Ladies and Gentlemen:

Attached you will find the Golden Phoenix 2008 After Action Report. It is cleared for public distribution.

The After Action Report contains the following:

- Background information about the Golden Phoenix 2008 training event
- Key findings (Best Practices and Lessons Learned)
- A training event overview and summary
- A white paper providing information about conducting your own regional collaborative training event
- The after action report submissions from over 30 local, state, federal, and vendor/industry participating organizations

It is our sincere hope that the findings and information in this report will prove beneficial to community and regional organizations and governments as they prepare to recover from disasters they may face.

Preston Hathaway