IH Roles in Disaster Planning and Response
Floods, fires, explosions and other natural or man made disasters often stress a community’s ability to protect the welfare of its members and responders. Often these events require the practice of industrial hygiene in one form or another. Please join us for a discussion of case studies and available resources to aid in the planning and execution of safe and effective disaster response. This session should be of interest to environmental and occupational health and safety professionals, public health agencies and emergency management officials.
Preliminary Agenda:
8:30 – 8:50 Registration
8:50 – 9:00 Introduction
9:00- 10:00 UW Whitewater Boiler Explosion (Ernie Stracener, UWW)
10:00- 11:00 Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) in an IH Lab (Terry Burke, UW State Lab of Hygiene)
11:00- 11:15 Break
11:15- 12:15 Responding to Radiological Events (Paul Nelson, Fond Du Lac Fire Dept.)
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00- 2:00 Managing Community Emergency Response (Kevin O’Brien, Milwaukee Co. Emergency Management)
2:00-2:15 Break
2:15-3:15 Community Use Respirators (Jim Brachman, Scott Larsen, 3M Company)
3:15-3:30 Closing Comments
Location: UW Whitewater
Esker Hall Room 108
Corner of North Prairie and Lauderdale Drive
Link for additional directions:
http://www.uww.edu/info/directions/index.php
Parking: Free Public Parking is available in Lot 4.
Cost: $50 (includes registration, lunch and breaks); non-members of WI Section AIHA: $60
Reservations: Please register online at www.aihawi.org with your credit card or complete the attached reservation slip and send it with a check payable to WI Section-AIHA. Payment must be received no later than the end of business on Friday, April 17, 2009 If you need to cancel your reservation, please contact Steve Strebel at 608-224-6216 by April 17th or your check will not be returned. Students who register in advance will have their reservation fees refunded upon attendance.
Continuing Education: We are applying for CM points and will post approval information to the website.