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January 23, 2012

[SSJ: 7109] [Temple ICAS Event] 17 February 2012 Planning and Preparing for the Local-Level Disaster Response

From: Eriko Kawaguchi
Date: 2012/01/23

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*Planning and Preparing for the Local-Level Disaster
Response*

*Date:* Friday, February 17, 2012 *Time:* 7:00p.m.
(Talk will start at
7:30p.m.) *Venue:*
Temple University, Japan Campus, Azabu Hall 212/213
(access:
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ps%2Ftokyo.html>
)
*Speaker: *
Leo Bosner, Emergency Management Specialist
*Moderator:*
Kyle Cleveland, Associate Director of ICAS
*Admission:* Free (Open to general public) *RSVP:* icas@tuj.ac.jp **If you RSVP you are automatically registered. If possible, we ask you to RSVP but we always welcome participants even you do not RSVP.*


*Outline*

When disaster strikes, the first responders are local.local officials, local police & fire departments, local doctors and nurses, local businesses, local volunteers. How can these people prepare for the disaster that might someday strike their community?
Based on his 28 years of experience working on Crisis Management for FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), where he helped to plan for and respond to disasters such as earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, and terrorist incidents, Leo Bosner will offer a lecture on how local communities can strengthen their ability to respond quickly and effectively to the large disaster.
Topics covered will include:

- Why local planning is important.
- The essential concept of the All-Hazards Disaster Response Plan.
- A typical format for a disaster response plan.
- How to create the disaster response plan.
- The disaster response exercise.


*Speaker *

Leo Bosner is an American emergency management specialist who served with the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Washington, DC from
1979 until his retirement in January, 2008. At FEMA, he helped design and implement training programs for FEMA emergency team Branch Chiefs, and wrote the final version of the health/medical section of FEMA's emergency planning guide for State and local governments. In his extensive career Mr. Bosner has served on emergency response teams for the Oklahoma City Bombing (1995), the 9/11 Terrorist attacks in the U.S. (2001), the California Wildfires (2003) and Hurricane Katrina (2005), among many other disasters and crisis situations. He is currently visiting Japan under a Fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and is sponsored by Kanagawa University.


Since 3.11 (at which time he was in Japan), he has toured the Tohoku disaster area, met with various officials, specialists, and responders, and lectured on emergency management. Returning to the U.S., he assisted various US and Japanese groups and individuals in short-term efforts to provide disaster relief to Japan as well as long-term efforts to analyze and strengthen Japan's emergency management system. Mr.
Bosner has a Master's Degree in Social Work (specializing in Public Administration) from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He lives in Washington, DC with his wife, Patricia.
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*Robert Dujarric*
Director* *
*Kyle Cleveland*
Associate Director
*Eriko Kawaguchi*
Coordinator

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