92nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (January 22-26, 2012)

Joint Session 6 Disaster Risk Reduction and Human Health

Tuesday, 24 January 2012: 3:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 333 (New Orleans Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the Third Symposium on Environment and Health; and the Seventh Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research )
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Moderator:  John Balbus, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Papers:
  3:30 PM
J6.1
Preventing Disasters: Disaster Risk Reduction for Environmental Health
Mark E. Keim, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Recorded Presentation

Poster PDF (297.7 kB)

  3:45 PM
J6.2
Space Weather Impacts on Critical Infrastructure
William J. Murtagh, NOAA/NWS/Space Weather Prediction, Boulder, CO
Recorded Presentation

  4:00 PM
J6.3
Weather-Ready Nation – Supporting the Integration of Weather and Public Health
Chris Maier, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
Recorded Presentation

  4:15 PM
J6.4
Use of Storm Based Warnings for Making Informed Decisions On Hospital Sheltering Implementation
Robert G. Goldhammer, Emergency Manager, Clive, IA
Recorded Presentation

  4:30 PM
J6.5
The Capability and Capacity of Hospitals to Respond to the April 27, 2011 Tornadoes - Planning and Responding to High-Impact Weather Disasters
David L. Wallace, Center for Strategic Health Innovation, National Center for Disaster Medical Response, University of South AL, Mobile, AL
Recorded Presentation

  4:45 PM
J6.6
Ambulance 701: Enroute and Approaching with the National Weather Service
Margaret L. Fowke, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

 
TBD

  5:00 PM
J6.7A
Weather Risks to Hospital Buildings and Healthcare Continuity
Wendy Marie Thomas, American Meteorological Society, Washington, DC
Recorded Presentation

  5:15 PM
Discussion

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