Coastal Bend Hurricane Conference May 3 & 4, 2017 Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds 1213 Terry Shamsie Blvd., Robstown TX Detailed Conference Activity Schedule Wednesday, May 3 Conference Day One 7:30 Doors Open / Participant Check-In / Exhibition Hall Open 9:00 9:25 Welcome & Opening Ceremony 9:25 9:55 State Update Chief Nim Kidd, Texas Division of The top State Official provides an update on the hot topics around the state related to emergency management and hurricane preparedness. 9:55 10:15 It s All About Relationships Address 10:15 10:45 Joseph J. Leonard, Jr., Global Preparedness & Crisis Management- Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health Active and engaged relationships are critical in today s all-threat/ all-hazards environment. Having effective relationships established before an incident occurs can lead to a more effective response. This session outlines effective ways to build and sustain successful interagency relationships that will facilitate long-term interoperability amongst all stakeholders. Break / Exhibition Area Open 10:45 11:05 Preparing for the 2017 Hurricane Season John Metz, Warning Coordination Meteorologist- National Service It's been 47 years since the last direct strike of a major hurricane in the Coastal Bend. Learn about these deadly storms, the hazards they present, the new forecast tools that will be coming in 2017, and how to be better prepared.
10:50 11:30 The Life of Corpus Christi Native, Dr. Robert Simpson Dr. Joseph Pelissier, Retired- National Service/National Hurricane Center From his 1912 birth in Corpus Christi and his harrowing childhood ordeal in the 1919 hurricane, Dr. Robert Simpson led a remarkable life until his death in 2014 at 102. He probably contributed more than anyone to observing, predicting, and warning of hurricanes. 11:30 12:30 Lunch (Provided) 12:30 1:30 Break Out Session One Regional Breakout Health Care System Preparations Understanding Storm Surge Risk When a Storm Approaches Surviving Hurricane Matthew: Hospital Crisis Management Working with Children Who Have Experienced a Traumatic Event Disaster Planning, Business Continuity Preparations for your Information Systems Individual Assistance, Preliminary Damage Assessment Public Works Response Team Making the Most Out of Your Exercises in an Austere Budget Environment 1:30 2:00 Break / NWS Briefing- Be a part of a live Hurricane Briefing 2:00 3:00 Break Out Session Two Regional Breakout Mass Care- Get Ready! Stay Ready! It Aint Just About the Water: Understanding/Surviving Hurricane Winds Public Safety & Emergency Mgmt. Disaster Sheltering for General Population and First Responders Public Safety & Emergency Mgmt. U.S. Coast Guard Severe Response Actions Public Safety & Emergency Mgmt. TEXSAR: Texas Search and Rescue. Texans Helping Texans 3:00 3:30 Break 3:30 4:30 Break Out Session Three Regional Breakout Disaster Behavioral Health: Why it Matters Tech Up, South Texas! Taking Flight with Geospatial Development of a Multi-Jurisdictional Floodplain Management Plan Evacuation & State Sponsored Hurricane Exercises Interpreting Hurricane Forecasts in Real Time
Reaching Out: Tips on How to Prepare/Educate/Include the AFN Public Safety & Emergency Mgmt. Community and How it Helps Responders. Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) & Community Public Safety & Emergency Mgmt. Chemical Safety and Rights to Know Public Safety & Emergency Mgmt. Texas Assistance Team (TEMAT) How Do I Tell Them He Died? GIS and Drones within the Common Operational Picture for Disaster Response Hazard Mitigation Project Applications: The Do's and Don'ts 4:30 5:00 Exhibitor Demonstrations (Exhibition Hall Closes at 5 PM) Thursday, May 4 Conference Day Two 7:30 8:30 Doors Open / Participant Check-In 8:30 9:30 Break Out Session Four Community Breakout 9:30 10:00 Break 10:00 11:00 Break Out Session Five Community Breakout Maritime Transportation- Disaster Economics Home and Business Preparation Before a Hurricane Strikes Ensuring Your Property: Changes to the Windstorm Certification Requirements Immunizations After a Disaster Applying GIS and Leveraging Local Resources US Army Corps of Engineers, Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Feasibility Study Community Roundtable- Prelandfall Preparation Flash Flood: Understand the Risk, Receive the Warning, and Respond to Protect Life and Property Public Safety & Emergency Mgmt. "It Will Never Happen Here": Active Shooter One Century Later: What We Didn t Learn from the Worst Biologic Disaster in History. Coastal Bend Coordination & Alert Network (CBCAN) Regional Implementation Updates Damage Assessment Photography by the Texas Civil Air Patrol
11:00 11:30 Break 11:30 12:30 Break Out Session Six Community Breakout Community Roundtable- Postlandfall Response & Severe Storm Spotter Training: How to Identify and Report Severe Storms in Real Time Accounting for a Disaster/Emergency: What Do I Track and How Do I Track It? Overview of Disaster Case Management An Update on the State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry (STEAR) Relative Sea Level Rise & Downtown Corpus Christi: Past, Present, & Future 12:30 1:30 Lunch (Provided) 1:30 5:00 Table Top Exercise (All regional partners welcome, conference registration not required) 1:30-2:00 Introduction Exercise Breakout Sessions Texas Emergency Tracking Network (ETN)- Sam Miller 2:00-4:30 An Introduction To Web-GIS- Michael Beavers 4:30-5:00 Hot Wash/ Closing Comments
Session Descriptions: All sessions are subject to change. Regional Breakout Health Care System Preparations Mass Care- Get Ready! Stay Ready! Evacuation & State Sponsored Hurricane Exercises Maritime Transportation- Disaster Economics Community Roundtable- Prelandfall Preparations Community Roundtable- Postlandfall Response & Understanding Storm Surge Risk When a Storm Approaches It Aint Just About the Water: Understanding & Surviving Hurricane Winds Various health & medical professionals discuss local initiatives, plan updates and answers to your burning questions about issues related to hurricane planning for health and medical facilities and service providers. This presentation shares the latest plans for mass evacuation from coastal jurisdictions, sheltering hubs and meeting basic mass care needs. From the small community with a localized disaster to the state of Texas needing to move the masses into other states, it pays to get ready and stay ready! Various state officials discuss regional evacuations and state sponsored hurricane exercise initiatives, lessons learned and future plans. The Port of Corpus Christi is responsible for over 76,000 direct and indirect jobs and $350 million in state and local tax revenues. When the Port gets hits by disaster, we are all impacted. Hear from industry representatives about the impact of disasters on local operations and key elements necessary for its successful recovery. Various local emergency management officials discuss local initiatives, plan updates and answers to your burning questions about local issues related to prelandfall hurricane preparations. Various local emergency management officials discuss local initiatives, plan updates and answers to your questions about local postlandfall hurricane response and recovery issues. Storm surge is the deadliest hazard associated with hurricanes. This workshop will teach you how to assess the broad storm surge risk in your area and more specific risk during a real hurricane landfall. Most hurricane safety communications focus on storm surge. Interestingly, most of the damage in Corpus Christi's greatest hurricane disaster CELIA of 1970 was caused by wind, not water. The presenter will focus on this danger and offer practical information and advice by drawing on his experiences as the world's top hurricane chaser. Hilary Watt, Executive Director- Coastal Bend Regional Advisory Council (Panel) Larry Shine, State Mass Care Coordinator-Texas Division of Brandi Ashby-Fisher, District Coordinator- Texas Division of Danielle Hale, Manager of - Port of Corpus Christi Authority (Panel) Various City/County Coordinators (Panel) Various City/County Coordinators (Panel) Mike Buchanan, Science and Operations Office- National Service Josh Morgerman, Stormchaser- icyclone
Interpreting Hurricane Forecasts in Real Time Home and Business Preparation Before a Hurricane Strikes Flash Flood: Understand the Risk, Receive the Warning, and Respond to Protect Life and Property Severe Storm Spotter Training: How to Identify and Report Severe Storms in Real Time Public Safety & Disaster Sheltering for General Population and First Responders U.S. Coast Guard Severe Response Actions TEXSAR: Texas Search and Rescue. Texans Helping Texans There are many hurricane forecast products that become available from the National Service during a hurricane event. This session will teach you how to interpret these products so you can then make the appropriate decisions to protect life and property. It's been 9 years since you last boarded up your home and gathered supplies when hurricane Ike threatened Texas. Learn how to properly secure your home and business against the damaging effects of a hurricane. Flash floods are the deadliest weather hazards. In this workshop you will learn how flash floods occur, learn the mechanics of flash flood fatalities, and examine tools for receiving alerts and staying safe. Mainstream river flooding during tropical events will also be discussed. Severe storms can occur any time of the year. Learn how to become a storm spotter who can identify clouds that are associated with severe weather and report them to the National Service for timely public reporting. The San Antonio FD will share promising practices, problems encountered, and lessons learned for disaster sheltering. This session will detail how your jurisdiction can set up emergency sheltering and a sheltering program. The presenter will explain building acquisition, shelter management, and the overall sheltering process. This session will give the audience an understanding of the actions the Coast Guard will take pre-landfall of a hurricane. Additionally, presenters will discuss post-storm responses to hazards and search and rescue. The effects and assessments of the waterway and waterway users will also be discussed. In the event of an incident, it is critical that Texans help out fellow Texans. This session will discuss Texas Search and Rescue and will provide information about the services and capabilities that it can offer to your department. John Metz, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, National Service John Metz, Warning Coordination Meteorologist- National Service Christina Barron, Meteorologist- National Service Todd Beal, Senior Forecaster- National Service Captain Glenn Dempsey- San Antonio Fire Department LCDR Russell Pickering, Chief of Waterways Management - U.S. Coast Guard Justen R. Noakes, CEO- TEXSAR
Reaching Out: Tips on How to Prepare/ Educate/ Include the AFN Community & How it Helps Responders. Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) & Community Chemical Safety and Rights to Know Texas Emergency Management Assistance Team (TEMAT) "It Will Never Happen Here": Active Shooter Surviving Hurricane Matthew: Hospital Crisis Management to Loss of Power, Water, and Access Routes to Facility Working with Children Who Have Experienced a Traumatic Event: Best Practices, Tips, and Reminders Disaster Behavioral Health: Why it Matters Educating individuals who are Disabled/Elderly/English as a second language & transportation deprived on how to prepare for disaster can not only save their lives, but also help responders. How to reach out with successful outreach in your community now, before disaster strikes. There has been increased attention by the media on chemical releases, spills, and risks in Texas. This increase in coverage requires that everyone involved at all in the chemical community must be knowledgeable and on the same page about the citizens' right to know. The goal of this session is to get everyone around the same table for discussion. The Texas Assistance Team is the forward response team that provides subject matter experts for Emergency Operations Centers and/or Disaster Districts during disasters or large scale incidents. This session will further discuss the capabilities and utilization of this resource for your future needs. Complacency, false sense of security, and cutting procedural corners are just three little things that can determine whether you go home tonight or to the morgue. Hear the many lessons learned and learn from places who thought an active shooter would never happen to them. This session will detail how a hospital facility and healthcare organization survived Hurricane Matthew. Hear firsthand what was done to sustain healthcare capabilities both during and after the hurricane with loss of power, water, and facility access for 96 hours. Children often react, respond, and cope differently than adults do to a traumatic event. This session will highlight useful best practices, tips, and reminders to utilize when working with children who have experienced such an event. Disaster Behavioral Health (DBH) staff play a vital role before, during, and after a disaster contributing to the resiliency of both individuals and their communities. This training will provide an overview of disaster preparedness, response, and recovery from a behavioral health perspective. Deborah Nowinski, AFN Advisor/Contract- Galveston County Office of Emergency Management Dr. Denise Chatam Walker, Chief Emergency Management Officer- Lone Star College System Russell Marshall, TEMAT Coordinator- Texas Department of Public Safety/Texas Division of Tim McIntosh, Chief of EMS- Port Aransas EMS Craig S. Kuhl, Manager, - Southeastern Health, South Carolina Nancy C. Preston, Director of Counseling Services- Temple Independent School District Jennifer Reid, Disaster Response Coordinator- HHSC Disaster Behavioral Health Services
How Do I Tell Them He Died? Immunizations After a Disaster One Century Later: What We Didn t Learn from the Worst Biologic Disaster in History. An Update on the State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry (STEAR) Disaster Planning, Business Continuity Preparations for YOUR Information Systems Tech Up, South Texas! Taking Flight with Geospatial Responders in disaster situations need relevant and effective tools for delivery of death information to survivors. This session will discuss techniques and offer insights into grief responses thus enabling responders to accommodate as needed. Job satisfaction and retention of responders has shown to improve with confidence and skill in this difficult task. The post-disaster rapid displacement and dense living conditions create an environment for communicable diseases to spread. This workshop will discuss the top vaccine preventable diseases to be concerned about, how to decide which persons to immunize, and what immunizations are necessary for disaster workers and volunteers. A naïve population, a novel biologic agent, and a short supply of critical resources, will force our healthcare system to make difficult decisions on the best chance for survival. This session will discuss lessons learned from limited actions in the historical record to sustain vital functions of society and maintain the health of communities. Learn how Coastal Bend counties and cities can receive information about residents who have registered their needs for assistance in STEAR. The information is useful for both planning and response. New web services permit online editing of STEAR records by local data custodians. Post-disaster is too late to determine what you have lost, or how to reestablish your cyber infrastructure. This presentation will help organizations document current "normal operations", the critical infrastructure devices, hardware, and software necessary to provide a sound Business Continuity plan, and testing and implementing a Disaster Plan. Join a panel discussion on the Geospatial program at Del Mar College to include drone use and remote sensing in infrastructure assessment and emergency services. The session includes continuing education and professional development opportunities. Janene Council Jeffery, Associate Professor- Texas State University - St. David's School of Nursing Madeline Renz, Public Health Prevention Specialist, Adult and adolescent immunization Specialist - Department of State Health Services Dr. Mitchell R Moriber, Chairman- Catastrophic Guidelines and Triage Committee; Taylor County Local Emergency Planning Committee (Panel) Dr. Gordon Wells, Program Manager- UT Center for Space Research Dr. David A. Abarca, Associate Professor and Networking and Information Security Program Director- Del Mar College John J Nelson, GISC Faculty, GIS Anallyst, Project Director, Research Associate- Del Mar College GIS-UAS Program
GIS and Drones within the Common Operational Picture for Disaster Response Applying GIS and Leveraging Local Resource Coastal Bend Coordination & Alert Network (CBCAN) Regional Implementation Updates Making the Most Out of Your Exercises in an Austere Budget Environment Development of a Multi- Jurisdictional Floodplain Management Plan Hazard Mitigation Project Applications: The Do's and Don'ts Combining pre-existing disaster planning maps and the ability to collect and present field damage assessment data in real time is a powerful incident management technique. This session focuses on the use of GIS as a Common Operating Picture for disaster planning and response through a case study of the 2015 Memorial Day Weekend Flash Flood in Wimberley, TX. The Coastal Bend GIS User Group would like to provide an overview of the organization and how it is bridging the GIS gaps around the Coastal Bend. The session will also allow time for individuals and organizations to ask about their possible projects and needs to the GIS community. Local agencies have access to a variety of tools and technology through the CBCAN such as ID/Credentialing, Responder Reentry, Access Control, Mass Notification and Volunteer/Donations Management. These tools are currently successfully deployed throughout the region and may cost little to nothing to participate. This session will highlight some of the current uses of CBCAN. Exercises are a key component of preparedness and are the principle way to gauge an organization s capabilities and overall readiness while validating their plans. However, exercises can be a challenge for planners in an austere budget environment. This session will discuss how this challenge can be easily overcome by a dedicated interagency planning team backed by management. The coastal community of Aransas County and its municipalities Rockport, Fulton, and Aransas Pass face a common hazard of flooding. Through the Texas Sea Grant and Mission-Aransas Reserve, learn how these communities worked together to develop and coordinate a multi-jurisdictional floodplain management plan. This workshop will explain the 4 top actions to ensure your best chance at getting approved for Federal Hazard Mitigation Project funding, while avoiding the 4 worst application errors that can ruin an application's chances. Devon Humphrey, CEO- Waypoint Mapping Sara Williams, President- Coastal Bend GIS User Group (Panel) Joe Abrams, Sector Coordinator- The Alliance for Community Solutions (Panel) Joseph J. Leonard, Jr., Senior Consultant, Global Preparedness & Crisis Management- Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health Amanda Torres, Community Planner- City of Rockport (Panel) Patrick Kelley, Texas State Hazard Mitigation Section Grant Coordinator-Texas Division of Emergency Management
US Army Corps of Engineers, Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Feasibility Study Relative Sea Level Rise & Downtown Corpus Christi: Past, Present, & Future Individual Assistance, Preliminary Damage Assessment Public Works Response Team Ensuring Your Property: Changes to the Windstorm Certification Requirements Damage Assessment Photography by the Texas Civil Air Patrol This study identifies critical data needs and recommends a comprehensive strategy for reducing coastal storm flood risk through the utilization of natural features. ER alternatives that will be considered include estuarine marsh restoration, beach and dune restoration, rookery island restoration, oyster reef restoration, and seagrass bed restoration. Relative sea level rise has required adaptations in the Coastal Bend. Session speakers will share examples, data, and projections as well as discuss the need for adaptive infrastructure to withstand storms, flooding, and relative sea rising. How bad is bad? This workshop will engage participants in the damage assessment process for the local jurisdictional level as well as discuss damage categories according to current standards set by the federal government. Participants will also learn what information is needed to complete a Disaster Summary Outline (DSO) for Individual Assistance. The Public Works Response Team (PWRT) supports local jurisdictions in their response to catastrophic events by providing critical public works services as needed to facilitate recovery. This session will provide an overview of the PWRT to include its mission, membership information, and its role in an incident. 2015 legislation created a new two-path system to certify structure compliance with applicable windstorm building code requirements. Effective January 1, 2017, a person may now apply to TWIA for a certificate of compliance for completed improvements. TDI and TWIA will jointly present information about the new windstorm certification requirements and process. Learn how the Civil Air Patrol collects aerial photographs following destructive weather events. These photos capture the distribution, magnitude, and style of damage over large areas and can be used to determine impacts to public infrastructure, commercial properties, and residences. Eduardo Irigoyen, Project Manager- US Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District Philippe Tissot, Associate Director and Research Scientist- Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (Panel) Mark Shipman, Individual Households Coordinator- Texas Department of Public Safety/Texas Division of Quenya Evans, Response Team Coordinator- Texas Department of Public Safety/Texas Division of Erin Espinoza, Senior Underwriting Manager- Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (Panel) Dr. Gordon Wells, Program Manager- UT Center for Space Research
Accounting for a Disaster/Emergency: What Do I Track and How Do I Track It? Overview of Disaster Case Management This session is designed to give local jurisdictions the financial tools needed to recover from a disaster. Come learn about these tools before a disaster occurs in an environment that facilitates communication between disaster responders and financial managers. This session provides an overview of what disaster case management is and the different programs that are available after a Presidential disaster declaration. Communities can then utilize these concepts in non-declared disaster events. Shari A. Ramirez-MacKay, State Coordinator- Texas Department of Public Safety/Texas Division of Carol Greenslate, DCM Training Specialist- Texas Health and Human Services Commission The Coastal Bend Hurricane Conference is co-sponsored by the Coastal Bend Association and Nueces County. Our goal is to provide a quality education and networking opportunity that is not cost prohibitive. We cannot thank our community sponsors enough! These very important financial contributions help keep the cost for each attendee reasonable. If you or your organization cannot attend this conference due to the required conference fee, please email us to be considered for a scholarship. Persons with disabilities who plan to attend the conference, and who may need assistance, services or auxiliary aids, should contact us by April 26, 2017, so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Conference Planning Committee Contact Information Email: CBHurricaneConference@gmail.com or Phone: 361-888-0513