Virtual Forum Presentation
June 21, 2000 -- 12:00 Noon Eastern Time

What's Ahead for the New Standard
on Disaster/Emergency Management?

Lloyd Bokman
Chairman
NFPA 1600 Technical Committee on Disaster Management

SUMMARY

EIIP Virtual Forum Presentation
Wednesday - June 21, 2000 - 12:00 Noon EDT

What's Ahead for the New Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management?

Lloyd Bokman
NFPA 1600 Technical Committee

Moderator Avagene Moore
EIIP Coordinator

The June 21, 2000 Virtual Forum was an opportunity to learn more about the status of the NFPA 1600 Standard on Disaster / Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs - 2000 Edition. This was Lloyd Bokman's third appearance in the EIIP Virtual Forum to present current information on the NFPA 1600 Standard. Bokman, U.S. Dept. of Energy Liaison/Hazardous Materials Planner with the Ohio Emergency Management Agency, is responsible for the State of Ohio's Hazardous Materials Emergency Management Plan. Lloyd has been a member of the NFPA 1600 Technical Committee on Disaster Management since 1993 and has served as its Chair since 1998.

Bokman's presentation, followed by a Question & Answer session with the audience, addressed two questions: "What exactly is a standard and what does it mean to us?" and "What's ahead for NFPA 1600?" A task force comprised of Technical Committee members will continue to work on further refinement of the document, with recommendations to be submitted to the full committee June 2001.

LLOYD BOKMAN
Chairman
NFPA 1600 Technical Committee on Disaster Management

Lloyd Bokman is the U.S. Dept. of Energy Liaison/Hazardous Materials Planner with the Ohio Emergency Management Agency and is also responsible for the State of Ohio's Hazardous Materials Emergency Management Plan. Mr. Bokman previously worked as an Ohio EMA Hazardous Materials Planner providing planning and exercise assistance to the Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) and County Emergency Management Agencies (EMAs) in the northeast sector of the State of Ohio. Before that he was a radiological emergency response planner with Ohio EMA and worked with Ohio's nuclear power plants and their surrounding counties. Lloyd has been a member of the NFPA 1600 Technical Committee on Disaster Management since 1993 and has served as its Chair since 1998. He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of Akron and has previous experience as a Captain and EMT in the fire service.

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