BUILDING A COMMUNITY RESPONSE!
Are we prepared for the next disaster?
MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2006
1:00 P.M. ? 4:30 P.M.
COLUMBUS PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Synovus, CB&T Room
3000 Macon Road
1:00 ? 1:15 Welcome
Guy Sims, President, United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley
1:15 ? 1:45 Georgia?s 2006 Hurricane Disaster Plan ? Chris Walsh, Hurricane
Program Manager, GEMA
1:45 ? 2:15 The Potential for an Avian Influenza Pandemic ? James R. Cope, MPH,
Epidemiologist, Georgia Division of Public Health, Influenza
Surveillance
Coordinator
2:15 ? 2:30 Question and Answers for Guests
2:30 ? 3:50 Reports from Local Disaster Response Organizations (20 minutes
each)
Sharon Lyon, Executive Director, American Red Cross, West Central GA
Eileen Usman, RN, MSN, ICNC, West Central Health District Epidemiologist
Bobby Dutton, Director, Columbus Office of Homeland Security
Danny L. Trudell, Chief, Plans Branch, Fort Benning, Georgia
3:50 ? 4:00 Introduction of the Chattahoochee Valley Disaster Recovery Resource
Guide ? Linda Hyles, Director, Community Initiatives, United Way of the
Chattahoochee Valley
4:00 ? 4:15 Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley ? Betsy
Covington, Executive Director
4:15 ? 4:30 Questions and Answers for Full Panel
Space is limited to 125
Please RSVP by August 24, 2006 to (706) 317-1879
or email response to lhyles@unitedwayofthecv.org
If for some reason you cannot attend, please send someone in your place to
bring back this important information for you and your colleagues.
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