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| Time / Label | Event Details |
|---|---|
| Date: 9/2/2008 | |
| 8:00AM - 5:00PM | Sponsored by the Florida Tomato Committee and the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange [800 Trafalgar Court, Suite 300, Maitland, FL 32751 Telephone (407) 660-1949 Fax (407) 660-1656]. Following closely on the recent Salmonella saintpaul outbreak traced to tomatoes - though not necessarily to tomatoes from Florida - this will be an important meeting for anyone affiliated with the tomato industry. [Assisted by the Florida Fruits & Vegetables Assn.] |
| Location | The Ritz-Carlton Hotel
280 Vanderbilt Beach Road Naples, FL 34108 |
| Date: 9/3/2008 | |
| 10:30AM - 2:30PM | Tentative Agenda [Lunch provided on site] Welcome Jim Handley, Ass. Ex. Director (5 min.) Pet ? Friendly Evacuation Sheltering survey report David Perry (20 min.) SART Conference 2009 Update Joe Kight (25 min.) SART Advisory Board Survey Dr. Joan Dusky (30 min) SART short/long term planning goals (group discussion) John Haven (60 minutes) Strategies to accomplish these goals (group discussion) Tim Manning (60 min) |
| Location | Florida Cattlemen?s Association, 800 Shakerag Road, Kissimmee |
| Date: 9/7/2008 | |
| 9:00AM - 5:00PM | Providing medical care and comfort to animals in the aftermath of disaster is a challenge! 1) Improve your overall understanding of Disaster Management 2) Develop your own practice's disaster preparedness plan 3) Be better prepared to address your staff and client's questions concerning disaster preparedness and pet friendly shelters 4) Learn what the Florida and County plans are in the event that a hurricane strikes 5) Learn about the vital role that the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the SPCA Tampa Bay, other animal organizations and local area Disaster Animal Response Teams (DART) play. A unique, must-attend conference for veterinary professionals... |
| Location | SPCA TAMPA BAY
Humane Education & Training Center 9099 130th Avenue North Largo, FL 33773 |
| Date: 9/11/2008 | |
| 8:5:00A - 5:00PM | National Alliance of State Animal and Agricultural Emergency Programs - organizational and working meeting. |
| Location | The Conference Center at the Maritime Institute 692 Maritime Blvd., Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-1952 |
| Date: 9/12/2008 | |
| 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | This three day course teaches participants to be effective emergency responders who can assist animal relief efforts during disasters. The class includes mixed classroom and hands-on instruction and specialized tabletop exercises. Participants will gain a basic understanding of disaster response for animals, including rescue, transport, sheltering; safety, law communications, media relations, and damage assessment; small and large animal handling; and The HSUS disaster response system. Graduates will be in a position to help develop disaster animal response teams in their communities and will be prepared for additional education in disaster and recovery. |
| Location | Blount Center, Imagination Conference Room (DB-125), Santa Fe Community College, 401 NW 6th St. Gainesville, FL |
| Date: 9/14/2008 | |
| 9:00AM - 5:00PM | Agricultural Emergency Response Training Class 08-12 14-19 September Train at the nation's premier all-hazards training center, FEMA?s Center for Domestic Preparedness (http://cdp.dhs.gov), Anniston, AL. It is the only federally chartered Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) training center. For information, contact APHIS Liaison to CDP R. Gordon Harman at (256) 847-2350 office or (301) 332-8390 BlackBerry; harmanr@cdpemail.dhs.gov or Robert.G.Harman@aphis.usda.gov. |
| Location | Anniston, Alabama |
| Date: 9/18/2008 | |
| 9:00AM - 5:00PM | This is scheduled to be the final I-300 course of the year. Completion of I-100 (Introduction to ICS), I-200 (ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents), and I-700 (Introduction to NIMS) ? all available for self-study on line at http://training.fema.gov/IS/crslist.asp ? are requirements for I-300. Certificates of Completion for each course must be presented the day of registration. The registration form is posted on line at www.flsart.org/pdf/download/I-300_Registration_Form-rev-6-16-08-glp_2_.pdf. For additional information, contact Gary Painter at (863) 519-8470, cell (863) 698-6377 painterg@doacs.state.fl.us. Your completed registration should also go to Painter and can be emailed, faxed to (863) 519-8469 or sent by regular mail to his office: 605 E. Main Street - Suite 207, Bartow, FL 33830. [Note: I-300 training requires a 25-day advance registration for material availability.] |
| Location | University of Florida Veterinary College, Gainesville |
