After Action Review

Steve O’Konek, Emergency Management Coordinator, Linn County (IA) Emergency Management Agency
background image
May 19 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST

This presentation will focus on the Derecho event that struck Linn County, Iowa, on August 10, 2020.  The county was struck with 140 MPH winds that devastated the whole community.  This presentation will provide an overview and short timeline of the events leading up to the Derecho event, the effects of the storm on the community and complications of such a widespread, unplanned event. Also provided will be lessons learned and things to consider should your community be affected in a similar way.

Attendee Takeaways:

  1. Key issues related to the response
  2. Ways to be better prepared
  3. Lessons learned

-

Presenter

Steve O’Konek, Emergency Management Coordinator, Linn County (IA) Emergency Management Agency

Steve was named the Linn County emergency management coordinator in February 2018.

Steve joined the Cedar Rapids Police Department in 1985 and served in a variety of assignments with CRPD including patrol, investigations and administrative operations. He was promoted throughout his career to the rank of captain and served as a patrol division commander during the 2008 flood and helped organize the police department’s response during that time.  Steve has served on the Iowa All-Hazards Incident Management Team (IMT) since 2009 and has been an operations chief, deputy incident commander, and is currently one of the IMT’s, Type 3 Team leaders.  He was an incident commander for the City of Cedar Rapids during RAGBRAI in 2012 and part of the Unified Command for the 2016 flood. He is also an Iowa Certified Emergency Manager

Sign Up for Our Education Newsletter

You Might Also Be Interested In

It’s Not Just What You Say…It’s How You Say It: The Essential Elements of Effective Communication

This presentation delivers simple but important mechanics and tools to help you to become a better communicator, which will increase your influence with others.

Read More
Managing Diversity and Inclusion Risk

Participants will be given a framework to help evaluate risks involving interpersonal relations in the workplace, as well as learn the worst and best practices for managing and minimizing these risks.

Read More
Defining the Ten Most Critical Risk Management Issues for Your Entity

This session provides a short “punch-list” of issues that if addressing adequately, can dramatically improve your property and casualty losses.

Read More
Value of Risk Management Series

Previously-presented 2018 Webinars are available to PRIMA members to download.

Read More
Essentials of Public Entity Loss Control Series

Previously-presented 2018 Webinars are available to PRIMA members to download.

Read More
2018 Webinar Archives

Previously-presented 2018 Webinars are available to PRIMA members to download.

Read More
2017 Webinar Archives

Previously-presented 2017 Webinars are available to PRIMA members to download.

Read More
2016 Webinar Archives

Previously-presented 2016 Webinars are available to PRIMA members to download.

Read More
2015 Webinar Archives

Previously-presented 2015 Webinars are available to PRIMA members to download.

Read More