[EAS] FW: FCC Announces Forum on Earthquake Communications Preparedness May 3, 2011

[WSAB]

Just received the info below from Richard Lee at the FCC.  My colleague Whit
Adamson, President & CEO of the Tennessee Broadcasters Association, will be
one of the panelists.  He has been very involved in planning for response to
an earthquake on the New Madrid fault that involves a number of states in
that region.

 

Mark Allen, Esq.

President & CEO

Washington State Association of Broadcasters

724 Columbia Street N. W., Suite 3190

Olympia, WA  98501

P:  (360) 705-0774

F:  (360) 705-0873

 <http://www.wsab.org/> www.wsab.org

 <mailto:wa-broadcasters at earthlink.net> wa-broadcasters at earthlink.net 

 

From: Richard Lee [mailto:Richard.Lee at fcc.gov] 
gwhite at kba.org; jlett2 at earthlink.net; dhicks at mbaweb.org; dlyleiba at aol.com;
Ann Arnold; Paul Rotella; Ellis, BarbaraJ; lcompton at indianabroadcasters.org;
gpiening at indianabroadcasters.org; lrice at al-ba.com; suzanne at mab.org; Lou
Munson; Linda Miller; akba at gci.net; SStatham at yourCBA.com; mbgarber at scba.com;
tdevoto at ncradio.com; wa-broadcasters at earthlink.net;
dale at utahbroadcasters.com; theoab at theoab.org; tyrone.d.clark at us.army.mil;
ron at rwillman.com; Moustafa.Abou-taleb at oes.ca.gov;
mike.caldwell at mil.state.or.us; wamil at mil.wa.gov; sarah.puerner at alaska.gov;
jjohnson at tnema.org; Lewis, Dick; Bernie O'Brien; ross.merlin at dhs.gov; Priya
Shrinivasan; Mike Moffitt; Denny Carlton; Rebecca Dorch;
homeland at americansamoa.gov
3, 2011
Importance: High

 

Everyone - The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) of the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will host an Earthquake
Communications Preparedness Forum on May 3, 2011, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00
p.m. The forum will be held in the Commission Meeting Room at FCC
Headquarters, located at 445 12th Street, SW, Room TW-C305, Washington, DC
20554.  Audio/video coverage of the meeting will be broadcast live with open
captioning over the Internet from the FCC's web page at www.fcc.gov/live.
The FCC's web cast is free to the public and does not require
pre-registration.

 

http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db0419/DOC-305965A1.pd
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Feel free to share this information with your colleagues. 

Richard D. Lee 
Associate Bureau Chief for National and Homeland Security 
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau 
Federal Communications Commission 
445 12th Street, SW (7C735) 
Washington, DC 20554 
202-418-1104 (Office) 
240-417-6559 (24/7 Cell)