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Welcome to 2019! 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 and look forward to the this year, we are providing the readers of the IAEM Dispatch a look at the most accessed articles from the 2018. Our regular publication will resume Thursday, Jan. 10.
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Homeland Security Today
From March 1: A new report will offer plans, proposals and guidance on handling social media during and after disasters.
Public safety organizations have had to deal with workload spikes during recent disasters due to mistaken or malicious social media messages that sowed fear, misinformation and panic and overloaded communications lines.
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News Times
From Feb. 15: Those who dream of getting an Amazon package, a prescription drug, or even a beer delivered to their doorsteps via drone might have their wishes fulfilled sooner than expected.
The Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program has jump-started the development of the drone industry in the United States, aiming to “enhance the safety of the American public, increase the efficiency and productivity of American industry and create tens of thousands of new American jobs.”
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San Francisco Chronicle
From June 7: The 2018 hurricane season has now begun. It's a good time to think about lessons learned from last year's historic storms. Hurricane Irma, which raged across the Caribbean from late August to early September 2017, was the strongest Atlantic hurricane since record keeping began in 1851.
In total last year, six major storms were Category 3 or greater, making 2017 the seventh most-active year in history and the costliest ever.
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Miami Herald
From May 31: If you judge Wes Maul by his online resume, his tenure at the state Division of Emergency Management has seen the full spectrum of natural and human disasters: hurricanes, mass shootings, public health emergencies. Tropical storms and infrastructure failure. Floods, mass migration, protests.
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Arizona Republic
From March 22: The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency vowed to cut down on "bureaucratic burdens" after an especially devastating hurricane and wildfire season, saying the agency needs to empower people with life-saving skills to speed rescue and recovery efforts.
FEMA Administrator Brock Long, in recent comments to the House Homeland Security Committee, outlined lessons learned in his first eight months on the job — a stretch that included hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria along with the largest wildfire in modern California history and a series of smaller-scale disasters across the country.
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WFAE-Radio
From Nov. 1:
Two major hurricanes hit North Carolina in the last month, and, while the damage was severe to some parts of the state, damage from flooding in the Charlotte area was less than it would have been a decade ago. That wasn’t by accident — in fact, it was years in the making.
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The Conversation
From Sept. 13: An Emirates airliner was quarantined at John F Kennedy International Airport on September 5 after several passengers reported flu-like symptoms. Oxiris Barbot, New York City’s acting health commissioner, said the cause of the illness was “probably influenza.”
The following day, two more flights, arriving from the Middle East were quarantined at U.S. airports after passengers reported similar symptoms as those on board the airliner grounded at JFK airport in New York.
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Homeland Security Today
From Oct. 11: President Donald J. Trump signed the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 (DRRA) into law today as part of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2018.
As the 2017 hurricane season and California wildfires demonstrated, impacts from a disaster can be devastating.
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USA Today
From March 15: In a rare move, the government watchdog for the Federal Emergency Management Agency has removed a dozen largely positive reports evaluating how the agency responded under President Obama to several disasters from 2012 to 2016, according to an internal memo obtained by USA TODAY.
The 12 reports were rescinded by the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General because they "may have not adequately answered objectives and, in some cases, may have lacked sufficient and appropriate evidence to support conclusions," read the internal memo issued Thursday.
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FORTUNE
From June 14: Summer 2017 saw a number of devastating hurricanes and wildfires leaving many families displaced. This year, Airbnb is testing a new service that will help displaced families find places to stay.
The program, called Open Homes, is going through a testing phase in San Jose, California, where community members can sign up to offer their homes to help those in need in an emergency.
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