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2007 Virginia Emergency Management Conference

Shaping Our Destiny

Williamsburg Marriott · April 17-20, 2007

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

Photos are available at the bottom of this page.

Conference Presentations

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

View speaker biographies [51kb PDF]

Tuesday, April 17

2 PM - 4 PM

GIS and Emergency Management

Developing a Training Program for GIS in the EOC [70kb]
Michelle Tilley Oblinsky, City of Chesapeake
Emergency Management Mapping Application (EMMA) [4mb]
Sam Hall, Virginia Geographic Information Network
Leveraging Map Data to Support Initial Damage Assessment [147kb]
Robert Oblinsky, City of Suffolk

Wednesday, April 18

8:30 AM - Noon

General Session

Keynote Address [1.7mb]
Craig Fugate, Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Concurrent Session A

Emergency Manager/Director Orientation - Part A

Local Support Services [326kb]
Gordon Barwell, VDEM

Emergency Response in a University Environment

Christopher Newport University's Residence Hall Fire Response [400kb]
Andy Sheston and Donna Eddleman, Christopher Newport University

The Town Pickett Story

Have You Ever Been to Fort Pickett: A New Town in 48 Hours [36kb]
Jane Woods, Driftwoods Consulting
Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center, Fort Pickett, 2006 Command Information Briefing [79kb]
Col. Robert Sparks
Town Pickett - long version [237kb]
Town Pickett - brief version [351kb]
Mary Camp, VDEM

Animals in Disaster (first offering)

Community Disaster Planning for Animals [1mb]
Handouts [1mb]
Sharon Adams, Virginia Beach SPCA

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Concurrent Session B

Emergency Manager/Director Orientation - Part B

Preparedness, Training and Exercises Division [848kb]
Ted Costin, VDEM

Statewide Mutual Aid - Emergency Management Assistance Compact

EMAC/SMA [100kb]
Kenny Hayes, VDEM

Special Needs Populations (first offering)

Special Needs Populations [173kb]
Brenda D. Phillips, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University

Weather Events

Inland Flooding [4.5mb]
John Feldt, National Weather Service

Thursday, April 19

8:30 - Noon

General Session

Commonwealth Interoperability: Overview and Update [5.3mb]
Chris Essid, Office of Commonwealth Preparedness
FEMA Region III [2mb]
Jonathan Sarubbi, Director

2 PM - 3 PM

Concurrent Session C

Animals in Disaster (second offering)

See above for presentation and handout

State Agencies and You - Part A

VDOT Interagency Coordination [158kb]
Perry Cogburn, VDOT
VDH Emergency Preparedness & Response Programs [293kb]
Bob Mauskapf, VDH

Special Needs Populations (second offering)

See above for presentation

Business Recovery - City of Franklin

No presentation available

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Concurrent Session D

Managing Volunteers

Managing Volunteers [837kb]
Margaret Tucker, James City County Fire Dept.

State Agencies and You - Part B

College and University Perspective [39kb]
Larry Mullendore, Virginia Commonwealth University
Radford University [403kb]
Todd Branscome, Radford University

Private Sector Emergency Management Initiatives

Wal-Mart [658kb]
Bryan Koon, Wal-Mart
Target [215kb]
Birch Holt, Target

Friday, April 20

8 AM - 11 AM

General Session

Critical Incident Debriefing [2.3mb]
Handout [13kb]
Vincent Rose, Ph.D., Gloucester County Sheriff's Office
Continuity of Operations [474kb]
Brittany Schaal, VDEM
Homeland Security Grants [104kb]
Susan Mongold, Office of Commonwealth Preparedness

Photos

All photos courtesy of Patricia Chappell, Virginia Department of Emergency Management. Click on a photo for a larger version. Hover your mouse over a photo for a caption.