Please join the SAME Dallas and Fort Worth Posts for a joint briefing and panel discussion focused on the Hurricane Ike response and recovery missions. Discussions will center on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers support to FEMA, structural assessments conducted by Halff Associates in support of Galveston County, and environmental missions supported by Dougherty Sprague Environmental. The briefing will also include contracting opportunities available during disaster operations like Hurricane Ike.

Guest speakers will include Paul Krebs, Chief, Readiness & Operation, Southwestern Division, USACE; Gus Marinos, Chief, Emergency Management, Galveston District, USACE; John Espinoza, PE, CFM, Halff Associates; and Cathy Dougherty, PE, Dougherty Sprague Environmental.