Subcommittee Field Hearing - In District

WHAT: Subcommittee Field Hearing

WHO: Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications

TOPIC: "Ensuring Effective Preparedness & Responses: Lessons Learned From Hurricane Irene & Tropical Storm Lee"

WHEN: 9 a.m.-Noon Nov. 29

WHERE: Theatre in Brooks, Keystone College, Brooks Hall, Colleage Avenue, LaPlume PA 18440

WITNESSES: MaryAnn Tierney, regional administrator, Region 3, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security; Lt. Col. Hugh Darville, deputy district engineer, Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Glenn Cannon, director, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Marita Wenner, Volunteer Chairman, Pennsylvania State Disaster Committee, American Red Cross; James Brozena, Executive Director, Luzerne County Flood Protection Authority; James Good, owner, Arey Building Supply.

THE HEARING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC