The North Carolina Disaster Symposium focuses on the increase of coordination and collaboration among North Carolina preparedness and response partners by providing best-practices, evidence-based data, discussion of national and state trends with the intentions of increasing and improving our states capacity and capabilities. Various topics are presented in relation to health and medical aspects of different disasters and incidents. 

  We are looking forward to providing an opportunity for  attendees to reflect on the many lessons learned from ongoing and previous responses, while highlighting new tools and resources that can be used in  future response efforts. Attendees with the following backgrounds will benefit from the NCDS : hospital administrators, long term care facility administrators, hospice administrators, home healthcare administrators, EMS administrators & providers, local & state public health agency administrators & providers and local & state emergency management agencies.   

The 120 to Landfall: 2.0  exercise series is focused on evacuation considerations, and implications they may have during a major hurricane threatening the eastern North Carolina coast. The goal of the exercise is to address any identified gaps, incorporate the continuing care community, and continue to move both regions toward the end goal of a full-scale regional healthcare facility evacuation exercise.