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IAEM-Canada has partnered with the Ontario Association of Emergency Managers (OAEM) to host the IAEM-Canada AGM in conjunction with the 17th OAEM Conference and AGM. The IAEM-Canada AGM will be held on Thursday, May 11, 2017, 1600-1730 hours, in the Auditorium at the Ron Joyce Centre, 4350 S. Service Road, Burlington, Ontario. OAEM has offered IAEM-Canada members the member registration rate for the OAEM conference, which will take place May 11-12, 2017, at the Ron Joyce Centre (see conference brochure). Members are encouraged to support this conference, as attendance can be used towards your professional development credits for your AEM®/CEM®. More information on the IAEM-Canada AGM will be available soon.
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A call for nominations is open for the positions of IAEM-Canada Council’s President and Secretary. The term for these two officers is two years and will commence immediately after the announcement of the election results at the May 11 AGM. The details are posted on the IAEM-Canada News page, or you may download a copy of the call for nominations here. The deadline for nominations is Mar. 25, 2017.
Stuff.co.nz
A nationwide system for broadcasting public text alerts about emergencies, earthquakes and hazards to mobile phones is expected to be live by the end of the year, the government says.
Civil Defense Minister Gerry Brownlee said the new channel for sending alerts was on track and messages would appear similar to texts.
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Several open positions need to be filled on the National Advisory Council (NAC). The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is accepting applications now from individuals interested in serving on the council. The NAC is a federal advisory committee established to ensure effective and ongoing coordination of federal preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation for natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters. The council includes a geographically diverse mix of officials, emergency managers, and emergency response providers from state, local and tribal governments, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations who will advise the FEMA Administrator on all aspects of emergency management. Learn online about the discipline areas that
FEMA is seeking for open positions, and submit applications by close of business on Mar. 15, 2017. All appointments are for three-year terms starting in September 2017.
Temblor
In a manuscript accepted for publication yesterday, new evidence for 10 ground-rupturing earthquakes prior to 1857, along the Big Bend of the Southern San Andreas Fault was presented. The study, headed by Dr. Katherine Scharer at the USGS in Pasadena, examined the earthquake history of the San Andreas near Frazier Mountain in northeast Kern County.
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The Washington Post
The Trump administration, searching for money to build the president’s planned multibillion-dollar border wall and crack down on illegal immigration, is weighing significant cuts to the Coast Guard, the Transportation Security Administration and other agencies focused on national security threats, according to a draft plan.
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IAEM
As part of its 2017 conference program, the Governor’s Hurricane Conference (GHC), set for May 14-19, in West Palm Beach, Florida, is hosting a May 18 workshop for students to present their original academic research. Students currently enrolled in institutions of higher education and who have taken or are taking emergency management related courses are encouraged to submit an application and abstract by Mar. 10, 2017. See complete details online.
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The IAEM-Global Editorial Work Group seeks articles for the second special focus issue of 2017, which will be on the topic of “Vulnerable Populations & Emergency Management.” Articles might include, but are not limited to: how we can help to prepare vulnerable populations for disasters; what it means to be part of a vulnerable population in your area (globally); and what members of vulnerable populations are doing to prepare themselves; what emergency managers are doing to protect vulnerable populations in their jurisdictions. Note: We’re deliberately not defining “vulnerable populations” – we’re letting the authors define this. We hope to get article submissions that each focus on one of the many groups that are vulnerable, so that we have a variety of ideas or solutions for the various groups. Articles could deal with anything from latchkey kids to senior citizens to those who are disabled and/or have access issues. Please review the author guidelines, and email your article submissions to Karen Thompson, editor, by May 10, 2017.
Burlington Free Press
U.S. and Canadian scientists are planning to spend the next five years studying flooding on Lake Champlain and the Richelieu River, which drains the lake north into Quebec, and whether methods can be developed to control future flooding.
Besides studying the causes of past floods, particularly the historic floods in 2011, the scientists will look for ways to better forecast flooding and measures to reduce the effects of future floods, considered likely with weather extremes in an era of climate change.
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The Certification Preparatory course will be offered on May 15, 2017, in conjunction with the Texas Emergency Management Conference in San Antonio, Texas. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn from a Certification Commissioner about preparing for the application process and exam. Interested candidates may register through the IAEM website by May 1, 2017. A minimum of 10 registrants is required for this offering.
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BC Management, Inc., has announced that it will extend the response deadline until Mar. 12, 2017, 11:00 p.m. EST for participation in its 15th annual BCM compensation study. There are three compensation assessment surveys to accommodate all BCM professionals, including permanently employed, independent contractors/consultants, and unemployed professionals. Complete any of the surveys to receive a complimentary copy of all study findings. BC Management has been conducting BCM data metrics research and assessments since 2001. The scope of the findings is worldwide, and the surveys are available in English, Spanish, French, Chinese, and Japanese. Your responses will be completely confidential. Visit the BC Management site to learn more and participate in the study.
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The Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) is partnering with the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA’s National Preparedness Directorate to offer the 10th Annual Homeland Defense & Security Education Summit. George Mason University’s Center for Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security will host the event on Mar. 23-24 at their Arlington, Virginia campus. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the summit, and CHDS looks forward to addressing essential questions regarding future security challenges with thought leaders in government, academia and industry. This year’s summit will feature two methods of participation. In the first track, the summit will feature presentations of general interest to the homeland security enterprise by exploring innovative approaches to addressing homeland security, homeland defense, and related efforts, including
education programs in these areas. The second track will feature presentations of original theoretical, methodological, and empirical research as well as applied or policy research relevant to homeland security.
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IAEM-Canada is a supporter of the International Urban Security and Resilience Conference, to be held May 16-19, 2017, in Toronto, and IAEM-Canada members are eligible to receive a discount on the registration rate using this code: 052017CWIAEM. The Infrastructure Resilience and Research Group (IRRG), Office of the Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Design, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in partnership with ASIS International and the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) of Canada, will be hosting the conference. The purpose of the event is to provide a high-level forum for approximately 1,200 representatives of the security intelligence and law enforcement communities, public and private security practitioners, government officials, community and corporate leaders, and nongovernmental agencies to engage in a dialogue with the view to developing new strategies to counter the evolving security challenges of the 21st century.
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The 2017 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Workshop will take place Sept. 20-21, 207, at the National Fire Corps Academy of Italy, Istituto Superiore Antincendi (ISA), Rome, Italy. The International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) is a co-sponsor of this event, and IAEM CEO Beth Armstrong, MAM, CAE, represents IAEM on the workshop program committee. There is no charge to participate, and anyone interested in emergency alerting is welcome, including managers, technical staff, media, commercial organizations, government agencies, and non-governmental organizations. The call for participation is available online. If you have CAP implementation experiences or insights to share, please let the Program Committee know that you want to give one of the 20-minute presentations by emailing eliot.j.christian@gmail.com.
RNZ
An earthquake of 6.5 magnitude struck off the south coast of the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea this morning. According to the U.S. Geological Survey the quake was at a depth of 33 kilometers, and struck struck east of the city Lae.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said there was no Pacific-wide tsunami threat.
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NPR
Severe flooding and lightning strikes have killed about 250 people and left close to 2,000 homeless in Zimbabwe since October, according to the government.
More than 100 people have been injured.
As NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton reports, officials have declared a national disaster and appealed to international donors for $100 million to help flood-stricken areas.
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Reuters
Cyclone Enawo, a massive tropical storm packing winds gusting as high as 300 km per hour, killed at least three people when it slammed into the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, officials said on Wednesday.
Enawo struck the northeast village of Ampahana on Tuesday morning. It had since been downgraded from an "intense tropical cyclone" to a "tropical storm" with winds gusting at 130 kph, domestic weather bulletins said.
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The New Indian Express
At least four people were killed and thousands others displaced due to floods and landslides in Indonesia's West Sumatra province, a disaster agency official said on Saturday.
Heavy downpours occurred in Limapuluh Kota district which led to communication cut and also triggered a blackout.
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