Pittsburgh to host emergency preparedness conference

Co-sponsored by the E.P.A. and the Pittsburgh Regional Business Coalition for Homeland Security, the yearly conference is expected to attract in excess of 700 disaster experts from across the country. It will be held at the Wyndham Grand Hotel, located at 600 Commonwealth Place in downtown Pittsburgh.

The conference offers an opportunity for emergency responders to obtain valuable training in terrorism awareness, radiation accidents, and other emergency response challenges. The conference also offers an ideal setting for local responders such as firemen, police officers, and paramedics to share new ideas and success stories on what they are doing in their communities to prepare for and respond to emergencies.

In excess of 100 exhibitors also will be displaying the latest trends of state-of-the-art emergency equipment, protection gear and technologies that are accessible to help emergency responders provide the best service possible.

More details and registration information are accessible at the conference website: http://www.2011conference.net or by calling the conference hotline at 1-800-364-7974.

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