2018 Dams Sector Information Sharing Drill *** Open only to members of the HSIN-CI Dams Portal *** The Dams Sector Information Sharing Drill is an annual learning environment for sector stakeholders to identify and assess information sharing issues and concerns that could potentially affect the sector during heightened threat conditions. The drill provides an opportunity to evaluate capabilities to receive and share cyber and physical securit...

With the latest series of natural disasters in Texas, Louisiana, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, has your organization realized it was not fully prepared to cope with a disaster? Is your preparation adequate to maintain continuity of your government functions? Learn from others including the Director of the Department of Agriculture National Finance Center who has proven leadership and success in implementing a successful COOP plan and co...

Dam Security and Protection Technical Seminar (L260) Dams, levees, and related facilities are a vital part of the Nation’s infrastructure, providing a wide range of economic, environmental, and social benefits. Those benefits include hydroelectric power, river navigation, water supply, wildlife habitats, waste management, flood control, and recreation. The Dam Security and Protection Technical Seminar was developed in collaboration betwe...

Safe-haven and Shelter Design and Engineering (SAF) – A safe-room is a structure or protected area, that provides protection from man-made or natural threats, for both short and long periods of time. It usually serves as a fall-back position in case of emergencies. Effective design components; i.e., air requirements and waste management, capacity limits, use of electronic media and other technologies will be examined in detail. DOD requi...

Know how to use your stormwater permit to direct a comprehensive stormwater management. Think back fifteen years ago. Storm water management at municipalities, factories, and warehouses focused on keeping water off the streets and occasionally repairing a failing catch basin. Storm water issues were typically "out of sight, out of mind;" unless a drenching rain event drew attention to a clogged pipe or eroding channel. Now, as we begin 2018, m...

OVERVIEW Having an effective Emergency Response Plan can make the difference between life and death in an emergency. What would you do in case of a fire, flood, tornado, etc.? Do you and your Employees know what to do? Do you have written Emergency Response Plans in place? Have you conducted an annual Fire Drill? What would you do if an Active Shooter Scenario happened at your location? WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND OSHA requires that Employees be tra...

Health and Human Services employees certainly have a seat at the table when confronting catastrophe. However, there’s a natural tendency to turn to first responders to plan and respond. Should the role of HHS professionals be elevated? Simple answer: Yes. Health risks identified after natural disasters and health epidemics demonstrate a need for Health and Human Service involvement, and geographic information systems can help HHS profess...

Physical Security includes five components; detection, assessment, command and control (policy & procedures), response and engagement. Sadly, most of us in the security vertical focus on only one or two of these components and miss the others. These five elements must be intertwined and seamlessly integrated. If they all aren’t addressed, the “bad guy” wins. In this session we’ll outline what each component is, how...

The Solar Business Festival (SBF) is the leading solar conference and trade show that focuses on Texas market and provides a significant business platform for knowledge sharing, connectivity, marketing, and sales. The event brings together manufacturers & suppliers, distributors, service providers, installers and integrators, energy consumers & prosumers, project developers/EPC contractors, investors and analysts, system integrators, g...

Based on the assumption that preventive measures must be in place to be effective, students learn 25 mitigation strategies that when successfully applied reduce the impact of terrorist attack. We examine the current state of terrorism in the United States, its evolving nature and the future use of weapons of mass destruction. A variety of options are explored for addressing the most common manmade threats we face today and for the foreseeable...