Disaster Ready Conference Prepares Emergency Workers for
Collaboration During a Disaster

Local, regional and national emergency responders will join together to attend the two-day Disaster Ready Conference on August 25 – 26 at the Hyatt Regency Orange County in Garden Grove. This information-packed conference will stress that during a local disaster, each nurse, paramedic, law enforcement officer, firefighter, public works staff, public health worker, behavioral health specialist, emergency manager, city, county and state emergency planner contributes to the emergency response puzzle.

Speakers at the conference presented by the Orange County Health Care Agency will include Ed Buikema, Director, Response Division, Emergency Preparedness and Response Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency; Dennis Miletti, Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado at Boulder and “Disaster by Design” author; and Erroll Southers, Deputy Director, Office of Homeland Security, Office of Governor Arnold Schwarzenneger.

Joining the speakers at the conference are Congressman Edward Royce, Congressman Daryl Issa, Orange County Sheriff Michael Carona, City of Garden Grove Mayor Bill Dalton, and Orange County Fire Authority Chief Chip Prather.

Complete information about the conference and registration is available at www.ocready.com/disasterreadyconf.

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