First State Chapter

Upcoming 2010 Meetings (all on Tuesdays)

January 12 @ NCC Office of Emer. Mgt.

March 9 @ DEMA Training Room

May 11

July 13

September 14

November 9

First State Chapter

Meeting Minutes

 

 

Updated February 2010

Recent News

 

 

ACP’s Most Valuable Players

The Corporate Board of Directors of the Association of Contingency Planners is pleased to recognize the Most Valuable Players (MVP) for each of your Chapters. This MVP award is presented annually to an individual member of each Chapter for being an extraordinary person. The difference in being ordinary or extraordinary is obviously the “extra.” The information about each MVP was provided by the individual’s Chapter.

The established criteria for the MVP Award are as follows:

  1. The recipient is verified by the Chapter board as an ACP membership in good standing;
  2. The recipient provides outstanding service and value to the Chapter—be that knowledge, enthusiasm, participation, and/or interface with others; and
  3. The Chapter board is in agreement on the selected recipient.This can be a board member.

1. South Texas – Darcy Riley

18. Alamo – Michelle Vickers

2. Mid Penn – Don Long

19. Colorado Rocky Mountain – Julie Hock-Noble

3. Northeast Florida – Richard Wadsworth

20. Greater Tampa Bay – Wendi Stevens

4. Connecticut – Catherine Chatfield

21. Sacramento – Dale Hall

5. Arkansas – Sabrena Newsom

22. Capital of Texas – Melody Nunn

6.DC/Mid Atlantic – Jessica Blond

23. First State – Peggy Sue Cole

7. NY Capital Region – Kent Johnson

24. Washington State – Bob Posey

8. Garden State – Stan Carlstadt

25. Eastern Great Lakes – Bob Dickerson

9. Mid Tenn – Andy Palk Wyley

26. Old Dominion – Connie Riffe

10. Greater Boston – Douglas Moore

27. North Texas – Michael Carver

11. Central Maryland – Roxanne Byczkowski

28. San Diego – Jack Boyles

12. Sioux Empire – Curt Clemens

29. Orange County – Monique Weiland

13. NY City Metro – Shelley Johnson

30. San Francisco Bay Area – Ray Bonilla

14. Liberty Valley – Brian Mackay

31. Los Angeles – David R. Graves

15. Mid South – Rickard Bowker

32. Central Arizona – Russ Rowe

16. Mid Florida – Staci Urbanovitch

33. Atlanta – Joseph Tollison

17. Long Island – Nick Mattera

 

 

 

ACP Member Publishes Book on Disasters

Self Defense Against Disasters, a newly published title by Arizona author Ed Copp, provides families and individuals with simple but important strategies that can increase their chance of survival in the face of disaster.

Nearly everyone will face an emergency or disaster during their life. Yet, most are vastly unprepared for that inevitability, and most are very dependent on outside resources and institutions, incredibly vulnerable to devastation at even small interruptions in service. With down-to-earth and easy-to-implement strategies, Self Defense Against Disasters will help readers prepare for life's emergencies, learn resiliency, reduce their dependence on others, and take steps to increase their chance of survival in the face of disaster.

The book explains the four basic steps for disaster readiness and offers critical considerations, such as: which supplies you should have in your car at all times, which conveniences won't work without electricity, and things every individual should know about their home.

For more than two decades, Ed Copp has helped large institutions to prepare for crises and to develop risk mitigation plans. In this book, he uses his experience to help individuals and families with scaled-down but similar considerations, resource guides, explanations of emergency procedures, and checklists for supplies and other tools for crisis preparedness.

For more information, call Ed Copp at 480-231-8913 or visit
www.coachingforresiliency.com. His book can be found on Amazon by title, by ISBN 978-1449578503, or by clicking here.

 

Conferences

Spring World 2010
Dates: March 21-24, 2010
Theme: The Path to Global Resilience
Contact:
www.drj.com, 636-282-5800
Prices - $1095 through 3-21-10: ACP Pricing: $985.50
Spring World 2010 is the number one business continuity conference in the industry.

Eighth Annual Continuity Insights Management Conference
April 12-14, 2010 (Monday-Wednesday conference days)
April 15 and 16, 2010: Continuity Cares – Greater New Orleans volunteer effort.
(Volunteers receive a special room rate of $99/night for the volunteer nights only.)
Sheraton Hotel – 500 Canal Street, New Orleans LA
Full Conference Registration Fee: $1,295.00 (enter promo code: NOLA for $100 discount*)
More information online: 
www.continuityinsights.com/conference.html

Mid Pen Chapter Tabletop Exercise

April 29, 2010

½ Day Event (Overnight Accommodations Nearby if Preferred)

Location:  Giant Community Center (2nd Floor)

Corner of Trindle Road & RT 15, Camp Hill, PA

Time:  7:30 am – 12:00 Noon

Pre-Registration Required – ACP Members $75.00 Before March 15th, $85.00 Thereafter

 Click here to download flyer.

 

Formal Education Programs

 

Special thanks go to the vendors who have helped us out in the past year:

 

 

Business Continuity Institute for nationally recognized certification

Disaster Recovery International for nationally recognized certification

BC Management

SunGard

  MailGard

 

Training

FEMA – Federal Emergency Management Agency

  • Independent Study (IS)
  • National Incident Management Systems (NIMS)
  • Incident Command System (ICS)
  • Emergency Management Institute (EMI)
http://training.fema.gov/IS/
 

DEMA – Delaware Emergency Management Agency http://dema.delaware.gov/services/training.shtml

Learning Tree International - Offers basic Disaster Recovery Planner certification and many other training program opportunities   http://www.learningtree.com/

 

Resources

The Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System provides near real-time alerts about natural disasters around the world and tools to facilitate response coordination, including media monitoring, map catalogues and Virtual On-Site Operations Coordination Centre. Visit the site.

Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning – Volume 3
**Published in association with ACP**
**ACP Members 15% discount (Quote code “ER” when subscribing)**

Subscribe to New Volume:
http://www.henrystewart.com/jbcep/subscription_information.html

CERT - Community Emergency Response Teams
http://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/

BC Management Recruiting Firm
http://www.bcmanagement.com/

HSEEP – Homeland Security Exercise & Evaluation Program
https://hseep.dhs.gov/pages/1001_HSEEP7.aspx

DRJ – Disaster Recovery Journal
http://www.drj.com/

DEMA – Delaware Emergency Management Agency
http://dema.delaware.gov/default.shtml


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