The 2010 Texas Hurricane Conference will be held at the McAllen Convention Center in McAllen May 18 – 20.
More than 70 workshops, presentations and training sessions will cover a wide variety of topics related to hurricane response and recovery.
Topics include evacuation, sheltering, resource staging, re-entry operations, special needs populations, disaster communications, role of voluntary organizations, private sector support, mass care, planning for children in disasters, evacuation tracking, shelter hubs, hospital evacuations, managing mega-shelters, animals in disaster, role of 2-1-1- Texas, the State Hurricane Plan and much more.

Exhibitors from Texas and other states will demonstrate a variety of products, equipment and vehicles to assist communities as they respond to and recover from Nature’s most dangerous storms.  Please check this Web site for regular updates on conference events and workshops: www.txdps.state.tx.us/dem

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