“Emergency Preparedness”

Presentation Slides

About this training: This webinar training will help community health center professionals learn about Emergency Management and how to best prepare for disaster response.

• Enhancing Community Disaster Preparedness and Response
• Emergency Management Program (EMP) Expectations – For All Agencies
• Four Stages of Disaster Planning
• National Incident Management System (NIMS)
• National Center for Disaster Medical Response (NCDMR)

Presenter: David Wallace, DVM, has 25 years of experience in Public Health, Emergency Preparedness, and Disaster Response. Trained as a Veterinarian, Dr. Wallace joined the USAF in 1987 as a Public Health, Readiness and Mobility Officer, after five years of active duty moved to the Mobile County Health Department in 1992 and served as the Emergency Preparedness Coordinator. In 2003 Dr. Wallace became the Director of Preparedness Training, Center for Strategic Health Innovation at the University of South Alabama. The Advanced Regional Response Training Center (ARRTC) has been extremely successful, training over 7,000 healthcare professionals in the state of Alabama. The department’s programs have received state, regional, national and international recognition, and have recently been awarded/renamed the National Center for Disaster Medical Response (NCDMR).