NWS Columbia SC All-Hazards Conference Oct. 21-22, 2008

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All-Hazards Conference

October 21-22, 2008

The 2008 All-Hazards Conference was a success

The Intended Audience for this Conference was:

Hazmat Responders
Emergency Managers
Federal, State and Local Agencies
Fire and Police Departments
Medical Responders
Marine Organizations

The National Weather Service in Columbia wishes to thank the many NWS offices and NOAA agencies that sent representatives to the conference, along with all participating agencies and companies, for helping to make this conference such a success.

Conference Presentations available for download in Adobe format
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October 21	Organization and Presenter and Title
9:00 - 9:15 am	Good Morning, Introductions and Objectives (1.35 MB) Understanding of everyday hazmat cargos (road, rail and water) Who NOAA and the NWS are Services NOAA and the NWS can provide Examples of NOAA/NWS services
9:15 – 9:45 am	South Carolina State Transport Police – Anthony Johnson Motor Carrier Compliance and Hazardous Material Unit (635 KB)
9:45 - 10:15 am	CSX Railroad – Ed Cook Overview of CSX (477 KB)
10:30 - 11:00 am	Duke Energy – Tina Worley Overview of Duke Energy (8.27 MB)
11:00 - 11:30 am	Westinghouse – H. Steve Carver Overview of Westinghouse (2.10 MB)
11:30 am - Noon	USDOT - Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration – Earl Whitley Emergency Response Guidebook 2008 (1.74 MB)
1:15 - 1:45 pm	Aiken County Emergency Management – David Ruth The Graniteville SC Train Derailment (240 MB m4v Quicktime File)
1:45 - 2:45 pm	National Weather Service – Larry Van Bussum and D. Rusty Billingsley NWS IMETs – Their Role in Overall All-Hazard Response (1.22 MB) National Weather Service Decision Support (4.14 MB)
2:45 - 3:15 pm	National Weather Service Charleston – John Quagliariello and Jon Jelsema NWS Charleston Incident Response and Training Exercises (1.64 MB) Beaufort County Vigilant Guard Exercise (Copywrite) (128 MB m4v Quicktime File)
3:30 - 4:00 pm	NWS Raleigh – Jeff Orrock Apex, North Carolina Hazardous Materials Event and The 2008 Evans Road Fire (7.74 MB)
4:00 - 4:30 pm	NWS Office of Operational Systems, Homeland Security Activities – Albert Mongeon HYSPLIT and the Role of NWS During HAZMAT Events (401 KB)
4:30 - 5:00 pm	National Weather Service – Steve Pfaff and Mike Proud Changes Implemented since 2007 NWS Wilmington NC All-Hazards Conference Customer requests for changes (584 KB) Wrap Up of the Day

October 22
8:00 - 8:15 am	Good Morning, Introductions and Objectives (157 KB) Questions from October 21 presentations
8:15 - 8:45 am	South Carolina State Port Authority – Billy Lempess and Steve Connor Port Operations: Impact of Adverse Weather (8.05 MB)
8:45 - 9:15 am	Environmental Protection Agency – Terry Tanner Emergency Response Operations (1.24 MB)
9:15 - 9:45 am	NWS Office of Operational Systems, Homeland Security Activities – Albert Mongeon Interagency Modeling and Atmospheric Advisory Center (IMAAC) (75 KB)
10:00 - 11:00 am	Research Planning Inc. and NOAA OR&R – Jacqueline Michel and Frank Csulak Environmental and Man-Made Hazards: Oil Spills (5.39 MB) Responding to Disasters (2.91 MB) NOAA Scientific Support for Incident Response (3.08 MB)
11:00 - 11:30 am	United States Coast Guard - Charleston Sector – James Litzinger (LTjg) Marine Environmental Protection: Planning-Preparedness-Prevention & Response (3.93 MB)
11:30 - Noon	University of South Carolina Aiken – Dr. Michelle Harmon Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Pollutants (6.67 MB)
Noon - 12:15 pm	Wrap-up

Attendee list of Agencies and Corporations
EPA USDOT-PHMSA NOAA NWS USCG CSX SOUTH CAROLINA STATE PORT AUTHORITY WESTINGHOUSE V.C. SUMMER RESEARCH PLANNING INC SOUTH CAROLINA STATE TRANSPORT POLICE LEXINGTON-RICHLAND 5 SCHOOL DISTRICT SOUTHEAST REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER SOUTH CAROLINA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SOUTHERN AREA COORDINATION CENTER CITY OF ROCK HILL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES LEXINGTON MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH CAROLINA FORESTRY COMMISSION SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION KERSHAW COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER ANMED HEALTH MICHELIN USA DUKE POWER ENERGY CORPORATION WILLIAMSBURG REGIONAL HOSPITAL GEORGETOWN HOSPITAL SYSTEM LORIS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SOUTH CAROLINA OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL MARION COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER FAIRFIELD COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Any questions and comments regarding this conference can be directed

to Mike Proud at mike.proud@noaa.gov.

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