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2015 COURSE CATALOG AND REGISTRATION FORM

Keynote Speakers:

• Dr. Lucy Jones, Science Advisor for Risk Reduction, SAFRR Project, United States Geological Survey

• Mr. Randy Styner, Environmental Compliance and Emergency Services Coordinator, South Coast Water District

• Ms. Mary Massey, Preparedness Program Manager, OC Health Care Agency

Wednesday, October 28, 2015Anaheim Convention Center

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Introduction and Information

The Changing Face of Disaster Response

Fires, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, terrorism and active shooters, geological hazards, transportation accidents and more! These are just some of the disasters we need to be prepared to face.

There was a day when disaster response was a perceived responsibility of government and professional emergency responders. However, in today’s world, disaster preparedness and risk management is everyone’s responsibility. Every individual plays an important role in preparing for disasters, and it all starts by empowering ourselves and others to build safe, resilient communities.

The American Red Cross and its community partners are proud to present the 31st Annual Disaster Preparedness Academy (DPA). With the ultimate goal of helping to build more resilient communities ready to respond in times of disaster, the DPA offers an easy and affordable way to find resources that help everyone to prepare, respond and recover from any event that could potentially disrupt our lives.

The DPA is designed to be interactive and informational through three main sessions and over 20 workshops. This year we have added additional hands-on life safety sessions during the academy and as always, the Pre-Academy provides the opportunity to refresh your life safety response skills. We look forward to seeing you in October!

What is the DPA?

For 31 years, the mission of the DPA has been to provide information regarding emergency preparedness planning, mitigation, response and recovery. DPA training is designed to meet the interests of emergency and risk managers, and continuity planners from large and small businesses, government agencies, schools, universities, healthcare, and nonprofit and faith based organizations, as well as concerned individuals. Workshop presenters are experts with extensive life and disaster preparedness and response operations experience.

Where is the DPA?

Anaheim Convention Center (Level 3)

800 W. Katella Avenue

Anaheim, CA 92802

Phone: (714) 765-8950

Email: anaheimconventioncenter.com

Watch for special announcements regarding parking instructions!

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Pre-Academy

New this year—the Pre-Academy will be split into two days! This training will consist of classroom instruction and light demonstration on the first day, with a simulated scenario workshop offered the following day during the Academy.

Attendees can combine the Pre-Academy with the Disaster Preparedness Academy at a discounted rate, or just attend the Pre-Academy. Class size is extremely limited, so enroll early!

Note: Pre-Academy registration does not include lunch. See page 4 for Pre-Academy details.

Academy Workshops and Tracks

Select individual workshops or follow a track focused on topics such as School/University Preparedness, Workplace Preparedness, Workplace Recovery, Resources, Prevention, Seismic Safety of Buildings, Terrorism/Active Shooter and General Interest. Workshops are arranged according to interest, but you aren’t constrained to a single track.

New This Year!

Participants will not register to attend specific workshops; instead, you are free to attend any workshop or track. However, we encourage you to read the following pages describing the workshops offered as seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

The full DPA schedule is on page 5 and workshop descriptions begin on page 7.

Exhibit Hall

Meet with representatives from public and private sectors, access community and agency resources, and browse the latest disaster related products and services available that complement the workshops you attend.

To learn about exhibitor opportunities, contact the Exhibitor Coordinator (714) 481-5351 or [email protected].

Academy Award Nominations

Each year, the DPA recognizes businesses, schools, universities, cities, agencies and organizations that demonstrate a commitment to disaster preparedness. To learn more about these awards, refer to the “Award of Excellence in Disaster Preparedness” nomination form on page 13.

Academy Registration Form

The Pre-Academy and Disaster Preparedness Academy registration form is on page 14. To qualify for the lowest rate, submit your registration and payment by September 30. Registration is available until October 16.

Program Highlights

Official Participant

in theWorld’s LargestEarthquake Drill.

Join Us

Register at www.ShakeOut.org

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DAY ONE: Tuesday, October 27, 2015, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.American Red Cross600 Parkcenter Dr.Santa Ana, CA 92705

Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START)

Following a major disaster, many people could be injured and Emergency Medical Services unavailable. You need to be prepared with the skills necessary to respond to the situation. Your plan should include a simple skill called “triage” which means “to sort” the injured. In the classroom portion of this training, you will learn how to triage using the START method and will conclude with an interactive discussion on some of the points learned after a demonstration.

There will be a one hour lunch break between sessions. Lunch is not included in the Pre-Academy registration and is not provided. A list of nearby restaurant options will be available.

Light Search and Rescue — A Safe Approach to Search and Rescue after a Disaster

This discussion session will address various elements of basic search and rescue techniques and practices that could be carried out with readily available equipment. This session will provide an understanding of how to use available resources for emergency cribbing, victim location and identification, and how to aid casualty removal. This presentation will emphasize personal safety and review hazards that could be found during disasters.

Pre-Academy

DAY TWO: Wednesday, October 28, 2015Anaheim Convention Center (3rd Level, Ballroom D)800 W. Katella Ave. Anaheim CA 90802

Session begins at 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m. or 2:15 p.m.This hands-on skills session provides attendees the opportunity to put the knowledge learned at the Pre-Academy into practice. Attendees will test their knowledge of light search and rescue, triage and basic first aid by participating in a mass casualty scenario involving actors with simulated injuries.

The Pre-Academy and Disaster Preparedness

Academy registration form is on page 14.

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Schedule

REGISTRATION OPENS; CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST; EXHIBITOR VISITS 7:30 a.m.

KICK OFF 8:00 a.m. Dr. Lucy Jones

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BWorkplace Preparedness

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F Seismic Safety of Buildings

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Emergency 101: History Repeats Itself. Has To. No-One Listens!

Emergency Preparedness 101

Business Continuity Planning – Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

Earthquake Threat in SoCal: Tools for Quick ResponseDecisions

The Call to Evacuate-Plan, Prepare, Practice

Don’t Come Knocking When This House is Rockin’!

Pre-Incident Indicators of Terrorism

San Andreas: Between the Rock and a Hard Place

Mass Casualty Scenario; Put Your Skills into Practice

Threats and Hazards and Vulnerabilities… Oh My!

Crisis Communication

How CERT Training Can Be Applied to Any Organization

Drills, Exercises and After-Exercise Corrections

What are My Building’s Vulnerabilities?

Targeted Violence & Behavioral Threat Assessments

When Grown Men & Women Cry- Your Data: What is it worth and can you really protect it?


LUNCH PROGRAM 12:15 – 2:00 p.m. Lunch is served Awards for Excellence in Disaster Preparedness Randy Styner

Psychological First Aid Overview

Mock Evacuation Training

2015 Hindsight, So Far!

Resources and Ways to Spur Action

Planning With People with Disabilities, Access and Functional Needs

Resilience by Design: A Structural Engineering Perspective

Active Shooters, Terrorist Connections, Response Tactics

Hazard Vulnerability Assessment: A Tool, Not a Chart


CLOSING SESSION 3:45 – 4:30 p.m. Dessert and coffeeMary Massey – When Pandemic Hits Head-On: How will your business survive? Interactive Tabletop Exercise

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Dr. Lucile JonesScience Advisor for Risk Reduction, SAFRR Project, United States Geological Survey

Dr. Lucy Jones has been a seismologist with the US Geological Survey and a visiting Research Associate at the Seismological Laboratory of Caltech since 1983. She currently serves as Science Advisor for Risk Reduction in the Natural Hazards Mission of the US Geological Survey, leading long-term science planning for natural hazards research, and the SAFRR Project: Science Application for Risk Reduction to apply USGS science to reduce risk in communities across the

Nation. Since 2014, she has been leading a partnership between the USGS and the City of Los Angeles to create solutions to four of the most significant seismic vulnerabilities in the City.

Dr. Jones has authored over 100 papers on research seismology with primary interest in earthquake statistics and integrated disaster scenarios, especially in southern California, including leading the science projects that created the ShakeOut Earthquake Scenario, the Great ShakeOut Drill and the ARkStorm Scenario. Dr. Jones received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chinese Language and Literature, Magna Cum Laude, from Brown University in 1976 and a Ph. D. in geophysics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981.

Mr. Randy Styner Environmental Compliance and Emergency Services Coordinator, South Coast Water District

Randy Styner is the Environmental Compliance and Emergency Services Coordinator for South Coast Water District in Laguna Beach, California. He previously served for 15 years as the Disaster Preparedness Coordinator for the County of Orange Environmental Health Department.

Mr. Styner is a certified instructor in radiological/nuclear awareness and emergency response for hospital and pre-hospital settings, and transportation. He has served on many workgroups and committees, including those for the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. He is a Department of Homeland Security adjunct instructor at the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Alabama, and a certified instructor for the Counter Terrorism Operations Support (CTOS) program for the Center for Rad/Nuc Training at the Nevada Test Site.

In Orange County, Mr. Styner regularly conducts Emergency Operations Center planning, earthquake preparedness, bioterrorism, search and rescue, disaster communications, and mass casualty response training. He is also a certified American Red Cross CPR/First Aid instructor.

Mr. Styner earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology with a minor in Chemistry from Western Illinois University and is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps.

Ms. Mary Massey Preparedness Program Manager, OC Health Care Agency

Mary Massey has over twenty-five years of experience in emergency response. She participates in multi-agency, state and federal coalitions and taskforces and has authored policies addressing WMD, mass decon, prophylaxis, fatality management and pandemic response.

Ms. Massey has deployed with the California CA-1 DMAT Team to multiple wildfire responses and hurricanes, including Hurricanes Ike and Katrina. She has worked on projects with the CDC, United Nations, and numerous Homeland Security Exercises across the country. Ms. Massey is a Department of Justice WMD, HSEEP Instructor, Master Exercise Practitioner, and Homeland Security Center for Domestic Preparedness Instructor.

Ms. Massey graduated from the Naval Postgraduate School with her Master’s in Homeland Security and Defense.

General Session Speakers

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SESSION 1 9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m.

TRACK A: School/University Preparedness

1A: Emergency 101: History repeats itself. Has to. No one listens!

Sherry Colgan Stone, Ed.D. District Safety and Emergency Planning Coordinator, Riverside Community College District, Riverside, Calif.

Troy Harris, AVP, Institutional Resilience, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, Calif.

Steve Turner poetically states “History repeats itself. Has to. No one listens.” Safety and emergency planners need to listen, so not to make the same mistakes others have made. Lessons are learned in every disaster and major incident; often times they are painful, expensive and demoralizing experiences. The key to effective and efficient emergency planning is to learn from the lessons others have endured and instill remedies in your own institution. This workshop will cover key lessons learned from well-known and not-so-well-known disasters and critical incidents that should be considered while planning and preparing for campus response and recovery efforts. Participants will have the opportunity to share their own experiences in disaster planning.

TRACK B: Workplace Preparedness

1B & 2B: Emergency Preparedness 101 (This workshop continues in Session 2)

Matt Ankley, Emergency Preparedness Program Manager, Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, Calif.

Companies need to be prepared for the unexpected. You’ve just been tasked to build an effective emergency preparedness program—in a limited time with limited budget. What to do? Don’t stress out, this presentation is for you! In this session you will learn the fundamentals of how to build and sustain a successful preparedness program. Topics covered will include:

• Basic process of the emergency management life cycle

• Key steps in preparing any business, school or government agency

• The necessity and dangers of drills and exercise• Maximizing internal and external resources for program

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TRACK C: Workplace Recovery

1C: Business Continuity Planning – Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

Barry Gorelick, SVP, Union Bank, Monterey Park, Calif.

As members of the community it is important for businesses to be ready to respond to interruptions in normal operations and provide the services their community depends on. Business Continuity Planning is a critical component to ensuring that businesses can do this quickly, but too often as planners we get lost in the process of planning and forget why we are planning. This interactive session will cover BCP Planning pitfalls and how to avoid them to create effective plans that keep our community running.

TRACK D: Resources

1D: Earthquake Threat in SoCal: Tools for Quick Response Decisions

Margaret Vinci, Manager, Office of Earthquake Program, Caltech, Pasadena, Calif.

This session will cover basic earthquake dynamics – why we have them, what is our threat in Southern California, what everyone needs to be prepared for and how Caltech monitors earthquakes. After the shaking, learn what resources are available to identify the scope of damage using earthquake tools (CISN Display, ShakeMap, ShakeCast) including a demo of the ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning System. The more we understand our risks and prepare for them, the faster we will recover!

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SESSION 1 Continued

TRACK E: Prevention

1E: The Call to Evacuate—Plan, Prepare and Practice

Vicki Osborn, Assistant Emergency Manager, Orange County Sheriff’s Department, Emergency Management Division, Silverado, Calif.

Back by popular demand, this workshop has become an Academy staple. Vicki Osborn covers the basics on how to plan and prepare for a partial or total evacuation. Key topics include: when to evacuate, evacuation “do’s & don’ts”, sheltering in a place procedures, and working with those with access and functional needs. Participants will enjoy interactive discussion regarding procedures that must be in place to effectively conduct evacuation drills and how to implement a post-evacuation plan for employees.

TRACK F: Seismic Safety of Buildings

1F: Don’t Come Knocking When This House is Rockin’!

Matt Stocking, Branch Engineer, Simpson Strong-Tie Company, Riverside, Calif.

This session addresses how to prepare for an earthquake, from retrofitting a home or business, to securing its contents. The session will share information from recent earthquakes from Northridge to Napa, and will cover how the QuakeSmart initiative can help everyone identify risks, make a plan and take action. This training will help everyone learn how to reduce the potential of earthquake damages, injuries, and financial losses and create more resilient homes and workspaces.

TRACK G: Terrorism / Active Shooter

1G: Pre-Incident Indicators of Terrorism

Mark Flores, Fire Captain, TLO Coordinator, OCIAC, Santa Ana, Calif.

Terrorist attacks typically involve meticulous planning and preparation. Recognition and reporting of indicators and warnings that may be associated with terrorism may aid in preventing the next attack. This session will address the following pre-incident indicators: Surveillance, Elicitation, Test of Security, Financing, Acquiring Supplies, Suspicious

Persons, and Dry Run/Trial Run.

TRACK H: General Interest

1H: San Andreas: Between the Rock and a Hard Place

Mark Benthien, Director for Communication, Education, and Outreach, Southern California Earthquake Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif.

This year’s earthquake disaster movie got some things right, and a lot wrong, but was an exciting adventure! With its focus on the San Andreas Fault and with most of the destruction limited to tall buildings, it also leaves out much of what Californians will actually face. This session will cover these aspects and review key resources available to help everyone be prepared to survive and recover from the real earthquakes in our future.

TRACK I: Skills

1I: Mass Casualty Scenario; Put Your Skills into Practice

During this interactive skills session, attendees will have the opportunity to utilize the information about START Triage and Light Search and Rescue gained at the Pre-Academy into practice. Attendees will participate in a mass casualty scenario involving actors with simulated injuries to test their knowledge of searching for and extricating victims, practicing triage and providing basic first aid.


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SESSION 2 11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.


2A: Threats and Hazards and Vulnerabilities…Oh My!

Sherry Colgan Stone, Ed.D. District Safety and Emergency Planning Coordinator, Riverside Community College District, Riverside, Calif.

K-12 and higher education facilities thrive in the land of academia and often get so caught-up in teaching they aren’t focused on outside elements that could threaten their environment. While academic institutions are welcoming and open facilities, they can also become exposed and vulnerable “soft target” environments. When developing plans, educational institutions need to identify hazards, threats and vulnerabilities in order to mitigate, prepare for and prevent disasters on campus. Attendees will receive information which may impact an educational institution and will also learn how to conduct facility assessments (Threat/Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk).


2B: Emergency Preparedness 101 (Must attend Session 1 to attend Session 2)

Matt Ankley, Emergency Preparedness Program Manager, Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, Calif.

TRACK C: Workplace Recovery

2C: Crisis Communication

Joan Gladstone, President & CEO, Gladstone International, Inc., Laguna Beach, Calif.

One of the most important and overlooked aspects of communications during and after a disaster or incident is expressing empathy to those directly impacted by the crisis. To reassure your key stakeholders and maintain trust long after the crisis is over, lead from the heart. Discover how to incorporate compassion into media statements, social media posts, employee messages and community outreach. Learn to anticipate the #1 question all audiences will want to know in the crisis and how to address it. You’ll take away specific ideas and lessons from actual cases in the news.

TRACK D: Resources

2D: How Community Emergency Response Team Training Can Be Applied to Any Organization

Raquel Vernola, Emergency Services Manager, City of Norwalk Office of Emergency Management, Norwalk, Calif.

CERT is a whole-community preparedness-based training program designed to provide life safety skills training for everyone. It can be utilized for schools, businesses, hotels, amusement parks, entertainment venues and more. By applying the principals taught in CERT everyone can successfully develop disaster/emergency preparedness plans that include staff as immediate emergency responders.

TRACK E: Prevention

2E: Drills, Exercises and Exercise Corrections

Glorria Morrison, Former Emergency Manager, City of Huntington Beach, Glorria Morrison & Associates, Fountain Valley, Calif.

Katie Eing, Emergency Services Coordinator, City of Newport Beach, Newport Beach, Calif.

In this workshop participants will learn how to prepare for all levels of exercises and drills, and how to conduct exercises in a positive manner. Instructors will review how to develop a comprehensive exercise program and how to practice emergency response at little to no cost and how to address exercise corrections and fixes.




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2F: What are My Building’s Vulnerabilities?

Doug Litchfield, PE, CEM, Litchfield Engineering, Los Angeles, Calif.

Explore the inside secrets of the vulnerabilities of the various building types as seen through the eyes of a structural engineer. We will explore what to look out for and why. Everything from wood-frame homes to steel moment frame high rises. Remedies to these vulnerabilities will be outlined with retrofits, resources that are available and public policies that are on the horizon. Attendees will be entertained while being educated about hazards that exist around us and provided the information to address these dangers. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

TRACK G: Terrorism/Active Shooter

2G: Targeted Violence & Behavioral Threat Assessments

Manny Tau, Psy.D, Clinical & Forensic Psychologist, Threat Management Specialist, San Clemente, Calif.

2015 continues the disturbing convergence of workplace, school and domestic violence. Targeted violence is not an event; it is a process with a narrowing of focus, ramping up of behaviors and leakages of intent. This session will address warning signs of an emergency threat potential, indicators of a pathway of targeted violence, the continuum of affective, parasitic and predatory aggressors, and a preliminary threat assessment approach involving threat posturing, preparatory behaviors and rehearsal fantasies of targeted violence. The goal of this session is to provide attendees information on the mitigation, containment and management of workplace and school targeted violence.


2H: When Grown Men & Women Cry: Your Data-what is it worth and can you really protect it?

Eric Stavola, MS, M.ED, CIS, MCSE, MCSA, NET+, CDIA+, US Director of Sales Engineering, MindSHIFT, A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Ricoh, Irvine, Calif.

A reactive approach to technology can destroy your business! This hands-on strategist brings real life experience to a story of LOST DATA and Cyber Security; a real world lesson of learning to manage technology by plan. This session will address the five Key Benefits of a Technology PLAN. Why you need a plan. Who needs to be involved in your plan? How to make a plan that doesn’t disrupt your business.

TRACK I: Skills

2I: Mass Casualty Scenario; Put Your Skills into Practice (Repeat of 1I)

During this hands-on skills session, attendees will have the opportunity to utilize the information about START Triage and Light Search and Rescue gained at the Pre-Academy into practice. Attendees will participate in a mass casualty scenario involving actors with simulated injuries to test their knowledge of searching for and extricating victims, practicing triage and providing basic first aid.

Disaster Preparedness & Recovery Alliance Preparing for disasters through corporate and community partnerships.

A year-round extension of the Disaster Preparedness Academy, the mission of the Disaster Preparedness & Recovery Alliance (DPRA) is to establish the opportunity to network and share information on emergency planning, training and disaster recovery. Through the DPRA, companies, schools and universities, and community organizations share up-to-date preparedness information to assist in mitigation and continuity planning with the ultimate goal to minimize injuries and damage, and expedite total organizational recovery.

Monthly meetings offer subject matter guest speakers, community resources and connections, and networking opportunities.

For more information on the DPRA, please contact Monica Ruzich, Regional Manager, Community Preparedness & Resilience Programs, at [email protected] or (714) 481-5329.

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SESSION 3 2:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m.


3A: Psychological First Aid Overview

Robyn Moses, Director of Mental Health Services for the Huntington Beach School District, Huntington Beach, Calif.

In this session attendees will learn the factors that facilitate one’s mental health recovery following a disaster and ways to support students and employees, particularly in school settings. Resources for particular age groups and popula-tions as well as additional training sources will be provided.


3B: Mock Evacuation Training

Becky Christy, AVP, Business Continuity Analyst, Banc of California, Irvine, Calif.

A lot of effort goes into training our Emergency Response Teams on their responsibilities during an evacuation, but the only opportunity they get to practice is during the annual evacuation drill where the goal is to complete the drill with little impact to business operations. All too often we end up training to the drill and not to the actual needs of a real evacuation. This session will be a hands-on mock evacuation training that is flexible enough for training responders on multiple scenarios.

TRACK C: Workplace Recovery 3C: 2015 Hindsight, So Far!

Phil Lambert, President, Ripcord Solutions, Edmonds, Wash.

In this world we call work, almost everything we touch constantly changes. As we have our heads down working day-to-day we seldom notice the slight changes going on around us. The change in technology, the change in methodology, the change in best practices and even the change that lessons learned brings as our peers share their post disaster insights.

Disaster planning is a complex area where you, as a professional, will need a wealth of understanding of best practices to unlock the massive benefits of resiliency planning. Come find out our industry’s current trends, what’s happened so far in 2015, what’s right, what’s wrong, what’s missing, and what drives most programs. Be challenged by the five new secrets of the pros and learn what you will need to escalate your career in the future state of our industry. You will not want to miss this session.

TRACK D:Resources

3D: Resources and Ways to Spur Action!

Heidi Stenner (CTR), Regional Preparedness Liaison, FEMA Region IX, Teracore, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Oakland, Calif.

There are lots of free resources to help inspire students, staff, customers, residents, congregations, or others to be better prepared for emergencies. America’s PrepareAthon! and the Ready.gov campaigns offer free playbooks, workbooks, fillable forms, games, videos, and much more. This session will share where to find these tools and, most importantly, how to use them to spur action. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear what others are doing and share best practices. We hope to inspire attendees with this dynamic and hands-on workshop!

TRACK E: Prevention

3E: Planning With People with Disabilities, Access and Functional Needs

Mike Brady, Senior Emergency Management Coordinator, Training, Support and Compliance, California Specialized Training Institute (CSTI)/Cal OES, San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Though it has been 25 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed, workplaces are still grappling with how to plan for their entire workforce, customers, clients and partners. Census data tells us that over 60 percent of the population self-identifies as having a disability, or access or functional need. This session will provide an overview of how emergency and safety managers can address responsibilities and requirements by integrating people with disabilities and access and functional needs into their planning process, to strengthen response and recovery.



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3F: Resilience by Design: A Structural Engineering Perspective

David Cocke, S.E., F. SEI, F. ASCE, Structural Focus, Gardena, Calif.

Samuel Mengelkoch, S.E., Structural Focus, Gardena, Calif.

In their 2014 document Resilience by Design, Mayor Eric Garcetti and City of Los Angeles Science Advisor for Seismic Safety Dr. Lucy Jones detailed proposed policies to ensure L.A. and other Southern California cities stay viable and healthy after future major earthquakes. This session will present an engineer’s perspective of what adjustments and retrofits to various building types are necessary for resilient communities. This includes a discussion of the “soft story” apartment building problem, the proposed policy to correct it, and what business owners can do now to expedite the recovery process and keep tenants in their homes. The presentation will describe “Non-Ductile Concrete” buildings, and other issues structural engineers, building owners, and communities face together.

TRACK G: Terrorism/Active Shooter

3G: Active Shooters, Terrorist Connections, Response Tactics

Kevin Phillips, Police Senior Sergeant, Santa Ana Unified School District Police Department, Santa Ana, Calif.

Whether it is at home, places of business, or school, random and targeted acts of violence happen. This session will examine the active shooter phenomenon. In addition, it will examine developing links between active shooters and terrorism, how terrorist organizations are recruiting mentally disturbed individuals to be utilized as active shooters and how the threats and responses to active shooters with links to terrorism may differ from other models. This session asserts that an active response provides a substantially greater probability of survival than a traditional passive response. Attendees will learn police-approved strategies and options of actions to take if caught in an active shooter incident.


3H: Hazard Vulnerability Assessment: A Tool, Not a Chart

Kelly Hubbard, Emergency Manager of WEROC, Municipal Water District of Orange County, Fountain Valley, Calif.

Hazard Vulnerability Assessments are a critical building block to emergency planning and preparedness. Unfortunately, they often end up being thrown together as a chart of Risks, Probability, and Impacts that exists only in a plan on a shelf. Hazard Vulnerability Assessments should be an opportunity to:

• Ensure planning is specific to your agency and its disaster role

• Challenge the parameters of a disaster and its risk

• Identify and prioritize mitigation efforts to reduce risk and change priorities

• Target planning efforts, not only to your highest risk, but for those of which you are least prepared

This interactive session will discuss ways to accomplish a meaningful hazard vulnerability assessment and how to utilize it as a planning tool.

TRACK I: Skills

3I: Mass Casualty Scenario; Put Your Skills into Practice (Repeat of 1I)

During this hands-on skills session, attendees will have the opportunity to utilize the information about START Triage and Light Search and Rescue gained at the Pre-Academy into practice. Attendees will participate in a mass casualty scenario involving actors with simulated injuries to test their knowledge of searching for and extricating victims, practicing triage and providing basic first aid.


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NOMINATION FORMThe Award for Excellence in Disaster Preparedness is established to recognize companies and organizations for their superior emergency preparedness plan. Past recipients were chosen for their impressive overall plan or because they excelled in one or two particular areas of disaster preparedness. Another objective of the award is to establish a network in which model plans and programs could be shared with groups starting to establish their disaster plan.

If you are part of, or know of a company, community organization, school, government agency, etc. that merits recognition of their outstanding program, please submit the below form. Nominations can be based on one outstanding aspect of an emergency preparedness program, e.g., training, supplies, management support or participation.

Nominated Organization: _____________________________________________________________________________

Address: ___________________________________________________________________________________________

Contact Person: ____________________________________________________________________________________

Contact Number and Email: ___________________________________________________________________________

Please answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper:

1. Briefly describe the nominee’s emergency preparedness plan and why they are being nominated for this award.

2. Steps taken to ensure nominee’s plan is updated on a consistent basis?

3. Additional comments of examples of nominee’s accomplishments in disaster preparedness and recovery planning.

The awards committee will contact the nominee if further information is needed.

Nominated By: ______________________________________________________________________________________

Contact Number and Email: ___________________________________________________________________________

Application deadline: October 9, 2015

Submit Nomination Form to:

American Red CrossAttn: Debbie Leahy-Graves, Regional Disaster OfficerP.O. Box 11364Santa Ana, CA [email protected]

Award for Excellence in Disaster Preparedness

(Street) (City) (State) (Zip)

Congratulations to our 2014 award recipients:

- Earthquake Country Alliance, The Great California Shakeout

- Race to Be Ready, City of Rancho Mirage

- Rosary High School


Registration Fees

Pre-Academy, October 27, 2015Registration deadline October 16Fee: $80.00*On-site registration for the Pre-Academy is not available

Academy, October 28, 2015Early bird deadline: September 30Business $150.00Government/Nonprofit $110.00

Registration deadline: October 16*Business $170.00Government/Nonprofit $130.00*Mail registrations must be postmarked no later than 10/16

Joint Pre-Academy and Academy RegistrationFees reflect the discounted Pre-Academy Fee of $70 plus appropriate Academy Fee.

Early bird deadline: September 30Business $220.00Government/Nonprofit $180.00

Registration deadline: October 16*Business $240.00Government/Nonprofit $200.00 *Mail registrations must be postmarked no later than 10/16

On-site registration Wednesday, October 28, 2015Registration fee: $195.00

Group Discount: Register five or more people from one organization and take $10 off each Academy or joint Pre-Academy/Academy registration fee. Must submit all group registration forms together. Group discount is not available for Pre-Academy only registrations. Group discount registration is not available online, must mail or fax forms together to receive this discount.

Cancellations and Refunds: Refunds are available for cancellations received by close of business October 21, 2015. No refunds will be made after this date. Registrants who are unable to attend can transfer registration to another individual at no charge. Individuals who do not cancel, and do not attend, will not receive a refund.

Payment

Amount Due

Registration Fee $

Group Discount -$

Total $

Credit Card: p M/C p Visa p Discover p AmEx

Credit Card #

Expiration Date SEC Code

Card Holder Name

Card Holder Signature

Billing Address, City, Zip

Check # PO#

Make all checks payable to American Red Cross and mail to: American Red Cross, P.O. Box 11364, Santa Ana, CA 92711-1364. Indicate “DPA” on the check and envelope.

Contact the DPA Coordinator at (714) 481-5341; Fax: (714) 480-5019; Email: [email protected]

This form may be emailed or faxed only if a credit card or purchase order/billing information is included.

All registration confirmations will be sent via email. If confirmation is not received, or if there is any error, please contact the DPA Coordinator. American Red Cross Federal Tax ID # 53-0196605

Parking FeesThe City of Anaheim is the exclusive vendor for parking. Parking is $15.00 (cash, Visa, M/C). This is not included in the registration fee.

Registration Form

Please complete one form for each attendee.

Name Title

Company/Agency

Street City State Zip

Telephone Number Email Address

Online registration is available at www.redcross.org/oc

Academy registrants, please indicate your lunch preference p Chicken p VegetarianLunch is not provided at the Pre-Academy on Tuesday 10/27

Pre-Academy, Tuesday, October 27, 2015 American Red Cross600 Parkcenter DriveSanta Ana, CA 92705

Academy, Wednesday, October 28, 2015Anaheim Convention Center, Level 3800 W. Katella AvenueAnaheim, CA 92802

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Steering and Curriculum Committee MembersBecky Christy, AVP, Banc of California

Harry Delkeskamp, Chief, Material Support Services, American Red Cross

Amy Estey, Regional Manager, Recovery and Workforce Engagement, American Red Cross

Katrina Faulkner, Manager, Security & Preparedness, Orange County Transportation Authority

Debbie Graves, Regional Disaster Officer, American Red Cross

Ellen Lopez, Emergency Management Consultant, Ellen Lopez & Associates

Sara Kaminske, Assist. Emergency Mgr., OC Sheriff’s Department Emergency Management Division

Christine Leahle, Program Specialist, OC Department of Education

Lori Ohls, Major Gift Officer, American Red Cross

Linda Morin, Emergency Management Coordinator, Coast Community College District

Monica Ruzich, Reg. Mgr., Community Preparedness & Resilience Programs, American Red Cross

Lydia Mikhail, Division Manager, Health Disaster Management, OC Health Care Agency

Madelyn Spiegelberg, Volunteer Operations Manager, American Red Cross

Kelly Zimmerman, Battalion Chief, Orange County Fire Authority

Sponsors

We would like to recognize the individuals and businesses that contributed

to the success of the 31st Annual Disaster Preparedness Academy.

Thank you!

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