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Kevin Davis, GOHSEP (2015)

The Press Club

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Collection:LPB

Genre: News, Public Affairs, Speech

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2015-07-13

Duration: 00:27:38

Subjects: BATON ROUGE PRESS CLUB | Davis, Kevin | Louisiana. Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness | Hurricanes | Hurricane recovery | Hurricane Katrina, 2005 | Hurricane Rita, 2005 | United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency | Emergency management | Ebola virus disease

Contributors:

  • Davis, Kevin Speaker

Description

A speech by Kevin Davis before the Baton Rouge Press Club on July 13, 2015. Davis is the director of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP). He discusses: the upcoming 10 year anniversaries of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita; the continuing recovery effort; GOHSEP’s relationship with FEMA; pre-disaster protocols and exercises; disaster response legislation; the 2015 hurricane season; disaster communications; the steps taken during a storm; Ebola response plans; and ongoing training.