Barbecue On the Deck. Minnesota Room if raining.

The New Attendee Welcome is for first time conference attendees or anyone that wants to learn about the ins and outs of the 2021 Conference.

Buffet Breakfast included in Meal Plan

Opening Ceremonies

Special Remarks by DPS

AMEM Annual Meeting

Buffet Lunch - Meal Package Required.   Vendor Show

This course will provide considerations an emergency manager must examine when making the recommendation to close a state highway or interstate during an emergency, disaster, or other event.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session participants will understand:
• What is a highway closure vs. lane reduction
• What is the difference between short term and long-term closure
• What are some trigger points that would cause a closure
• Who is authorized to close a highway - legal authority
• Who must be involved in the decision-making process
• How to close the highway when the SEOC is active and Inactive

Critical Infrastructure (CI) data are important to use in mapping for county and state emergency and mitigation planning. While many public nationwide and statewide CI datasets exist that may be valuable for planning across jurisdictions, they are often outdated or inaccurate, requiring validation and editing before sharing. Examples of public CI datasets include emergency and shelter facilities, hospitals, government buildings, and significant county assets. Many jurisdictions keep their own data up to date, but their accurate data may not be reflected in the multiple statewide datasets, stewarded by multiple agencies in Minnesota.
This session will discuss the importance of spatial, multi-jurisdictional datasets and how they can be used in many emergency management applications, with specific examples from St Louis County. We will discuss the challenges to keeping statewide and nationwide data up to date and initiatives in Minnesota that are addressing these gaps.

Learning objectives for your presentation:
1. Understand how critical infrastructure spatial data (GIS datasets) are used in Emergency Management.
2. Learn the importance of having these data located to the building (not address location) and up-to-date.
3. Learn about how your jurisdiction can contribute to keep statewide datasets current.

I would like to go over the basic composition of MART- our capabilities - how we can be requested

Learning objectives for your presentation
What MART can do for local agencies (capabilities as well as risk reduction)
How MART can be requested
Risks to local rescuers that can be mitigated by MART

Minnesota has eight health care coalitions that incentivize diverse and often competitive health care organizations with differing priorities and objectives to work together to ensure the community has the necessary medical equipment and supplies, information and trained health care personnel to respond in an emergency. Jurisdictional emergency managers are core members of these coalitions. This presentation will consist of a panel discussion focusing on the role of emergency managers in health care coalitions, how it has evolved over the past 15 years, and opportunities for the future. The panel will include emergency managers from urban and rural jurisdictions, health care coalition leadership and Minnesota Department of Health preparedness staff.

Learning objectives for your presentation:
• Understand how a regional health care coalition can strengthen health care emergency response capability.
• Learn what the emergency manager role in a health care coalition is during an event.
• Describe partnering success stories for leverage resources.

This presentation will discuss how to use remote sensors to safely recover drowning victims and safely collect evidence.

Learning objectives for your presentation

Keep public safety personnel out of the water and safe.
Getting better evidence collection without bottom disturbance.
Being able to search the surrounding area before any human contact is made with the victim.
Understanding underwater resources available in MN.

This course will provide considerations an emergency manager must examine when making the recommendation to close a state highway or interstate during an emergency, disaster, or other event.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session participants will understand:
• What is a highway closure vs. lane reduction
• What is the difference between short term and long-term closure
• What are some trigger points that would cause a closure
• Who is authorized to close a highway - legal authority
• Who must be involved in the decision-making process
• How to close the highway when the SEOC is active and Inactive

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Critical Infrastructure (CI) data are important to use in mapping for county and state emergency and mitigation planning. While many public nationwide and statewide CI datasets exist that may be valuable for planning across jurisdictions, they are often outdated or inaccurate, requiring validation and editing before sharing. Examples of public CI datasets include emergency and shelter facilities, hospitals, government buildings, and significant county assets. Many jurisdictions keep their own data up to date, but their accurate data may not be reflected in the multiple statewide datasets, stewarded by multiple agencies in Minnesota.
This session will discuss the importance of spatial, multi-jurisdictional datasets and how they can be used in many emergency management applications, with specific examples from St Louis County. We will discuss the challenges to keeping statewide and nationwide data up to date and initiatives in Minnesota that are addressing these gaps.

Learning objectives for your presentation:
1. Understand how critical infrastructure spatial data (GIS datasets) are used in Emergency Management.
2. Learn the importance of having these data located to the building (not address location) and up-to-date.
3. Learn about how your jurisdiction can contribute to keep statewide datasets current.

I would like to go over the basic composition of MART- our capabilities - how we can be requested

Learning objectives for your presentation
What MART can do for local agencies (capabilities as well as risk reduction)
How MART can be requested
Risks to local rescuers that can be mitigated by MART

Minnesota has eight health care coalitions that incentivize diverse and often competitive health care organizations with differing priorities and objectives to work together to ensure the community has the necessary medical equipment and supplies, information and trained health care personnel to respond in an emergency. Jurisdictional emergency managers are core members of these coalitions. This presentation will consist of a panel discussion focusing on the role of emergency managers in health care coalitions, how it has evolved over the past 15 years, and opportunities for the future. The panel will include emergency managers from urban and rural jurisdictions, health care coalition leadership and Minnesota Department of Health preparedness staff.

Learning objectives for your presentation:
• Understand how a regional health care coalition can strengthen health care emergency response capability.
• Learn what the emergency manager role in a health care coalition is during an event.
• Describe partnering success stories for leverage resources.

This presentation will discuss how to use remote sensors to safely recover drowning victims and safely collect evidence.

Learning objectives for your presentation

Keep public safety personnel out of the water and safe.
Getting better evidence collection without bottom disturbance.
Being able to search the surrounding area before any human contact is made with the victim.
Understanding underwater resources available in MN.

All Emergency Managers Welcome.   Hosted by AMEM President Garry Johanson.

Buffet Dinner

Bingo Night

When a first responder dies in the line of duty or sometimes during off-duty circumstances, it often immediately transforms the normal workings of a community. This session will focus on the resources available to agencies during these times and the ways Emergency Management can be vitally important in the coordination of first responder funerals and the surrounding logistics.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants should be able to:
• Give participants an understanding of the dynamics of first responder funerals and an understanding of what to expect should one occur within their community.
• Help participants understand the important role Emergency Management staff can play in helping facilitate the logistics of these large-scale events.
• Provide participants with resources and knowledge with the goal of being part of a team that rallies to provide support for families, agencies, and communities when a first responder gives the ultimate sacrifice.

This presentation is a mix between interactive discussion, activities, live polling, and PowerPoint education. During the presentation, participants will receive a brief overview of what crisis standards of care is, followed by polling and a patient ranking activity. Afterwards, participants will discuss the reasoning behind their responses before another polling session. The goal of this presentation is not to reach consensus but rather listen and learn about Minnesotans values and beliefs that influence our decision-making process during a pervasive or catastrophic emergency.

Please provide 3 to 5 learning objectives for your presentation:
After this session participants will:

• Understand basic concepts of crisis standards of care.
• Learn what the state role and bedside provider role is during a crisis standards of care event.
• Share their values in decision-making in dire situations with the state.

When a first responder dies in the line of duty or sometimes during off-duty circumstances, it often immediately transforms the normal workings of a community. This session will focus on the resources available to agencies during these times and the ways Emergency Management can be vitally important in the coordination of first responder funerals and the surrounding logistics.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants should be able to:
• Give participants an understanding of the dynamics of first responder funerals and an understanding of what to expect should one occur within their community.
• Help participants understand the important role Emergency Management staff can play in helping facilitate the logistics of these large-scale events.
• Provide participants with resources and knowledge with the goal of being part of a team that rallies to provide support for families, agencies, and communities when a first responder gives the ultimate sacrifice.

Breakfast Buffet

Closing comments  from outgoing AMEM President and Incoming President

Conference Hotwash -  Board of Directors