The Terrorism and All-Hazards Preparedness educational program will:
• Identify valuable resources such as National Guard Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams (WMD-CSTs) and their role in helping with preparedness and terrorism
• Investigate food defense/agro-terrorism and what is being done to protect the nation’s food supply from terrorist attacks
• Discuss the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Target Capabilities Lists (TCL) that identify environmental health departments as key emergency response partners
• Explore effective management and communication during large scale disasters
Additionally, the Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response
(EHTER) – Introductory Level pre-conference workshop will be offered to increase the level of emergency preparedness of environmental health practitioners and other emergency response personnel by providing them with the necessary knowledge and skills to address the environmental impacts of emergencies and disasters. More information is available via the pre-conference workshop tab.
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Sunday, June 21
1:00 –1:50pm
The National Guard Weapons of Mass Destruction–Civil
Support Teams (WMD-CST’s) and Military Emergency Science: A Terrorism and All-Hazards Asset
CAPT Jason Finley, MS, REHS, RS, CHMM, Medical Operations
Officer, 41st Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team, Kentucky Army National Guard, Louisville, KY
2:00 – 2:50pm
Assessing Environmental Health Emergency Preparedness in Minnesota
Brian R. Golob, CHMM, REHS, Senior Environmentalist, Hennepin
County HSPHD, Hopkins, MN
3:00 – 3:50pm
Environmental Health Preparedness: Integrating
Homeland Security Target Capabilities into Environmental Health Programs—The Florida
Experience
Heather Lake-Burger, MS, MPH, CHES, Environmental Health
Preparedness Coordinator, Florida Dept. of Health, Tallahassee, FL
Nancy Leiva, MS, Environmental Health Preparedness Planner, Florida Dept. of Health, Tallahassee, FL
Tracy Wade, MS, Environmental Health Preparedness Training Coordinator, Florida Dept. of Health, Tallahassee, FL
4:00 – 4:50pm
Development of a Chemical Contact Matrix Identifying Responsibilities as Part of the Local
All-Hazards Response
Alan J. Becker, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor, Florida A&M
University, Tallahassee, FL
Aubrey Douglas Sims, MSc, General Manager, Auburn Water System, Crestview, FL
Monday, June 22
8:00am – 3:30pm
Exhibition Open
8:00 – 11:30am
Poster Session & Silent Auction
1:00 – 1:50pm
Love, Language, and Leadership! What it Takes for a
Successful Large Scale Environmental Health Disaster Response
CDR John Smart, MPH, REHS, Regional Emergency Coordinator,
DHHS/ASPR/OPEO, Atlanta, GA
CAPT Thomas Bowman, REHS, Regional Emergency Coordinator, DHHS/ASPR/OPEO, Atlanta, GA
Tuesday, June 23
2:00 –
2:50pm
Wildfire San Diego 2007: Environmental Public Health
Decisions Associated with a Public Health Centric Disaster Recovery Process
Gary Erbeck, MPH, REHS, Director, County
of San Diego Dept. of Environmental Health, San Diego, CA
3:00 – 3:50pm
Environmental Health and Disaster Resiliency
Heather Lake-Burger, MS, MPH, CHES, Environmental Health
Preparedness Coordinator, Florida Dept. of Health, Tallahassee, FL
Sandra Whitehead, PhD, Environmental Health Public Health
Planner, Florida Dept. of Health, Tallahassee, FL
4:00 – 4:50pm
Public Health Infrastructure Sustainability: What Are
the Priorities?
Christopher R. Eddy, MPH, REHS, RS, Assistant Director, MPH
Program, Wright State University, Kettering, OH
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Tuesday, June 23
8:30 – 9:20am
Impacts of Pending Biosafety and Biosecurity
Legislation on EH S Departments and Professionals: What’s in the Pipeline?
Ryan Burnette, PhD, Director, Alliance Biosciences, Inc.,
Richmond, VA
9:30 – 10:20pm
FDA’s Food Defense Oversight Team’s Outreach,
Collaboration, and Awareness: The Expanding Umbrella of Food Protection
Jason P. Bashura, MPH, RS, General Health Scientist, FDA, Center
for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Office of Food Defense Communication & Emergency Response Food Defense Oversight
Team, College Park, MD
10:30 – 11:20pm
Development of a Food Emergency Response Plan
Template for Southeastern States
Cham Dallas, PhD, Professor, Director, Institute for Health
Management and Mass Destruction Defense, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1:00 – 2:50pm
Radiation and Environmental Health Response
James M. Smith, PhD, Radiation Studies Branch,
CDC/NCEH, Atlanta, GA,
Armin Ansari, PhD, Health Physicist, Radiation Studies Branch, CDC/NCEH, Atlanta, GA
3:00 –
3:50pm
What Does the Planning P Mean for Environmental
Health?
LTJG Aaron B. Otis, MPH, REHS, Consumer Safety Officer/Investigator,
USPHS, FDA, Detroit, MI
Niki Lemin, MS, RS, MEP, Safety Engineer, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH
Wednesday June 24
8:30 – 10:20am
Utilizing the Planning P for Environmental Health Incidents
This group exercise will provide participants a hands-on
opportunity to practice the elements of the planning process. Based on an environmental health incident, participants will
develop incident objectives, conduct meetings, and complete forms associated with a written incident action plan. The training
will focus on the command and general staff positions and their roles as they move through the Planning P.
10:00 – 12:00noon
Building Trust and Gaining Community Support
Through Effective Communication: Techniques for Government Representatives in Times of Uncertainty
This session will address the fundamentals of risk communication
most applicable to government employees and agencies in a very practical way. Attendees will complete at least three hands-on
exercises including materials from the fly ash spill.
10:30 – 12:00noon
Speed Education: TAP
Like Speed Dating, this fast-paced session will offer attendees
the rare opportunity to meet and discuss pertinent questions with a number of well-respected names in the emergency
response field in a short amount of time. Make sure you have your questions ready, because when the bell rings, it’s time to
meet the next expert!
1:00 – 2:50pm
FDA’s Food Defense Oversight Team’s (FDOT) Outreach,
Collaboration, and Awareness: The Expanding Umbrella of Food Protection
The FDA, in partnership with numerous government agencies
and private sector organizations, seeks to help reduce the risk of tampering or other malicious, criminal, or terrorist actions
on the food and cosmetic supply. In this interactive session, attendees will explore numerous projects and initiatives that the
FDOT has completed, or is in the process of completing, on food defense-related training tools.
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