Coordinating Emergency Response: Lessons From the 2017 Hurricane Season

Date/Time: Thursday, October 12, 2017, 1:00 PM (ET)/10:00 AM (PT)
Speaker:
Richard Serino, former Deputy Administrator of FEMA

The 2017 Hurricane season has set records for rainfall and sustained winds. Government agencies, private companies, healthcare organizations, and the general public each had a role to play in safety and recovery during these severe weather emergencies. Communication and coordination were the key to emergency response.

Richard Serino, former Deputy Administrator of FEMA, and Distinguished Visiting of Fellow National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard University, explores lessons you can learn from recent hurricane response as he presents Coordinating Emergency Response: Lessons from the 2017 Hurricane Season.

This webinar will feature:

  • Response to Harvey, Irma, and other major incidents

  • How and why did the response work

  • What are the challenges as we move to recovery

  • A live Q&A

Attend Coordinating Emergency Response: Lessons from the 2017 Hurricane Season on October 12th at 1 PM Eastern!

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Richard Serino has provided extensive leadership on emergency management, emergency medical and homeland security at local, state, federal and international levels. Mr. Serino is currently a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, National Preparedness Leadership Initiative and a Senior Advisor at MIT’s Urban Risk Lab.

Serino was appointed by President Obama as the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s 8th Deputy Administrator in October 2009 and served until 2014. In this role, he also served as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the agency with more than $25 billion budget.