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Join the leaders of the Poster Showcase Working Group for a free webinar on the participation requirements and tips for success in the IAEM Poster Showcase at the 67th Annual Conference & EMEX in Savannah, Georgia, Nov. 15-20, 2019. The webinar will cover: mandatory requirements; how to enter; differences between the competitive and non-competitive divisions; coaching and mentoring opportunities; what it takes to receive gold, silver or bronze recognition from IAEM; presentation session for attendees; plus so much more. Register now for this informative webinar, scheduled for Wednesday, Apr. 3, at 2:00 p.m. EDT.
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The IAEM Editorial Work Group seeks articles for the second 2019 special focus issue of the IAEM Bulletin, “Treasure the Present: What We Need to be Talking About Now.” Articles could focus on: what current happenings emergency managers should be talking about – and why; the vulnerabilities of anything to a cyber hack (power grid, gas pipeline); how we are preparing today to be ready for the future; or how emergency managers can stay informed on the latest technological changes that can support their community’s preparedness goals. You’ll find more ideas for articles online. The issue will be published in June 2019, with an article submission deadline of May 10, 2019. Article length is 750-1,500 words. Please refer to the IAEM Bulletin web page for details on all of the 2019 topics, including examples of articles, and email any questions to Editor Karen Thompson. Reminder: Don’t forget to check out the free copy of the March 2019 IAEM Bulletin, read the articles on mentors who made a difference, and share the issue with your EM colleagues!
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RadioResource MissionCritical Communications
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) announced plans to develop a road map to enhance the FirstNet network. The board also endorsed a set of principles to guide FirstNet’s financial investments in the network and signed an agreement with a university regarding rural emergency response.
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Route Fifty
The federal agency may want governments to repair and replace aging infrastructure before it fails, but making California eat some of the repair costs could lead to more deferred maintenance on other projects, the ratings company said.
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Route Fifty
A key agency charged with overseeing $35 billion in federal disaster aid Congress appropriated after the record-setting 2017 hurricane season lacks sufficient staff to oversee the funds and is not taking proper precautions against fraud, according to a new report.
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On Mar. 25, 2019, FEMA released the 2018 Annual Report of the Office of the Flood Insurance Advocate (OFIA). The report is intended to increase transparency and to support the ongoing improvements to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) with the goal of reducing the program’s complexity. A copy of the Annual Report and summary can be found on FEMA’s website at www.fema.gov/flood-insurance-advocate.
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On Mar. 27, 2019, the National Weather Service released its new NWS Weather-Ready Nation Strategic Plan (2019-2022). The plan is a culmination of more than a year-and-a-half of effort and engagement among NWS managers, employees, emergency managers and Weather, Water and Climate Enterprise partners, including academia and the private sector. While the NWS vision and mission remain the same, there are three newly updated goals in the plan:
- Reduce the impacts of weather, water, and climate events by transforming the way people receive, understand, and act on information.
- Harness cutting-edge science, technology, and engineering to provide the best observations, forecasts, and warnings.
- Evolve the NWS to excel in the face of change through investment in our people, partnerships, and organizational performance.
This strategic plan recommits the National Weather Service to its core mission: to protect lives and property by providing observations, forecasts, and warnings linked directly to life-saving decisions in communities across the United States.
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BBC News
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency exposed 2.3 million disaster survivors to possible identity theft, according to a new report. Survivors of hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria and the 2017 California wildfires were put at risk.
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Domestic Preparedness
The anthrax attacks in October 2001 were a wakeup call nationwide of America’s weakness to respond to a widespread biological terrorist incident. Since that time, local, state, and federal agencies have worked together to improve public health readiness to mass dispense medical countermeasures (MCM) at points-of-dispensing (PODs). Providing bulk dispensing to non-public (or “closed”) PODs is one methodology employed to expedite the distribution of MCM to the private sector. However, exercising bulk dispensing in a realistic environment can present numerous challenges. Finding non-traditional partners, such as the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland, provides a cost-effective and simple solution to reducing the artificialities of a functional exercise.
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CNN
In the era of mass shootings, some high school teens are taking their safety into their own hands. Two groups of high school students have been recognized in a nationwide contest for developing contraptions that would increase safety during a school shooting.
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On Mar. 21, DHS released an intelligence assessment, "Cyber Risks to Emergency Services Sector Remain, Primarily from Cybercriminals." The report is available via NCTC Current and the I&A websites on HSDN and HTSN (JWICSA; HSIN; and CapNet. The intended audience is federal, state, local, and tribal government agencies and private sector officials. To locate the report on HSIN, visit the HSIN Central page and copy and place the title in the search bar.
Homeland Security News Wire
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences recommends steps U.S. communities can take to better measure their progress in building resilience to disasters, including measuring resilience around multiple dimensions of a community, and incentivizing the measurement of resilience. The report also recommends that the National Academies’ Gulf Research Program develop a major, coordinated initiative around building or enhancing community resilience across the Gulf of Mexico region.
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United Nations Environment Program
The impact of Cyclone Idai clearly demonstrates the need to develop better awareness and emergency preparedness tools to strengthen the resilience of local communities to the devastating impact of disasters.
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EurekAlert
Portland experiences both extreme heat in the summer months and frequent nuisance flooding in the winter and spring, and that's only expected to worsen with climate change. A new Portland State University study found the potential for flooding and extreme heat is most acute in East Portland's low-income neighborhoods that have fewer green spaces and larger concentrations of less-educated residents.
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Domestic Preparedness
From infectious diseases to terrorist attacks, state and federal agencies must collaborate to provide the most effective responses for large-scale public health events. New types of threats continually emerge, terrorist tactics evolve, and environmental conditions change. Each of these factors contributes to the complexities that emergency preparedness professionals must consider when preparing for, mitigating, or responding to any threat.
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ReliefWeb
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has published a new report about the use and opportunities of ICTs and disruptive technologies for disaster risk reduction and management. The study finds that technological advancement and innovation are creating new opportunities for enhancing disaster resilience and risk reduction.
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Government Technology
Legislation created the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) in 2012, and seven years later its fiber network is in all 50 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, with plans to reach America’s three major Pacific territories later this year. With the network has also come the FirstNet App Catalog, a growing resource exclusively for network subscribers to access the latest, strictly vetted public-safety tools.
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StateScoop
Atlanta’s guard was down on March 22, 2018, when the SamSam virus infected the city’s networks and encrypted at least one-third of its applications. Municipal employees who attempted to log on to affected systems were greeted with an anonymous demand for a six-bitcoin payment — equal to about $51,000 at the time — in exchange for a key that would remove the virus and allow city workers back into their files.
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IAEM is offering AEM®/CEM® Prep Courses and/or group offerings on the following dates. A minimum of 10 participants are required for the course to take place. Candidates can register on the IAEM website.
- Apr. 14 – Prep Course and Exam in San Antonio, Texas (Apr. 1 registration deadline)
- Apr. 16 – Exam in Lynnwood, Washington (Apr. 2 registration deadline)
- Apr. 29 – Exam in Columbus, Ohio
- Apr. 30 – Exam in Anchorage, Alaska
- May 28 – Exam in Ocean City, Maryland
- June 1 – Exam in Miami, Florida
- June 21 – Exam in Phoenix, Arizona
- Sept. 3 – Exam in Louisville, Kentucky
Government Technology
Nick Crossley has served in a variety of high-profile leadership roles during his 19 years as an emergency manager. He is immediate past president of the International Association of Emergency Managers, serves as a member of the FEMA Region 5 Advisory Committee and is on the Justice and Public Safety Steering Committee and the Emergency Management and Homeland Security Subcommittee of the National Association of Counties.
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IAEM member Steve Detwiler is researching the interactions between U.S. local, state/territory and tribal emergency managers with museums in their jurisdictions. Museums are defined as nonprofit permanent institutions that are open to the public. These institutions acquire, conserve, research, communicate and exhibit artifacts for the purposes of study, education and enjoyment. The survey consists of 19 questions, and it should take about eight minutes to complete. All responses will be kept strictly confidential, will not include any identifiable information in the presentation of the results, and the responses will be anonymous. To assist, Steve, please complete the survey by Apr. 9.
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The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has scheduled four new Active Shooter Preparedness Workshops. The workshops provide a forum through which participants can obtain information that assists in mitigating the impacts of an active shooter incident and supports the development of an initial organizational emergency action plan focused on such incidents. Please use the following links to register at no charge for the workshop at the date/location of your choice: Apr. 11, Hamburg, New York; Apr. 16, Columbus, Ohio; Apr. 18, Boise, Idaho; and May 13, Lake Charles, Louisiana. All workshops are held at 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Any questions should be directed to ASWorkshop@hq.dhs.gov.
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The National Information Sharing Consortium (NISC) will host a webinar with the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) on its devices, applications, application catalogue, and their work with the developer community. The webinar is scheduled for Apr. 17, 2019, 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT. Speakers will include: Sean McSpaden, executive director, NISC; Dr. Jennifer Harder, senior director of products, FirstNet; and Travis Hull, senior public safety products advisor, FirstNet. Register online.
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The Campus Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Association (CSHEMA) is offering a three-day Virtual Emergency Management Conference via webinar on Apr. 23-25, 2019, that will cover a variety of topics of interest to campus emergency managers. Representatives will be present from the Association of College Unions International, the University Risk Management and Insurance Association, and the IAEM-USA Universities & Colleges Caucus. You can register for the entire conference or register for a single day. The schedule for Apr. 23, 2019, will include sessions on: your institution’s reputation and how to protect it; best practices for resolving indoor air quality problems; and how proper prior planning prevents poor performance. See the entire conference schedule, and register online at cshema.org/webinars.
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The National Emergency Management Association (NEMA) will hold a webinar on Apr. 24, 2019, 2:00 p.m. EDT, to discuss the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Homeland Security Research Program. This presentation will provide an overview of EPA’s emergency response function and how the Homeland Security Research Program helps anticipate future issues and develop solutions for emergency responders as well as decision-makers. A review of the types of research EPA’s Homeland Security Research Program has been focusing on, as well as sampling of recent tools and technical expertise, will be provided at the conclusion of the presentation. Register online.
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The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is hosting a webinar, "Identifying and Reducing Landslide Risk," providing an overview of landslide risk assessment and impacts in the United States, discussing policy approaches and funding for landslide risk mapping, and featuring case studies of work conducted with communities to reduce landslide risk. The event will take place on Apr. 17, 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT. The speakers include: Jonathan Godt (U.S. Geological Survey), Jennifer Bauer (Appalachian Landslide Consultants), and Eric Waage (Hennepin County, Minnesota Emergency Management). This webinar is part of AGI’s Critical Issues webinar series, which brings together geoscientists and decision makers to discuss how developments in science, policy, and management can inform each other to better serve society. Obtain details and register online.
The Jakarta Post
Tourism Minister Arief Yahya has said that Indonesia is currently developing disaster mitigation technology that will be placed in tourist destinations. He said three types of technology had been developed, namely the flood early warning system (FEWS), landslide early warning system (LEWS) and Red White Buoy system for tsunamis.
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KING-TV
Five years after the deadliest landslide in U.S. history devastated Oso, officials are working to map landslide susceptibility across Washington to better understand how these kinds of slides work.
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The Japan Times
A major volcanic eruption of Mount Fuji similar to the one that occurred in 1707 could leave ash 1 to 1.5 cm thick in central Tokyo over 15 days, according to a recent estimate released by a government team.
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The Phnom Penh Post
The Japanese government on Thursday provided a 300 million yen ($2.7 million) grant to commence the Project for the Development of the Base for Disaster Prevention for Improving Living Environment in Cambodia, which aims to minimize the effects of natural disasters.
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Caribbean News Now
In recent years famers and fishers have felt the crippling impacts of climate change on their livelihoods and food production. Jamaica’s food security and agricultural development are heavily dependent on the country’s capacity to respond to the impacts posed by climate change, which has led to the formation of several institutional plans and activities to assist in mitigating and adapting to these impacts. Fourteen agriculture and fisheries experts have now met to develop a new National Agriculture Disaster Risk Management (ADRM) Strategy and Plan.
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BBC News
Almost 100 people are reported to have died after a ferry sank in the Tigris river in Iraq's city of Mosul. Most of the victims were women and children, the interior ministry said. It is thought nearly 200 people were on board.
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USA Today
Flooding that has overwhelmed levees and swamped a wide swath of the Midwest since last week's bomb cyclone storm is creating a "slow-moving natural disaster" that could last into summer and cost some states billions. Nebraska's cleanup alone is a mammoth task. Gov. Pete Ricketts estimated damages at more than $1.3 billion across the state and rising.
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The Jakarta Post
By Wednesday morning rescue workers had recovered 104 dead victims of a flash flood and landslide that happened across Jayapura regency, Papua on Sunday. The National Disaster and Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said that 79 people were still reported missing since the flash flood hit the regency.
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Phys.org
A cyclone which struck southern Africa has affected almost three million people, of whom nearly 500,000 have been driven from their homes, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Cyclone Idai smashed into Mozambique on March 15, unleashing hurricane-force winds and rain that flooded much of the centre of the country and then battered eastern Zimbabwe and Malawi.
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BBC News
A second cyclone within 48 hours has brought destructive winds and torrential rains to coastal regions of Australia. Cyclone Veronica lingered about 95km (60 miles) off the nation's north-west coast on Monday, officials said. Cyclone Trevor, a category four, hit the Northern Territory on Saturday.
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Voice of America
Iranian state media say flash floods killed 20 people in several regions on Monday, as Iranian social media users criticized the nation’s president and local authorities for their handling of the disaster.
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NPR
Water levels in overflowed creeks are slowly starting to decline on the Pine Ridge Reservation. "What used to be a dry creek is now a swelling, raging river," said Peri Pourier, South Dakota state representative for the district that includes Pine Ridge. The freshman representative has been coordinating relief efforts for the community, where many residents were cut off by flooded roadways.
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Rockland/Westchester Journal News
Citing pockets of resistance that are impeding Rockland's efforts to stem a measles outbreak that has risen to 153 cases since October, County Executive Ed Day declared a state of emergency Tuesday. Starting at midnight, anyone who is under 18 and not vaccinated against the measles was banned from public places. This ban will last until the declaration expires in 30 days or until people are vaccinated. Children with medical exemptions are not included in the ban.
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