We are very excited to announce that the 2024 Vermont Emergency Preparedness Conference will be held September 10th-11th, 2024 in person at Lake Morey Resort with limited sessions available virtually. Sessions will begin at 9:00am and the day will end by 4:15pm each day. This conference is free to attend, with breakfast and lunch provided at no cost to all registered attendees.
Registration is open. The final schedule of sessions will be available in mid-July.
The Call for Speakers and Call for Exhibitors closed on Monday, June 3rd. Speakers will be notified by the end of the day on June 21st if they have been selected. Exhibitors will be notified by the end of the day July 12th if they have been selected.
Nominations for 2024 Emergency Management Director of the Year are now being accepted. Nominations must be received by noon on August 1st to be considered. The recipient will be recognized at the Vermont Emergency Preparedness Conference for demonstrating excellence in the local Emergency Management Director role. To be eligible, a nominee must:
• Have been a duly appointed Emergency Management Director for their town/city at some point between August 1, 2023 and August 1, 2024.
• Be from a town/city with a current Local Emergency Management Plan on file with Vermont Emergency Management.
• Be enrolled in or completed trainings within the Vermont EMD Certification Program.
If you plan to stay at Lake More Resort during the conference please call 1-800-423-1211 and let them know you will be attending the Vermont Emergency Management Conference and would like the special room rate and specify the type of room you’d like, listed below. The special rates are available until Monday, August 12th.
Lodging Rates: Classic Room- $209 per night plus tax
Deluxe Room- $269 per night plus tax
Garden Room- $289 per night plus tax
If you have any questions, please contact: Vermont Emergency Management Training Administrator.
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The 2023 Vermont Emergency Preparedness Conference was held September 20th - 21st, 2023 at Burke Mountain Hotel & Conference Center in East Burke.
Conference presentations included:
- 2023 State Hazard Mitigation Plan & Heat Vulnerability
- American Red Cross Mass Care Services an Overview
- An overview of the Statewide LEPC
- Anything Beats Nothing
- CARE Program: Citizen Assistance Registry for Emergencies
- Climate Adaptation Planning for Emergency Managers and other FEMA Planning Guides Note: If you would like a copy of the Draft Climate Guide, you must reach out to Daniel.Berkman@fema.dhs.gov and ndp-planning@fema.dhs.gov
- Continuity of Operations Planning
- Cost of Code 3 - An evidence based look at lights & siren usage video and McGregor's Light & Siren Usage Policy
- Disaster Panel from VTNG past
- Driving Efficiency and Safety: Exploring the Benefits of Transportation Management Centers and Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Drone Response to the July 2023 Floods
- Flood Resilient Communities
- Incident Plan Workshop
- Left of Boom: Leveraging Effective Crisis Communication
- Marketing Matters
- Mass Violence Victimization - How we can help video
- Meteorological Perspective of the July 2023 Flooding in VT
- National Prevention Resources
- Obtaining Your Certified Emergency Manager Designation
- Tropical Storm Irene vs. Summer '23
- Using Federal Child Nutrition Programs for Emergency Feeding slides and Using Federal Child Nutrition Programs for Emergency Feeding recording
- Vermont Tier II Emergency Planning Community Right to Know Act Dashboard
- Winter Weather in VT - The Science, Preparation and National Weather Service Headlines
If you have any questions, please contact the Vermont Emergency Management Training Administrator.