
  Freddie Gardner, James Lee Witt Associates

When You Can't Get a FEMA Declaration

• Handout: When You Can't Get a FEMA Declaration [13kb]
  Larry Braja, Virginia Department of Emergency Management
• Emergency Relief to Localities: State Public Assistance Program [451kb]
  Nealia Dabney, Virginia Department of Emergency Management
• U.S. Small Business Administration Disaster Assistance [2.3mb]
  Audrey Binns, Small Business Administration

Special Needs/Disabilities Panel: Best Practices for Emergency Managers

• Emergency Preparedness Initiative [1.8mb]
  Betsy Berry, National Organization on Disability

Exercising College Emergency Plans with Host Community

• Role of Exercises in Incident Management [565kb]
  John Petrie, The George Washington University
• Exercising Emergency Plans with the Community [1mb]
  Col. Jim Joyner, Virginia Military Institute
  Robert Foresman, Rockbridge County

Developing a Local COOP Plan

• Developing a Local COOP Plan [1mb]
  Brittany Schaal, Virginia Department of Emergency Management

Debris Management - Part B

• Debris Management Planning [129kb]
  Nicolle Dailey, James Lee Witt Associates
• FEMA Public Assistance: Debris Management Planning & the Debris Management Plan and Public Assistance Pilot Program [3mb]
  Ray Stout, FEMA

VDOT Panel on Infrastructure

• Threats to Transportation Infrastructure [1.3mb]
  Randy Francis, Virginia Department of Emergency Management
• Transportation Systems: Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources Sector-Specific Plan as Input to the National Insfrastructure Protection Plan [265kb]
  Mike McAllister, Office of Commonwealth Preparedness
• VDOT Traffic Management Response to a Terrorist Attack [1.9mb]
  Perry Cogburn, Virginia Department of Transportation

Friday, April 20

General Session

• Handout: Lancaster County-Wide Communications [110kb]
  Matthew Shenk, Lancaster County, PA
• Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region III [1.5mb]
  Jonathan Sarubbi, FEMA

International Association of Emergency Managers

• Partnerships to Survive the Times Ahead [1.2mb]
  Kathleen Henning, IAEM