High Visibility Pesticide Incidents

Agenda

Asheville, North Carolina

May 21-25, 2006

[updated 5/1/06]

Day One
Sunday, May 21, 2006

Day 1

8:00 a.m. Registration/Refreshments
8:15 Welcome and Course Overview
bulletfacility logistics
bulletexpense issues
bulletreview of program
John Ward, PREP coordinator/OPP Field Liaison, U.S. EPA OPP, FEAD, GISB
Wayne Buhler, NCSU Extension
9:00 Introductory Exercise – Icebreaker
 
10:00 Break
10:15 NIMS ICS 200
Kevin Dull, president, EnviroSafe, Consulting and Investigations, Inc., Graham, NC http://www.envirosafe.com/
12:15 pm Lunch
1:00 Group Photo (outside hotel lobby)
1:15 NIMS ICS 200

Kevin Dull

2:45 Break
3:00 NIMS ICS 200

Kevin Dull

4:15 Break
4:30 NIMS ICS 200

Kevin Dull

6:30 Adjourn
7:00 Transportation available to go downtown

Day Two
Monday, May 22, 2006

Day 2

8:30 a.m.

Functional Exercise

Kevin Dull, Enviro-Safe
10:00 Break
10:15

Functional Exercise

Kevin Dull, Enviro-Safe
12:00 Lunch
     
1:00  

Reporting High-Visibility Incidents & Multi-Region Coordination

  John Ward, PREP coordinator/OPP Field Liaison, U.S. EPA, OPP, FEAD, GISB
 
2:00 Break
2:15

Protecting and Defending the Food and Agriculture Critical Infrastructure: Challenges and Solutions

Shaun Kennedy, University of Minnesota
3:15

Group Discussions on “Pesticide Incidents in My State/Tribe”

Facilitated by Frank Crull, Texas Structural Pest Control Board: Michael Starkey, Minnesota Department of Agriculture; Mickey Post, EPA; &  Jack Peterson, Arizona Department of Agriculture
5:00 Adjourn
6:00

Transportation available to go downtown

 

Day Three
Tuesday,
May 23, 2006

Day 3

8:00 a.m.

Bio-Decontamination Chemicals

Jeff Kempter, OPP, AD
9:00

State Laboratory Roles in Hi-Vis Investigations

Steve Sobek, Wisconsin Dept. of Ag., Trade & Consumer Protection
10:00 Break
10:15 Facilitated Discussion
John Ward, PREP Coordinator
11:00

Avian Flu and Impacts on State Programs

Bethany Grohs, DVM, U.S. EPA, OEM
12:00 Box lunch pickup
12:15 Load bus at front of hotel
1:00

Team-Building Exercise, Curtis Wright Outfitters at Taylor Ranch

5:30 Hoedown and Appalachian style barbeque at Taylor Ranch http://www.taylorranch.com/
9:30 Return to hotel

Day Four
Wednesday,
May 24, 2006

Day 4

8:30 a.m.

Katrina Panel

    Andy Wilson to invite: Bobby Simoneaux, LA Dept. of Ag.; Mike Taggart, MS Dept of Ag.; and, Jerome Goddard, MS Dept. of Health
     
10:30 Break
 
10:45

North Carolina Emergency Program

bulletInterface with Federal Agencies and State Programs
  Sharron Stewart and David Wray, NCDA &CS Emergency Programs
 
bulletUsing GIS in Disease Surveillance and Emergency Response: The North Carolina Experience
    David Wray, NCDA&CS Emergency Programs
     
12:00 Lunch
   
1:00  

Public Perception of Pesticide Risks

Dr. Tom Hoban, Professor, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, NC State Univ., Raleigh, NC
     
2:30 Break
   
2:45  

High Visibility Incident Management—Perspectives from the Agrichemical Industry

    Kent Kutnink, Agriliance
     
3:45  

The Food Emergency Response Template

    Michael Starkey, Minnesota Dept. of Agriculture
     
5:00   Adjourn
     
6:00   Transportation available to go downtown 

 

Day Five
Thursday, May 25, 2006

Day 5

8:15 a.m. Principles of Risk Communication and Working with the Media
Andy Schwartz, Industrial Economics, Inc., Cambridge, MA
10:00 Break
10:15 Principles of Risk Communication and Working with the Media
Andy Schwartz
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Principles of Risk Communication and Working with the Media
Andy Schwartz
2:15 Break
2:30 Group Discussions on "Pesticide Incidences in My State/Tribe" and Report From Groups
Facilitated by Frank Crull, Texas Structural Pest Control Board: Michael Starkey, Minnesota Department of Agriculture; Mickey Post, EPA; &  Jack Peterson, Arizona Department of Agriculture
4:15 Where Do We Go From Here?
John Ward
6:00 Bus pick-up for Graduation Dinner  (load bus at front of motel)
6:15 Graduation dinner at Crest Mountain, http://www.thecrestcenter.com/
8:30 Return to motel