Conference Introduction

Conference Transcripts,
Presentations, and Notes

Page Contents
(click on bookmark to go to section)

General Session Transcripts
General Session Presentations
Concurrent Session Presentations
Regional Notes
State and Region Afternoon Session Transcripts

1. General Session Transcripts
(all files are in Adobe Reader format with bookmarks for each part of the daily session)

Day 1, Wednesday, June 28, 2006 (PDF/ 211 KB)

Day 2, Thursday, June 29, 2006 (PDF/ 176 KB)

Day 3, Friday, June 30, 2006 (PDF/ 444 KB)

2. General Session Presentations

Topic A:
“Data Resources for Emergency Planners and Responders”

Discussants:

Vince A. Campbell, PhD, Associate Director for Science Division of Human Development and Disabilities, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Alexandra Enders, Senior Research Associate/Policy Analyst, Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities, University of Montana
Abstract

Presentation - Vince A. Campbell, PhD (PDF/6 MB)
Presentation - Alexandra Enders (PDF/9 MB)

Topic B:
“Planning Tools You Can Use To Meet The Needs of People With Disabilities in An Emergency: What To Do, What Not To Do, and What Difference Does It Make?"

Discussant:

Anthony Cahill, PhD., Senior Research Scientist and Director of the Division of Disability and Health Policy in the Center for Development and Disability at the University of New Mexico's School of Medicine
Abstract

Presentation (PDF/221 KB)

Topic C:
“Evacuation: Why Don’t (or Can’t) People Leave?”

Discussant:

Dr. Brenda Phillips, Professor, Department of Political Science, Fire & Emergency Management Program, Oklahoma State University
Abstract

Presentation (PDF/918 KB)

Topic D:
Florida's Approach to Sheltering

Discussants:

Karen M. Eaton, Director of the Office of Public Health Nursing, Florida State Department of Health

Rhonda White, M.B.A., Director, Office of Public Health Preparedness, Florida State Department of Health
Abstract

Presentation (PDF/792 KB)

Topic E:
Coordination/Restoration of Services

Discussants:

Dante L. Gliniecki, Statewide Volunteer Coordinator, Missouri State Emergency Management Agency

June Isaacson Kailes, Associate Director, Center for Disability Issues and the Health Professions Western University of Health Sciences, Ponoma California
Abstract

Presentation - Dante L. Gliniecki (PDF/2.5 MB)
Presentation - June Isaacson Kailes (PDF/7.4 MB)

Topic F1:
Medications and Durable Medical
Equipment for Emergency Planners

Discussant:

Steven Christianson, DO, MM, Medical Director VNS HomeCare/ VNS CHOICE, New York, New York
Abstract

Presentation (PDF/128 KB)

Topic F2:
“Accessible Housing: The Lynchpin to Disaster Recovery”

Discussant:

Curtis L. Decker, JD, Executive Director, National Disability Rights Network
Abstract

Presentation (PDF/833 KB)

3. Concurrent Session Presentations

Concurrent Afternoon Session, June 28, 2006:
Persons with Special Needs

Discussants:
- Margaret Giannini, M.D., F.A.A.P., Director , US Department of Health and Human Services Office on Disability
- Carol Ann Baker, Program Analyst, US Department of Health and Human Services Office on Disability
Presentation (PDF/42 KB)

4. Regional Notes (attachment 1 of the Conference Report)

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FEMA Region	Day 1: Preparedness	Day 2: Response	Day 3: Recovery
Region I
Region II
Region III
Region IV
Region V
Region VI
Region VII
Region VIII
Region IX
Region X

FEMA Regions

Region I:	Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts
Region II:	New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Region III:	District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia
Region IV:	Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee
Region V:	Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin
Region VI:	Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas
Region VII:	Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri
Region VIII:	Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming
Region IX:	Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia
Region X:	Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington

5. State and Region Afternoon Session Transcripts
(attachment 2 of the Conference Report)

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FEMA Region	Day 1: Preparedness	Day 2: Response	Day 3: Recovery
Region I
Region II
Region III
Region IV
Region V
Region VI		(2 parts)
Region VII
Region VIII
Region IX
Region X

FEMA Regions

Region I:	Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts
Region II:	New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Region III:	District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia
Region IV:	Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee
Region V:	Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin
Region VI:	Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas
Region VII:	Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri
Region VIII:	Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming
Region IX:	Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia
Region X:	Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington