Senior Official Workshop

The Senior Officials Workshop is an executive-level workshop for elected and non-elected city senior officials to discuss strategic and executive-level issues and challenges related to preparedness, and to share proven strategies and practices for managing such potentially catastrophic events. The seminar integrates multimedia scenarios and vignettes that highlight the key issues and facilitate discussion.

Description
The Senior Officials Workshop (SOW) is conducted as an executive-level workshop for a local jurisdiction's elected and non-elected senior officials. The purpose of the SOW is to provide a forum to discuss the strategic and executive-level issues and challenges related to Incident preparedness, share proven strategies and practices, and enhance teamwork and coordination amongst the jurisdiction's senior officials responsible for emergency incident. It is a facilitated workshop designed for a small group method of delivery to approximately 15-20 participants.

The 6-hour executive workshop integrates multimedia scenarios and vignettes that highlight the key issues and facilitate discussion. The executive workshop theme is "knowing the right questions to ask and getting the right answers". Workshop participants are provided an explanation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP) WMD equipment, training, exercises, and technical assistance.

Normally, this SOW can be delivered to a venue at a time of their choosing. Each SOW is fully funded by a training grant provided by the ODP. This program funding includes associated workshop site costs and all curriculum-related delivery costs.

Topics
Relevance and importance of WMD/terrorism incident preparedness
Senior officials' roles in WMD/terrorism preparedness
Leveraging homeland security resources
Homeland Security Strategic Planning
Risk and needs assessments
Implementation plans
Integration of state and federal programs into the jurisdiction's strategic plan
Incident response and recovery executive-level considerations
Unique medical and public health aspects of a WMD/terrorism incident
Situational appraisal/awareness
Incident management
Mutual aid agreements
Public information
Media relations
Legal and financial considerations
Recovery and restoration process
Federal recovery assistance for WMD/terrorism incidents
Reimbursements and record keeping
Business/economic recovery
Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)

Audience
Leaders, chiefs, and/or directors of the community's response agencies and departments representing the fire, law, EMS, HazMat, public works, public health, emergency management disciplines/services and medical treatment facilities.

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