FEMA'S NEXT THINK TANK CONFERENCE CALL - TOPIC: EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, HEALTHCARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH: INCREASING COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION - June 28, 2012

Please join Richard Serino, Deputy Administrator of FEMA, and Dr. Nicole Lurie, the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as they host the next FEMA Think Tank conference call on June 28, 2012, from Houston, Texas.

WHAT:                      FEMA-ASPR Think Tank
WHO:                         Richard Serino, Deputy Administrator of FEMA and Dr. Nicole Lurie, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
WHEN:                             Thursday, June 28, 2012
11:00am – 1:00pm (Central) 12:00pm- 2:00pm (Eastern)

WHERE:                  Houston, TX

Call In:           888-989-4401

Passcode:        Think Tank
Captioning:    Individuals who would like to access the captioning for this event may do so by following this link: http://fedrcc.us//Enter.aspx?EventID=1967851&CustomerID=321

The FEMA Think Tank is a forum to engage the whole community, connect resources and share best practices, and develop solutions to the challenges we face in emergency management.  Featured topics have included incorporating preparedness into school curriculums, new technologies in emergency management and disability integration.  This conference call is a unique opportunity for the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and the FEMA Deputy Administrator to highlight the importance of integrating healthcare, public health and emergency management. 

The focus of this month's call is Emergency Management, Healthcare, and Public Health: Increasing Coordination and Collaboration. Topics that will be discussed include:

·         Emergency Management Coordination, improving communication with the Healthcare and Public Health sectors;
·         Medical Incident Support Teams (M-IST), a cutting edge best practice supporting State Emergency Management; and
·         Tennessee Mental Health Response Plan- coordinated state, regional, and local mental health planning and response efforts for disasters of any type; and Tennessee Recovery Project- creative approaches to providing services to reduce stress and the impact of disasters on survivors.

Please visit the Think Tank Online Forum and share your ideas on how to improve coordination and collaboration between emergency management, healthcare, and public health. 

If you have any further questions please feel free to contact FEMA's Office of Disability Integration and Coordination atfema-disability-integration-coordination@fema.dhs.gov or (202) 646-4100.

FEMA's mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.