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Share the Wealth…
Industry Associations Bulletin Board
January 2005
NEWS AND EVENTS
Link to our Website for Hundreds of More
Resources:
ORGANIZATION SPOTLIGHT
Florida Emergency Preparedness Association
FEPA is an organization of Emergency Management professionals created
for the purpose of advancing the Emergency Management programs of the
State of Florida and it's 67 counties in an effort to preserve and protect
the quality of life for 16 million Florida residents. They have a conference
from January 31 to February 4, 2005 in Orlando, FL. For more information
on FEPA or their conference, go to: www.fepa.org/index.html
NEW ADDITIONS
Mississippi Civil Defense / Emergency
Management Association
MCDEMA is an association of local and state Emergency Managers and emergency
response personnel who join forces across the state to unify and strengthen
emergency management activities. It is governed by 9 elected district
representatives, one from each state MHP district, three elected offices
of President, President Elect and Secretary / Treasurer and the office
of the immediate Past President. If you work in an emergency management
roll you need to be an active member and help further the cause of emergency
management in the State of Mississippi. To learn more, www.mcdema.org
Partnership for Emergency Planning
PEP is a partnership of private businesses and public sector service agencies.
In it individuals come together to share and become better prepared to
respond to an emergency and recover from a disaster. PEP was founded in
1989 as a non-profit organization dedicated to emergency planning issues
in the metropolitan Kansas City area. Membership has expanded over the
past years and now includes hospitals, school districts, municipalities,
federal, state and local emergency management associations, and some of
the largest corporations in Missouri & Kansas. Membership representation
now reaches out from the core of Kansas City to other outlying regions.
PEP maintains a goal to facilitate the exchange of information between
the private and public sectors and promote community-wide awareness of
the importance of emergency planning and disaster recovery. For more info:
www.pepkc.org
POSTINGS FROM PREVIOUS WEEKS
The Association of Public-Safety Communications
Officials - International, Inc.
APCO International is the world's oldest and largest not-for-profit professional
organization dedicated to the enhancement of public safety communications.
With more than 15,000 members around the world, APCO International exists
to serve the people who manage, operate, maintain, and supply the communications
systems used to safeguard the lives and property of citizens everywhere.
Find out about their 2005 conference, scheduled for August 21-25 at Denver,
CO
http://apco2005.org/MS/MS11/page.php?p=88
Survive! Professional Business Continuity
Association
Membership of Survive provides many benefits, perhaps the most important
being the provision of unique information and training resources which:
- Enable business continuity professionals
to develop professionally and perform better in their roles and;
- Enable organisations to implement best practices
and to make business continuity a core part of their company culture.
Located in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Find out more at: www.survive.com
Great Lakes Business Recovery Group
GLBRG is a non-profit association of Midwestern area individuals responsible
for contingency, business continuity, emergency, and disaster recovery
planning. GLBRG provides members an excellent information exchange experience
and alliances with public and private partners. Please visit their website
for more information: www.geocities.com/greatlakesbusinessrecoverygroup
Ice Rescue Training Programs for 2005
Lifesaving Resources announces its '2005 series of Ice Rescue Training
Programs as follows:
Ice Rescue Technician Course
Saturday, February 5
Dublin School
Dublin, NH
Ice Rescue Technician Course
Friday, February 25
Sargent Center for Outdoor Education
Hancock, NH
Ice Rescue Train-the-Trainer Weekend
Friday, February 25 through Sunday, February 27
Sargent Center for Outdoor Education
Hancock, NH
Ice Rescue Technician Course
Saturday, March 19
Dublin School
Dublin, NH
For information and/or registration, please access
the EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS SECTION of the Lifesaving Resources' web site
at www.lifesaving.com.
This section also contains testimonials, a photo gallery, and a video
news story about these training programs.
For additional information, please contact Lifesaving
Resources at (603) 827-4139 or e-mail donna@lifesaving.com.
Private & Public Businesses, Inc.
The need for private/ public partnerships cannot be underscored. However,
many private/ public partnerships form spontaneously in response to an
emergency or disaster and are soon forgotten thereafter. With the PPBI
Private/ Public Partnerships Center, you will be able to access a database
listing all private/ public partnerships that relate to disaster recovery
and emergency management. You can look up by state, region or city. Contact
information is listed along with other facts about the partnership. In
the future you will be able to access the database from the PPBI website.
To find out more about the Private/ Public Partnerships Center, contact
Lee Goldstein at leeg@businesscontingencygroup.com.
To read this whole article, go to: www.ppbi.org/Newsletter-2004-0706.pdf
Community Briefings And Professional
Training Opportunities
- February 1-3, 2005
"Threat and Risk Assessment for WMD"
Los Alamitos, CA
- February 8, 2005
"Incident Response to Terrorist Bombings - Awareness"
Los Alamitos, CA
- February 10, 2005
"Hospital Emergency Management: Concepts and Implications of WMD Terrorist
Incidents"
Los Alamitos, CA
- February 15-17, 2005
"WMD/Terrorism Incident Defensive Operations for First Responders"
Los Alamitos, CA
- March 1-3, 2005
"Emergency Medical Services Operations and Planning For WMD"
Los Alamitos, CA
- March 8, 2005
"Protecting High Risk Buildings"
Los Alamitos, CA
- March 15-17, 2005
"Enhanced Threat and Risk Assessment"
Los Alamitos, CA
- March 22-24, 2005
"Incident Management/Unified Command for WMD/Terrorism Incidents"
Los Alamitos, CA
For complete course information visit: http://rohrabacher.house.gov/homelandsecurity
or contact:
Fadi Essmaeel M.D. CEM
Homeland Security Director
U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher's Staff
101 Main St., Suite 380
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Office: (714) 960-6483 or (310) 377-9493
Cell: (562) 208-9845
Fax: (714) 960-7806
Email: fadi.essmaeel@mail.house.gov
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