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Getting Real- The 2010 Inclusive Emergency Management National Capacity Building Training Conference

"Getting Real" - 2010 Inclusive Emergency Management National Capacity Building Training Conference
September 22-24, 2010 Renaissance Baltimore Harbor Place Hotel 202 East Pratt Street Baltimore, MD

In March, 2010, FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said “We don’t plan for easy in FEMA, we plan for real.” And virtually every community across the United States, as much as fifty percent of the population needs assistance to prepare for emergencies and disasters.

Among them, twenty percent of Americans have disabilities and may have access and functional needs that will affect their ability to read or understand preparedness information, hear alerts and warnings, utilize accessible transportation during an evacuation, maintain their independence in a shelter, find accessible housing if theirs has been destroyed, access services to enable them to return to work and deal with a myriad of other challenges. Despite this, real progress towards real preparedness is being made in communities that are committed to emergency planning that is inclusive of the participation and requirements of people with access and functional needs.

The “Getting Real” training conference is intended for members of the disability and emergency management communities. The three-day interactive training conference brought the disability and emergency management community leaders together from across the country to build national capacity for inclusive emergency management practices and the conference honored September as National Preparedness Month by training stakeholders in inclusive practices. This conference prepared leaders for post-training responsibility to engage and educate others on how to effectively collaborate in emergency preparedness and disaster response and recovery.

Hosted by FEMA’s Office of Disability Integration and Coordination with our partners from the FEMA National Protection and Preparedness Directorate, Individual & Community Preparedness Division, the Interagency Coordinating Council on Emergency Preparedness and Individuals with Disabilities, the National Council on Disability, the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate, American Red Cross and in coordination with the FEMA Emergency Management Institute (EMI).

• View the full 2010 Getting Real Agenda (PDF 66KB, TXT 4KB)
• Full Transcript: Day 1 - 9/22/2010
• Full Transcript: Day 2 - 9/23/2010
• Full Transcript: Day 3 - 9/24/2010
• Full Transcript - all days
• Day 1 - Speakers
• Day 2 - Speakers
• Day 3 - Speakers

Day 1 - Speakers

Title	Welcome to Conference
Presenter(s)	Marcie Roth, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Office of Disability Integration and Coordination
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Title	Introduction of Administrator Fugate by Sheree Fugate
Presenter(s)	Sheree Weldon-Fugate Administrator Craig Fugate, Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Title	Emergency Management
Presenter(s)	David Garratt, FEMA
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Title	Disability Access and Functional Needs Introduction
Presenter(s)	Richard Devylder, US Department of Transportation and Gary Talbot, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Disability
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Title	Disability Rights and Laws - What you need to know
Presenter(s)	William Lynch, US Department of Justice
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Title	Emergency Management Across the Federal Partners
Presenter(s)	Interagency Coordinating Council on Emergency Preparedness and Individuals with Disabilities: Brian Parsons, Homeland Security, Moira M. Shea, Health and Human Services, Laurel Radow, Department of Transportation and Cheryl J. King, Federal Communications Commission
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Title	Accessibility Tools for Community Engagement
Presenter(s)	Nicshan Floyd, Office of Accessible System and Technology Department of Homeland Security
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Title	Strengthening Community Preparedness
Presenter(s)	David Kaufman, Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Day 2 - Speakers

Title	Welcome and Introduction of Mary Troupe
Presenter(s)	Curtis Brown, US House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee
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Title	Inclusive Emergency Preparedness
Presenter(s)	Mary Troupe, Mississippi Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities
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Title	Facilitated Workshop Overview
Presenter(s)	Rebecca Siceloff, Federal Emergency Management Agency Debbie Fulmer, Department of Homeland Security Trevor Riggen, American Red Cross
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Title	Regional Compilation Reports and Discussion Introduction of Administrator Craig Fugate
Presenter(s)	June Kailes, Harris Family CDHP, Western University Administrator Craig Fugate, Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Day 3 - Speakers

Title	Opening for Day 3
Presenter(s)	Marcie Roth, Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Title	Finding the Experts
Presenter(s)	Jason McNamara, Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Title	Housing and Recovery #1
Presenter(s)	Lumumba Yancey, Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Title	Housing and Recovery #2
Presenter(s)	Stephen Miller, Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Title	Housing and Recovery #3
Presenter(s)	David Lebsack, FEMA Region VI, Denton, TX
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Title	Dialogue on Education and Training
Presenter(s)	Andy Mitchell, Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Title	Dialogue on Grants and Funding
Presenter(s)	Elizabeth Harman, Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Title	Integrated Community Planning - Where It All Gets Real
Presenter(s)	Corey Gruber, Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Title	Federal Resources for Inclusive Emergency Management
Presenter(s)	Marcie Roth, Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Last Modified: Thursday, 04-Nov-2010 14:49:35 EDT