Archive for the ‘Emergency Response’ Category
Red Cross Webinar: Preparing for the Unexpected Disaster
Date: March 24
Time: 1 PM – 2 PM Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
Host: Depiction, Inc.
Presenter: Kim Buike, Capt. US Navy, Ret.
Description:
Using the recent earthquake in Haiti as a starting point, Capt. Kim Buike (US Navy, retired) will show how Red Cross staff and volunteers can use Depiction’s mapping and simulation tools to rapidly prepare for disasters anywhere in the world by quickly building interactive scenarios using publicly available data. He will demonstrate how Depiction enables you to:
• Map and track key resources and assets: volunteers, vehicles, shelters, etc.,
• Collaborate in developing and vetting response plans for a variety of disaster scenarios
• Maintain and Share situational awareness during the response phase,
• Accelerate damage assessment reports and data sharing,
• Submit shelter situation updates,
• Familiarize out-of-area volunteers with “the situation” before they deploy,
• And much more . . .
Capt. Buike served 27 years in the Navy, commanding a destroyer in the Persian Gulf and the Navy’s most modern shore facility, Naval Station Everett before retiring in 2003. Captain Buike is also a Red Cross volunteer and serves in the local County Emergency Operations Center as a Red Cross Liaison during community disasters. He has been instrumental in the development of Depiction.
See Depiction’s Red Cross page for more information: http://www.depiction.com/red-cross
Details & Registration: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/322977616
Flood Safety: When You Live Where Flooding Happens
Date: March 17
Time: 1 PM – 2 PM Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
Host: Depiction, Inc.
Presenter: Carol Dunn, Disaster Risk Communicator, City of Bellevue, Washington Fire Dept.
Description:
March 15-19 is Flood Safety Awareness week. Humans have always been drawn to water, and human civilization has always been closely tied to the waterways, and the nutrient rich soil frequent flooding provides. Because of this, humans will always be affected by flooding. Find out ways to reduce the impact of flooding on your life. Carol Dunn, Disaster Risk Communicator for the City of Bellevue, Washington Fire Department, will provide tips on what online tools and real time information exist to help you identify your risk of flooding, to reduce the impact of flooding on your life and property, and what online tools can help you stay ahead of the water.
Carol Dunn has been active in multiple flood related disaster responses and “Preparing for Flooding” seminars for people likely to be affected by flooding. Previously on staff with the American Red Cross in Seattle in the Emergency Services Division, Dunn is still an active member of their Disaster Services Human Resources. Main creator of 3 Days 3 Ways: Be Ready for Disasters and Emergencies, and the disaster readiness knowledge database www.2resilience.org and blog, she can be found at @Caroldn on Twitter. She is an executive Committee member of Partners in Emergency Preparedness Conference, and previously worked in international aid in the former Soviet Union as a management consultant with Ernst & Young London.
This webinar is hosted by Depiction, Inc. Depiction is desktop software that puts powerful mapping, simulation and collaboration tools in the hands of everyday people, in a package that is both easy to use and affordable. Depiction is used by professional emergency managers, the Red Cross, emergency volunteers and more to prepare for and respond to disasters.
Webinar attendees will also receive a free download of Depiction’s Preparedness Add-on Pack.
Details & Registration: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/803227169
Making it Work! Using Depiction for Your Emergency Planning and Response
Date: November 19
Time: 1 PM – 2 PM Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
Host: Depiction, Inc.
Presenter: Capt. Kim Buike, Ret. & David Friedman, KE7GOY
Description: Amateur Radio Operators are invited to learn more details of how to employ Depiction before and during emergencies to enhance their planning and response capabilities.
Attend this webinar to:
- Understand the nuts-and-bolts of how to take Depiction from the opening screen to a full “depiction” file, useful for planning, exercises and disaster response,
- See in greater detail the features and uses of Depiction’s interactive elements,
- Learn the process of bringing in outside data: importing spreadsheets, adding and aligning maps, drawings and other imagery,
- Get other tips and tricks for getting the most out of Depiction,
Details: http://www.depiction.com/webinars/amateur-radio
- How and when to communicate with key audiences to ensure the survival of both your employees and your business
- What to say to prevent panic, limit business disruptions and keep operations running smoothly
Depiction and Amateur Radio Emcomm Overview
Date: December 3
Time: 1 PM – 2 PM Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
Host: Depiction, Inc.
Presenter: Capt. Kim Buike, Ret. & David Friedman, KE7GOY
Description: Amateur Radio Operators are invited to learn how to employ Depiction before and during emergencies to enhance their planning and response capabilities. David Friedman, KE7GOY, an Amateur Radio Operator and emergency response volunteer, and retired Navy Captain Kim Buike of Depiction, Inc., will demonstrate how Friedman used Depiction to coordinate rescue operations during 2008 winter floods in the Seattle area, as described in the November 2009 edition of QST magazine. They will also show how Amateur Radio Operators can use the latest version of the software to do the same.
- Geo-locate all physical assets and volunteers in “depictions” to track deployment locations,
- Integrate maps, elevation plots, weather data, “fly over” imagery, situation reports and any critical proprietary data into a single depiction that can be saved and re-used off line,
- Use Depiction’s live reporting features to enhance the communication of volunteer movements, resource status, damage assessments during a disaster.
- And much more…
Details: http://www.depiction.com/webinars/amateur-radio
- How and when to communicate with key audiences to ensure the survival of both your employees and your business
- What to say to prevent panic, limit business disruptions and keep operations running smoothly
ACF Tri-Regional Human Services and Disasters Virtual Leadership Forum
Date: 09/09/2009
Time: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
Host: Department of Health & Human Services
Presenter: View Agenda
Description: The Virtual Leadership Forum is a day long “on-line” event in response to the increasing demand for information about human services in disasters in the three hurricane impacted regions. The Forum is a unique opportunity for emergency management and human services leaders to discuss the delivery of human services during disasters, identify challenges as well as strategies and innovative approaches to address emerging issues. This event will build on the success of other ACF sponsored events that brought together the leadership of key emergency management and human service agencies and non-profit organizations. This virtual event is integral to promoting communications at the highest levels between governmental human services agencies, non-profit community based organizations, and the emergency management communities for effective responses during crisis events across the tri-regional area.
Details: http://www.midwin.org
- Collaborate in developing and vetting response plans for a variety of disaster scenarios,
- Maintain and Share situational awareness during the response phase,
- Accelerate damage assessment reports and data sharing,
- Submit shelter situation updates,
- Familiarize out-of-area volunteers with “the situation” before they deploy,
- And much more . . . Attend this free one-hour webinar, exclusively for Red Cross workers, to learn innovative ways to enhance the effectiveness of the work you do in preparing for and responding to disasters. Featuring powerful and inexpensive “What-if” mapping software called Depiction, this participatory webinar will show you new and efficient ways to:- Map and track key resources and assets: volunteers, vehicles, shelters, etc.,
- Collaborate in developing and vetting response plans for a variety of disaster scenarios,
- Maintain and Share situational awareness during the response phase,
- Accelerate damage assessment reports and data sharing,
- Submit shelter situation updates,
- Familiarize out-of-area volunteers with “the situation” before they deploy,
- And much more . . .
Disaster Planning & Response: Exclusive for Red Cross
Date: 09/16/2009
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Eastern Time
Cost: FREE for Red Cross staff & volunteers
Host: Depiction, Inc.
Presenter: Kim Buike, Captain, U.S. Navy (retired)
Description: Attend this free one-hour webinar, exclusively for Red Cross workers, to learn innovative ways to enhance the effectiveness of the work you do in preparing for and responding to disasters. Featuring powerful and inexpensive “What-if” mapping software called Depiction, this participatory webinar will show you new and efficient ways to:
- Map and track key resources and assets: volunteers, vehicles, shelters, etc.,
- Collaborate in developing and vetting response plans for a variety of disaster scenarios
- Maintain and Share situational awareness during the response phase,
- Accelerate damage assessment reports and data sharing,
- Submit shelter situation updates,
- Familiarize out-of-area volunteers with “the situation” before they deploy,
- And much more . . .
- Map and track key resources and assets: volunteers, vehicles, shelters, etc.,
- Collaborate in developing and vetting response plans for a variety of disaster scenarios,
- Maintain and Share situational awareness during the response phase,
- Accelerate damage assessment reports and data sharing,
- Submit shelter situation updates,
- Familiarize out-of-area volunteers with “the situation” before they deploy,
- And much more . . .
- Map and track key resources and assets: volunteers, vehicles, shelters, etc.,
- Collaborate in developing and vetting response plans for a variety of disaster scenarios,
- Maintain and Share situational awareness during the response phase,
- Accelerate damage assessment reports and data sharing,
- Submit shelter situation updates,
- Familiarize out-of-area volunteers with “the situation” before they deploy,
- And much more . . .
