Wisconsin Emergency Management Association

2007 WEMA Annual Conference

     "EVACUATION"

Tentative Agenda/Activities

Sheraton - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

Oct. 29 - 31, 2007 

Pre-Conference Training: Monday/Tuesday (Oct. 29, 30)

-Monday/Tuesday - FEMA's Resource Management Class

-Monday - FEMA's Basic Public Information Officer (PIO) Class

-Tuesday - FEMA's Advance Public Information Officer (PIO) Class

-Monday/Tuesday - Incident Command System (ICS) 400

Tuesday Evening Activity (Oct. 30)

6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Reception: Hosted by American Signal Corp

WEMA Annual Conference: Wednesday (Oct. 31)

8:00 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. - Registration, Continental Breakfast in Vendor area 

8:45 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. - Opening: WEMA President, Ben Schliesman, Tentative: Adjutant General Colonel Donald Dunbar

9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. - General Session # 1

"Evacuation Planning Roadmap" Patrick O'Connor, Southwest WEM Regional Director

9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. - General Session #2

"WI DOT Evacuation Planning" Tim Vik, ITS Traffic Engineer, DAAR Consulting, On-site Consultant for WI DOT

10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. - General Session #3

"Lessons Learned from Evacuations in WI" Judy Gregory, Emergency Services Director, American Red  Cross -  Lakeland Chapter

1030 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Break/Refreshments in Vendor Area

10:45 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. Breakout Sessions:

# 1 "Using Higher Education as a Resource for Evacuation Planning": How People Respond to Disasters and the Recovery Process, Dr. Daniel Alesch, UW-Green Bay and Computer Program for Modeling Evacuations"  Dr. Simei Tong, UW-Eau Claire

# 2 "Special Needs Population Registry: Polk County" Kathy Poirier, Polk County EM Director

# 3 "Evacuating Special Needs Facilities (Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, Senior Complexes,

          and CBRF's)" Oren Hammes, Div. Of Quality Assurance, WI Dept. of Health & Family Services and

          Kevin Coughlin, Director, Bureau of Assisted Living, WI Dept. of Health and Family Services  - # 4 "Evacuation Transportation Planning Utilizing GIS Mapping" Ralph Sheffer, Fire Operations

           Specialist, WI DNR 

# 5 "Evacuating K-12 Schools" Doug Reynolds, Security & Safety Coordinator, Beloit School District

12:10 to 1:15 p.m. - Lunch, WEMA Awards, Luncheon Speaker: Dr. Daniel Alesch, PHD and Vendor Time

1:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. - General Session # 4

"Graniteville SC Train Disaster: Chlorine Leak and Evacuation" Lt. Michael Frank, PIO, Aiken County  Sheriff's Office; Thom Berry, Dir. Of Media Relations, S.C. Dept. of Health and Environmental Control

2:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. - Break/Refreshments in Vendor Area

3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Breakout Sessions:

# 6 "Evacuating Animals and Pets" Victoria Wellens, Exec. Dir., WI Humane Society and Mary Ellen  

          Bruesch, Environmental and Disease Specialist, City of Milwaukee Health Dept.

# 7 "Evacuating Hospitals: Interface with Locals" David Seebart, WI Hospital Emergency Preparedness

 #9  "Creating an Evacuation Protocol for Hazardous Materials' Spills and National Weather Service's 

          HazCollect" - William Penker, Sr. Member and LEPC Inspector, Clark County LEPC and Rusty 

          Kapela, National Weather Service

#10 "Workplace Evacuation Planning," Patrick O'Connor, Southwest WEM Regional Director, Mark

          Owen, Battalion Chief, Milwaukee Fire Dept. and Julie Schneider, Security Operations Manager, 

          Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company

4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. WEMA Annual Board Meeting: Election of President, Treasurer and Secretary.  All

WEMA members and prospective WEMA members are invited.

5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Networking Reception: Hosted by Cisco Systems

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