| WHAT: |
It’s 46 days into hurricane season, how prepared
is your family or business? Mayor Dyer and the City of Orlando
are readying for the 2009 Hurricane Season by conducting a
Hurricane Table Top Exercise to ensure the City has the ability
to prepare for, respond to and recover from disaster situations.
During this exercise, Manny Soto, Emergency Management Director,
will lead the City’s senior staff in reviewing emergency
management systems, policies and procedures to ensure
interagency coordination and communication.
Year round, the City of Orlando’s Office of
Emergency Management takes proactive steps, working with more
than 100 local, volunteer, state, federal and international
organizations to ensure Orlando citizens and all of Central
Florida is prepared for a hurricane.
“While our community has been fortunate to
escape the devastating impacts of hurricanes in the past couple
years, we must remember the 2004 season and be ready,” stressed
Mayor Dyer. “We must ensure we are ready for anything here at
the City, and encourage our residents and businesses to do the
same.”
The City also provides volunteer training for
those interested in supporting the City during emergency
situations. Specifically, volunteers are needed to staff phone
lines in the event of hurricane activation of the Orlando
Emergency Operations Center. Training sessions begin in August,
for more information contact Jasmin Rodriguez at 407-246-3787 or
jasmin.rodriguez@cityoforlando.net. |
| WHEN: |
Thursday, July 16, 2009 from 11:00 – 11:45
a.m. 10:00 -10:30 a.m. – City Hurricane
Table Top Training Exercise
- Video opportunities include: training and
review of communications, disaster purchasing and emergency
management information software
10:30-10:45 a.m.: Interviews with Mayor Dyer
and Manny Soto, Emergency Manager |
