"PREPARING FOR DISASTER" CONFERENCE

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Federal Emergency Management Agency
Washington, D.C. 20472
September 9, 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: Heads of Federal Departments and Agencies
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FROM: Louis 0. Giuffrida ,
Di rector
SUBJECT: "Preparing for Disaster" Conference 6
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Disabled and elderly persons are among the most vulnerable groups to the
floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, fires and other hazards which plague the
Nation each year. As a result, many of the disabled and aged have died
in disasters or have suffered injuries and psychological traumas which
could have been prevented had they been better prepared. How handicapped
and elderly persons can prepare for and survive disasters will be the
focus of a day-long conference sponsored by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA), the Administration on Aging, and the President's
Committee on Employment of the Handicapped on'bctober 28, 1983, at the
Washington-Hilton Hotel.
This conference is designed to help stop this needless personal loss
by alerting the leadership of handicapped and elderly organizations
to the need for disaster preparedness. It will provide information
about technology and preparedness available to help in that effort
and encourage the organizations to spread the word among their members.
Among the speakers at the conference, titled "Preparing for Disaster-
Emergency Planning for Disabled and Elderly Persons," will be:
o Jake Pauls, Research Officer of the National Research Council of Canada,
who will describe human behavior in major disasters and evacuation
techniques designed for disabled persons;
o Dr. John Archea, College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology,
who has extensive research experience with earthquakes;
o Dr. Russell Dynes, Chairman of the Department of Sociology, and
Dr. Dennis Wenger, Director of Graduate Studies, University of Delaware,
two of the foremost authorities on human reaction to emergencies;
o Dr. Harold Nelson of the Center for Fire Research, National Bureau of
Standards, who will discuss developments in fire safety technology
relating to disabled persons;
o Edwinna Juillet, Co-Director of the Building Use and Safety Institute,
and a founder of the National Task Force on Life Safety and the Handicapped;
o Joseph L. Donovan, Superintendent of FEMA's National Fire Academy, who
will focus on fire safety education for de-institutionalized individual
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o Dr. Denise Decker, a staff member of the Office of Foreign Disaster
Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development, who will recount
experiences in overseas disasters;
o Gregory Wilder, Regional Aging Specialist, Administration on Aging,
who will discuss that agency's activities to help elderly persons
through the recovery phase of disaster;
o William N. Whitehead, Regional Coordinator of the Virginia Office of
Emergency and Energy Services, who will describe environmental and
behavioral changes in disasters; and
o Fred Johnson, Executive Director of the Institute for Fire and Burn
Education, and a former member of the Las Vegas Fire Department, who
will discuss the MGM Hotel fire, with particular emphasis on the need
for warning devices for hearing-impaired persons.
A copy of the conference brochure is attached for your information. If
you require further information or additional copies of the brochure,
please contact Dr. Alan Clive at FTS 287-0416 or 287-0320.
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