Upcoming Events
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- Open Enrollment
Planning and Execution for Disaster Response
Effective response to a terrorist WMD attack depends, in large part, on the capability of local responding agencies to rapidly focus available assets in accordance with valid operational plans to save lives and mitigate injury to the greatest extent possible. This course proposes a framework for emergency management and response based on the principles of counter-terrorist preparation and incident command leading to the timely marshalling and effective utilization of available assets in accordance with pre-established plans reflecting accepted guidelines and standards within a logistics, personnel and communications infrastructure designed to ensure robust and reliable intervention. This course is offered by the South Central Public Health Partnership, in association with Tulane University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and is sponsored by the Centers for Disease control. More information is available at the course website. - June 4-6, 2007, Washington, DC
5th Annual Biodefense Vaccines and Therapeutics
Join the nation's biodefense leaders and identify opportunities for your participation in meeting the nation's need for biodefense vaccines and therapeutics. This event is supported by the APHA, ASPH, BIO, ISV, MBC, MdBio, MichBio and Research!America. you will learn the latest and most detailed information on the various government agencies' biodefense vaccines and therapeutics requirements, and interact with the government's representatives tasked with building a biodefense capacity. The Keynote Speaker is Rajeev Venkayya, M.D., Special Assistant to the President for Biodefense, White House Homeland Security Council. The Networking Fair provides representatives from government, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, research institutions and universities ample opportunities to explore partnerships and collaboration. Participating government agencies confirmed to date include DHHS, NIH, JSTO-CBD, DTRA, DARPA, USAMRMC and USAMRIID. To REGISTER and obtain full event details, call (818) 888-4444 or visit the conference website. - June 10-13, 2007, Alexandria, VA
2007 National Conference on Community Preparedness
The 2007 National Conference on Community Preparedness: Partnerships and Collaboration Through Citizen Corps is being hosted jointly by the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) and the National Emergency Management Association (NEMA). The conference is open to all who are interested in making their communities safer, stronger, and better prepared for all types of hazards. Now in its fifth year, Citizen Corps has grown from an idea born out of the tragedy of 9/11 to a full-fledged grassroots movement to engage American citizens in community preparedness and security. Registration is $325 until April 30; $425 beginning May 1. more information - September 4-7, 2007, Sacramento CA
18th Annual Continuing Challenge HazMat Emergency Response Workshop
The annual Continuing Challenge Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Workshop began in 1990 for the purpose of providing training, networking and hands-on learning opportunities to all employees in hazardous materials emergency response related fields of employment. Each year, the first week of September, we bring together the most prominent and skilled presenters who volunteer to provide our students with the most recent information available to enhance or grow skills critical to ensure a safe and effective response. Featured are exciting classroom sessions, hand-on workshops, and exciting contests to test new skills. Advancements in hazardous material emergency response are dynamic and attendance at this very popular annual conference is critical to promote the health and safety of responders, the public and the environment. The workshop is designed to provide the student with the latest information while still maintaining the basics for the students who are entering the HazMat field. Benefits of the Continuing Challenge are courses that are designed to encourage interaction among all participants and feature many topics that compliment one another. Not only does this offer participants an opportunity to work with the experts, it also provides a forum to relate problems and experiences, and to achieve solutions to challenges in participant’s communities throughout the United States and beyond. more information - Nov. 11-14, 2007, Reno NV
IAEM 55th Annual Conference & EMEX 2007
The IAEM Annual Conference provides a forum for current trends and topics, information about the latest tools and technology in emergency management and homeland security, and advances IAEM committee work. Sessions encourage stakeholders at all levels of government, the private sector, public health and related professions to exchange ideas on collaborating to protect lives and property from disaster. If you are an emergency manager, homeland security official, first response coordinator, private industry risk manager or contingency planner, you will not want to miss the IAEM 55th Annual Conference & EMEX 2007. more information