How do you deploy your emergency resources? Are you using a cookie-cutter approach or are you looking at the risks and hazards and deploying your resources using that information? Is your emergency preparedness plan designed for resilience and recovery while protecting the safety of your responders?
A new concept in the United States – Community Risk Reduction – is proving invaluable in response to emergencies and disasters. Hear from several pilot communities as they discuss the concepts of CRR and how to use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology to better inform your emergency preparedness.
The speakers:
- Thomas Wieczorek, director, ICMA Center for Public Safety Management
- Jim Crawford, manager, Vision 20/20 Project for the Institution of Fire Engineers, U.S. Branch
- Jennifer Schottke, Municipal Fire Service and National Public Safety Policy lead for Esri
- Lloyd Ayers, fire commissioner, Philadelphia Fire Department
The audience: city managers, assistant city managers, public safety directors, emergency managers, IT managers, and GIS staff.
For more information, contact Thomas Wieczorek, director of the Center for Public Safety Management at 616-813-3782 or twieczorek@icma.org; or Leonard Matarese, director of Research and Program Management for the Center for Public Safety Management at 716-969-1360 or lmatarese@icma.org.
