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Welcome to 2020! IAEM hopes its members, partners and other industry professionals are enjoying a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry we are providing readers of the IAEM Dispatch a look at the most accessed articles from the past year. Our regular publication will resume on Thursday, Jan. 9.
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Emergency Management
From March 7: A review of the last couple of decades of the federal government’s approach to developing more disaster-resilient communities yielded the stark affirmation that those efforts have failed because of a top-down, one-size-fits-all approach that doesn’t reach most communities.
A better approach, a new FEMA Higher Education Program report says, is to develop individual cultures of preparedness from the bottom up that could eventually lead to a more resilient nation.
Homeland Security News Wire
From Sept. 19: You may think of volcanic eruptions as spectacular but brief explosions. But in reality, these destructive forces wreak havoc before headlines are made and continue long after they fade. As our new research shows, it is the drawn-out nature of volcanic eruptions that can be most fatal – and understanding why is the key to saving lives.
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WECT-TV
From July 25: Hurricane season is in full effect and there are many things that play a role when preparing for a hurricane, one being gas.
GasBuddy recently did a study that reveals how quickly gas stations run out of fuel and get replenished during a major storm.
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Homeland Security News Wire
From Sept. 26: A new independent report compiled at the request of the United Nations secretary-general warns that there is a “very real threat” of a pandemic sweeping the planet, killing up to 80 million people. A deadly pathogen, spread airborne around the world, the report says, could wipe out almost 5 percent of the global economy.
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Emergency Management
From April 4: The “second disaster” is the flood of well-intentioned but not always useful in-kind donations. Within the first few days of the disaster, well-meaning people and organizations sent truckloads of what donations managers call “stuff.”
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Everbridge
With severe weather season intensifying, counties and cities across Florida share their perspective on hurricane preparedness and the benefits of leveraging Everbridge as their statewide mass notification platform, including improved situational intelligence, communication, and mutual aid. Watch Now.
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The Hill
From Aug. 1: Tens of thousands of water bottles meant for the people of Puerto Rico after a pair of hurricanes hit the island in 2017 are sitting unopened on farmland near the city of San Juan nearly two years after the disasters.
Photographs of the water bottles emerged this week after international news agency AFP captured aerial images of the bottles on what appeared to be a private estate 25 miles west of San Juan.
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The Hill
From Sept. 5: Former Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Brock Long warned Sunday that Congress, local institutions and individuals must help FEMA for it to complete its mission effectively.
"FEMA faces unrealistic expectations by Congress and the American public," Long told CBS’s Margaret Brennan on "Face the Nation."
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National Geographic
From Aug. 15: For decades, scientist have searched for clues that would signal an impending earthquake. Teams have analyzed electromagnetic activity, weather patterns, and more only to scratch them off the list as potential harbingers of rocky destruction.
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The Hill
From May 16: President Trump on Monday formally nominated Jeffrey Byard to serve as the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), three months after the previous administrator resigned. Trump indicated in February plans to put Byard's name forward to replace Brock Long, who resigned that same month amid an internal ethics investigation and criticism over the administration's handling of its response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.
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