Policy and Planning |
| New Jersey Register Ready - Jerry McAteer, Delta Development Group and Ed Conover, Atlantic County OEM - An overview of the strategies and tactics used to form partnerships with people with special needs and stakeholders in the four New Jersey coastal counties of Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, and Ocean. Review the strategic process used to engage the community, promote self registration, self preparedness and improve emergency shelter and evacuation planning.
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| Cheesesteaks and Boardwalk Fries - Mary Ann Marrocolo, Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management; Steve King, Burlington County OEM; Don Elmer, Camden County OEM; Lt. Nick Massa, NJOEM; Trooper Bill Craney, NJOEM - This session will provide information on efforts to coordinate evacuation operations between Philadelphia and the 5 NJ counties along the Delaware River (Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem) |
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| Gloucester County EMS Regionalization Project - Andy Lovell, Gloucester County Department of Emergency Response - This presentation will cover the issues associated with creating the first county-sponsored, reagionalized EMS project in NJ. |
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| Trans Hudson Emergency Transportation Plan - Lt. Kevin Fowler, New Jersey State Police, Office of Emergency Management - The Trans-Hudson Emergency Transportation Plan is a multi-agency contingency plan for the coordination of cross-Hudson transportation operations to return New Jersey residents working in Manhattan and other travelers to New Jersey and New York residents working in Hudson River waterfront communities and other travelers to New York in the event that one of the major Trans-Hudson transportation facilities or providers are out of service or surge demand exceeds normal capacity. In November 2007, the Trans Hudson Emergency Transportation Task Force was awarded, by the ALL HAZARDS FORUM, the 2007 Mid-Atlantic Award for planning efforts and leadership in regional collaboration.
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| Disaster Preparedness Across the Healthcare Continuum - Diane Anderson, New Jersey Hospital Association,
Amelia Muccio, New Jersey Primary Care Association,
Ed Peloquin, New Jersey Association of Homes and Services for the Aging,
Josephine Sienkiewicz, Home Care Association of New Jersey,
Gary Schnerr, Health Care Association of New Jersey
- Identifying and leveraging resources in times of crises is a priority for local, state, and federal preparedness partners. In addition to governmental assets, private sector organizations provide a wide array of disaster planning, preparedness and response resources pre and post disaster. As important as physical assets, collaboration and coordination provide invaluable tools during a crisis.
Learn about the vital role that the volunteer workgroup, NJHAEPA (The New Jersey Healthcare Associations Emergency Preparedness Alliance)plays in coordinating the efforts of several industry groups.
NJHAEPA also collaborates and consults with local health departments, LINCS Officers, Regional Health Planners, OEM, and NJDHSS on trainings and exercises/drills.
This session will also discuss the public benefit of the HACC (Healthcare Associations Coordination Center) which is based at the New Jersey Hospital Association in Princeton, NJ.
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Domestic Preparedness |
| Delaware Valley Information Center (DVIC) - Capt. Walt Smith, Commanding Officer, Homeland Security - The Delaware Valley Information Center (DVIC) is a three state (Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware) eleven county all threat, all hazards and all crime regional fusion center. The mission of DVIC is to provide analytical support for all federal, state, and local agencies involved in regional preparedness, as well as private sector concerns, such as utilities, chemical facilities, historic sites, port facilities, pharmaceutical firms, and others. Learn how the center coordinates with various Federal and State Agencies and disseminates information to the appropriate and diverse agencies, from law enforcement to public health to the private sector. The DVIC will provide enhanced coordination among the eleven-county, three-state emergency services departments, as well as the three state-level emergency management agencies and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). |
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| Radiological Response In New Jersey - James Rapp, NJSP HMRU - This session will provide a description of initiatives and programs in the State that have provided radiological detection equipment to first responders and law enforcement officials. The most significant is the Secure the Cities program that is primarily focused on the northern area UASI counties. A description of county capabilities for radiological detection and an explanation of the State's tiered response system to radiologicical incidents including a review of the New Jersey Radiological Response Protocol and an explanation of the Federal Domestic Nuclear Detection Office triage/reach back system for evaluation of gamma spectra collected on devices that have been distributed to NJSP, NJDEP and County HazMat Teams. |
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| What is the NJ State Exercise Support Team? - Karen Fox, Exercise Coordinator, NJDHSS and Lt. Adam Shubsda, NJSP OEM, Exercise Support Team
- The Exercise Support Team (EST) is tasked with assisting all levels of government as well as the private sector, in developing, delivering, evaluating and reporting all exercise activities associated with the states Emergency Preparedness & Response Programs. During this session you will meet the members of the EST and an overview of the current initiatives will be provided. The State Strategy will also be presented and time will be given for questions from the audience. |
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| OEM, MRC, CERT and Cart Oh My! - Panel from Burlington County - This panel will feature representatives from several municipalities in Burlington County that will discuss the municipal POD planning process and how OEM, MRC, and CERT are all working together in this process. |
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| OMG! SUP? (Oh My God! What's Up?) - Hector M. Gonzales, Burlington County College, James Flatley, University of Delaware - Presentation discussing the procedures in place for emergency notification of faculty and students in light of the Virginia Tech and Delaware State shootings.
In addition, Mr. Gonzalez will discuss his involvement and the findings from the statewide task force. |
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Response and Recovery |
| Fighting Fires in Energized Equipment - Anthony Natale, ConEdison and Capt. Brian Boll, FDNY - Fighting high voltage electrical fires poses unique hazards and challenges due to its inherent danger. Delays in extinguishing these fires play havoc on the infrastructure and put first responders at risk.
To combat this problem the FDNY along with Con Edison embarked on a joint effort to solve this longstanding issue. Join us as they share with you the hazards and response tactics necessary to combat high voltage fires safely and effectively.
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| 2007 NJ Wild Fires - Maris Grabliks - Chief, NJ Forest Fire Service and Horace Somes - Division B Forest Firewarden.
- Major wildfires in New Jersey during 2007 posed risks to the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) as well as public safety and other types of property exposure. Fires impacted Southern Ocean County burning over 15,500 acres; Burlington/Atlantic county border burning 2,500 acres and shutting down an electrical high-line from Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant, forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents and outdoor recreational areas, and impacting regional traffic on several state highways and local roadways.
These incidents required a tremendous amount of coordination between police, fire, EMS, State agencies and OEM, all operating under the Unified ICS System. |
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| I-35 W Bridge Collapse in Minneapolis - Sgt. TJ Collins, NJOEM Urban Search and Rescue Unit and Operations Chief John Freutel, Minneapolis Fire Department - The I-35 Bridge collapse sent dozens of cars and possibly hundreds of people into the Mississippi River. This was the deadliest bridge collapse since May 9, 1980.
This session will provide an overview of the emergency response in the hours immediately following the disaster, lessons learned and a question and answer period for those in attendance.
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| Who's in Charge? - The Virginia Tech Response - Larry Hill, Public Information Office for Virginia Department of Health, retired police officer. - The presentation will be a brief description of what happened at Virginia Tech on April 16th, 2007 with some conclusions from State Police since the incident. Discussion will include the challenges faced in forming and the operation of the Joint Information Center, working with the Medical Examiners Office and working in the Family Assistance Center. Lessons learned will conclude the presentation. |
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| Managing Crisis Communications - Anne Sceia Klein, President; Anne Klein Communications Group and Bill Jamison, Communications Consultant; BJamison Communications - Technology is constantly changing communications. Since the advent of the 24/7 news cycle, organizations and companies no longer have the luxury of spending hours gathering information and preparing statements. When your organization or company is in a crisis, you need to be able to reach your key audiences fast.
Participants will learn the importance of crisis communications planning, essential steps to anticipating crises and guidelines to successfully engage the media in a crisis or emergency.
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Weather |
| Is it Just Me, or are Big Floods in New Jersey Happening More Often? - Presented by Ray Kruzdlo, Senior Service Hydrologist from the NWS office in Mount Holly, NJ and Scott Kroczynski, Hydrologist, and David Solano, Hydrometeorologic Analysis and Support Forecaster from the Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center in State College, PA. - A review of the major flood events that have impacted portions of New Jersey over the last several years. The presentation will include recent river floods along the Delaware River and in the Passaic and Raritan Basins, as well as the major flash flood that hit the Rancocas Basin (Burlington County, NJ) in July, 2004. Discussion will highlight the relevance and frequency of the recent floods from an historical perspective, and touch upon the causes of the floods as well is their impacts. Where critical flood forecasts originate, how that information flows within the NWS and to external users, and where to obtain the freshest information will also be addressed. If you live near a river, know someone who lives near a river, or have ever seen a river, you should plan to attend this session. |
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| April 2007 Nor’easter – ‘Our Annual 100-Year Flood Event’ - Presented by Joe Miketta, Warning Coordination Meteorologist from the NWS office in Mount Holly NJ and Gary Conte, Warning Coordination Meteorologist from the NWS office in Upton NY. - An intense nor’easter brought heavy rains, strong winds, tidal flooding, beach erosion and even snow to the Garden State on April 15th and 16th , 2007. It was the second worst non-hurricane related rain storm in New Jersey history. Flash flooding and river flooding were widespread, with new stage records set at several gauge locations in central and northern New Jersey. Three people drowned, and about 5000 people were evacuated in 11 of the state’s 21 counties. Over 70 major roads and interstates were closed at one time during this event. The central pressure associated with this system dropped 28 millibars in 24 hours just before passing over New York City, thus qualifying it as a “meteorological bomb”. Gary Conte and Joe Miketta will provide a synopsis of this event with an emphasis on products and services provided by the NWS for use by the emergency management community and the general public for the protection of lives and property. |
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| Media/Weather Outreach - Maria LaRosa, CBS3 Meteorologist, and Robert Wanton, General Forecaster and Education Outreach Focal Point from the NWS office in Mount Holly, NJ. - How do you get the right information to the right people at the right time? - Tell it to the children. Learn how to effectively present weather information to various school and civic groups in your community. By reaching out to your younger citizens, you can infuse weather safety and preparedness information into the families of your community. |
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| Climate Change – Did Someone Leave The Thermostat Set To ‘Broil’? - Gary Szatkowski, Chief Meteorologist for the National Weather Service Office in Mount Holly, NJ. - What is going on with the weather? Is it really getting warmer? What else is changing? And if climate is changing, did we cause it? Climate change is a ‘hot’ topic and promises to be so for years to come. This session will provide a general overview of the state of the science; what we know, what we know we don’t know, and what we don’t have a clue about. Learn what you need to know about climate change, and what impacts you should be worried about. Sunglasses are optional. |
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| Hurricanes – Where Oh Where Did They Go? - Bill Read, Director of the National Hurricane Center, and Steve Lyons, Weather Channel tropical cyclone expert. - A review of recent hurricane activity and some insight into what the future holds by two of the foremost hurricane experts of our time and strong friends of the NJEPA. Please join us for what promises to be an exciting and interesting discussion about the hurricane threat on the East Coast.
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All Hazards |
| Helpless or Heroic in the Face of Disaster? - Holly Giles, Homeland Security Institute - In the face of disaster, would you be helpless or heroic? How would you handle situational demands? Find out by participating in this disaster role-play scenario. Participants will experience a realistic, disaster scenario as victims, faced with problems that they must solve in order to survive. Participants will compare their responses with others who have faced these same problems before. The goal of this research is to understand disaster victim behavior so that first responders may effectively manage victims during disaster response.
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| Threat Assessment and Developing a School Safety Plan - Jason Lody, Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, DC - Preparing for violence within our schools is an important task that requires inter-agency coordination and support. Violence is not restricted to urban environments and is not comprised solely of school shootings. Preparedness is key in prevention and response. This discussion will review threat assessment as defined by the United States Secret Service and how individual schools and districts can appropriately implement a plan of action to prevent and/or respond to a breach of security and maintain a peaceful environment. |
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| Did the Bird Flu Fly the Coop? - Jennifer Horner, Burlington County Health Department - Dicussion regarding where we are today with respect to the pandemic threat from avian influenza. The presentation will highlight avian flu as one type of pandemic threat, the importance of continued preparedness effots regarding pandemics and examples of current planning strategies like non-pharmaceutical interventions. |
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| Catastrophic Planning in New Jersey - A Statewide Planning Effort - Major Jerome Hatfield, NJSP; Joseph Picciano, NJ OHSP and Peter Picarillo, Business Network of Emergency Resources, Inc. - A presentation on the 2008 rollout of the new OEM managed regional statewide planning effort. The session will discuss how the three non UASI OHSP State Regions will have designated planning cells established to support counties in the development of emergency operations plans for county, regional or statewide emergencies or disasters. This process will be linked to ongoing UASI planning efforts and consistent with overall state planning. In addition, information on New Jersey's state credentialing will be presented.
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| Hostile-Action Based Exercises for Nuclear Power Plants - Mr. Joe Anderson, Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Ms. Rebecca Thomson, FEMA Region II; Mr. Stephen Mannix, Emergency Preparedness, Exelon Corp.; and Sergeant First Class Thomas Scardino, NJOEM
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Following the events of September 11, 2001, the NRC outlined an expectation for the incorporation of hostile action-based scenarios into routine EP drill and exercise programs. We are currently in a 3-year period where each nuclear power plant site, in coordination with State
and local response organizations, will be conducting a hostile action-based scenario as "non Federally evaluated" drill as part of a nuclear industry initiative. A joint FEMA/NRC task force is also in the process of developing draft preliminary changes to REP exercise criteria. This session will include a discussion of the unique challenges hostile action-based events pose to existing REP programs and significant lessons-learned from drills conducted today. In addition, attendees will be provided an overview of expected changes to REP exercise criteria and proposed plan for engagement and dialog with respective State and local stakeholders. Because New Jersey has four
operating nuclear power reactors, this session will be informative for attendees throughout the State.
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