Fall 2012 Webinars

The FEMA Voluntary Agency and Donations Coordination Section invites you to meet and learn about the important work of our private voluntary organization partners in a series of hour-long webinars. Upcoming participants include:

• The Disaster Distress Helpline (DDH) is the first national hotline that provides 24/7/365 crisis counseling and support to individuals and families in distress before, during, or after any natural or human-caused disaster.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 1-2pm EST
Audio: 866-316-1519/Passcode: 6334 429#
http://connectpro65685776.adobeconnect.com/ddhfema/

• International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC), in the spirit of Christ's Love, offers emergency relief and development programs to those in need worldwide, without discrimination, and strengthens the capacity of the Orthodox Church to so respond. A brief 20th Anniversary video, "Respond, Rebuild, Uplift" will be shown during this webinar, chronicling the first 20 years of IOCC throughout the world.

Thursday, October 4, 2012, 12-1pm EST
Audio: 800-320-4330/Passcode: 214214#
https://connect.hsin.gov/IOCC

• During the 2010 Haiti Earthquake, The Salvation Army (TSA) deployed both North American and International response teams. John Bergland, Emergency Services Director of The Salvation Army of Greater New York, served as incident commander in Port-au-Prince. During this webinar on The Sphere Project - Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response, Mr. Bergland discusses both the TSA response as well as the noteworthy differences between the domestic and international teams and their approach to the work.

Thursday, October 11, 2012, 12-1pm EST
Audio: 800-320-4330/Passcode: 214214#
http://connect.hsin.gov/sphere  

• Emergency Management is mostly about making people more resistant and resilient to hazards and disasters. Even so, for several decades the US approach to emergency management has been very organizationally focused. With the introduction and continued operationalization of a "Whole Community Approach" to disasters it is important to reflect on how "the public" actually responds to these crises. This University of Delaware Disaster Research Center presentation will focus on bebunking and clarifying patterns of misconceptions and/or false assumptions about people's behavior during disasters..

Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 12-1pm EST
Audio: 800-320-4330/Passcode: 214214#
http://connect.hsin.gov/drcud  

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