Name: Emergency Management Perspectives
Start: 2024-09-06T10:00:00-0400
End: 2024-09-06T11:00:00-0400

Friday September 6, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am EDT

Beyond Rationality: Incorporating First Responder Grief Work into Disaster and Crisis Planning
Presenter: Amber Lynn Scott
First responders are rarely taught how to respect their own individual and organizational manifestations of trauma and grief that emerge during crisis. This presentation discusses a novel framework to overcome this identified gap.

Insights and Lessons Learned: Mitigation, Recovery & Resilience at University of Kentucky
Presenters: Laurel Wood and Kristen Sutherland
Discover approaches to disaster recovery and resilience when faced with natural disasters of any size, shape, or form and the challenges and successes associated with planning for the unknown at the Commonwealth's flagship institution of higher education.

Speakers

Laurel Wood

Director, Center for Disaster Recovery and Reslience, University of Kentucky Police Department

Laurel Wood is the Director of UK’s Center for Disaster Recovery & Resilience. She began serving University of KY Police Department in 2011. Laurel oversees preparedness, operational disaster response, enterprise recovery and resilience, strategic planning, UK's 5-year Hazard Mitigation... Read More →