12:02:46 PM Avagene Moore:Welcome to the EIIP Virtual Classroom! We are very pleased to have everyone here today. .... 12:03:01 PM Avagene Moore:Our topic today is the Emergency Education NETwork (EENET). .... 12:03:14 PM Avagene Moore:When we are ready for questions from the audience, I will alert everyone and give you the rules of order for indicating you have a question for our speakers. ... 12:03:26 PM Avagene Moore:We will interview our speakers to give an overview of our topic today. This will take about 30 minutes; the remainder of the hour will be for Q&A with you, the audience. ... 12:03:40 PM Avagene Moore:We are honored to introduce our special guests today ... 12:03:55 PM Avagene Moore:Bruce Marshall is Chief of the Support Systems Branch in the Training Division of FEMA's Preparedness Directorate. ... 12:04:05 PM Avagene Moore:Carole Eiben is a producer for EENET, the Emergency Education NETwork, at FEMA's Emergency Management Institute (EMI). ... 12:04:18 PM Avagene Moore:My questions will be directed to Carole but Bruce will add his comments as we go along. Thanks to both of you for joining us today. ... 12:04:32 PM Avagene Moore:Our first question to Carole is --- what is the Emergency Education NETwork? 12:04:55 PM Carole Eiben:EENET, FEMA's Emergency Education NETwork, brings training and educational TV programs to emergency management officials across the country... 12:05:11 PM Carole Eiben:It's a distance learning tool that enables us to provide training to virtually any community via satellite. EENET has offered programs on... 12:05:26 PM Carole Eiben:a wide variety of topics including: hurricane preparedness, 12:05:41 PM Carole Eiben:assessment, donations management, and urban search and rescue 12:06:10 PM Carole Eiben:techniques. Many of our programs are interactive, that is, viewers can call in to ask questions and participate in the broadcast. 12:06:15 PM Avagene Moore:How long has EENET been in existence? 12:06:46 PM Carole Eiben:EENET began in 1981 as a videoconferencing project in conjunction with the Children's Television Workshop to provide a fire safety... 12:07:02 PM Carole Eiben:education program for preschools in Alaska. Now, EENET provides about 45 of programming a year to the entire public safety community. 12:07:07 PM Avagene Moore:How does EENET work? 12:07:25 PM Carole Eiben:EENET broadcasts via satellite over both C- Band and Ku-Band to reach the broadest audience possible. We provide a schedule of... 12:07:41 PM Carole Eiben:upcoming broadcasts on our web site (www.fema.gov/emi/eenet.htm) and to a mailing list of over 13,000. The schedule includes a description... 12:07:56 PM Carole Eiben:of the broadcast, and the satellite coordinates to tune in to. Since all shows are in the public domain, they are free to anyone interested in watching. 12:08:03 PM Avagene Moore:Where do the broadcasts originate? 12:08:24 PM Carole Eiben: Most broadcasts originate from our TV studio at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, MD. 12:08:34 PM Avagene Moore:Is it possible to broadcast from sites other than FEMA NETC? 12:08:40 PM Carole Eiben:We have aired from many other locations. For example, last month we broadcast a program simultaneously from Witchita, Virginia Beach,... 12:08:54 PM Carole Eiben:and from our Emmitsburg studio. The show focussed on creative partnerships and included a live demonstration of an Urban Search and Rescue drill. 12:09:00 PM Avagene Moore:What is required to take advantage of EENET broadcasts? 12:09:12 PM Carole Eiben:Anyone with a movable (not fixed) satellite dish can receive EENET broadcasts. Viewing sites typically include: State Emergency... 12:09:32 PM Carole Eiben:Management Offices, local government, fire departments, hospitals, businesses, universities, and private homes. Many cablevision systems... 12:09:42 PM Carole Eiben:also air our broadcasts. Local community access channels in many areas also offer our programs. Since our broadcasts are in the public... 12:09:56 PM Carole Eiben:domain, they may be taped and used over and over again. Also, we provide copies of all our broadcasts to FEMA Regional offices and to... 12:10:40 PM Carole Eiben:the State Training Officer in each State. Many of them loan these tapes out as part of a lending library of training resources. 12:10:43 PM Avagene Moore:How many people does EENET reach each year? 12:11:02 PM Carole Eiben:It's hard to know exactly how many viewers are watching--we don't have Nielsen ratings for our programs. But there is quite an interest... 12:11:13 PM Carole Eiben:in our programs based on our regular mailing list and our new electronic mailing list (which is accessible through our web site)... 12:11:28 PM Carole Eiben:We estimate annual viewing audiences to number in the hundreds of thousands. 12:11:30 PM Avagene Moore:Who is the audience? 12:11:55 PM Carole Eiben:Our audience includes emergency responders (fire fighters, EMTs, search and rescue teams), emergency managers and trainers, law... 12:12:30 PM Avagene Moore:We have temporarily lost Carole .... 12:12:43 PM David King:? 12:13:05 PM Avagene Moore:We have lost Bruce also...give them a moment to come back in. 12:13:35 PM Avagene Moore:David, if your question is to our speakers, it will have to wait. Is it for me or someone else online? 12:13:57 PM David King:I would be interested when they get back on line if it possible to suggest topics for future broadcasts to EENET? 12:14:21 PM Avagene Moore:Just wait. Funny you ask that. The question is coming up.. hang on. 12:14:26 PM David King:Ok 12:15:15 PM Avagene Moore:Sorry for this folks. Carole had problems earlier. It is the same problem we had when we attempted our "live from" the CFP conference. 12:15:22 PM Amy Sebring:While we are waiting (and hoping)... 12:15:33 PM Amy Sebring:here is the web address for the EENET page... 12:15:37 PM Carole Eiben:I'm back. 12:15:40 PM Amy Sebring:which includes the July schedule. 12:15:42 PM Amy Sebring:http://www.fema.gov/emi/eenet.htm 12:16:09 PM Avagene Moore:Great Carole. We were waiting. Do you remember where you were? Middle of question 8. 12:16:40 PM Carole Eiben:OK, I'll continue mid-answer 12:16:45 PM Avagene Moore:Please. 12:16:54 PM Carole Eiben:emergency officials is about 50,000. About two-thirds of the viewers surveyed are trainers, mainly from State and local government, as you... 12:17:03 PM Carole Eiben:might expect. But our potential audience is much larger, 31 million--this includes the general public. 12:17:12 PM Avagene Moore:How are the topics and broadcasts determined? 12:17:34 PM Carole Eiben:Many of the topics are developed by the training staff here at the Emergency Management Institute (EMI). Other ideas come up as... 12:17:42 PM Carole Eiben:individuals see a need to reach a large audience and need an alternative to bringing folks in for traditional classroom training... 12:17:53 PM Carole Eiben:Many ideas come from local folks. We use videos that are produced by local fire departments and municipalities on our monthly National... 12:18:03 PM Carole Eiben:Alert broadcasts. Often they know a lot about local training needs and can share their experiences with others. 12:18:08 PM Avagene Moore:How much time does it take to produce a broadcast? 12:18:22 PM Carole Eiben:Production time can vary quite a bit. Most shows that involve several panelists and pre-recorded segments at various locations can... 12:18:34 PM Carole Eiben:take several months of lead time. Other shows can be put together in just a few weeks. 12:18:38 PM Avagene Moore:If someone has an idea for a broadcast, is it possible to submit a topic or script to EENET? 12:18:53 PM Carole Eiben:Yes, we encourage people to suggest topics they'd like to know more about. We're always looking for ways to learn more about... 12:19:24 PM Carole Eiben:training needs at State and local levels. We've added a Feedback page to our web site so that people can give us comments about broadcasts... 12:19:32 PM Carole Eiben:they've seen or ideas for future shows. 12:19:35 PM Avagene Moore:What is the vision for the EENET of the future? 12:19:46 PM Carole Eiben:The EENET of the Year 2000 will offer weekly programming and more. We're working to expand both the quality and quantity of our... 12:19:55 PM Carole Eiben:broadcasts. We want to continue to complement the classroom instruction... 12:20:06 PM Carole Eiben:offered here at EMI. And, we plan to bring live video of disaster responders in action, like Federal Coordinating... 12:20:15 PM Carole Eiben:Officers and others, straight into the classroom when possible to give students a hands-on perspective. 12:20:27 PM Avagene Moore:What type of technological advances do you see impacting future broadcasts? 12:20:36 PM Carole Eiben:There are many things that will have an impact on our broadcasts in the near future. Digital TV and video streaming are two that come... 12:20:45 PM Carole Eiben:to mind quickly. We've experimented with video streaming successfully through several shows for the Dept. of Transportation. Video... 12:21:01 PM Carole Eiben:streaming allows people to watch video on their PCs. It also allows viewing on demand, typically for up to 30 days after a program airs... 12:21:11 PM Carole Eiben:live. This offers us great potential in reaching a larger audience who can "tune in" at their own convenience. 12:21:15 PM Avagene Moore:Would you like to take a moment to publicize any upcoming broadcasts? 12:21:32 PM Carole Eiben:We've got several broadcasts coming up that participants may be interested in... 12:21:43 PM Carole Eiben:National Alert airs the 3rd Wednesday of each month. The next National Alert will air on July 15... 12:22:23 PM Avagene Moore:Bruce, can you jump in here and finish up the upcoming broadcasts? 12:22:44 PM Avagene Moore:There is one on July 29, I believe. 12:22:45 PM BB Marshall:Carole will continue the lists, but while she logs back on, let me tell you about some new EENET initiatives also..... 12:22:52 PM Avagene Moore:Great. 12:23:43 PM BB Marshall:We have received permission from the Home and Garden TV Network (a cablevision provider) to replay a series of 6 broadcasts they did (with FEMA's help) about disastder-proofing your home.... 12:24:44 PM Carole J Eiben:To continue with our July schedule... 12:24:55 PM Carole J Eiben:On July 29, we've got a broadcast on Stress Threats in Emergency Operations which looks at the effects of stress on emergency management personnel and ways to manage stress... 12:25:01 PM BB Marshall:and we are working with the American Society of Civil Engineers to broadcast, this year and next, a series of engineering (and "public works") seminars for them, with college credits and ceu's attached. 12:25:04 PM Carole J Eiben:July 30 there will be a town hall broadcast on the Radiological Emergency Preparedness program... 12:25:24 PM Carole J Eiben:And August 4 is the next in our series, "Classroom Connection: Your Tie to EMI." This edition features Mike Stevers of Salt Lake City talking about mass care and sheltering issues in a terrorist event. 12:25:31 PM Avagene Moore:Thank you, Carole and Bruce. We would like to open the floor for Q&A at this point, but first ... 12:25:48 PM Avagene Moore:To keep order, please input a question mark (?) to indicate you wish to ask a question of one of our speakers .... 12:25:57 PM Avagene Moore:Oops, Carole is gone again... 12:26:12 PM Avagene Moore:Compose your question but hold it until you are recognized, then hit Send or Enter. ... 12:26:32 PM Avagene Moore:If we run out of time in the Classroom, you will have an opportunity to ask your question back in the Virtual Forum at the close of the formal hour with Carole and Bruce. ... 12:27:06 PM Avagene Moore:If you have a question, please indicate now and as soon as Carole or Bruce log back in, we will let you submit it. 12:27:19 PM Avagene Moore:Input a ? if you have a question. 12:27:23 PM David King:? 12:27:27 PM Amy Sebring:(Here is the address for the page to subscribe to the EENET mailing list... 12:27:32 PM Amy Sebring:http://www.fema.gov/cgi- shl/mail_sc/eenet_mlist1.cfm ) 12:27:45 PM Amy Sebring:? 12:28:04 PM Avagene Moore:Thanks, Amy. Give Carole a moment to make sure she can read the first question. Are you with us Carole? 12:28:25 PM Carole Eiben:Here. Could you repeat the Q.? 12:28:27 PM Avagene Moore:David has a question. 12:28:29 PM David King:I had tried getting copies of the Home and Garden series from HGTV, they didn't have them available,...Will we be be able to copy it off EENET legally? 12:29:15 PM BB Marshall:No, it remains copyrighted by HGTV, but we WILL be repeatinbg the broadcasts 12:29:27 PM Carole Eiben:Bruce has been working on that. Anything we broadcast is in the public... 12:31:00 PM Avagene Moore:Carole, Bruce, are you ready for another question? 12:31:24 PM BB Marshall:go ahead, ava 12:31:27 PM Avagene Moore:Amy, your question please. 12:31:31 PM Amy Sebring:Is there an index somewhere of previously aired programs? 12:32:15 PM Avagene Moore:(Anyone having a question, please indicate with a ?) 12:32:26 PM Carole Eiben:Yes, we've got a listing of prior shows. Available upon request. You can contact ... 12:32:45 PM Carole Eiben:Sue Downin, EENET Exec. Producer at (301) 447-1073. 12:33:14 PM Avagene Moore:Carole, can Sue be reached by email? 12:33:18 PM Carole Eiben:The listing also includes National Alert topics. 12:33:41 PM Carole Eiben:Yes, Sue.Downin@fema.gov 12:33:52 PM Avagene Moore:Thanks. Other questions please. 12:34:11 PM Amy Sebring:? 12:34:15 PM Avagene Moore:Amy. 12:34:24 PM Amy Sebring:How far off is the streaming video and .... 12:34:50 PM Amy Sebring:have you considered doing just the audio portion, that is streaming audio only? 12:36:09 PM Carole Eiben:We've only used it through DOT as a pilot so far, but plan to do it with the July 30 show... 12:36:28 PM Carole Eiben:As for the audio only, we hadn't considered that, but it's a good idea. Thanks. 12:36:47 PM Avagene Moore:I have a question for one or both of you .... 12:36:54 PM BB Marshall:Ava, while we're waiting for more questions, let me touch on a slightly different topic: EENET, while the "flagship" of EMI's distance learning program, is only one deployment method. We are working to integrate others...Independent Study, the Internet, etc. Gary Chase, who also is in the Chat, is the developer of a new EMI resident course on "Alternate Deployment Mechanisms"...good course, covers it all, ya'all come! 12:37:17 PM Avagene Moore:has any consideration been given to making the EENET broadcasts .. 12:37:41 PM Avagene Moore:available via some channel on a regular basis on cable? 12:38:33 PM Amy Sebring:? 12:38:55 PM Carole Eiben:Bruce will take that one. 12:39:22 PM BB Marshall:Absolutely....we're working in that direction right now with the FEMA Chief of Staff. It needs a lot of things, including a constant and full-time programming schedule, and a FEMA satellite transponder. But, in 3-5 years, who knows? It is our goal, however! 12:39:42 PM Avagene Moore:That sounds good. Amy, your question. 12:39:44 PM BB Marshall:Keep going, Ava 12:39:46 PM Amy Sebring:Do you expect to be featuring some Project Impact efforts during the coming year? 12:40:53 PM BB Marshall:Most definitely! We are working with the Mitigation Directorate on several programs, and we often have Project Impact subjects on National Alert broadcasts. 12:41:07 PM Avagene Moore:Other questions, folks? 12:41:33 PM Avagene Moore:Bruce .... 12:41:52 PM BB Marshall:yes? 12:41:55 PM Avagene Moore:how much effort has been made to broadcast just for children? 12:42:13 PM Avagene Moore:Preparedness topics for children? 12:43:36 PM Avagene Moore:Carole, can you answer my question about preparedness broadcasts for children and schools? 12:43:55 PM Carole Eiben:Yes, historically with USFA--K-12 remains a fertile ground for development. 12:44:22 PM Carole Eiben:Bruce said, "so many audiences, so little time" 12:45:00 PM Carole Eiben:We've also included several segments on National Alert on Children's Safety issues... 12:45:01 PM BB Marshall:I'm back. 12:45:26 PM Carole Eiben:A few of those were produced at the local level. 12:45:40 PM BB Marshall:same issue...we can be providing programming into school systems. 12:45:53 PM Avagene Moore:Seems to me the school audience would be a good one to teach EM life skills. 12:46:03 PM Avagene Moore:Other questions? 12:46:28 PM BB Marshall:yeah, they really are a good learning audience, and can impact what happens at home! 12:46:51 PM Avagene Moore:We have a few more minutes so please ask anything you need to know about EENET. 12:47:23 PM Avagene Moore:One more question from me... 12:47:23 PM Amy Sebring:or perhaps we can take just a few topic suggestions Ava. 12:47:24 PM BB Marshall:By the way, Carole not only works behind the EENET scenes, but she also works on-camera. Watch the next National Alert to see her in action! 12:48:04 PM Avagene Moore:Will look for Carole. Good idea, Amy. Does anyone have topic suggestions for Bruce and Carole? 12:48:22 PM Avagene Moore:Something that hasn't been broadcast before? 12:48:26 PM Isabel McCurdy:? 12:48:38 PM Avagene Moore:Isabel. 12:48:40 PM BB Marshall:or even needs to be broadcast again... 12:49:01 PM Isabel McCurdy:Being Canadian, any obstacles accessing these programs? 12:50:24 PM BB Marshall:None at all...our satellite footprint extends well into Canada and Mexico, and into the Caribbean. We have even heard from viewers in Australia and the Middle East when some satellite companies have "repeated" our signals. 12:51:14 PM Carole Eiben:Isabel, is there something similar to EENET in Canada?... 12:51:19 PM David King:? 12:51:30 PM Isabel McCurdy:No. 12:51:56 PM Carole Eiben:Check out our web site to get on our electronic mailing list, Isabel. 12:51:56 PM Avagene Moore:David, forward your question please. 12:52:01 PM David King:Is it possible to get a list of what will be on the National Alert Broadcasts...specific topics in advance? 12:52:35 PM Isabel McCurdy:I'll do that, thanks. 12:52:43 PM Amy Sebring:There is a download Word file at the bottom of this page David ... 12:52:45 PM Amy Sebring:http://www.fema.gov/emi/eenet.htm 12:53:04 PM Ron Brittan:? 12:53:05 PM Amy Sebring:Also a text file. 12:53:17 PM David King:What I've seen in the past on the advance material, incuding website hasn't had the topics listed...maybe that's changed 12:53:32 PM Avagene Moore:Ron, you can send your question but may have to repeat it. We have lost Carole and Bruce at the moment. 12:54:09 PM Ron Brittan:My question just got answered - Web site 12:54:30 PM Avagene Moore:Good! I am sorry the FEMA folks are having so much trouble today. 12:55:15 PM Amy Sebring:Avagene -- if it is OK with EMI, I will try to get the index file and post it for download with the transcripts and background info. 12:55:20 PM Avagene Moore:I appreciate their effort when there are problems like this. 12:55:49 PM Avagene Moore:That's a good idea, Amy. We will ask them about that. Bruce is back online. 12:56:11 PM BB Marshall:Sorry, David. We post the topics on the Internet Homepage for EENET. July's schedule currently is in there. 12:56:13 PM Isabel McCurdy:I missed the beginning, did anyone mention the costs for the programs? 12:56:23 PM BB Marshall:no costs. 12:57:21 PM BB Marshall:Ava? 12:57:35 PM Avagene Moore:One more question or comment before we wrap it up today? 12:57:40 PM Avagene Moore:Yes, Bruce. 12:58:29 PM BB Marshall:aside from getting "booted out", it's been fun! 12:58:48 PM Avagene Moore:Thanks, you have been very patient. 12:58:58 PM Avagene Moore:Our time is up for the day. Thanks to Carole Eiben and Bruce Marshall for their presentation. Thanks to the audience for joining us to learn about EENET. ... 12:59:09 PM Avagene Moore:Join us tomorrow night for the "Mutual Aid" session at 8:00 PM EDT. Bring your ideas and issues and we will share in an informal manner for one hour Thursday evening. 12:59:41 PM Avagene Moore:We can now move to the Virtual Forum and express our thanks informally to Bruce and Carole. Thanks to all! 12:59:44 PM Carole Eiben:Thanks for your patience with our technical difficulties! 01:00:01 PM BB Marshall:ditto 01:00:08 PM Avagene Moore:We thank you. Please move to the Virtual Forum!!