BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5daf1f9b71a8a8acfa6c4cfe68c6d2669 CATEGORIES:Webinar SUMMARY:FEMA and GIS: The Role of Technology and Data in Disaster Management DESCRIPTION:
Webinar Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2019
About: In 2017 the United States experienced some of the most significant di sasters in its history in terms of their social and economic impact. FEMA i s the key federal agency tasked with addressing disasters. In recent years they have made it a strategic priority to develop GIS data and cutting edge technologies that now enable them to more effectively support communities before, during and after disasters. In this we binar you will see demonstrations of the tools now available from FEMA and learn how they are being used around the nation.
Speaker: Chris Vaughan - Geospatial Inform
ation Officer
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Chris Vaughan serves as the FEMA Geospatial Information Officer where he champions and co ordinates geospatial technologies across multiple response and recovery pro grams. In order to meet strategic goals and priorities, Chris works effect ively across federal, military, state, local, and tribal communities to pro mote geospatial programs, technology, and institutional structures and shar e best practices.
Mr. Vaughan has a Master of Science in Counseling P sychology from Lee University and is a graduate of American University’s Ke y Executive Leadership Certificate Program.