WEST PALM BEACH (CBSMiami) – The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season will get underway in lower than a month and officers from companies throughout the state have gathered in Palm Beach County to debate being storm prepared.
The Governor’s Hurricane Conference is the biggest of its variety within the nation for hurricane preparedness and planning. It’s happening on the Palm Beach County Convention Center.
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In attendance are greater than 1600 emergency managers and personnel, first responders, state, federal, volunteer company, enterprise, and trade representatives, together with well being and medical professionals from across the state and nation.
During the week, there are dozens of coaching classes and workshops. Wednesday’s audio system included Ken Graham, Director of the National Hurricane Center, and Kevin Guthrie, the Director of Florida’s Department of Emergency Management. He mentioned cooperation is the important thing to restoration within the Sunshine State.
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“As we talk about communicate, collaborate, coordinate, it falls together with stronger together. That’s got to start first at the FEMA, state, local level and we’re already seeing that partnership,” mentioned Guthrie.
This 12 months’s theme on the convention is “Stronger Together.”
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The convention will wrap up on Friday.