BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Are we ready for an emergency Houston? Join us on Thursday\, Ju ne 11th to ask your questions. Former County Judge and current TABC Chair\ , Robert Eckels\, will chair this meeting. Speaker: Mark Sloan – Coordin ator\, Harris County Homeland Security and Emergency Management Mark Sloa n is Harris County\, Texas’ Coordinator for Homeland Security & Emergenc y\, serving more than five million incredibly diverse residents and coveri ng more than 1\,770 square miles. Because of Harris County’s large popul ation\, port operations\, transportation infrastructure\, and concentratio n of petrochemical plants\, the Department of Homeland Security has identi fied Harris County as a Tier 1 region. To meet the growing expectations of emergency management\, Sloan is streamlining regional emergency response coordination through the use of automated flood warning systems\, traffic management systems\, broadcast media capabilities\, first responder and co mmunity alerting\, GIS mapping systems\, and regional interoperable commun ications. As the director of Harris County Citizen Corps\, an innovative\, award-winning public preparedness initiative\, recognized as a National B est Practice\, he coordinates all aspects of the program. Working with a t eam of county technology experts\, he developed one of the first websites devoted to the sharing of community preparedness volunteer opportunities a nd tracking of volunteer hours. The site links users to the most helpful a nd informative websites on citizen preparedness throughout the country. Si nce 2002\, over 40 million individuals have visited the website (www.harri scountycitizencorps.com) and over 68\,000 have completed the Community Eme rgency Response Team (CERT) training course. During the Katrina relief eff ort at the Astrodome\, Sloan was assigned to the Unified Command to coordi nate volunteers. During the 21 days more than 60\,000 volunteers received various assignments that helped over 65\,000 evacuees from New Orleans. On September 9\, 2005\, Sloan was recognized for his efforts by ABC Nightly News as the Person of the Week and received the Special Award: Texas’ Re sponse to Katrina Evacuees at the 2006 National Hurricane Conference in Or lando in recognition of his leadership and coordination.  Mark was also h onored with “The President’s Call to Service Award” in September of 2007 recognizing the accomplishments of the Harris County Citizen Corps an d for coordinating the volunteer response during the Katrina relief effort . In the fall of 2008\, Sloan was also recognized by the Houston Texans fo otball team on Reliant Stadium’s 50-yard line and later received the Joh n C. Freeman Weather Museum’s Hurricane Hero Award for his exemplary lea dership during Hurricane Ike. In November of 2010 the Department of Homela nd Security appointed Mark to serve on the State\, Local\, Tribal\, and Te rritorial Government Coordinating Council that coordinates critical infras tructure protection guidance and strategies across all levels of governmen t. He is a member of the San Jacinto Type III All-Hazards Incident Managem ent Team. Sloan is a board member on the Southeast Texas Regional Advisory Council\, Regional Healthcare Preparedness Coalition\, and Big City Emerg ency Managers\, where he serves as the Chair. In 2018\, the Emergency Mana gement Association of Texas (EMAT) named Sloan the recipient of the “Lou Harrell” Emergency Management Coordinator of the Year award. Sloan is a lso a member of the National Homeland Security Consortium and is serving a s one of the Tri-Chairs. Since 2008 as EMC\, he has led the organization i n over 270 EOC activations some of which include Hurricanes Ike\, Bill\, H arvey\, Imelda\, Laura\, and Beryl\, Winter Storm Uri\, numerous floods an d other weather events\, Super Bowls\, World Series and other special even ts as well as COVID-19.      DTEND:20260611T180000Z DTSTAMP:20261023T103123Z DTSTART:20260611T163000Z LOCATION:Tony’s Restaurant SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Mark Sloan\,Coordinator\, HarrisCo Homeland Security UID:12bcf4ff-6479-4895-9e94-0983b182dd63 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Are we ready for an emergency Houston?

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Join us on Thursday\, June 11th to ask your questio ns.

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Former County Judge and current TABC Chai r\, Robert Eckels\, will chair this meeting.

\n\n< p style="text-align: center\;">Speaker:

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Mark Sloan &ndash\; Coordinator\, Harr is County Homeland \;Securi ty and Emergency Management

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Mark Sloan is Harris C ounty\, Texas&rsquo\; Coordinator for Homeland Security &\; Emergency\, serving more than five million incredibly diverse residents and covering more than 1\,770 square miles. Because of Harris County&rsquo\;s large pop ulation\, port operations\, transportation infrastructure\, and concentrat ion of petrochemical plants\, the Department of Homeland Security has iden tified Harris County as a Tier 1 region. To meet the growing expectations of emergency management\, Sloan is streamlining regional emergency respons e coordination through the use of automated flood warning systems\, traffi c management systems\, broadcast media capabilities\, first responder and community alerting\, GIS mapping systems\, and regional interoperable comm unications.

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As the director of Harris County Citizen Corps\, an innovative\, award-winning public preparedness initiative\, recognized as a National Best Practice\, he coordinates all aspects of the program. Work ing with a team of county technology experts\, he developed one of the fir st websites devoted to the sharing of community preparedness volunteer opp ortunities and tracking of volunteer hours. The site links users to the mo st helpful and informative websites on citizen preparedness throughout the country. Since 2002\, over 40 million individuals have visited the websit e (www.harriscountycitizencorps.com) and over 68\,000 have completed the C ommunity Emergency Response Team (CERT) training course.

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During the Katrina relief effort at the Astrodome\, Sloan was assigned to the Uni fied Command to coordinate volunteers. During the 21 days more than 60\,00 0 volunteers received various assignments that helped over 65\,000 evacuee s from New Orleans. On September 9\, 2005\, Sloan was recognized for his e fforts by ABC Nightly News as the Person of the Week and received the Spec ial Award: Texas&rsquo\; Response to Katrina Evacuees at the 2006 National Hurricane Conference in Orlando in recognition of his leadership and coor dination. \; Mark was also honored with &ldquo\;The President&rsquo\;s Call to Service Award&rdquo\; in September of 2007 recognizing the accomp lishments of the Harris County Citizen Corps and for coordinating the volu nteer response during the Katrina relief effort.

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In the fall of 2008\, Sloan was also recognized by the Houston Texans football team on Re liant Stadium&rsquo\;s 50-yard line and later received the John C. Freeman Weather Museum&rsquo\;s Hurricane Hero Award for his exemplary leadership during Hurricane Ike.

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In November of 2010 the Department of Hom eland Security appointed Mark to serve on the State\, Local\, Tribal\, and Territorial Government Coordinating Council that coordinates critical inf rastructure protection guidance and strategies across all levels of govern ment.

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He is a member of the San Jacinto Type III All-Hazards Inc ident Management Team.

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Sloan is a board member on the Southeast Texas Regional Advisory Council\, Regional Healthcare Preparedness Coaliti on\, and Big City Emergency Managers\, where he serves as the Chair.

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In 2018\, the Emergency Management Association of Texas (EMAT) named Sloan the recipient of the &ldquo\;Lou Harrell&rdquo\; Emergency Managemen t Coordinator of the Year award.

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Sloan is also a member of the N ational Homeland Security Consortium and is serving as one of the Tri-Chai rs.

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Since 2008 as EMC\, he has led the organization in over 270 EOC activations some of which include Hurricanes Ike\, Bill\, Harvey\, Ime lda\, Laura\, and Beryl\, Winter Storm Uri\, numerous floods and other wea ther events\, Super Bowls\, World Series and other special events as well as COVID-19.  \; \; \; \;

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