This message was sent to ##Email##
|
|
|
|
|
IAEM
This week, FEMA and its emergency management partners released Kate Konschnik's PrepTalk, “Left in the Dark: Power Outages in an Interconnected World.” In her PrepTalk, Konschnik dives into the fundamentals of how electricity is generated in the United States. She explains how our aging electrical infrastructure increases the chances of catastrophic failures and offers considerations for emergency managers to prepare their communities for extended power outages. Konschnik directs the Climate & Energy Program at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University and is a senior lecturing fellow at Duke Law School. Her research focuses on policy options for public electric utility regulation and electricity market reforms to accommodate new technologies, electrification of other sectors, and air quality and decarbonization goals. Her PrepTalk video and additional resources are available on the FEMA website. PrepTalks are a partnership between FEMA, IAEM, NEMA, the National Homeland Security Consortium, and the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security.
IAEM
Don’t wait until the last minute. Gather the information needed now, and bring your “A” game for the best chance to be selected as a breakout session speaker at the IAEM 68th Annual Conference & EMEX, Nov. 13-18, 2020, in Long Beach, California. Learn how to apply on the conference website. The call for speakers closes Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, at 11:59:59 p.m. CST.
|
Promoted by
|
|
|
|
 |
Yorkton This Week
Public safety personnel in Saskatchewan have a new on-line tool to help them manage and maintain their mental health and well-being. The University of Regina announced the launch of the new Public Safety Personnel Internet-delivered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy program at the Canadian Institute of Public Safety Research and Treatment.
READ MORE
 |
|
Promoted by
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.
|
|
| | IAEM-OCEANIA COUNCIL NEWS |
Australian Disaster Resilience
Emergency plans should account for the special needs of vulnerable groups to mitigate the risks they face and to provide appropriate assistance. Australian research has examined the vulnerability of children, particularly infants.
READ MORE
Australian Disaster Resilience
The demands on teams coordinating emergency management at state and regional levels can be considerable. These teams may be supporting multiple incidents and are prioritising resources, liaising with other organisations and managing public interests.
READ MORE
 |
|
We have all the products needed to stop the bleed! Shop our bleeding control kits today to be prepared for tomorrow’s need. Our kits are designed to provide an user with immediate access to products intended to stop a traumatic hemorrhaging.
|
|
Australian Disaster Resilience
Community engagement programs in Australia are widely adopted by emergency management organizations as one way to get communities to recognize hazards and risks and prepare for emergency events. However, evaluation of these programs remains a challenge.
READ MORE
Homeland Security Today
Homeland Security Today asked top experts in various sectors of the homeland mission to discuss what they see as the greatest threats and challenges facing our country in the year ahead.
READ MORE
Emergency Management
The frequency of FEMA-reported natural disasters within the state of Washington has nearly tripled since 2000, according to a recent study.
Between 2000 and 2017, Washington saw 61 natural disasters, according to an analysis by insurance comparison website QuoteWizard, which looked at FEMA natural disaster data for the report.
READ MORE
|
Promoted by
|
|
|
|
 |
IAEM
The Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado─Boulder, has issued a call for applications for the Mary Fran Myers Scholarship, which provides financial assistance for selected individuals to attend the 45th Annual Natural Hazards Workshop in Broomfield, Colorado, July 12-15, 2020. The Mary Fran Myers Scholarship recognizes outstanding individuals who share Myers' commitment to disaster research and practice and have the potential to make a lasting contribution to reducing disaster vulnerability. At least one scholarship recipient each year receives financial support. This year, applications will be accepted only from those who reside in North America and the Caribbean. Applicants who reside outside North America and the Caribbean will be eligible for the scholarship in 2021. The deadline for online applications is Mar. 13, 2019.
The World Bank via PreventionWeb
Among the 57 countries or territories recognized as Small Island Developing States (SIDS) by the United Nations, efforts to strengthen access to a scientific evidence base on disaster risk have already been extensive. However, a review of datasets conducted by the Open Data for Resilience (OpenDRI) initiative uncovered interesting findings about the re-use and sharing of this vital information.
READ MORE
Optimum Seismic
California just experienced its deadliest and most destructive wildfire, ever. Nearly 14,000 homes, 530 commercial structures and 4,300 other buildings were destroyed in November when the Cal Fire ravaged the Butte County landscape, incinerating entire communities like the town of Paradise in its wake.
The devastation of lives and livelihoods lost is unfathomable. So too is the sheer scope of work needed to clear the charred debris before recovery can ever start.
READ MORE
|
|
|
IAEM
Nominations now are being solicited for the Dr. B. Wayne Blanchard Award for Academic Excellence in Emergency Management Higher Education sponsored by North Dakota State University (NDSU). NDSU created the Blanchard Award to honor contributions within the emergency management higher education community. The nomination period closes Mar. 15, 2020. Nominations must include a letter of nomination and the nominee's CV. Submit nominations via email to Carol Cwiak. The award will be presented at the FEMA Higher Education Symposium in June.
| | UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE EM ISSUES |
Campus Safety
The current coronavirus outbreak that was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, has put the world on edge. That’s especially true now that there are indications person-to-person spread of the respiratory illness is occurring.
So what can schools and universities do to keep the virus from spreading among their students and employees?
READ MORE
Route Fifty
On Thursday, Nahid Bhadelia left rural Uganda, where she had been helping to set up a center for studying viruses such as Ebola. Before she left, she was peppered with concerned questions about when 2019-nCoV — the new coronavirus that has rapidly spread through China — would appear there.
READ MORE
Emergency Management
Coronavirus has “escalated into an unprecedented outbreak” with more than 8,000 cases in a month, prompting the World Health Organization to declare a global health emergency, the United Nations agency’s chief said.
READ MORE
| | CLIMATE/WATER/WEATHER UPDATES |
Homeland Security News Wire
Officials in states across the United States are calling for huge investments to mitigate the effects of wildfires, flooding, hurricanes, droughts, and other natural disasters made more devastating and frequent by climate change.
READ MORE
Australian Disaster Resilience
Due to the attractiveness of living in a natural environment, more people are likely to reside in urban-bush interface areas that expose them to dangers from bushfires. Surveys conducted after fires over 2009–2015, indicated that many residents in urban-bush interface areas under-estimate their bushfire risk and do not prepare adequately for these events.
READ MORE
Georgia Tech
Alleviating suffering more effectively in the wake of hurricanes may require a shift in relief strategies, says a new committee report by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
READ MORE
Domestic Preparedness
Although a long-term, widespread power outage may not be a top priority in community preparedness plans, many communities have considered the devastating effects of such a scenario.
READ MORE
Domestic Preparedness
Emerging threats of yesteryear seemed unrealistic, so allocating funds and resources to such threats was not a priority for many agencies and organizations. Today, some of those “unrealistic” scenarios have become almost commonplace.
READ MORE
IAEM
The IAEM Certification Program is accepting applications for new commissioners for the Class of 2023, serving from Jan. 1, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2023. The IAEM website has more details.
The Rock River Times
Kevin M. Sligh, recently selected as deputy regional administrator of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), began his service recently. Sligh will oversee operational aspects of the Agency’s mission at the Chicago-based FEMA Region V office, serving a six-state area that includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.
READ MORE
Campus Safety
Congratulations to Quinnipiac University Chief of Public Safety Edgar Rodriguez for being named one of this year’s Campus Safety Director of the Year finalists.
READ MORE
Lancaster Eagle Gazette
When a local emergency happens, Fairfield County Emergency Management Agency Director Jon Kochis can be either on the scene or behind the scenes directing operations.
READ MORE
IAEM
On Feb. 3, FEMA opened its application period for Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG). It will close on Mar. 13 at 5 p.m. EST. There are $315 million in awards available for the 2019 fiscal year. AFG assists first-responder organizations by improving their capability to respond to fires and emergencies of all types. For more information, guidance materials, and online application portal access, visit the FEMA website.
IAEM
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is partnering with the Natural Hazards Center to offer a webinar series called “Making Mitigation Work.” The free one-hour webinars will highlight innovative mitigation policy, practice and research. Register online for the upcoming webinar, which will be held on Feb. 11, 2020, 1:00-2:00 p.m. EST. The topic will be “How Mitigation Helped Houston Households in Hurricane Harvey,” and the speaker will be Sara Grineski, professor of sociology and co-director of the Center for Natural and Technological Hazards at the University of Utah. Discussion will focus on how greater pre-event mitigation was associated with fewer physical health problems, lower post-traumatic stress, and faster recovery times for survivors. Obtain additional upcoming webinar details.
Reuters via KFGO-AM
One person died and 81 others were injured on Tuesday when a truck crammed with Central American migrants flipped over in Southern Mexico on a highway that leads to the United States, according to officials in the Mexican state of Veracruz.
READ MORE
The Weather Channel
Australia’s relentless bushfires destroyed dozens of homes south of Canberra overnight.
Bega Valley Mayor Kristy McBain reminded everyone “this fire isn’t over yet.”
READ MORE
The Guardian
Part of New Zealand’s South Island has become cut off after days of torrential rains washed away roads, forced the evacuation of 2,000 people and saw the country’s MetService issue its first ever red weather warning.
READ MORE
|
|
|
7701 Las Colinas Ridge, Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063
|
