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REGISTER FOR THIS WORKSHOP
Visit Event Webpage: 
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Parking Lots: (Paid Lots Only)

  • 1717 Arch St. 
  • 50 N 23rd St. 
  • 139 N 23rd St.

Local Hotels:
  • Philadelphia Marriott Downtown,1201 Market St, Philadelphia PA, 215-625-2900
  • Marriott Suites, 1201 Market St, Philadelphia PA, 215-625-2900
  • Double Tree/Hilton Hotel, 237 South Broad St, Philadelphia PA, 215-893-1600
 
Local Airport & Train Station: 
  • Philadelphia International Airport
  • The Philadelphia AMTRAK 30th Street station is within walking distance from the meeting facility, Directions Click Here

General Information:
  • Coffee/Danish & Lunch will be provided
  • Attire will be business casual 
  • Event is closed to media
  • This is a meeting of a working group of the All Hazards Consortium (501c3)
 
Contact Information: 
The FRWG Support Team
info@fleetresponse.org


About the Meeting;
This regional integrated planning meeting is being jointly conducted by the FRWG Leadership and its private and public sector stakeholders across the United States in the electric sector along with other private sector companies from the food, fuel, finance, retail, telecommunications, transportation, chemical, medical and other lifeline sectors.

Additionally, this meeting is being supported by the multiple government agencies at the federal, state, and local levels, along with several national trade associations and coordinating bodies.  
   
Purpose:  
This meeting will be the annual convening of the Multi-State Fleet Response Working Group (FRWG), a national multi-sector working group supported by private and public sector operations professionals.
 

Topics: 
This year's meeting will feature a luncheon keynote speaker, FRWG announcements, and several facilitated panel sessions with public and private sector professionals discussing four key topic areas:
  • Regional Disaster Management & Coordination with States
  • Public/Private Sector Mutual Assistance
  • Joint Operational Information Sharing
  • Joint Education & Exercises


Attendees 
 
Attendees for this meeting include public and private sector operations professionals who:

  • Reply upon electrical power to run their organizations and supply chains;
  • Are interested in learning about the initiatives, projects and efforts underway that expedite power/utility restoration
  • Are interested in logistics and supply chain movement across state lines and US / Canadian borders;
  • Are interested public/private planning/education/exercises/information sharing to improve disaster management and reduce risks
 
Representatives from a wide cross section of public and private organizations attend this meeting each year:
 
Private Sector
  • Electric
  • Gas & Oil
  • Telecommunications
  • Transportation
  • Food & Supply Chain
  • Retail
  • Medical
  • Banking. Insurance & Finance
  • Chemical
  • Information Technology
  • Defense Industrial Base/Aerospace
 
State and Local Government
  • Emergency Management 
  • Homeland Security
  • Cyber Security
  • Transportation
  • Health
  • Board of Public Utilities
  • State Police
  • Revenues and Tolls
  • Parks and Planning
  • General Services
  • Economic Development
 
 
Federal Government
  • FEMA
  • US Department of Energy
  • DHS Infrastructure Protection
  • DHS Science & Technology
  • US Coast Guard
  • US Customs & Border Patrol
  • US Department of Transportation
  • US National Guard
  • Department of Defense

 

Register Now!  

 More Information:
  • The Multi-State Fleet Response Working Group  
  • The New FLEET OPEN/CLOSED Service  
  • The FRWG's Disaster Response Tools Produced 
  • 2014 Fleet Working Group Annual Report 
  • The 2015 Secure Information Sharing Pilot
  • The All Hazards Emergency Network Newsletter
  • "Disaster Resilience in America" Radio Show/Podcast
 
If you have any questions, please email us at info@fleetresponse.org.
We look forward to having you participate in this important event.
 
Sincerely,
 
The FRWG Events Team

 

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MEETING AGENDA (Subject to change)

8:00am to 8:30am
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION

8:30am to 9:00am
WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS

9:00am to 10:15am
REGIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGER’S DIRECTORS DISCUSSION PANEL
Description:  This facilitated panel of State Directors of Emergency Management will provide an executive level discussion on public/private coordination. Topics will include: processes used to prepare & communicate internally as well as externally with other states & organizations; lessons learned from recent events; existing initiatives/challenges in their states in coordinating with the private sector; identify opportunities for collaboration, information sharing, and education; provide recommendations to the private sector for improvements.

10:15am to 10:30am
BREAK

10:30am to 11:45am
OPERATIONAL INFORMATION SHARING DISCUSSION PANEL
Description: This regional panel session will provide a discussion on public/private operational information sharing at the local, regional and/or national levels.  Topics include;  existing processes & systems used to share information; operational information that is shared; the people that the information is shared with; how the information is used and handled; barriers, delays, concerns; improvements that can be made.
 

11:45am to 12:30pm
LUNCH
Overview: This keynote will provide an overview of the major initiatives, issues and investments be made in the electric sector across the U.S.
 

12:30pm to 1:30pm
MUTUAL ASSISTANCE SUPPORT DISCUSSION PANEL
Description:  This regional panel session will provide a discussion on mutual assistance support efforts underway at the local, regional and/or national levels in the public and private sectors. Topics to be discussed will include: existing organizations/initiatives/challenges; updates on expediting through toll stations; efforts to address the legal operating authority issues impacting the private sector; new tools being developed to support mutual assistance.
 

1:30pm to 1:45pm
FRWG ANNOUNCEMENTS

1:45pm to 2:45pm
INTEGRATING REGIONAL EDUCATION AND  EXERCISES DISCUSSION PANEL
Description: This regional panel session will look at current public and private education and exercise initiatives and discuss ways to leverage/coordinate/integrate these activities in order to improve cross-discipline and cross sector education, relationship development and operational coordination. Topics will include: 2016 FEMA cross sector exercise; local/regional education initiatives; current national exercises that can be leveraged (GridEx, EEI/NRE); local/state exercises, recommendations for 2016.
 

2:45pm to 3:00pm
NEXT STEPS AND CLOSING REMARKS

3:00pm
ADJOURN


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