This message was sent to ##Email## To advertise in this publication please click here January 5, 2023 To view email in web browser, click here. .IAEM CONFERENCE NEWS Learn tips on a successful IAEM conference speaker proposal IAEM The Conference Committee recently hosted a webinar on “Tips for a Successful Speaker Proposal.” The webinar covered all mandatory requirements for a successful proposal, insider tips from the reviewing committee, this year's breakout focus areas, and how to use the online portal to submit your proposal. View the webinar here. The Call for Speakers for the IAEM 71st Annual Conference & EMEX in Long Beach, California, Nov. 3-9, 2023, opens on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. .IAEM-USA COUNCIL NEWS FEMA releases 2022 National Preparedness Report IAEM The "2022 National Preparedness Report" summarizes progress made, and challenges that remain, in building and sustaining the capabilities needed to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the threats, hazard, and incidents that pose the greatest risk to the nation. For this report, FEMA examined the incidents of 2021 to draw broader conclusions about national risk and capability gaps and identified management opportunities to build those capabilities and reduce risk. This annual report offers all levels of government, tribes, the private and nonprofit sectors, and the public practical insights into preparedness that support decisions about program priorities, resource allocations, and actions that can create more resilient communities. The federal program to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina shortchanged the poor. New data proves it. ProPublica via Government Executive The complaints started as soon as Louisiana launched its massive program to help homeowners rebuild after hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. Community leaders said the largest rebuilding program in U.S. history would be unfair to the state’s poorest residents. READ MORE .EM NEWS Wildfires in Colorado are growing more unpredictable. Officials have ignored the warnings. Homeland Security News Wire A year after the deadly Marshall Fire drove thousands of Coloradans from their homes, the state’s densest communities aren’t preparing for the next climate-driven wildfire. READ MORE NYU to review Buffalo's blizzard response after storm leaves 39 dead KSRO-FM After a blizzard left 39 people dead across New York’s Erie County, the City of Buffalo announced that New York University will conduct an “after-action report” about the region’s response to the storm, according to Buffalo Mayor Bryon Brown. NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service will review the storm preparation, response and recovery to outline best practices for other major cities as well as offer Buffalo feedback, according to Brown. READ MORE  SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by University of Southern California MS in Emergency Management from the University of Southern California 100% online, no GRE required, complete in 1 or 2 years Develop the strategic and analytical skills necessary for leaders in times of crisis Master critical leadership and communication skills for effective emergency management Sign up for an Information Session to learn more How one town stood up to a Category 4 storm Domestic Preparedness Many have said Babcock Ranch in Florida was lucky regarding how well it fared during Hurricane Ian, which made landfall on September 28, 2022. Yes, it did feel lucky watching from the living room as the storm and devastation happened. The sliding glass doors bowed in and out, tapping the back of the chair as the wind pressures changed. But while it may feel lucky – the location, planning, design, engineering, and implementation of resilience and sustainability are all very intentional in the growing town of Babcock Ranch. READ MORE Homes that survived the Marshall Fire hid another disaster inside* Colorado Newsline On Dec. 30, 2021, one of the most destructive wildfires on record in Colorado swept through neighborhoods just a few miles from our offices at the University of Colorado Boulder. The flames destroyed over 1,000 buildings, yet when we drove through the affected neighborhoods, some houses were still completely intact right next to homes where nothing was left to burn. Although the people who lived in these still-standing homes were spared the loss of everything they owned, when they returned after the fire, they found another disaster. READ MORE  PRODUCT SHOWCASE GET YOUR 72 HOUR KIT. ReadyWise – Are you prepared with enough food and water to last you through a disaster? ReadyWise’s delicious freeze-dried meals and drinks have up to a 25-year shelf-life and are easy to prepare, just add water. Go to ReadyWIse.com/IAEM to order you’re your 72-hour kit and use CODE: IAEM at checkout. LEARN MORE .UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE/SCHOOL EM ISSUES What can schools do against the onslaught of ransomware? Government Technology Cyber attacks have become a pressing issue for K-12 schools, but school districts aren’t waging the fight alone. A variety of free federal and state resources can offer guidance and assistance, while cyber best practices and automated and managed services can help schools get the most impact from their limited budgets, said speakers during a recent FedInsider panel. READ MORE Michigan schools seeking ways to make schools safer Government Technology Backed by funding from the state Legislature, schools across Michigan have taken up safety and security as a top priority in the past year. School safety has been an important topic in education for years, but the Michigan lawmakers included new investments in school safety and student mental health in the latest School Aid budget, following the mass shooting at Oxford High School in November 2021. READ MORE  SPONSORED VIDEO Search Dark Water with Sonar With over 55 years’ experience in providing law enforcement with the “right tools for the job”, JW Fishers has a product every department needs - the SCAN-650. Simple to operate, shows any object under the water regardless of clarity and are in use by dive teams across the globe. Checkout our sonar systems and other underwater equipment. WATCH VIDEO Threats to San Antonio schools more than doubled in 2022 Government Technology Asked for numbers, officials at many San Antonio-area school districts have declined to say how many lockdowns their campuses endured this year or what triggered them — actual threats, false rumors or outright hoaxes. READ MORE .CYBERSECURITY NEWS Power in numbers: How a whole-of-state approach can improve cybersecurity Homeland Security Today In recent years, there has been a noticeable increase in cyberattacks against government organizations from small towns to major cities, to the federal government. In fact, there were 17 million leaked government records in Q1 2020 – a 278 percent rise compared to Q1 2019. Furthermore, the share of cyberattacks targeting states’ critical infrastructure increased from 20 percent to 40 percent of all attacks detected by Microsoft between July 2021 to June 2022. These figures paint a stark picture, and the unfortunate reality is that this issue isn’t going away anytime soon. READ MORE  SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by Pulsara Before the next stress event, overlay your system with a demand-driven communications solution. Triage, track patients, and manage stress events all on a single platform. Discover how one EMS agency eliminated 434 unnecessary transports in just three weeks. By simplifying patient transfers with Pulsara, one task force reduced excessive phone calls by 75%. Enable emergency operations that scale and eliminate fragmentation of communication with mobile-first technology. .EM RESOURCES NOAA to advance seasonal high tide flooding predictions Homeland Security News Wire In 2023, NOAA plans to unveil a new model to more accurately predict when and where high tide flooding will likely occur up to a year ahead of time. This new information will help coastal communities better prepare and respond to potential flooding days to help lessen possible impacts from climate change. NOAA scientists detail the effort in a peer-reviewed journal article published in Frontiers in Marine Science. READ MORE .DISASTER TECHNOLOGY NEWS Machine learning could predict rare disastrous events like earthquakes or pandemics Homeland Security News Wire When it comes to predicting disasters brought on by extreme events (think earthquakes, pandemics or “rogue waves” that could destroy coastal structures), computational modeling faces an almost insurmountable challenge: Statistically speaking, these events are so rare that there’s just not enough data on them to use predictive models to accurately forecast when they’ll happen next. READ MORE .CERTIFICATION UPDATE 2023 IAEM Certification deadlines announced IAEM The IAEM Certification Commission conducts application reviews every other month. Submission deadline dates and information about result notifications for 2023 can be found on the IAEM website. Good luck on your certification journey. Contact info@iaem.com with any questions. .SURVEY REQUESTS CEM input needed on public health emergency management curriculum for interprofessional learners IAEM What is interprofessional education? Interprofessional education (IPE) occurs when students from various educational backgrounds come together to learn and facilitate interprofessional collaboration. Terry "TC" Cooper, CEM and doctoral candidate at the University of New Haven, is conducting a study and surveying certified emergency managers as part of his doctoral thesis. The study aims to understand interprofessional education for curriculum development regarding public health emergency management. Results from this survey will provide insight into specific challenges from the perspective of emergency managers. Participation is voluntary. 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LEARN MORE   .EM CALENDAR CHDS webinar series — 'America in Transition: How Homeland Security Is Changing and What Leaders Need to Know in 2023' hosts fifth webinar on Jan. 11 IAEM In this five-part interactive webinar series, national experts will discuss the evolving homeland security and emergency management landscapes at a time of transition and increasing concern domestically and globally. Part five of the webinar series, “America in 2023 and Beyond: Changes in the Homeland Security Landscape” will look at how America continues to evolve in the post-COVID world amid persisting global and domestic threats. The conversation will explore local and global trends, and how these will create challenges and opportunities for policymakers in the near future. This webinar will be held at 2:00 p.m. EST, on Jan. 11, 2023. IAEM is a partner for this webinar series. This webinar series is held in partnership with the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN), Big City Emergency Managers (BCEM), Governors Homeland Security Advisors Council (GHSAC), International City/County Management Association (ICMA), National Emergency Management Association (NEMA), Naval Postgraduate School Alumni Association and Foundation, and the CHDS Alumni Association. Register now. Pulsara is hosting a meeting on Jan. 11 with IAEM members and the EM community entitled 'Let's Talk! We've Cracked the Code on All Hazards Interoperable Communications and Patient Tracking' IAEM During stress events, efficient communication is essential. How many times have you used inefficient communication tools during an incident? Whether it’s a mass casualty incident, multiple patient incident, full-fledged disaster, or a worldwide pandemic, everyone – from emergency responders to public health – should have the ability to triage, track patients, communicate, assist in evacuation and reunification efforts, and manage the incident from one platform. Teams can use this same platform every day for routine transports, transfers, and transitions of care that scales on demand and in real-time connecting teams across organizations. Pulsara’s Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives Joey Branton, and EVP of Global Business and Chief Operating Officer Cynthia Bradford Lencioni invite you to an open discussion on Jan. 11, 1:00 p.m-2:00 p.m. EST, with topics covering interoperable communications, patient logistics, patient tracking, and data that scales on demand and in real-time during an incident. Register here.  PRODUCT SHOWCASE THE DIAMOND DIFFERENCE Diamond is a specialized mobile platform manufacturer in Indiana, providing specialty vehicles such as Mobile Office Trailers, Luxury Restroom Trailers, Studio Talent Trailers, Marketing and Stage Trailers, Emergency Shower Trailers, Motorized Specialty Command/Control or Movie Production Trucks, Hair and Makeup Salon Trailers, Firehouse and Safety Training Trailers, and Mobile Medical Testing Trailers. LEARN MORE Register today: 2023 Preparedness Summit IAEM Registration for the 2023 Preparedness Summit, to be held Apr. 24-27, 2023, in Atlanta, is officially open. The 2023 Preparedness Summit, Recover. Renew: Reprioritizing All-Hazards Preparedness, will provide an opportunity to revisit pressing issues in preparedness and share resources, shape policies, and build skills to mitigate a variety of threats. Take advantage of early-bird rates and register today. .IAEM-EUROPA NEWS Spain sees hottest year on record in 2022 Phys.org Spain in 2022 experienced the hottest year since records began, the country's national weather service said Monday, adding that several northern cities were also unseasonably warm on New Year's Day 2023. Nations across the globe grappled with extreme weather including scorching temperatures and drought across Europe which last year fuelled wildfires, damaged crops and led to water use restrictions. READ MORE European weather: Winter heat records smashed all over continent* BBC Temperatures for January have reached an all-time high in a number of nations across Europe. National records have fallen in eight countries - and regional records in another three. Warsaw, Poland, saw 18.9C (66F) on Sunday while Bilbao, Spain, was 25.1C - more than 10C above average. READ MORE .IAEM-JAPAN NEWS Japan boosting use of digital tools for natural disasters The Japan Times From chatbots that can confirm the safety of residents to sensors that can detect flood risk, an increasing number of municipalities in Japan are undergoing a digital transformation to improve disaster prevention. With damage caused by torrential rains and typhoons becoming more severe, local governments are refocusing their efforts to ensure the safety of residents by obtaining weather data promptly and providing accurate information useful for disaster prevention. The use of digital technologies is also intended to reduce the burdens of local government workers involved in disaster management. READ MORE .AROUND THE WORLD Buffalo's deadly blizzard by the numbers: What made the storm so historic ABC News via KMA-FM It was a once-in-a-generation event. The major winter storm that impacted parts of the U.S. last week devastated Western New York. The Buffalo region, which is no stranger to snow, was walloped with prolonged whiteout conditions and freezing temperatures that contributed to dozens of fatalities. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has called the Christmas weekend storm the "blizzard of the century." READ MORE Major floods and wild weather isolate towns across northern Australia as ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie maintains strength ABC Net News Roads have turned into rivers, cows are struggling to survive in fast flowing waters and boats have become the only form of transport in parts of the central Kimberley as ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie continues to batter Northern Australia. The extreme weather system is hovering across central Kimberley between Fitzroy Crossing and Halls Creek bringing major flooding to the region, with more than 350 millimetres of rain recorded at Dimond Gorge in the Fitzroy River catchment on Monday. READ MORE Death toll climbs to 51 in Philippines flood, more than a dozen still missing The Associated Press via PBS Thousands of people in the Philippines remained in emergency shelters in the wake of devastating Christmas flooding, as the death toll climbed to 51 with 19 missing, authorities said Monday. Images showed residents in southern Misamis Occidental province sweeping away thick mud from the floors of their homes. In the seaside village of Cabol-anonan, coconut trees were uprooted and huts made of light material were nearly flattened. READ MORE 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits Northern California, causing outages and damages CNBC An earthquake struck Northern California on Sunday for the second time in less than two weeks, causing power outages and damages, officials said. The New Year’s Day earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 and struck about 9 miles southeast of Rio Dell in Humboldt County just after 10:30 a.m. local time (1:35 p.m. ET) Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. READ MORE California hit with New Year flooding and landslides Yahoo News Crews in Northern California were still scrambling early Monday to clean up the disastrous effects of record rainfall before another weather system moves in from the Pacific this week. A New Year's storm brought deadly flooding, high winds and landslides, and a deep layer of heavy snow to some areas, shutting down freeways and stranding drivers. The immediate concern on Monday morning around Sacramento was breached levees, several of which were threatening to flood more roadways. 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