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2009 Virginia Emergency Management Conference

It happened... what next?

Hampton Roads Convention Center · March 31-April 3, 2009

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 31

General Session

Integrating GIS with Emergency Management

• Introduction / Welcome
  Brian Crumpler, Facilitator, VDEM GIS Manager [343kb]
• Integrated Emergency Planning - Connecting the Links Between Hazard Specific, Mitigation and Continuity of Operations Plans
  Michelle Tilley Oblinsky, City of Chesapeake
• Improving the Identification of Facilities and Special Population
  
• Integrating Real-Time Data Streams to Support Operational Decision Making
  
• An applied Framework for Emergency Management and the use of GIS: The Virginia Interoperability Picture for Emergency Response (VIPER)
  Co-Presented by ESRI and VDEM
  Bobbie Atristain (VEDM IT)
  Jonathan Fisk (ESRI), Jeff Sopel (ESRI)
  Chris McIntosh (VDEM Operations)
• Charting the Course - Implementing the Framework for GIS and Emergency Management in Virginia
  
• Plans & Hazards / Facilities & Special Populations
  
• Plans & Hazards / Real Time & Operational Resources
  
• Facilities & Hazards Populations / Real Time & Operational Resources
  

Wednesday, April 1

General Session

• Honor Guard, Opening and Welcome
  Joseph Spencer, Vice-Mayor, City of Hampton
  Hui-Shan Walker, VEMA President
  Michael Cline, VDEM State Coordinator
• Guest Speakers:
  Marilyn P. Harris- Deputy Secretary of Public Safety
  The Honorable Robert Crouch - Assistant to the Governor, Office of Commonwealth Preparedness
• GS-1: Keynote Speaker: Overview 2008 Hurricane Season Meteorologist Perspective
  Bill Read - Director, National Hurricane Center [13,148 kb]
• GS-2 Hurricane Ike's Impact on the Gulf Coast
  Gene Hafele - Meteorologist in Charge, National Weather Service [3,151 kb]
  Cliff Hebert - Director, Office of Preparedness, Cameron, LA
  

Concurrent Session - Part A

• A-1: New Emergency Managers VDEM Orientation Part A
  Michael Cline - State Coordinator VDEM
  Joe Coyle , Director, Local Support Services Division, VDEM [578 kb]
  Harry Colestock, Director, Operations Division, VDEM [2,467 kb]

Bob Spieldenner, Director, Public Affairs Office, VDEM

• A-2: VA 2008 Tornado Outbreak Panel
  Bill Sammler, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Wakefield [4,763 kb]
  Phil Hysell, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Blacksburg [3471 kb]
  James Lee, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Sterling
• A-3: Disaster Communications
  Chris McIntosh, Virginia Emergency Operations Center 575 kb]
  Tom Greco, Verizon Business
• A-4: Local Emergency Operations Plans: Partnership and Coordination - Verification at Colleges and Universities
  Eileen Tarr, Planning, VDEM
  Todd Branscome, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, Radford University [396 kb]
  Lee Simpkins, Fire Chief, City of Radford
  Ruth Lovelace, Director of Emergency Mgmt. & Safety - University of Mary Washington [4.88 MB]
  Mark Bledsoe, Deputy Coordinator / Deputy Fire Chief Fredericksburg Fire Department [757 kb]

Concurrent Session - Part B

 

• B-1: Regional Approach to Emergency Mgmt.
  Aubrey Cheatham, Coordinator [300 kb]
  John Gibson III, Chesapeake Fire Dept.
  Curt Shaffer, Radio Systems Mgr., Hampton, VA
  Bernie Reaser, City of Chesapeake [130 kb]
• B-2: VA 2008 Wildfire Outbreak
  John Miller - Department of Forestry [1,612 kb]
• B-3: Military Support to Civil Authorities
  Colonel Thresa Nelson, VA Emergency Preparedness Liaison
  Harry Colestock, Director of Operations, VDEM [2,467 kb]
  Col. Kevin Woods (Air Force)
  Captain Phillip Peyton (Navy)
  Major Mike Sharon (Army)
  MSG Bill Riseling (Army)
• B-4: Records Protection & Emergency Recovery
  Mitchell Parks, Belfor [4,899 kb]
  Dick Harrington, Fairfax County Archivist [2,691 kb]

Thursday, April 2

General Session

• GS-3: Emergency Manager's Inside Look at the VT Tragedy
  Neal Turner, Emergency Management Coordinator, Montgomery County [2,153 kb]
  Stan Crigger, Region 6 Coordinator, VDEM [2,153 kb]
• GS-4: Planning and Coordination of the 2009 Presidential Inauguration
  Bruce Hopkins, VDEM Regional Coordinator [640 kb]
  Olivia McLean, Fairfax County Emergency Manager
  Jack Brown, Arlington County Emergency Manager [854 kb]
  

Concurrent Session - Part C

• C-1: Emergency Preparedness for Assisted Living Facilities, Group Homes and Other Care Facilities
  Secure Commonwealth Panel
  Allen Wilson, OAG [27 kb]
  Mark J. Levine, Virginia Department of Health [757 kb]
  Gail Miller, Deputy Coordinator, Frederick County [1,612 kb]
• C-2: New Emergency Managers VDEM Orientations/ Part B
  Hampton Hart, Director, Office of Training and Exercises, VDEM
  George Roarty, Director, Recovery and Mitigation Division, VDEM [319 kb]
  Ted Costin, Director, Preparedness Division, VDEM [666 kb]
  Greg Britt, Director, Technical Hazards Division, VDEM [1,052 kb]
  Cheryl Adkins, Grants Manager, VDEM [579 kb]
• C-3 Suffolk City Response to Tornadoes
  Selena Cuffee-Glenn, City Manager, City of Suffolk
• C-4: Business Survival Planning
  Clyde Hoey, The Resource Group [642 kb]
• C-5: Family Reunification Overview / Best Practices of Family Assistance Centers for Colleges and Universities
  Mary Vail Ware, Director, Criminal Injury Compensations Fund [45 kb]
  Patricia Snead, Department of Social Services
  Katherine Galifianakis, Manager Welfare Information, American Red Cross National Headquarters
  Dianne Zinna, Welfare Office, American Red Cross National Headquarters
  

Concurrent Session - Part D

• D-1: Incident Management and EOC Augmentation Teams
  Jack Brown, Coordinator Arlington, VA
  Daryl Louder, Assistant Fire Chief, Fairfax County [1,288 b]
• D-2: Damage Assessment
  George Roarty, Director, Recovery and Mitigation Division, VDEM [319 kb]
  Larry Braja: Individual Assistance Officer, VDEM
• D-3: Cyber Terrorism
  Patrick Gray, Senior Security Strategist, Cisco [9,039 kb]
• D-4: Threat Assessment for Colleges and Universities: A Higher Education Perspective
  George Ginovsky, Assistant Chief of Police, George Mason University [39 kb]
  Kay Heidbreder, University Legal Counsel Assistant Attorney General [127 kb]
  Dr. Dewey Cornell, University of Virginia [221 kb]
  Donna Bowman, Department of Criminal Justice, Virginia Center for School Safety
  

Friday, April 3

General Session

• GS-5: Media Perspective on the Virginia Tech Tragedy-National Representation
  Jeanne Meserve, CNN Reporter
• GS-6: Virginia Tech Media Panel
  Jeanne Meserve, Reporter, CNN
  Bob Spieldenner, Director, Public Affairs, VDEM
  Rachael DePompa, Reporter, NBC 12, Richmond
  George Foresman, Consultant
  Keith Humphry, Anchor, WDBJ-7, Roanoke
• GS-7: FEMA Region III
  Patrick Twiss, Federal Preparedness Coordinator FEMA Region III [990 kb]
• GS-8: From Tragedy to Triumph
  Lauren Beyer-Bohn, Columbine Survivor
• Closing Remarks
  Jim Davis, 1st Vice-President, VEMA
  Janet Clements, Chief Deputy State Coordinator, VDEM