This document discusses the roles of leadership, credibility, communication, and collaboration in emergency response and planning. It emphasizes that leadership is crucial and involves gaining credibility through expertise, communicating clearly and concisely, and collaborating by building consensus. The document provides examples from the author's experiences responding to disasters like Hurricane Katrina, and stresses that occupational health professionals must anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and control hazards to protect response workers.

1. Making the Hard Call - To Prevail & Transform Your Role in Emergency Response and Planning Leadership Through Credibility-Communication-Collaboration Lieutenant Colonel Dennis Palalay Environmental Science and Engineering Officer 18 th Medical Command United States Army Pacific Command 28 October 2011

4. Is there a difference? Leadership v.s. Management

6. What is it? Emergency

7. “ Say … what’s a mountain goat doing way up here in a cloud bank?”

13. YOUR ROLE….. “ Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

16. U.S. National Response Framework

17. U.S. National Response Framework

21. Acting swiftly and effectively requires clear, focused communication and the processes to support it. National Response Framework January 2008

22. 11 September 2001 Attack at the Pentagon

32. Communication PENTAGON FLOOR LEVEL C B 1 2 3 4 5 CRASH SITE Radiological Direct Reading Air Samples (CO, CO², Nox, etc) Volatile Organic Compounds – Air Samples Asbestos and Metals – Air Samples and Wipes (bulk) Dioxin Wipe Sampling OCC Sampling for Lead and Asbestos on guards and recovery personnel Surface Wipe Samples for: Lead*---------------------------------------- Asbestos*---------------------------------- Post-Cleaning --------------------------- * Pre-Cleaning wipe samples contained Pb dust and Asbestos; Post-Cleaning samples contained no detectable levels of Pb or asbestos Sampling Status Result Assessment Status = UNACCEPTABLE = ACCEPTABLE = NON-APPLICABLE

33. Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, Louisiana - 2005

37. Conclusion

40. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07809r.pdf

58. LEADERSHIP IS EVERYTHING! LEAD yourself first You INFLUENCE more people than you think… It is about PEOPLE and your RELATIONSHIP with them Be willing to do what others won’t - make it an OPPORTUNITY SEE IT- OWN IT - DO IT!

59. Making the Hard Call - To Prevail & Transform Your Role in Emergency Response and Planning Leadership Through Credibility-Communication-Collaboration Lieutenant Colonel Dennis Palalay Environmental Science and Engineering Officer 18 th Medical Command United States Army Pacific Command 28 October 2011