Director/Paramedic Sevier Co. E911 Central Dispatch Sevierville, Tennessee
As we come into the 5yr anniversary of the Gatlinburg Wildfires. We will take a look at the incident, everything we come across, the damage, and the issues we ran into along the way. Then we will look at how we grew and the changes that we made to better handle another situation like this incident. We will go over response, communications, command, and elements that are out of our control. This presentation will show pictures, videos, audio files, and media clips to illustrate the timeline and damage of the incident.
Learning Objectives:
As we come into the 5yr anniversary of the Gatlinburg Wildfires. We will take a look at the incident, everything we come across, the damage, and the issues we ran into along the way. Then we will look at how we grew and the changes that we made to better handle another situation like this incident. We will go over response, communications, command, and elements that are out of our control. This presentation will show pictures, videos, audio files, and media clips to illustrate the timeline and damage of the incident.
Participants will be able to see almost first hand the immense damage and obstacles that we as responders faced going into the disaster.
Participants will be able to reviews their systems and resources and compare them to this incident. Hopefully to gain more resources to better help their system in response to any and all incidents.
