We are excited to announce in-person training in all four KAMM Regions on Wednesday’s in March!
A KAMM Member benefit, free Regional Trainings are available.
We’ll greet you with coffee adn donuts and provide lunch!
Certificates of Attendance will be provided. We have preapproval for CFMS and AICPs.
March Dates and Agenda Topics
Region I, March 30, 2022
Hopkinsville Public Works Complex
9:00 – 4:30 (CST)
Region I is
excited to bring this training day to you packed with sessions related to the
severe weather we experienced closing out 2021. We are going to delve
into the topic of coordinating Waste Management in the aftermath of a disaster
and long term recovery with Environmental Manager for City of Bowling Green,
Matt Powell who has coordinated solid waste management for all of Warren
County, Kentucky. We have two sessions from Dr. Josh Durkee, Director WKU
White Squirrel Weather and Megan Schargorodski, WKU, KY Mesonet that focus on
operationalizing weather & emergency management services for incident
management and response at WKU and utilizing the Mesonet in the Emergency
Management Cycle. We have a session on an innovative new project that
began in eastern Kentucky to help increase weather awareness among the Amish
and other “off-the-grid” communities in rural areas from Jane Wix at
NOAA. KAMM’s own Esther White will teach
us about how to develop successful HMGP Grants in a post disaster
environment. We will be joined by Frank Wallace from the City of
Madisonville that will cover the challenges of building codes and rebuilding in
the aftermath of the December 2021 tornado that hit Hopkins County. We
will close out the day with an Overview of the deadly long track tornado that
ravaged the Commonwealth in December 2021.
With the end of 2021 bringing Kentucky some of its worst severe convective weather ever, it seems only appropriate to dedicate much of the Region II training to weather-related topics this year. In fact, four of the five presentations will be weather-related – but will still cover a wide range of activities within the topic.
In addition
to a review of the December 10-11 and January 1 tornadoes from the National
Weather Service, we’ll hear about the ground-breaking efforts of WKU’s
Meteorology program involving students in emergency management services for
incident management and response at WKU.
If that’s not enough to satiate your weather appetite, you’ll hear about
an innovative new project that began in eastern Kentucky to help increase weather
awareness among the Amish and other “off-the-grid” communities in
rural areas.
For help in
putting together future projects, you’ll also hear how you can use the Kentucky
Mesonet in the emergency management cycle and find out the latest on NFIP’s RISK
Rating 2.0, going into effect in April.
With costly weather events becoming ever more frequent in Kentucky,
staying on top of the latest efforts to mitigate their impacts is something
we’ll all need to do for the foreseeable future.
Sanitation District No. 1 of Northern Kentucky (SD1), Fort Wright
10:00 – 3:00 (EST) Registration Closed
Kentucky is
very geographically diverse and with that diversity comes unique challenges
from natural hazards. The northern
region of Kentucky is a land of narrow valleys, steep pinnacles, rivers, and
many streams which shape the boundaries of our communities. Come join us for a day of learning and
collaborating with local experts in various fields to promote natural hazard
mitigation and management specific to the northern region of Kentucky. The training seminar will include
presentations on stream mitigation banking, FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance
(HMA) program, an innovative weather awareness project for rural areas, and
floodplain and wetland restoration. The
seminar will also include an interactive tour on-site around the Public Service
Park which features many best management practices for controlling stormwater
runoff to learn why stormwater management matters.
In light of
seemingly non-stop severe weather events in Kentucky, ranging from devastating
floods to ice storms, this year’s Region IV training aims to help professionals
reduce flood risk while protecting clean water.
Practices that mimic or support the job of natural ecosystems (like
wetlands acting as a sponge during flooding events), known as nature-based
solutions, provide an approach to decrease flood risk while protecting water
quality as well as natural and built habitats. Attendees are provided an
opportunity to engage with practitioners from diverse watershed management,
agricultural, and civil engineering backgrounds regarding integrated water
quality and quantity management, including a mapping exercise to help determine
possible sites for implementation.
For guidance on planning and funding projects, attendees will find out the latest on NFIP’s RISK Rating 2.0 (going into effect in April) and gather tips on applying to FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) program. Ultimately, this training aims to bridge the gap between water quantity-focused stakeholders and their water quality-focused counterparts.
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