Good afternoon again. Please take your seats. Were trying to stay on time here. Id like to get started as soon as possible. Good afternoon. Im Malu Harrison i would like to welcome you back to this session. Miami book fair, 2017, if you are here this morning, and you know Miami Book Fair very well you know that book fair is presented by Miamidade College and thousands and thousands of volunteers among whom are students, faculty, staff, administrators, and many, many individuals from the community and from the corporate success tore as well. In fact, our corporate sponsor the main corporate sponsor is ohl, this year and were have been very, very grateful for its sponsorship and its support and were also grateful as ive mentioned in previous session to the circle of treads trends of Miami Book Fair i know youre here in abundance this year as you have been in past years, since 1984 when our book fair began and we would like to extend a special thank you to our circle of friends. And so wi
Didnt sink in that we were the prisoners of war spent wednesday, cspans tour of recovery at st. Bernard parish in louisiana speak you cant describe it. Your whole life is gone, completely. Nothing but rubble. Not on your house but a whole community for all your friends, family, everybody is going. Now its going to be a year later and you still coming at them and friends, they dont see anymore that you used to see. Hell of a feeling. You will never forget the rest of your life. Followed at nine with a town hall meeting in new orleans. I am relying on you. I know august is state level, federal level at all difficult to i dont care. I voted for you to represent me on the local level. I dont know where else to go. I dont know what else to do. Thursday night startin startt eight more from the conference in new orleans with craig fugate and others. And nine bush of president obamas trip to the region as well as remarks for the recovery effort 10 years after katrina. Hurricane katrina anniver
Property, and saved lives. This type of training is happening every day in the fdny and is essential to our ability to serve the city of new york. By investing in core areas, planning, incident management, leadership, communications, patient triage and treatment, hazmat, marine firefighter and search and technical rescue, we are better prepared to adapt to a changing threat environment if disaster strikes. We have structured our Core Competencies to respond to routine and extreme events, including acts of terrorism. Thank you again for the opportunity to speak here today on this important topic. Thank you. Chair recognizes mr. Ielpi. Thank you for inviting me here. Its a pleasure to be able to speak to you. Before i start, id like to acknowledge behind me theres a large number of family members who lost their loved ones here that are here to listen to this talk today. Id like to thank the Port Authority who lost fabulous 37 guys and gals, 12 still missing today. New York City Police de
Property, and saved lives. This type of training is happening every day in the fdny and is essential to our ability to serve the city of new york. By investing in core areas, planning, incident management, leadership, communications, patient triage and treatment, hazmat, marine firefighter and search and technical rescue, we are better prepared to adapt to a changing threat environment if disaster strikes. We have structured our Core Competencies to respond to routine and extreme events, including acts of terrorism. Thank you again for the opportunity to speak here today on this important topic. Thank you. Chair recognizes mr. Ielpi. Thank you for inviting me here. Its a pleasure to be able to speak to you. Before i start, id like to acknowledge behind me theres a large number of family members who lost their loved ones here that are here to listen to this talk today. Id like to thank the Port Authority who lost fabulous 37 guys and gals, 12 still missing today. New York City Police de
Property, and saved lives. This type of training is happening every day in the fdny and is essential to our ability to serve the city of new york. By investing in core areas, planning, incident management, leadership, communications, patient triage and treatment, hazmat, marine firefighter and search and technical rescue, we are better prepared to adapt to a changing threat environment if disaster strikes. We have structured our Core Competencies to respond to routine and extreme events, including acts of terrorism. Thank you again for the opportunity to speak here today on this important topic. Thank you. Chair recognizes mr. Ielpi. Thank you for inviting me here. Its a pleasure to be able to speak to you. Before i start, id like to acknowledge behind me theres a large number of family members who lost their loved ones here that are here to listen to this talk today. Id like to thank the Port Authority who lost fabulous 37 guys and gals, 12 still missing today. New York City Police de