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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and several partner organizations, including IAEM, on Mar. 20 released the sixth video presentation from the inaugural PrepTalks Symposium, Francis Ghesquiere’s “The Making of a Resilient Future: Disaster Risk in Developing Counties." In his PrepTalk, Ghesquiere presents a global perspective on the need to improve disaster resilience. He highlights the scale of the challenge, from rapid urbanization in areas at risk of earthquakes and floods, to the increasing frequency and intensity of storms. He discusses the need for all sectors to participate in planning and to incorporate future trends in population growth, urbanization, and increasing risk due to future environmental conditions. Ghesquiere’s presentation, the Q & A session that followed, discussion guide, and additional reference materials are now online. PrepTalks are 15-to-20-minute presentations by subject-matter experts and national and international thought leaders, designed to spread new ideas, spark conversation, and promote innovative leadership for the issues confronting emergency managers now, and during the next 20 years. PrepTalks partners include FEMA, IAEM, National Emergency Management Association, National Homeland Security Consortium, and Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security. Please direct any questions to IAEM Communications & Marketing Manager Dawn Shiley.
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Do you have a personal connection to an idea, experience or passion related to emergency management, leadership, communication, community engagement or other related topics? If so, we want to hear your story. The IAEM EMvision Talks are modeled on the well-known TED™ Talk format and are limited to seven minutes. The Talks will be presented on the plenary stage on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at the IAEM 66th Annual Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Complete details can be found in the Speaker Guidance. To submit your proposal, visit the conference website.
OpenGovAsia
The Department of Energy (DOE) in the Philippines signed an agreement with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on 16 March, 2018 for the use of a Filipino-made software to enhance the capacity of all stakeholders in earthquake readiness and improve the energy sector’s resiliency.
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Intelligence Insurer
The New Zealand government is set to increase the cap limit on residential building earthquake cover (EQC) to $150,000 from previously $100,000.
EQCover guaranteed by the New Zealand government and provides natural disaster insurance for residential homes, land and contents in the country.
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Arizona Republic
The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency vowed to cut down on "bureaucratic burdens" after an especially devastating hurricane and wildfire season, saying the agency needs to empower people with life-saving skills to speed rescue and recovery efforts.
FEMA Administrator Brock Long, in recent comments to the House Homeland Security Committee, outlined lessons learned in his first eight months on the job — a stretch that included hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria along with the largest wildfire in modern California history and a series of smaller-scale disasters across the country.
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FEMA is seeking applicants for the Youth Preparedness Council, which brings together teens from across the country who are interested and engaged in community preparedness. Council members are selected based on their dedication to public service, their efforts in making a difference in their communities, and their potential to expand their impact as national leaders for preparedness. Youth interested in applying to the Council must submit a completed application form, provide two letters of recommendation, and academic records. All applications and supporting materials must be received no later than March 30, 2018, 11:59 p.m. PDT. New council members will be announced in May 2018. To access the application materials, read about the current Council members, and obtain more information about the Youth Preparedness Council, visit www.ready.gov/youth-preparedness-council.
Roll Call
Congressional leaders and the White House have reached a preliminary deal on a roughly $1.3 trillion fiscal 2018 omnibus appropriations bill. GOP and Democratic aides were putting the finishing touches on the mammoth package and were expected to file it later Wednesday morning for House floor consideration.
Some issues remain unresolved as of Wednesday morning, requiring leadership attention.
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IAEM
The next IAEM Bulletin special focus issue will be on the theme of “Cybersecurity,” which will appear in the June 2018 issue. Article submissions must be received by May 10, 2018. Articles might include, but are not limited to: Cybersecurity 101 about securing your own security and how you protect your own assets; how you incorporate cybersecurity into your CEMP/EOP; a discussion of available Internet resources; how to coordinate cybersecurity among your response team; how to protect information in your EOC; preparing for cybersecurity incidents, vulnerabilities and risks associated with IOT (Internet of Things – including AV systems, HVAC, remote sensors, etc.), and best practices for designing and conducting cybersecurity exercises. These are just examples of articles. You may identify another aspect of cybersecurity as it relates to emergency management that you would like to write about. Article length is 750-1,500 words. Please refer to the author guidelines for details, and email any questions to Editor Karen Thompson. See a list of all 2018 special focus topics at www.iaem.com/Bulletin. Articles may be submitted at any time. Don’t forget that special focus issues account for four issues annually, and the other eight issues of the Bulletin include articles on a variety of topics that are of interest to EM professionals.
Domestic Preparedness
People’s lives were changed forever on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. At the time of the 9/11 attacks, airport security was primarily focused on threats from guns and explosives. There was little worry about knives or sharp instruments. Even when detected at checkpoints, they were not often considered dangerous. Closing this security loophole came after these attacks, which spurred drastic security changes at all phases of the transportation system.
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Whenever a strategic plan is released, most people who belong to the issuing organization quickly look for how the plan is going to affect their job. Most of time as they are thumbing their way through the document, they are wondering to themselves, “Are we going to have a reorganization? How will the organizational boxes be moved around this time? What will change about our mission?”
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Scientific American
As hurricanes slammed into Texas, then Florida, then Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands last summer, the White House said it wasn’t the right time to talk about climate change. Those types of questions politicized present disasters, officials said.
Months later, the Trump administration still hasn’t found a voice to discuss the impacts of rising temperatures.
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A searchable list of Featured Mentors are available on the IAEM website to help candidates through the certification application process. Find a mentor online.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) invites its state, local, tribal, territorial and non-government partners to discuss how to capture and measure implementation of its 2018-2022 strategic plan goals at two webinars scheduled for Mar. 27 and Mar. 28. The latest FEMA Strategic Plan, released on Mar. 15, seeks to unify and further professionalize emergency management across the country, in order to build a stronger agency and a more resilient nation. The webinars will be led by David Bibo, acting associate administrator for FEMA Policy, Program Analysis, and International Affairs. Two identical webinars will be held so that participants can join the webinar that is most convenient for them. To attend the Mar. 27 webinar, please RSVP here. Access the Mar. 27 webinar at 1:00 p.m. EDT online, or call 323-701-0223 and use participant passcode 147821. To attend the Mar. 28 webinar, please RSVP here. Access the Mar. 28 webinar at 3:30 p.m. EDT online, or call 323-794-2558 and use participant passcode 117003. Please direct any questions to FEMA-Strategic-Planning@fema.dhs.gov.
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Emergency Management
We have all seen the statistics. In 2017 alone, disasters cost the U.S. more than $300 billion. Wildfire “season” is now all year. Hurricanes are as much or more about the water than the wind. The aging population in the U.S. — the most vulnerable in a disaster — will double by 2050.
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The Strait Times
Three people were killed and 23 injured after a fire broke out in a hotel in Manila, with others plucked by helicopter from the rooftop of the building engulfed in thick black smoke.
Police and rescue officials said the fire at the Waterfront Manila Pavilion, a high-rise hotel and casino complex, began in the morning and raged for more than nine hours, forcing more than 300 people to flee the area.
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The Associated Press via WGCL-TV
With violent weather plowing through the Southeast, the kitchen windows exploded at Richard Brasher's home in eastern Alabama.
Using couch cushions for protection, Brasher hid in the bathtub with his wife, daughter and two grandchildren as the storm passed near Jacksonville State University. The roar was terrifying, Brasher said: "I thought we were gone," he said.
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AccuWeather
Tropical Cyclone Eliakim claimed the lives of at least 17 people in Madagascar as the storm produced flooding and mudslides in the country this past weekend.
The storm battered areas that were hit by Tropical Cyclone Dumazile earlier in March and Tropical Cyclone Ava in January.
The number of fatalities may rise as more reports come in from rural areas.
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The Age
Fires that claimed at least 18 homes in Victoria's south-west have been "crushing" for local communities, but it is important to recognise there has been no loss of human life, Premier Daniel Andrews says.
Mr Andrews toured the area on Monday as fire crews worked to extinguish four significant blazes near Warrnambool – the state's worst fires of the season.
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Gulf News
Kenyan officials said on Friday that at least 15 people have drowned and scores of families have been displaced across the East African nation during two days of heavy rainfall that caused flooding in urban and rural areas.
The deaths happened as flood and river waters swept through Kenyan towns that had experienced drought months earlier, officials said. Kenya declared the drought a national disaster that put thousands of people at risk of starvation last year.
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