2008 Conference

The 2008 Four Corners Emergency Management Conference was held December 10, 11 and 12 at the Radisson Hotel in Branson, Missouri.

The conference agenda focused on mitigation, warning challenges, response and recovery and societal impacts of flooding. Conference speakers included Eve Gruntfest, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus at the Trauma, Health and Hazards Center of the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs and Isabelle Ruin, Ph.D., Geographer at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado.

A response and recovery exercise also allowed attendees the opportunity to practically apply the information they received.

View photos of the conference.

View presentations from the conference as follows:

Hats During a Highway Patrol Incident
Flash Flood, Scales and Societal Impacts, Isabelle Ruin
Animals in Disaster, Humane Society of Missouri
Social Science Woven into Meterology, Eve Gruntfest
From Response to Recovery
Moving from Response to Recovery - Exercise Workshop

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