Utilizing Government Resources in a Disaster

Course Description:

The expectation in emergencies is that all citizens affected in the disaster area receive prompt appropriate care. Hurricane Katrina caused extensive and severe damage over the southeastern United States, including the entire Mississippi Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. Federal disaster declarations blanketed 90,000 square miles of the United States, including 49 counties in Mississippi. Hurricane Katrina has been classified as the worst natural disaster to affect the United States to date.

This presentation will provide valuable information, facts, and lessons learned from Katrina that will help all states with future disasters. Conference faculty are emergency management professionals that will provide insight from both a public health and planning perspective. They will also provide an overview of the state's role and federal role in both planning and response activities; discuss valuable documents such as the Stafford Act, National Response Plan, and Concept of Operations; and assets available to assist with emergency healthcare needs.

Target Audience

Academic Faculty/Staff, Federal Government Employees, State Government Employees, Local Government Employees, Non-Government Employees and Students

Learning Objectives

  • Explain what happens when a state declares a state of emergency
  • Describe how the Federal ESF 8 function interacts with the State ESF 8 function
  • List the Federal ESF 8 assets that are available to states with declared emergencies
  • Explain the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act - or Stafford Act - and how it assists impacted disaster areas
  • Describe the authority for the National Response Plan and how it works
  • Define the Federal ESF 8’s Concept of Operations
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
    Tulane Professional and Continuing Education (PaCE) awards 2.00 hour(s) of credit for completing Utilizing Government Resources in a Disaster
Course opens: 
10/20/2021
Course expires: 
01/01/2040
Cost:
$0.00
Rating: 
0

Instructors:

 

Karen Cleveland
Regional Emergency Coordinator
Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness
Region IV, US Department of Health and Human Services

Art Sharpe
Director
Office Emergency Planning and Response
Mississippi State Department of Health

John Wible
Assistant Attorney General
General Counsel
Alabama Department of Public Health

Available Credit

  • 2.00 Participation/CE
    Tulane Professional and Continuing Education (PaCE) awards 2.00 hour(s) of credit for completing Utilizing Government Resources in a Disaster

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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System Settings 
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