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Disaster Table Top Exercise: Wet Feet and Worry, A flood protection, mitigation, response, and recovery exercise

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Add to Calendar 2025-09-23 09:00:00 2025-09-23 15:00:00 Disaster Table Top Exercise: Wet Feet and Worry, A flood protection, mitigation, response, and recovery exercise The North Dakota Extension Disaster Education Network (ND EDEN), along with the NDSU Extension Disaster Response Team, would like to invite you to save the date for an upcoming training titled: Disaster Table Top Exercise: Wet Feet and Worry, A flood protection, mitigation, response, and recovery exercise. A poster is attached. This day-long training will be hosted in Bismarck at the North Dakota State Capitol in the Brynhild Haugland Room on Tuesday, September 23, 2025. We will begin at 9 a.m. and conclude by 3 p.m. CT. NDSU Extension, County Emergency Managers, and Disaster Responders are invited to join us for a day of disaster incident command professional development. This hands-on day will include scenario-based learning and discussion with facilitators from Montana State University, Texas A&M University and the National Extension Disaster Education Network.If you think you should not attend because the scenario will be based around a flood, please know that all the techniques and concepts learned through this training can be applied to any disaster. There are 15 training objectives and capabilities, so all preparation, response and recovery areas will be covered. A few of the objectives and capabilities include: Discuss county activities with participants on the mitigation, response, and recovery process during a river or flash flooding incident. (Capability = Planning/Preparation)Discuss the roles and responsibilities of county, state, and federal authorities, and Extension agents during a coordinated multi-agency and multi-disciplinary response (Capability = Operational Coordination)Discuss Extension's role in education and outreach during a river flooding, and /or flash flooding incident. Identify sources of information and methods of dissemination. Discuss USDA/State Vet information sharing through County Agents to clients. (Capability = Public Information and Warning)Discuss how to provide targeted public health and behavioral health support, and products to all affected populations such as, emergency responders, County Educators/Agents, and 4-H'ers. (Capability = Public Health and Emergency Medical Services)Discuss efforts for communities to come to together and help each other overcome the effects of River or Flash Flooding and how to improve community planning. (Capability = Community Resilience)Please mark your calendars and plan to attend this interactive training! If you have questions in the meantime, feel free to reach out to Mary.Keena@ndsu.edu or Miranda.Meehan@ndsu.edu. North Dakota State Capitol, 600 E Boulevard Ave, Bismarck, ND 58505 NDSU Agriculture no-reply@ndsu.edu America/Chicago public
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The North Dakota Extension Disaster Education Network (ND EDEN), along with the NDSU Extension Disaster Response Team, would like to invite you to save the date for an upcoming training titled: Disaster Table Top Exercise: Wet Feet and Worry, A flood protection, mitigation, response, and recovery exercise. A poster is attached.

This day-long training will be hosted in Bismarck at the North Dakota State Capitol in the Brynhild Haugland Room on Tuesday, September 23, 2025. We will begin at 9 a.m. and conclude by 3 p.m. CT.

NDSU Extension, County Emergency Managers, and Disaster Responders are invited to join us for a day of disaster incident command professional development. This hands-on day will include scenario-based learning and discussion with facilitators from Montana State University, Texas A&M University and the National Extension Disaster Education Network.

If you think you should not attend because the scenario will be based around a flood, please know that all the techniques and concepts learned through this training can be applied to any disaster.

There are 15 training objectives and capabilities, so all preparation, response and recovery areas will be covered. A few of the objectives and capabilities include:

  • Discuss county activities with participants on the mitigation, response, and recovery process during a river or flash flooding incident. (Capability = Planning/Preparation)
  • Discuss the roles and responsibilities of county, state, and federal authorities, and Extension agents during a coordinated multi-agency and multi-disciplinary response (Capability = Operational Coordination)
  • Discuss Extension's role in education and outreach during a river flooding, and /or flash flooding incident. Identify sources of information and methods of dissemination. Discuss USDA/State Vet information sharing through County Agents to clients. (Capability = Public Information and Warning)
  • Discuss how to provide targeted public health and behavioral health support, and products to all affected populations such as, emergency responders, County Educators/Agents, and 4-H'ers. (Capability = Public Health and Emergency Medical Services)
  • Discuss efforts for communities to come to together and help each other overcome the effects of River or Flash Flooding and how to improve community planning. (Capability = Community Resilience)

Please mark your calendars and plan to attend this interactive training! If you have questions in the meantime, feel free to reach out to Mary.Keena@ndsu.edu or Miranda.Meehan@ndsu.edu.

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Miranda Meehan
Miranda.Meehan@ndsu.edu
701-231-7683

Requests for accommodations related to disability should be made to the event contact person at least two weeks in advance of the event.