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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND PREVENTION CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Release Date: 08/12/99
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1999
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND PREVENTION
CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
How to prepare for everything from terrorist attacks and civil disturbances to leaks of toxic chemical and explosions will be the subjects discussed at the 1999 Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Conference to be held Sept. 20-23 in Washington, D.C. Nearly 2,000 people from throughout the United States and some foreign countries who are involved in preparing for, preventing and dealing with crises are expected to attend. Featured speakers will include: Dr. Sadyoshi Ohbu of St. Luke’s Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, one of the chief physicians who treated victims of the Tokyo subway terrorist attack; Don Haldiman, FBI special agent, who investigated the bombings of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Okla., and the World Trade Center in New York, N.Y.; and Nick Vent of the San Diego Hazardous Materials Division, who has responded to more than 3,000 incidents. The four-day conference, which is sponsored by EPA region 3 and co-sponsored by the Chemical Manufacturers Association and the Department of the Army, will be held at the Hilton Washington & Towers, 1919 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. (202-483-3000). For more information about the conference visit: https://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/epacepp/index.htm; or call 1-877-804-2377.
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