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IAEM
IAEM is proud to announce a new resource to maximize career value and services. As part of the roll-out of our new website and online member services system, a powerful niche job board software and career center solution is now available. Use of the new Jobs Board is always complimentary to job seekers.
Manage your career:
- Search and apply to the best emergency management jobs at institutions that value your credentials.
- Upload your anonymous resume so employers can contact you, but you maintain control of your information and choose to whom you release your information.
- Receive an alert every time a job becomes available that matches your personal profile, skills, interests, and preferred location(s).
- Access career resources and job searching tips and tools.
Recruiters may use the board to post open positions:
- Post your jobs, or your institutions' jobs, where the most qualified emergency managers will find and apply to them.
- Email your jobs directly to emergency management job seekers via our exclusive Job Flash email.
- Search the resume database and contact qualified candidates proactively.
This new tool will connect IAEM members with targeted career opportunities and give employers access to pre-qualified job candidates, online career fairs, free resume writing services, and a mentor board. IAEM members were sent an email on Mar. 12 with a special introductory offer to IAEM member employers for a complimentary 30-day job posting by coupon code. If you didn’t receive the email or need more information, contact Chelsea Firth.
IAEM
Bring your family, friend or colleague with you and start your planning today for the IAEM 67th Annual Conference & EMEX in Savannah, Georgia, Nov. 15-20, 2019. This is your chance to not only attend the premiere event for emergency managers, but also explore all the beauty and historic sites in the beloved Southern charm-filled city of Savannah. The Conference Committee is busy building a dynamic program for you. In addition to the conference, there is so much to do in Savannah, so take advantage of conference attendee discounts at many area attractions and restaurants. Check out the travel pages on the conference website for more information.
IAEM
The 2019 IAEM-Canada Conference, “Bridging Public-Private Relationships in Emergency Management,” will take place in Calgary, Alberta, on June 4-7, 2019. IAEM-Canada will bring together leaders in emergency management to share the latest in technologies being used, and lessons learned around the world to prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters. Expand your network by meeting participants from across Canada and beyond; experience world-class keynote presentations and informative panel discussions; and earn credits toward professional certification. Go online to see the latest agenda, learn about featured speakers, and consider pre-conference training sessions. The early bird discount is in effect until May 23, 2019, with registration fees increasing on May 24, 2019, so be sure to take advantage of the discounted rate.
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Homeland Security Today
The government of Canada has announced over $920,000 in federal funding over three years, starting in 2018, to the Search and Rescue Volunteer Association of Canada (SARVAC) under the Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund.
In Canada, search and rescue is a responsibility shared by governments, the military, volunteers, and industry groups.
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The Whitecourt Star
Despite the chilly temperatures and the snow-covered ground, wildfire season has begun and residents need to pick up the permits.
Alberta wildfire season began on March 1 and will continue until mid-September.
Spring is always a busy time of year for Alberta Wildfire with “100 percent of (wildfires) being human-caused and preventable.”
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IAEM
On Friday, Mar. 8, 2019, Peter T. Gaynor began serving as FEMA’s acting administrator. Gaynor began as FEMA’s deputy administrator in October 2018. Prior to serving as deputy administrator, he was director of Rhode Island’s Emergency Management Agency, where he advised the governor on emergency management policy and was the principal liaison between FEMA and local emergency management offices throughout Rhode Island. Prior to Gaynor’s 10 years of extensive emergency management experience, he served for 26 years in the United States Marine Corps.
KQED
Earthquakes, wildfires, floods. If you live in California, you’re likely aware of these natural hazards and the dangers associated with them.
But according to a U.S. Geological Survey report released last week, California is also home to eight volcanic areas, posing threats categorized from moderate to very high. Seven of these areas are considered active, with molten rock bubbling underneath.
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Homeland Security Today
The Department of Homeland Security has extended the public comment period for proposed new voluntary standards for interoperability among digital two-way land mobile radios used by police and other first responders.
The new deadline is March 31, DHS Science and Technology Directorate said in a statement.
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Emergency Management
The State Emergency Management Agency officially announced Thursday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded three Missouri school districts $3.5 million in grant funding to build tornado safe rooms.
These include the previously reported tornado shelter that will be added on to the Neosho School District's new Goodman Elementary School, as well as a stand-alone safe room on the Miller School District's high school campus in Lawrence County, and a safe room on the elementary and middle school campus of Christian County's Sparta School District.
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Learn how Nearmap’s HD aerial mapping aids in dispatch efforts, community safety planning and other government requirements. Instantly accessible, cloud-based maps can be viewed online or integrated into your GIS platform. Download the free case study to see how the Emergency Communications District of Shelby County, Tennessee improved 9-1-1 addressing using Nearmap’s crystal-clear and updated aerial imagery. DOWNLOAD NOW
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Governing
It's one of the biggest and most ambitious infrastructure projects in America right now: a $2.75 billion plan to build a new channel to divert flood waters from the Red River for 30 miles around Fargo, N.D., in order to save the area from future floods.
And it's politically an extremely complicated plan, involving officials from several local cities, two state governments, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and multiple private-sector partners.
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The Hill
Critics of FEMA’s hurricane response in Puerto Rico have argued the agency has ignored the poor. That’s simply not the case.
Eighteen months ago, Hurricane Maria redefined the way we look at disasters. Our recovery efforts have been vast and inclusive. FEMA continues to work with Puerto Rico on the plan for the immediate future for all.
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KING-TV
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is inviting youth from 8th - 12th grade to apply to take part in FEMA's first summer camp. The camp will teach youth how to respond in the aftermath of an emergency. Participants will learn skills they'll use to develop a project to improve their community's disaster preparedness at the end of the camp.
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McClatchy DC
Of the United States’ 161 active volcanoes, 57 are under-monitored, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, creating blind spots that pose a huge potential threat to public safety.
In 2009, Washington allocated funds to improve the monitoring systems, but the money quickly ran out, and recent spending initiatives never went anywhere.
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Futurity
From 1600 to 1903, the position of the North Pacific jet stream over California linked to the amount of winter precipitation and the severity of the subsequent wildfire season, researchers say. The jet stream brought wet winters and low wildfire activity followed. In contrast, higher wildfire activity generally followed dry winters.
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Homeland Security News Wire
Researchers have designed a tool which takes existing data and communicates the impacts of climate change in a way that people can engage with and better understand. The resulting new climate tool visualizes data which shows by 2050, Australians will no longer enjoy winter as they know it today and will experience a new season the designers are calling “New Summer.”
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The Conversation via Phys.org
Melting glaciers, rising sea levels, global warming and violent storms: the effects of climate change are well documented. But a growing weather trend that has caused much concern is storm clustering – when three (sometimes more) hurricanes or typhoons group together in a short space of time, gathering strength and unleashing even greater devastation.
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Campus Safety
With the Midwest and East Coast recovering from another polar vortex and the Southwest drying out from the Pineapple Express’ record rainfall, there is no better time than now to talk about extreme weather.
Although active shooter attacks get a lot of our attention, a much greater number of schools, colleges and healthcare facilities are impacted by dangerous weather, such as extreme cold and snow, extreme heat, hail, flooding, lightning, high winds, wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes and more.
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Emergency Management
Saugus Police are recommending a change in protocol for threats of an aggressive intruder or active shooter at the town’s public schools.
The Massachusetts Task Force Report on School Safety and Security’s recommendations to the governor state that the lockdown method, which includes students hiding under desks or against walls, is no longer a stand-alone strategy to secure in place during an active shooter threat.
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Campus Safety
Administrators at small colleges might believe that advanced, large-scale security is out of their reach. But with the right approach, small institutions of higher education can adopt the latest security technologies.
Several years ago, Seattle Pacific University (SPU) implemented a long-term master plan that included the installation of new or upgraded access control, video surveillance, emergency notification and other technologies, all managed by the campus’ security operation center.
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Homeland Security Today
A new UN-led plan has been unveiled to tackle the estimated one billion cases of influenza which occur each year, and protect against the “real” threat of a global pandemic.
Announcing the revised Global Influenza Strategy for 2019-2030, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, warned that the “question is not if we will have another pandemic, but when.”
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IAEM
FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute (EMI) released 28 new Public Assistance Independent Study courses that enhance the capacity of communities to achieve their immediate and long-term recovery goals. Course content covers the Public Assistance Program and delivery process, including general concepts, such as documenting disaster damage and orientation to the Public Assistance delivery model. The new course content includes specialized topics, such as bridge damage, roads and culverts, electrical systems, and grant decisions for tribal governments. These online courses will also help applicants to navigate the grant process. They are designed for state, local, tribal and territorial (SLTT) government personnel and elected and appointed officials. All independent study courses are offered free-of-charge. For a full list of the new Public Assistance Independent Study courses, visit the EMI Distance Learning web page.
ReliefWeb
Over the past decade, the practice of disaster risk management (DRM) has evolved and matured. From mainly focusing on disaster response, local and international actors alike now emphasize the importance of preparedness and prevention – saving lives and avoiding losses even before disaster strikes.
Yet despite this progress, there’s much more work to be done to ensure that DRM efforts respond to the particular needs and vulnerabilities of women and girls.
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EDM Digest
“The food industry should start thinking seriously about various terrorism-related scenarios that could potentially involve radioactive materials and make preparations for dealing with these situations should they become reality,” Robert A. Norton, Ph.D., urges in Food Safety Magazine.
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Homeland Security News Wire
The first goal of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) 2018-2022 Strategic Plan is to Build a Culture of Preparedness. This goal arises from the realization that efforts to enhance levels of preparedness among individual households, communities and organizations have shown little sign of improvement in the U.S. over the past two decades.
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The Hill
policies carry unintended consequences, wreckage may follow. Take Prohibition, it didn’t stop drinking, but it did cause a massive drop in tax revenues while boosting organized crime. Or Smokey the Bear, the fire-suppression campaign led to the accumulation of dried timber and other fuels within our forests, fuels that have contributed to unprecedented wildfires.
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Route Fifty
When it comes to emergency response, organizations want training sessions to mimic real-life scenarios and take place far more often than the crises themselves.
But at emergency management agencies today, first responders receive much of their training in the classroom, and when they do test their skills in the field, the simulations are usually expensive, rehearsed and infrequent.
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Forbes
Seamless communications. The term conjures up images of smartphones “talking” with one another. Its availability is as expected as a morning cup of coffee. In our increasingly connected world, it’s shocking to read after-action reports from mass casualty events that cite communications failures as a significant contributor to the loss of lives.
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CNET
My nose itches. I instinctively reach up, but my fingers, wrapped in three gloves — one made of cloth, two of latex — hit the clear plastic shield of my full-face respirator mask.
My hand clumsily holds a reporter's notebook and pen. I'm wearing white Tyvek coveralls over my trousers, shirt and head, which is capped off by a bright yellow hard hat.
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Engineers Journal
Were it not for the advanced technology used in disaster relief and management, the loss of life from earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, or other natural disasters would be as unimaginable as they were in even the recent past.
At present, an estimated 160 million people are affected by natural disasters and about 90,000 people are killed every year, according to the World Health Organization.
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IAEM
The Certification Commission is accepting Commissioner applications for the Class of 2022. Application details are posted on the IAEM website. Deadline to apply is June 1, 2019.
IAEM
Every year the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) conducts a simple customer satisfaction survey on behalf of the National Network of Fusion Centers (National Network). The data collected forms a central part of the annual Fusion Center Assessment of the National Network and will help fusion centers better understand, capture, and communicate their outcomes and impact. This is the third year that the National Fusion Center Association (NFCA) is sponsoring this survey of the National Network’s key stakeholders, and emergency manager participation is requested. This short survey should take no more than five minutes to complete. Feedback is invaluable to the continued advancement of the fusion centers as an effective National Network. The survey will be open until Friday, Mar. 29, 2019.
IAEM
Have you struggled to understand the documentation needed for the standards contained within Chapter 3? Do you struggle to understand the breadth of the documentation required? These questions will be addressed at the EMAP webinar on Mar. 28, 2019, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. EDT. Chapter 3 requires jurisdictions to establish and empower an Emergency Management Program. The Emergency Management Program is required to establish a Strategic Plan, seek the input of an advisory committee, work with stakeholders to manage the fiscal and administrative functions associated with disasters, and account for and execute their laws and authorities. Register to participate and learn more.
IAEM
The National Weather Service (NWS) is hosting a webinar on Mar. 28, 2019, at 3:00 p.m. EDT, aimed at technical users (i.e., software developers, graphics producers, etc.) who access and display tropical
products. The webinar will discuss the content of NWS tropical products and how best to access these products during a tropical cyclone event. The NWS Tropical Services Program will host the webinar, and representatives will be available to answer questions. Register online.
The Japan Times
Some 77.6 percent of people in Japan aged 17 to 19 feel “anxious” about natural hazards and major disasters, according to findings in a recent online survey of 800 young people.
In February, Tokyo-based think tank The Nippon Foundation asked teenagers across the nation how they feel about natural disasters, ahead of the eighth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis that killed at least 15,897 and left more than 2,500 unaccounted for in March 2011.
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EWN
An Ethiopian Airlines flight to Nairobi has crashed with 149 passengers and eight crew members aboard.
Ethiopian prime minister confirmed the news a short while ago.
It’s understood the Ethiopian airlines Boeing 737 was traveling from Ethiopia’s capital Addis Abba to the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.
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Reuters
he number of people killed in heavy rains and flooding in southern Malawi has risen to 28, an official said on Sunday, while the estimated number of people affected has roughly doubled.
Chipiliro Khamula, a spokesman for Malawi's Department of Disaster Management in the Ministry of Homeland Security, said that 28 deaths had been recorded as of Saturday, as well as 124 injuries.
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Gephardt Daily
Intense rains that started Sunday and continued Monday in the Sao Paulo region in Brazil caused floods and mudslides that killed at least 12.
According to G1, seven of the deaths were caused by drownings in roads in Ipiranga, Sao Caetano, Santo Andre and Sao Bernardo. Four were killed by mudslides in the Riberao Pires area. A child died in a mudslide in Embu das Artes.
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Express.co.uk
The epicenter was located 134 miles south of Levuka, 260 km 162 miles south east of Labasa and 192 miles south east of Suva. There are about 6,000 people living within 62 miles. The quake was followed by magnitude 4.8 at 8:23UTC at a depth of 354.3 miles. No tsunami warnings have been issued following the quake and no damage was reported.
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