TRB Webinar: Emergency and Disaster Preparedness: Cooperation and Coordination for Effective Response

TRB conducted a webinar on June 18, 2014, from 2:00pm to 3:30pm ET that summarized cooperation and coordination among airport and emergency management leaders, including the utilization of Airport Community Emergency Response Teams (A-CERTS). This webinar provided 1.5 Continuing Education Units for Accredited Airport Executives.

Airports frequently cooperate with local emergency management agencies in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters. Cooperation during emergencies yields many positive outcomes, but also presents complex challenges, as a wide array of personnel and materiel must be carefully orchestrated under uncertain conditions. Click here to view the recorded webinar.


Webinar Presenters

• Donald Griffith, Innovative Emergency Management, Inc.
• Marc Duncan, Innovative Emergency Management, Inc.
• James F. Smith, Smith-Woolwine Associates

Moderated by: Paul Friedman, Federal Aviation Administration


Webinar Outline

• PART 1: ACRP Report 95: Integrating Community Emergency Response Teams (A-CERTS) at Airports
  • Developing A-CERT guides
  • Establishing and/or using existing A-CERT volunteers during emergencies and planned events
  • A-CERT usage, implementation, training, and management
• PART 2: ACRP Synthesis 50: Effective Cooperation Among Airports and Local and Regional Emergency Management Agencies for Disaster Preparedness and Response
  • Essential elements of successful management practices
  • Checklist for developing and sustaining effective relationships
  • Methods for fixing broken or ineffective relationships
• PART 3: Question and answer session

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.


Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Define A-CERT and discuss how can it be used;
• Describe how to build and sustain effective partnerships among airport and emergency management leaders; and
• Summarize how to investigate possible metrics for effective partnerships.

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Registration Information
This webinar is sponsored by the Airport Cooperative Research Program. There is no fee to attend this webinar.


Continuing Education Units for Accredited Airport Executives
The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) is making 1.5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) available for A.A.E. If you are an A.A.E. and would like to apply for CEUs for this webinar, visit www.aaae.org/ceu. For questions about A.A.E. continuing education units, please contact accreditation@aaae.org.


Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu.