Worker Education and Training Program
Spring 2004 Awardee Meeting and Technical Conference
The NIEHS Worker Education and Training Program successfully concluded a one-day business
meeting on April 21st and a two-day technical conference on April 22nd
and 23rd. Over 100 attended the business meeting and over 130
attended the technical conference. The conference - entitled,
"Training Partnerships for Prevention, Protection, and Preparedness:
A Conference to Build Stronger Partnerships on Disaster Response
Training" - forged stronger ties among key federal agencies.
Speakers from the Deparment of Homeland Security, OSHA, EPA, and
the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board gave their
perspective on protecting the safety and health of the workers
who this nation will call upon to respond to terrorist actions.
The conference also included four breakout sessions on Thursday
covering a broad range of NIEHS partnerships. Grantees presented
emergency response partnerships among native American tribes,
hospital and public health practitioners, chemical industries,
and even between Arizona start government officials and the Mexican
government. Four breakout sessions on Friday focused on identifying
resources - both human and material - among WETP grantees that
could quickly and systematically be brought to bear during a future
response to terrorism. The results of these breakouts will be
developed by the National Clearinghouse into a plan that will
be distributed to all key federal and state emergency planning
organizations.
Agendas
Click on the links below to view the agendas for the Awardee Meeting and Technical Conference.
Click on the links below to view notes from and presentations given at the Awardee Meeting and Technical Conference.
Please note: Only sessions with presentations and notes available are listed.
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