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.ANNUAL CONFERENCE NEWS
IAEM Reimagined on-demand content availability extended to Apr. 16
IAEM
IAEM Reimagined on-demand has been extended until Apr. 16, 2021. Don’t miss the opportunity to explore almost 50 hours of educational sessions at the bargain price of just $199 for individuals (member and non-member) and $99 for student members. Included on-demand are all breakout sessions, plenary speakers, and EMvision Talks. Other features included are video overviews of the latest EM products and services in the EMEX Virtual Hall, 26 poster presentations representing significant insight from peers, and the 2020 Yearbook of Honors. After you view sessions, you will be able to claim those contact hours for credit toward IAEM’s Certified Emergency Manager Program. You now have plenty of time to claim all those hours to get you one step closer to certification or recertification. Register today and get started on your 2021 goals!
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IAEM seeks Annual Conference breakout speaker proposals by Feb. 19
IAEM
The call for breakout session speakers at the IAEM 69th Annual Conference & EMEX is now open. IAEM welcomes proposals from emergency management professionals interested in speaking at the premier emergency management event of the year. The conference, centered around the theme of “Looking Back to Look Ahead,” will be held Oct. 15-22, 2021, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Breakout sessions are one hour in length and will be selected by the review committee based on selection criteria. Step-by-step instructions and the login to submit a proposal are found in the Speaker Guidance on the conference website. Additional tips for a successful speaker presentation are available by viewing the webinar recording from the Jan. 15 program by the Conference Committee. Questions should be directed to IAEM Conference Manager Julie Husk. Apply online before Feb. 19, 2021, at 11:59:59 p.m. CST.
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EMEX sponsor highlight of the week: FirstNet, Built with AT&T — Helping Keep America safe
IAEM
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.IAEM SCHOLARSHIP
Book four nights in Nashville's dream estate, while contributing to IAEM scholarships — TravelPledge is offering this flash sale to benefit the IAEM Scholarship Program
IAEM
Step beyond the gates of Franklin's exclusive Autumn Crest to a 15-acre estate retreat like no other. Delight in a storied combination of natural beauty and modern convenience at this private oasis amidst the rolling Tennessee hills and just minutes from the heart of Nashville. Gather with friends and family on breathtaking patios and social balconies before heading indoors to dining and entertainment rooms alongside the estate's custom luxury suites. This special vacation includes four nights in the eight-bedroom estate that sleeps up to 30 people. The IAEM Scholarship Program and TravelPledge are holding a flash sale that ends on Feb. 15 or until the supply is exhausted. This offer provides a rate of $2,500, which is 50% off the usual rate of $5,000, and the IAEM Scholarship Program will receive $875 of the purchase price. See the beautiful estate and purchase the travel package through the flash sale link.
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.IAEM-CANADA COUNCIL NEWS
Canada adds another month to COVID-19 international travel restrictions
Canada Immigration News
Canada’s international travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic have been extended by another month, to February 21, 2021. The extension means restrictions will have been in place for 11 months as countries all over the world, including Canada, battle a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.IAEM-OCEANIA COUNCIL NEWS
Australia to spend $1.5 billion on climate protection and disaster recovery
7NEWS.com.au
Australia will pledge $1.5 billion over five years to help build a more climate-resilient world and set up a new agency to deal with disaster resilience and risk reduction.
Environment Minister Sussan Ley will make the pledge on Tuesday in an online address to an international climate adaptation summit hosted by The Netherlands.
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.IAEM-USA COUNCIL NEWS
Biden unveils COVID-19 strategy, vows science will lead response*
Homeland Security Today
Warning that there is still a long road ahead as America tries to get a handle on the COVID-19 pandemic, President Biden rolled out his coronavirus strategy today with 10 executive orders and a vow to battle the virus “based on science, not politics… based on truth, not denial.”
On the new president’s first full day in office, the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reported more than 24.5 million COVID cases since the first cases were detected in the United States a year ago, and more 409,000 deaths.
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IAEM-USA seeks local and tribal emergency management offices for 14th annual EMPG survey
IAEM
IAEM-USA is conducting the 14th annual survey seeking information from U.S. local government and tribal emergency management offices about Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) funding. Complete information is available on the IAEM website. As in previous years, IAEM is conducting this survey as a joint effort with the National Emergency Management Association (NEMA), and the final report will be distributed to key policy makers on Capitol Hill and within the Biden Administration.
The narrative questions in the survey are of particular importance. If you have examples of how EMPG was directly related to an emergency response or EM program activity, we would like to cite those in our effort to “paint the picture” on the importance of EMPG. Please complete the survey here. To help participants gather the data needed to complete the survey, a PDF-version of the survey is available here. The deadline for submission is 6:00 p.m. EST, Feb. 19.
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White House focuses on fight against domestic terrorism
Homeland Security News Wire
Fears that an untold number of Americans are being radicalized is prompting the administration of President Joe Biden to take a closer look at efforts to counter domestic extremism and at whether enough is being done. As part of the examination, Biden on Friday tasked the director of national intelligence to work with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security to produce a comprehensive threat assessment.
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.EM NEWS
Aging dams pose growing threat: UN*
United Nations University via PreventionWeb
By 2050, most people on Earth will live downstream of tens of thousands of large dams built in the 20th century, many of them already operating at or beyond their design life, according to a UN University analysis.
The report, “Ageing water infrastructure: An emerging global risk,” by UNU’s Canadian-based Institute for Water, Environment and Health, says most of the 58,700 large dams worldwide were constructed between 1930 and 1970 with a design life of 50 to 100 years, adding that at 50 years, a large concrete dam “would most probably begin to express signs of aging.”
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"Chaos followed recent earthquake devastation in the Aegean Sea. The magnitude 7.0 quake of Oct. 30 was the deadliest temblor of 2020[i] – killing 116 in Turkey, and claiming the lives two teenagers in Greece crushed by a wall on the island of Samos[ii]. More than 1,050 people were injured[iii]. Three hundred buildings were severely damaged or destroyed, and a wall of water as high as 19 feet threatened islands along the coasts of Turkey and Greece."
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Red Cross doubles front-line disaster relief funding
AFP via Jamaica Observer
The Red Cross announced Monday it was more than doubling disaster relief money for front-line responders, in a change to how it reacts to climate-related humanitarian crises.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the world's largest humanitarian network, said the expansion was part of an attempt to adapt emergency responses to the increased crisis caseload caused by climate change.
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.CLIMATE/WATER/WEATHER UPDATES
Storm damage worsens in a warming world, hiking pressure to adapt*
Thomson Reuters Foundation
More powerful storms are battering people and economies harder, with the poor suffering the worst losses, an annual climate risk index showed, as leaders were urged to ramp up their response to climate change impacts at a global adaptation summit on Monday.
The index for 2019, from research group Germanwatch, showed that Mozambique and Zimbabwe were the two countries hardest-hit by extreme weather.
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New US strategy could create massive $10 billion fund to fight climate disasters
The Hill
One of the latest Biden administration plans introduces a new framework that will shape U.S. policy to tackle climate change by allocating about $10 billion to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to proactively address natural disasters related to climate change.
The New York Times reports that the funds will be spent on preventative infrastructure, including building seawalls and relocating homes prone to flooding.
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Role of dams in reducing global flood risks under climate change
Homeland Security News Wire
Flood is among the costliest natural disasters. Globally, flood risk is projected to increase in the future, driven by climate change and population growth. The role of dams in flood mitigation, previously unaccounted for, was found to decrease by approximately 15 percent the number of people globally exposed to historical once-in-100-year floods, downstream of dams during the twenty-first century.
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.CYBERSECURITY NEWS
CISA releases resources to help organizations combat ransomware
Homeland Preparedness News
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is launching an effort to encourage public and private sector organizations to implement best practices to mitigate ransomware risks.
The Reduce the Risk of Ransomware Campaign will raise awareness about the importance of combating ransomware as part of an organization’s cybersecurity and data protection best practices. CISA will use its social media platforms to iterate key behaviors or actions and provide resource links to combat ransomware attacks in the coming months.
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.EM RESOURCES
FEMA releases continuity exercise starter kits
IAEM
FEMA has released the Continuity of Operations Exercise Starter Kits to help jurisdictions and organizations be more prepared to continue to perform essential functions and provide services when typical operations are derailed. Groups and various levels of government across the nation face a full spectrum of threats with disruptive impacts, and adequate warning of a threat is not always available. Exercises play a vital role in preparedness by enabling partners, stakeholders and elected officials to shape planning, test and validate plans and capabilities, and identify and address gaps and areas for improvement. The FEMA National Continuity Programs, partnered with the agency’s National Exercise Division, which administers the National Exercise Program, to produce separate versions of the kits for federal and whole community partners.
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HHS ASPR TRACIE offers virtual EM and EMS Resources for COVID
IAEM
The Dept. of Health and Human Services’ Office (HHS) of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) created ASPR TRACIE in 2015 to provide a one-stop shop that provides information and addresses technical assistance needs of healthcare professionals, emergency managers, and public health practitioners. The COVID-19 Resources Page includes 20 resource collections and plans, tools, and templates that incorporate the most current information available to address the biggest challenges faced by healthcare today. You may also benefit from other ASPR TRACIE resources (from clinical guidance in the 57 Topic Collections, to case studies and lessons learned from healthcare professionals responding to real world events and tools and templates for preparedness efforts). The 2020 digest provides links to all of the resources ASPR TRACIE developed during the calendar year. A longer list of ASPR TRACIE resources that may be relevant to emergency management professionals in preparedness, response, and recovery efforts can be found in IAEM COVID-19 Resources here.
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.EM CALENDAR
FEMA is offering National Dam Safety Technical Seminar, Feb. 16-19
IAEM
Registration is open for the 28th Annual National Dam Safety Program Technical Seminar, “Risk Informed Decision Making and Benefit Cost Analysis for Dam and Levee Projects.” This seminar will be held virtually on FEMA Adobe Connect from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST, Feb. 16-19. Participants encouraged to apply include all dam and levee safety professionals, including public and private dam owners/operators, dam safety engineers, land use planners, and emergency management officials.
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.IAEM-ASIA NEWS
Increased flooding in Indonesia linked to deforestation
World Socialist Web Site
A state of emergency was declared for South Kalimantan, Borneo, as torrential rain triggered flooding and landslides, affecting 342,987 people and bringing the death toll to 21 as of last week. According to the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), 54,950 houses were flooded, and over 70,000 were displaced.
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.IAEM-EUROPA NEWS
Swathes of England's vital flood defences 'almost useless'
The Guardian
Thousands of England’s vital flood defences were in such a state of ruin last year they would fail to protect communities from extreme weather, an investigation has found.
More than 3,400 of England’s “high consequence” flood assets, defined as those where there is a high risk to life and property if they fail, were judged by the Environment Agency to be in such a bad condition they were almost useless.
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.AROUND THE WORLD
Cyclone Eloise leaves hundreds homeless in Mozambique
East Coast Radio
A tropical cyclone that hit central Mozambique on the weekend has displaced thousands of people and caused severe flooding in an area battered by two deadly cyclones in 2019, response teams and aid agencies said.
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Deadly tornado devastates Alabama town overnight
The Weather Channel
Two seconds.
Michael Holloway says that's what saved him during Monday night's deadly tornado in Fultondale, Alabama.
Holloway was reading a book in bed when he got an alert about the tornado on his phone. He rushed into the hallway to take shelter, just as the storm hit.
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7.0-magnitude earthquake rocks coast of Antarctica
WION
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Saturday off the coast of Antarctica, with authorities issuing a tsunami warning for Chile's Eduardo Frei base on the frigid continent, emergency officials said.
The interior ministry said on Twitter that a tremor of magnitude 7.1 struck at 8.36 p.m. 216 km northeast of the O'Higgins Chilean scientific base and called for the coastal regions of Antarctica to be evacuated because of tsunami risk.
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Indonesia's most active volcano erupts
NPR
Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, erupted Wednesday emitting a river of lava into the mountain below and gas clouds into the sky.
The eruption set off the volcano's longest lava flow since the danger level for Merapi was raised in November, Hanik Humaida, the head of Yogyakarta's Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center, told The Associated Press.
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