Speakers will discuss crash of Flight 3407 in N.Y., Haiti earthquake, D.C. Metro crash

This year’s keynote speaker will be David Bissonette, emergency management coordinator for the town of Clarence in New York, where Continental Connection Flight 3407 crashed into a private home as it approached Buffalo Niagara International Airport. The crash killed all passengers on board and an occupant of the house and caused an intense fire that required the evacuation of surrounding homes. Bissonette coordinated response efforts, including fire ground support, evacuation, recovery and investigation.

Registration for the 2010 Virginia Emergency Management Symposium, “Heads Up: Changes in Emergency Management,” is available at http://www.vemaweb.org/content/conference/. The symposium offers opportunities to learn from a variety of experts and emerging leaders in public safety and emergency management. Topics include lessons learned from the Haiti Earthquake, the November Nor’easter and snowstorms, the Washington D.C. Metro crash and the Rockbridge County plane crash.  

Some of the other training sessions include: