| Disater Planning, Response, Post-Emergency & Recovery Events Upcoming National & International Events and Conferences Horse Review Home Page September 7-11, 1998: UN International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) Conference on Early Warning Systems for the Reduction of Natural Disasters (EWC98) - Potsdam, Germany. To contact for further information, send email to: ewc98@gfz-potsdam.de or visit: http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/ewc98 September 9-11, 1998: Post-Emergency Response Issues
Conference - Washington DC; sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Contact by email: EPAConference@scicomm.com. September 12-15, 1998: Fire-Rescue International '98 - Louisville, KY; sponsored by the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). Contact: IAFC (prodevelopment@iafc.org) or visit: http://www.iafc.org September 13-16, 1998: Tenth International Disaster
Recovery Symposium and Exhibition, Orlando, FL. Sponsored by the Disaster Recovery
Journal and the Disaster Recovery Institute International. Contact (314) 894-0276 or http://www.drj.com for details. September 14-17, 1998: American Public Works Association
(APWA) Annual September 14-18, 1998: 19th Conference on Severe Local
Storms in Minneapolis, MN includes a panel on "Communicating Information About
Hazardous Weather." Sponsor: American Meteorological Society. For more information,
contact: Harold E. September 16-18, 1998: Floodplain Management Association (FMA) Fall Conference: "After the Storm" in Sacramento, California. For more information, contact Northern California FMA at: 4145 Maybell Way, Palo Alto, CA; 94306. Phone: (650) 493-7198; or Southern California FMA at: P.O.Box 2972; Mission Viejo, CA 92692. Phone: (714) 766-8112; or visit website at: http://floodplain.org. September 18-20, 1998: The 1998 Terrorism Responders
Conference in Boise, ID is sponsored by: Ada County (Idaho) Sheriff's Office, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, and others. For more information, contact: Idaho Emergency
Services Training, Division of Vocational Education, 650 West State Street, Boise, ID
83720; (208) 334-3216; or October 8-10, 1998: NVFC Fall Meeting, Warwick, Rhode Island; 1-888-ASK-NVFC (275-6832). October 26-27, 1998: Partnerships & Participation in
Telecommunications for Rural Development: Exploring What Works and Why - University of
Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The conference focuses on telecommunications for
participatory rural development. It looks at how lessons-learned in Canada might be
applied by people in other countries, and how lessons learned in other countries might be
applied in Canada. November 6-8, 1998: North East Fire & Emergency Services Expo - Atlantic City Convention Center; Call (732)739-5395. December 9-11, 1998: Fourth Annual Government, Business & Education Technology Conference and Exposition (GBET) - The Los Angeles conference opens with an earthquake response and recovery simulation. The purpose of the simulation is to show how technology tools can aid in the response and recovery of a disaster. The response to the simulated earthquake will closely resemble the community-wide communication efforts necessary after an actual disaster. Please call 1-800-474-3976 or visit the Web site http://www.gbet.com. May 24-29, 1999: CAMEO99 - Crowne Plaza Phoenix Downtown, Phoenix AZ. Sponsored by EPA CEPPO, NOAA HAZMAT, AZSERC; see web site: http://www.nrt.org/nrt/cameo.nsf Back to Horse Review Home Page |