Partnerships in Emergency Preparedness Workshop

Partnerships in Emergency Preparedness: A Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Preparedness workshop is designed to engage the Homeland Security stakeholders, including the private sector, governmental agencies, and non-profit groups such as non-governmental organizations and faith-based groups in a strategic partnership to develop a national culture of preparedness.

The workshop will focus on equipping DHS/FEMA/DOD partners in emergency preparedness with the resources, knowledge, training, and skills necessary to respond to and recover from all threats, hazards, and adverse incidents.

The workshop will highlight topics such as Integration of Government and Non-Government Organizations, FBCI State and National Best Practices, Government Funding and Donations Assistance, and Security for Faith-Based Organizations, followed by various roundtable breakout discussions.

Keynote guests include:

• Bill Flynn, Director of Protective Security Coordination Division, DHS Office of Infrastructure
  Protection (Invited)
• Dr. John Kim Cook, Director for DHS Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
• Dr. Duane C. Caneva, MC, USN, White House Homeland Security Council (Invited)
• Colonel Thomas Vail, Chaplain for NORAD-USNORTHCOM
• Pete Hull, DHS Science & Technology Security Institute

Registration for the workshop has closed. To see if an opening may be available, contact Georgia Nelson at 817-608-2371.