Director of the Center for Management Analysis at C.W. Post to Discuss Emergency Preparedness for Long Island: Dr. Matthew C. Cordaro to Recommend a NYS Disaster Command Center be Established On Long Island.BROOKVILLE, N.Y. -- On Friday morning October 7, 2005, Dr. Matthew C. Cordaro, Director of the Center for Management Analysis at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University and Associate Dean of the campus' College of Management, will discuss "Hurricane Katrina  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. and What It Means for Long Island Preparedness" at a breakfast meeting of the Long Island Mid-Suffolk Business Action group (LIMBA Limba may refer to:
Dr. Cordaro's presentation to LIMBA will include a recommendation that a New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of State Disaster Command Center be established on Long Island. He will explain why - with two major counties and a portion of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. located on the Island - there exists an urgent need for a single command and control center to coordinate region-wide responses to major disasters. Dr. Cordaro will discuss how such a centralized approach to crisis management can prevent the type of confusion and disorganization disorganization /dis·or·gan·iza·tion/ (-or?gan-i-za´shun) the process of destruction of any organic tissue; any profound change in the tissues of an organ or structure which causes the loss of most or all of its proper characters. seen in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded following the devastation by Hurricane Katrina. Dr. Cordaro will suggest that, as in other states, this new center should be headed up by the State's Office of Emergency Management or Homeland Security. He will point out that the new State Disaster Command Center must be designed and equipped to deal with many different disaster possibilities - not just hurricanes. In addition, he will address the fact that other county and utility emergency response centers will continue to play their critical roles in responding to major crises, but that the involvement of the state with clear overall authority to manage emergency recovery operations by coordinating the functions of all responders, including the federal government, would be a significant improvement over what now exists. Dr. Cordaro is a 40-year veteran of the energy industry and has extensive experience in dealing with major emergencies. He has led several major disaster recovery efforts at utilities nationwide and was responsible for an overhaul of LILCO's emergency restoration operations following Hurricane Gloria during his tenure there (1966 to 1988, when he resigned as Senior Vice President of Electric and Gas Operations, Engineering and Construction). Many experts agree that Long Island will likely be challenged at some point with a natural disaster on par with those that recently struck the Gulf Coast region. Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center The U.S. National Hurricane Center, located at Florida International University in Miami, Florida, is the division of National Weather Service's Tropical Prediction Center responsible for tracking and predicting the likely behavior of tropical depressions, tropical storms and in Miami, recently told a Senate subcommittee that we are currently in a period of heightened hurricane activity that could last another decade or two. Cordaro says, "Long Islanders must ask themselves, Will we be ready? And will our government and industry be prepared with an efficient and effective plan, and the organizational structure to carry it out?" These issues and more will be discussed at the LIMBA Breakfast at the Hilton Garden Inn Hilton Garden Inn is the name of a chain of hotels operated by Hilton Hotels Corporation. Hilton Garden Inns are considered to be upscale, mid-priced hotels that are designed for both business and leisure travelers. The hotel brand is similar to that of the Courtyard by Marriott brand. in Ronkonkoma on Friday, October 7 at 8:30 a.m. For additional information, call the C.W. Post Office of Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most at (516) 299-2332. |
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