Wednesday, April 23, 2025 and Thursday, April 24, 2025
A Virtual Event
The 6th annual NOAA Hurricane Preparedness and Readiness Summit is made possible through the partnership with NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R), Disaster Preparedness Program (DPP) and the Disaster Response Center in cooperation with the Coastal Response Research Center.
2025 Summit Objectives
- Identify innovative technologies, solutions and strategies for improvement, including those that address challenges identified in previous hurricane seasons.
- Fortify NOAA’s capacity across Personnel, Mission, and Infrastructure (PMI) to support hurricane preparedness, response, and recovery.
- Facilitate effective hurricane preparedness, response and recovery through improved coordination across NOAA and with our partners.
Previous Reports:
- 2024 - 5th Annual NOAA Hurricane Preparedness Summit Report (released June 2024)
- NOAA Hurricane Preparedness Summit (4th Annual) 2023 Report (released August 2023)
- NOAA Hurricane Preparedness Summit (3rd Annual) 2022 Report
- NOS Hurricane Summit 2021
- NOS Hurricane Summit 2020
2025 Hurricane Summit Survey
Registration Link:
Please register for this event via the Go To Webinar platform using these links. Please register for both days.
Agenda
Presentations
Day 1
Opening, Overview & Logistics, Nancy Kinner, Coastal Response Research Center
Welcome, Scott Lundgren, NOAA OR&R
Summit Objectives and Context, Charlie Henry, NOAA OR&R Disaster Response Center
Setting the Stage - What's New at NHC for 2025, Jamie Rhome, NOAA National Hurricane Center
Update on the Survey Results, Kyla Breland, NOAA OR&R Disaster Preparedness Program
Communicating Risk, Jennifer Hubbard, WCM, WFO Tampa Bay Area
Looking Back at 2024 - OEM Perspective, Katie Krushinksi, NOAA Office of Emergency Management
Fisheries and Aquaculture Impacts on the Florida Gulf Coast from Hurricanes Helene/Milton, Angela Collins, UF/IFAS Tropical Aquaculture Lab, Florida Sea Grant, University of Florida
Focus on Inland Hurricane Impacts
Inland Impacts from Hurricane Helene, Steven Nelson, Science Operations Officer, NWS WFO Peachtree City/Atlanta
Inland Impacts from Geological Perspective, Philip Prince, Appalachian Landslide Consultants/Virginia Tech
Day 2
Opening, Overview & Logistics - Nancy Kinner, Coastal Response Research Center
NOAA Support - Disaster Recovery, Autumn Lotze, Allyssa Zebrowski, Elizabeth Hieb, Kyla Breland, NOAA OR&R Disaster Preparedness Program
Focus on Individual Disaster Planning
Responder Fatigue and Mental Health, Savannah Turner, Health & Safety Officer, NOAA OR&R, Disaster Response Center
Operation Preparation: Preparing for the Storm and Beyond, Emily Setser, NOAA OR&R Disaster Preparedness Program
Building a Preparedness Kit on a Budget, Kyla Breland, NOAA Disaster Preparedness Program
Navigating Federal Disaster Aid: Resources for Community Understanding & Preparedness, Niki Pace, Research Attorney, Louisiana Sea Grant Law & Policy Program
Focus on Communications
Empowering the Public: Accessing NWS Data for Hurricane Preparedness, Chip Kasper, MIC, WFO Key West
Understanding the Audiences, Ji Sun Lee, Director, Service Delivery Evaluation, NWS
Improving Communication and Coordination in the Southeast and Caribbean, Allyssa Zebrowski, Southeast and Caribbean Regional Preparedness Coordinator, Disaster Preparedness Program
Space Weather Impacts on Communications during a Disaster, Shawn Dahl, SWPC Service Coordinator, NWS Space Weather Prediction Center
Showcase Technological Innovations, Tools and Resources - Matt Chasse, NOAA OCM, Moderator
ERMA Recent Developments, Robb Wright, NOAA OR&R, Spatial Data Branch
National Water Center - Tropical Tools and Resources, Jason Elliott, National Water Center, Water Prediction Operations Division
Wrap Up and Path Forward, Kyla Breland, NOAA OR&R, Disaster Preparedness Program
Other Resources
- Disaster Related Tools from NOS and Partners (revised 2025)
- Navigating Federal Disaster Aid: Resources for Community Understanding & Preparedness (Fact Sheets and Videos)
- SAMHSA Organizational and Individual Response Stress Management
- SAMHSA Preparing to deploy to a disaster (resilience against behavioral health injury)
- SAMHSA Disaster response toolkit for supervisors of disaster responders
- Tips for family of returning disaster responders
Steering Committee
- Nancy Kinner, Coastal Response Research Center, University of New Hampshire
- Charlie Henry, NOAA OR&R Gulf of Mexico Disaster Response Center
- Todd Barron, NOAA NWS
- Brad Benggio, NOAA OR&R ERD
- Kyla Breland, NOAA DPP
- Matthew Chasse, NOAA OCM
- Autumn Lotze, NOAA DPP
- John McGowan, NOAA OEM
- Lisa Symons, NOAA ONMS
- Brooke Williams, NOAA DPP
- Questions? Please contact Kathy Mandsager
