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2017 Eclipse Disaster Planning

Mike Bamberger

Emergency Preparedness Manager

Emergency Preparedness Program/Enterprise Risk Services
Oregon State University

The normally-peaceful Willamette Valley was a perfect place to be for the 2017 eclipse since it was in the path of totality. The downside was that it seemed everyone else in the world wanted to be here, too! All of our worst fears about food/water shortages, stalled emergency services, power outages, and traffic from hell nearly came to pass – except for One Man. Find out how Mike averted potential disaster by using the only tool capable of handling this scenario: the Incident Command System.

 About the Presenter

Mike Bamberger has been the Emergency Manager of the Oregon State University Emergency Preparedness Program since 2013.  He has a rich history of emergency management programs in different industries.  He recently came from the Tri-Cities in Washington, where he was the Emergency Preparedness Coordinator for a radiological laboratory on the Hanford Nuclear site.  Mike has been local since 1997, where he was the Benton County Emergency Manager/Search and Rescue Coordinator and Emergency Planner and Trainer for Samaritan Health Services, working from Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. 

Mike is also a member of the OR-2 Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT), with his latest deployment of providing medical response coverage during Pope Francis’ 2016 visit.

Date and Time:

Friday, April 20, 2018

Start Time: 12:00 pm

End Time: 1:30 pm

Location:

Corvallis Depot, 700 Washington Ave, Corvallis, OR.

Professional Development Units:

Presentation - 1 PDU.

Lunch:

Pizza (including vegetarian); salad and snacks buffet style

Price:

Corvallis Branch PMI lunch program meetings are held on the third Friday of the month (September through May).