MAE Center Supports Tennessee Emergency Management Workshop
The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency held its Earthquake Planning workshop in Memphis, Tennessee, March 17 to 19, 2008. In attendance from the MAE Center were Tim Gress, MAE Center Managing Director, and Lisa Cleveland, Technical Manager for the Center earthquake loss modeling efforts for the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) Catastrophic Planning Project. The Tennessee workshop is one in a series of numerous earthquake response planning workshops in the eight (NMSZ) states. The MAE Center, in conjunction with The George Washington University Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management, provide the earthquake impact assessments that help workshop attendees devise response plans and conduct gap analyses.
The purpose of the workshop was to bring local, county and state planners together along with representatives from local industries, utility providers and transportation agencies, and discuss possible response efforts, coordination of services and identify gaps in resources required to respond to a catastrophic earthquake. Numerous breakout sessions were held to focus on specific facets of earthquake response and recovery. Facilitators from Innovative Emergency Management (IEM) led breakout sessions covering public safety and security response, disaster care management, economic and community recovery, fire protection, critical resource logistics and distribution, restoration of lifelines, hazardous materials, and family reunification and focused the discussions of attendees. The workshop concluded with presentations from each breakout session which summarized the discussions that took place. The resource and service gaps identified at this workshop, and other NMSZ state workshops, will become critical planning tools for a series of workshops in Fall 2008 for the FEMA regions that comprise the NMSZ.
The purpose of the workshop was to bring local, county and state planners together along with representatives from local industries, utility providers and transportation agencies, and discuss possible response efforts, coordination of services and identify gaps in resources required to respond to a catastrophic earthquake. Numerous breakout sessions were held to focus on specific facets of earthquake response and recovery. Facilitators from Innovative Emergency Management (IEM) led breakout sessions covering public safety and security response, disaster care management, economic and community recovery, fire protection, critical resource logistics and distribution, restoration of lifelines, hazardous materials, and family reunification and focused the discussions of attendees. The workshop concluded with presentations from each breakout session which summarized the discussions that took place. The resource and service gaps identified at this workshop, and other NMSZ state workshops, will become critical planning tools for a series of workshops in Fall 2008 for the FEMA regions that comprise the NMSZ.
