Emergency Response & Preparedness: The Role of the Environmental Health and Safety Office in Disaster Preparedness, Response and Recovery
Date: Thursday August 6, 2026 at 2:00pm ET - 1:00pm CT - 11:00am PT
Emergencies may be natural or man-made, they include planned, no notice, forecasted, acts of violence and fake incidents. Each in their own way is quite different but they all can impact your workers, facility, staff, students, and the bottom line in harm’s way. What department best knows is your campus, which has highly schooled professionals on staff that have a basic understanding of emergency management concepts. The Environmental Health and Safety Office. How can you effectively implement Business Continuity and Emergency Preplanning without the expertise of the Environmental Health and Safety Office?
Join me as we discuss hot emerging topics such as preplanning, response capabilities, training gaps, and Emergency Planning Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)
The greater the gap between the Perception of Risk and Reality will contribute to a loss of prevention, preparedness, and response capacities.” Dennis Terpin
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DATE: Thursday August 6, 2026
TIME: 2:00PM ET - 1:00PM CT - 11:00AM PT
About the Speaker:
Dennis A. Terpin, PhD, OHST, EMT-P, International Safety and Health Specialists
Dr. Terpin, Author, International Speaker, Certified Fire Officer is the Retired Senior Industrial Hygienist and Emergency Manager at The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), He is a master level instructor for FEMA/DHS at the Center for Domestic Preparedness, and a guest lecture at The UIC School of Health and The University of Illinois Occupational Medical Residency Program, ASSP Safety Focus, Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) Global Learning Summit BCSP, ACGIH Learning Pass, OH&S On-line, AGCIH webinars. Dr. Terpin is the recipient of the 2014, Illinois Emergency Management Agency-Emergency Management Achievement Award, the 7- Gold Level DHS/FEMA/Center for Domestic Preparedness Excellence in the Training Program Instructor award and five Center for Domestic Preparedness 5.0 Perfect Instructor Awards. He was also honored with the Campus Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Association (CSHEMA) 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award. Currently he is the lead instructor for the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement in the Lahaina wildlife recovery efforts.
