Every Second Counts: Responding to People with Disabilities in Times of Disaster
Sponsored by the Alabama Department of Public Health and the South Central Center for Public Health Preparedness
July 29-30, 2008
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Conference Agenda (26 pages)
Day One
Panel Discussion
(30 minutes) |
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Moderated by Paul Gallo
General Manager
SuperTalk Radio Network
Butch McMillan
Executive Director
Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services
Jim Craig, CPM
Director
Health Protection
Mississippi State Department of Health
Connie Rockco
Supervisor
Harrison County
Candice Whitfield
Health Advisor
Office of the Governor of Mississippi |
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Stop, Drop, and Roll to Disability Emergency Preparedness and Recovery
(45 minutes) |
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Mary Troupe
Executive Director
MS Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities |
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No Time Like the Present: Disaster Preparedness for the Disabled
(35 minutes) |
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George Moore, Jr., MPM
Director
Overton Brooks VA Medical Center
Shreveport, Louisiana |
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Psychological First Aid Workshop
(1 hour, 25 minutes) |
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Joshua Klapow, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
South Central Center for Public Health Preparedness |
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Effective Response to People with Disabilities
(55 minutes) |
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Bobbie Singletary
Living Independence for Everyone (LIFE) of Mississippi |
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Day Two
Panel Discussion: Planning for and Responding to People with Disabilities
(55 minutes) |
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Moderated by Brice Phillips
President
Hancock County Amateur Radio Assoc, Inc.
Steve Garber
Sheriff
Hancock County
Albert "Butch" Loper
Director
Jackson County EMA
Pat Sullivan
Chief
Gulfport Fire Department
Brian "Hooty" Adam
Director
Hancock County EMA
Rick Fayard
Regional Director
American Medical Response |
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Public Health/ESF8 Resources and Responsibilities
(40 minutes) |
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Jim Craig, CPM
Director
Health Protection
Mississippi State Department of Health |
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