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The IAEM-USA Conference Committee on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2016, at 3:00 p.m. EST will host “Tips for a Successful Speaker Proposal.” Register today. The Call for Speakers for the IAEM 65th Annual Conference & EMEX closes on Friday, Feb. 17 at 5:00 p.m. EST. View the conference website for more information. The IAEM 65th Annual Conference & EMEX will be held in Long Beach, California, at the Long Beach Convention Center, Nov. 10-15, 2017.
India Today
National Disaster Management Authority met today to discuss the road ahead for the 10-point agenda for Disaster Risk Reduction, outlined by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
PM had listed the agenda during his inaugural speech at the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction 2016, which was held in New Delhi in November last year.
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Ecns
Chinese authorities plan to improve the country's capacity to cope with calamitous events.
In a guideline published on Tuesday, the CPC Central Committee and State Council warned of a "complicated and severe" situation with regard to natural disasters.
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RNZ
A women's rights advocate in Fiji is urging the government to make sure its proposed disaster policies are in line with the country's national gender policy. The executive director of femLINK Pacific, Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, says government is preparing to adopt and resource a draft national humanitarian policy and tsunami response plan this year.
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IAEM
The IAEM-USA Diversity Ad Hoc Committee seeks additional members who are interested in learning about how to better serve our diverse communities. The purpose of the Diversity Ad Hoc Committee is to inform IAEM members about research and best practices about diversity and inclusion to help improve the delivery of concepts, communications and services to diverse populations. The committee defines diversity as a broad representation of culture, religion, values, ethnicity, gender, education, life experience, professional experience, access and functional needs and other qualities that make us individually unique.
Email Committee Chair Mr. Leslie Luke if you’re interesting in joining the committee, and learn more about the committee here.
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IAEM
The U.S. House of Representatives’ Homeland Security Committee Chair Michael McCauly (R-TX) on Jan. 9 released the January Terror Threat Snapshot, a monthly assessment of the growing threats that America, the West, and the world face from terrorism. This edition encapsulates terror threats, attacks, and plots against the West for the calendar year 2016, based on information culled from open source materials, including media reports, publicly available government statements, and nongovernmental assessments. The Snapshot cites 74 ISIS-linked plots against the West in 2016, compared to 67 such plots in 2014 and 2015 combined. It further states there were 37 ISIS-related arrests in 18 U.S. states during 2016, for plots to attack, overseas travel, financial support, lying to authorities, and weapons charges.
VICE News
“Fugate, don’t f#$% this up,” President Obama said.
It was days before the 2012 presidential election, and all eyes were on FEMA Director Craig Fugate as the biggest storm since Hurricane Katrina beared down on the biggest metropolitan area in the United States, New York City. Obama no doubt knew that FEMA’s response to Hurricane Sandy could be the difference between a second term and a President Romney, in addition to showing whether Fugate had managed to successfully rebuild an agency low on morale and high on dysfunction following the catastrophic response to Katrina in 2005.
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FEMA announced the release of the final version of the Tribal Declarations Pilot Guidance and the beginning of the pilot phase of tribal declarations under this new guidance. The Sandy Recovery Improvement Act, signed into law in 2013, amended the Stafford Act to provide federally recognized Indian tribal governments the option to make their own request for a Presidential emergency or major disaster declaration independently of a state, or to seek assistance through a declaration requested by the state. The pilot guidance describes the process tribal governments will use to request Stafford Act declarations and the criteria FEMA will use to evaluate direct tribal declaration requests and make recommendations to the President.
IAEM
In January 2017, FEMA will begin the next phase of implementation of Section 28, Clear Communication of Risk, of the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (HFIAA), which requires the Agency to clearly communicate full flood risk determinations to individual property owners. To meet this requirement, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) reviewed the flood risk and underwriting information for every flood insurance policy, and is writing to all NFIP policyholders to communicate how their flood risk impacts their premium rate. Policyholders will begin receiving one of seven letters, depending upon their policy, in 2017. Policyholders who renewed policies in October 2016 through December 2016 also will receive their first mailing at this time. The letter will continue to be mailed at each subsequent renewal. With flood risk information varying from one policy to the next, the letter encourages each policyholder to contact their insurance agent to discuss their policy and options. It may also be helpful to visit FEMA.gov/cost-of-flood.
IAEM
FEMA updated its agency-wide Tribal Policy that outlines a framework for nation-to-nation relations with federally recognized tribal governments that recognizes tribal sovereignty, self-governance, and FEMA’s trust responsibility consistent with applicable authorities. FEMA’s Tribal Policy applies to all FEMA programs and employees to ensure FEMA works together with tribal governments to build, sustain, and improve tribal capacity to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate against all hazards. This updated policy supersedes the FEMA Tribal Policy dated December 30, 2013. Visit FEMA’s Tribal Affairs web page to view the updated policy.
IAEM
The NG9-1-1 Institute has released its call for nominations for its 14th Annual 9-1-1 Honor Awards. Award categories include: Citizen in Action Award; Government Leader Awards (national, state, and local); 9-1-1 Public Safety Professional Award; 9-1-1 Industry Professional Award; Outstanding 9-1-1 Call Center; and more. Founded in 2003, the NG9-1-1 Institute is a nonprofit organization that works with the Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus to promote deployment of advanced and effective 9-1-1 services throughout the nation. Submit award nominations by Jan. 16, 2017, on the official form, online here with additional awards information.
VICE News
Asteroid 2017 AG13 was only spotted by scientists at the last minute.
On Monday, while you were watching Meryl Streep's viral Globes speech or doing whatever else to fill the void, planet Earth came dangerously close to being hit by a small asteroid. Asteroid 2017 AG13 — as it has since been dubbed — is roughly the size of a multi-storey apartment building, and just scraped by without making contact with the planet we're living on.
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IAEM
The IAEM-Global Editorial Work Group recently issued a call for articles on “Making Practical Applications out of Emergency Management Research” to be published in the IAEM Bulletin’s first special focus issue of 2017. Articles might include, but are not limited to: communications and messaging; social science research developed recently or being done currently; using research results to develop practical applications that engage the whole community; research on preparedness for people who are disabled or who have other access or functional needs. Feature article length is 750-1,500 words, and articles must be submitted via email to Karen Thompson, editor, no later than Feb. 10, 2017. See author guidelines and 2017 special focus issue schedule. If you are unsure whether your idea would fit into this special focus issue or be useful for a general interest monthly issue of the Bulletin, ask the editor.
IAEM
Candidates preparing for the AEM®/CEM® exam should reference the updated study guide (dated January 2017) found in the Certification Resource Center. Contact IAEM HQ with any questions!
WABI-TV
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, or STEM held a program for 8th through 12th graders at the University of Maine Machias. And its theme was straight out of a horror film.
“Today we are having a zombie apocalypse. What we’re doing is we’re inviting kids to come in and we’re going to softly introduce them to some emergency management and first responder things and teach them a little bit about surviving.”
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IAEM
FEMA recently released the new National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Center for Environmental Information's (NCEI) Snow Climatology Database (SCDB). The new database presents the largest official one-day, two-day, and three-day snowfall accumulations for nearly all counties and county-equivalents within the United States. The NCEI SCDB is available to the public on NOAA's website at here for historic one-day, two-day, and three-day snowfall accumulations and here for daily snowfall reports. FEMA will be using the database to assess state and tribal requests for snow assistance for all severe winter storm events declared on or after Jan. 1, 2017. While FEMA may continue to consider other measurements that can be validated by the National Weather Service (NWS) to determine record or near-record snowfall, FEMA will primarily rely on snowfall measurements provided by NCEI in the SCDB. The SCDB will always be the first source FEMA uses to validate measurements provided by state, tribal, or local governments requesting snow assistance. For additional information on FEMA’s snow assistance policy, please reference the FEMA Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide.
IAEM
FEMA released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). The Department of Homeland Security 2016 Appropriations Act, 2016 provides $345,000,000 for the SAFER Grant Program for the Department to assist fire departments and volunteer interest organizations to increase the number of trained, "front line" firefighters available in their communities. SAFER grants provide financial assistance to help fire departments increase frontline firefighters. SAFER offers grants to support activities in two categories — Hiring of Firefighters and Recruitment and Retention of Volunteer Firefighters. The authority for SAFER is derived from the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. §2229a et seq.). The notice of funding opportunity document provides applicants with the details of the requirements, processing, and evaluation of an application for financial assistance for both of these activity areas. The NOFO and technical assistance documents for this program are available at www.grants.gov and on the FEMA website. The application period will close on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. EST.
Bangkok Post
Flash floods caused by heavy rain continue to ravage parts of some southern provinces, especially Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat and Trang, although the floodwater has begun to recede in other parts of the region, according to local reports.
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USA Today
A fierce storm barreled into northern California and Nevada on Tuesday as residents prepared for up to 10 feet of snow and more flooding rains across the already-sodden states.
Storms have hammered the West for several days, leaving at least five people dead. Hundreds of people fled their homes and thousands more lost power, the Associated Press reported.
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Colorado Springs Gazette
Near-hurricane force winds continued to pound the Pikes Peak region Monday afternoon, uprooting trees into houses, ripping roofs from buildings, overturning nearly two-dozen semis and leaving thousands of children without after-school bus rides home.
The winds — which gusted to 101 mph at one point — wreaked havoc across Colorado Springs while turning the Pikes Peak region into a dart board for dislodged tree limbs and other detritus from wind-ravaged buildings.
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Los Angeles Times
The roaring “Pineapple Express” weather system that drenched the northern Sierra Nevada over the weekend has begun to ease, but forecasters warned Monday that it would soon be replaced by yet another storm and plummeting temperatures.
“It’s not over yet,” said Alex Hoon, a meteorologist in the National Weather Service’s Reno station. “The flooding concerns are going to start going down, but everything is going to get a little colder.”
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The Freeman
Around 3,000 families have fled to safer ground due to massive flooding in several areas in southern and northern Cebu, spawned by a low pressure area.
Some families went packing to schools and other evacuation centers as knee-deep up to chest-deep floodwaters inundated communities in five municipalities and one city in the south, according to Julius Regner, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office spokesperson.
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