Faith-Based Organizations Emergency Response Symposium (10-29-2018)

TIME: 8:00am-2:00pm
LOCATION: Holiday Inn - Old Town,625 First Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
REGISTRATION: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/faith-based-organizations-symposium-tickets-47440213957?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
In an effort to establish a partnership and develop a community-based pre-disaster mitigation strategy, the City of Alexandria’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) will host its first Faith-Based Organizations Symposium.
For many years, emergency managers and faith-based organizations (FBOs) operated within certain traditional roles in response to disaster. FBOs are accustomed to deploying volunteers and services in disaster relief and recovery, and emergency managers are typically focused on emergency operations and technical solutions.