Friday, February 26, 2010

2010 Colorado Emergency Management Conference - Presentation Videos

click on presentation title below to start that presentation's video

Governor's Office - 2010 Colorado Emergency Management Conference Opening Remarks
Susan Kirkpatrick, Executive Director - Colorado Department of Local Affairs

Colorado Donations and Volunteer Management Network
Jen Poitras, Disaster Response Planner and Consultant

LTC Mark Riccardi, Colorado National Guard

Hans Kallam, Director - Division of Emergency Management, Department of Local Affairs (hans.kallam@state.co.us)
General Mason Whitney, Director - Governor's Office of Homeland Security (mason.whitney@state.co.us)

Brandon Williams, Public Information Officer - Division of Emergency Management, Department of Local Affairs (brandon.williams@state.co.us)

Hans Kallam, Director - Division of Emergency Management, Department of Local Affairs (hans.kallam@state.co.us)
Chris Lindley, Director - Emergency Preparedness and Response Division, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (chris.lindley@state.co.us)
Sara Nordstrom, Department of Public Safety (sara.nordstrum@cdps.state.co.us)
Pat Sillars - Co-Director, Colorado Emergency Preparedness Partnership, Inc. (psillars@thecepp.org)

David Holm, Senior Advisor - Division of Emergency Management (david.holm@state.co.us)

Bob Glancy, Boulder Station - National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (robert.glancy@noaa.gov)
Tom Magnuson, Pueblo Station - National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (thomas.magnuson@noaa.gov)
Jim Pringle, Grand Junction Station - National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (jim.pringle@noaa.gov)

Karen Berry - Colorado Geologic Society (karen.berry@state.co.us)

Richard Homann, Fire Division Supervisor, Colorado State University (rhomann@lamar.colostate.edu)

Lori Hodges, North Central Region Emergency Manager (lori.hodges@state.co.us)

Jay Sarason, Chief of Law Enforcement

Larry Trumble, Chair - Colorado Chapter Disaster Mitigation Committee, International Code Council

Elbert Hunt, Homeland Security Coordinator - Colorado Department of Transportation

Division of Local Government - The Transition Between Response and Recovery
Don Sandoval, Regional Manager - Division of Local Government, Department of Local Affairs (don.sandoval@state.co.us)

Lynn Shine - Division of Housing, Department of Local Affairs (lynn.shine@state.co.us)

Dr. Greg Bogdan - Research Director, Poison Center

Mary Smith - Water Security and Distribution, Water Quality Division, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Opening Ceremonies

Note: all videos can also be downloaded as podcasts http://cema.esac.podcast.323link.com/ and were recorded by Education Solutions and Consulting (ESAC) - 303-471-0403 or online at http://www.323link.com
For copies of the slides/handouts for each of the presentations (and those not videotaped), go to http://coemcon.blogspot.com/search/label/slides

Thursday, February 25, 2010

2010 Colorado Emergency Management Association Awards


Congratulations! For more info on the awards, the reasons and the people, check out the announcement on CEMA's site





State Sessions - Thursday, February 25, 2010

National Weather Service - Bob Glancy, Jim Pringle, Thomas Magnusun
Slides - 1 of 2
Slides - 2 of 2

Colorado Geographic Survey - Karen Berry
Slides

Colorado State Forest Service - Richard Homann
Slides

Division of Wildlife
(slides not available)

Building Inspections - Larry Trumble
Slides

Department of Transportation - Elbert Hunt
(no slides used)

Division of Local Government - Don Sandoval
(no slides used)

Division of Housing - Lynn Shine
Slides

COHELP - Greg Bogdan
Slides

COWARN - Mary Smith
Slides

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Eastern IMT Conference Newsletter - February 25, 2010

SILENT AUCTION RESULTS

The auction raised $1,750 for the scholarship fund. Twenty-nine items were on the block with
the camping gear being the single highest item at $210. Bill Archambault won the most items
with three bids. People’s Choice Award went to the ECIMT’s basket…next year’s
auction will knock your socks off!

CEMA AWARDS PRESENTED

Ten individual awards were presented yesterday by CEMA
President Jim Lancy. JoAnne Stone received the CEMA President’s Award for lifetime
achievement. Mike Gelski was posthumously awarded the Outstanding Volunteer
Achievement Award. Mike’s wife Karen accepted the award. Regional Emergency
Manager of the Year awards went to seven members. West Region winner is Jennifer
Dinsmore; Northwest Region is John Hutchins; Merrie Harper was selected from the
North Central Region; Pat Mialy was chosen from the Northeast Region; Kimberly Brant
was selected from the San Luis Valley Region; The South West Region winner was Drew
Peterson and Don Taylor from the South Central Region round out the regional selectees.
Jason Finehout was awarded the CEMA Rookie Emergency Manager of the Year.
Congratulations to these outstanding CEMA folks!

VENDORS

Hopefully you have had a chance to visit the Vendor areas here at the
Conference. This year we have a total of 35 vendors. Thanks are extended to the Vendor
group for the social hour that they provided yesterday which presented an excellent
opportunity for attendees to network with each other as well as interact with the vendors.
Conference attendees are reminded that CDs of each presentation are available at check-in.
Please stop by and pick-up your copy. These will also be posted online at
http://coemcon.blogspot.com/

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Be sure and check out the following site regarding conference activities, presentations,
audio/visual and other coverage of the Conference real-time. The Conference is also being
covered online at http://search.twitter.com/ and search for #coemcon.

CEMA - Outstanding Volunteer Achievement Award

Mike Gelski, long time Salvation Army emergency services liaison, good friend and trusted partner of many in Colorado's emergency management community, was posthumuously awarded the Oustanding Volunteer Achievement Award during the annual awards ceremony for the Colorado Emergency Management Association. Mike's wife Karen accepted the award (pictured second from the right), presented by Jim Lancy, CEMA President. For any questions regarding this presentation, contact CEMA's public information officer, Chris Sorensen at chris@kiowaoem.com

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Breakout Sessions - February 24, 2010 - 10:00 am - 3:30 pm

Colorado Ball Room - Private/Public Sector Partnerships - Hans Kallam
DEM Slides
GOHS Slides
CEPP Slides

Arkansas/Platte - Medical Reserve Corps - O'Brien, Newell, Runyon, Gales
Slides
Handout

Cheyenne 2 - Tips for Effectively Using Templates to Prepare Emergency Plans and Guidelines - Bob Wold, Greg Moser
Moser Slides
Wold Slides

Cheyenne 1 - Situational Awareness Refined; Emergency Response in the Bark Beetle Mortality Environment - Jim Krugman
Slides

Arkansas/Platte - Training Resources - Robyn Knappe
Slides

Cheyenne 2 - Mass Care Partnerships - Deb Robinson
Slides

Cheyenne 1 - Successful Pre-Disaster Mitigation Projects in Colorado - Nofziger, Guillory, Donohue, Huth and Randall
Slides (1 of 2)
Slides (2 of 2)

Colorado Ballroom - Standards in Emergency Management - David Holm
Slides

Arkansas/Platte - Wilderness Search and Rescue - Mitchell
Slides

Cheyenne 2 - The Office of Preparedness and Security - Protecting Colorado's Citizens and Critical Infrastructure - Nordstrom
(slides not available)

Cheyenne 1 - Recovery: Debris Removal - Charley Baird
Slides

Breakout Sessions - February 24, 2010 - 8:00 am - 9:30 am

Colorado Ball Room - Social Media as a Force Multiplier - Brandon Williams
Handout

Arkansas/Platte - State Resource Mobilization - Bill Miederhoff
Slides

Cheyenne 2 - Colorado Crisis, Education and Response Network (COCERN) - Dr. Curt Drennan and Beth Roome
Slides

Cheyenne 1 - Mitigation/Local Planning - Lucien Canton, CEM, CPP CBCP
Slides