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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and several partner organizations, including IAEM, on Mar. 27 released the seventh video presentation from the inaugural PrepTalks Symposium, John Hope Bryant’s “Financial Literacy and Overcoming Liquid Asset Poverty." In his PrepTalk, Bryant makes a case for emergency managers to make financial literacy a priority in their communities. Some neighborhoods are in crisis before a disaster ever hits, he says. Bryant asks emergency managers to consider how disaster recovery dollars could improve the financial resilience of community members who live in poverty. Bryant’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.
IAEM
The Call for Speakers for the EMvision Talks closes on Apr. 9, 2018. The talks are modeled on the well-known TED™ Talk format and will be presented on the plenary stage on Tuesday, Oct. 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. The Call for Abstracts for the IAEM Poster Showcase opens its Call for Abstracts on Monday, Apr. 2, 2018. More information can be found on the conference website.
Relief Web
Governments from the world’s most disaster-prone region will meet in Mongolia in July to discuss acceleration of efforts vital for the sustainable future of the region including how to prevent disasters and tackle climate change while reviewing progress in reducing disaster losses.
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Free Malaysia Today
The National Flood Forecasting and Warning Programme, currently being developed by the government, will be able to predict floods in 70 percent of river basin areas nationwide, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.
Natural Resources and Environment Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the three-phase project, which began in 2015, and is expected to be completed by 2022, would also be able to forecast heavy rain seven days earlier and floods two days before they occur.
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Government Technology
The nation’s two dedicated first responder networks are going live this week with private core services for members, representatives of both entities said.
In a news release, officials at AT&T, the service provider for the First Responder Network Authority, announced the launch of FirstNet’s core network across 56 states and territories March 27.
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Emergency Management
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has recently updated their Continuity of Government Circular (CGC).
Having your own Continuity of Operations (COOP) and Continuity of Government (COG) plans are critical elements needed to ensure that government services can be delivered when disasters strike your community or region.
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IAEM
The National Weather Service (NWS) is conducting a multi-year project to improve the nation’s official weather and flood warning messaging. The Hazard Simplification project (or Haz Simp) is using social science to improve on the current NWS Watch, Warning, Advisory system. On Oct. 1, 2017, NWS implemented its initial Haz Simp improvements of winter products. NWS consolidated the Freezing Rain Advisory, Lake Effect Snow Advisory, and Winter Weather Advisory into a single Winter Weather Advisory. Similarly the Winter Storm Watch, Lake Effect Snow Watch, and Blizzard Watch were consolidated to one Winter Storm Watch product. The Lake Effect Snow Warning was selectively transitioned into a Winter Storm Warning where applicable in the United States. Lastly, all winter weather products were reformatted into a new “What”, “Where”, “When” format. NWS now would appreciate receiving feedback from emergency managers on the effectiveness of these changes. Please submit your experiences here. NWS also will be conducting a Winter 2017-18 Partner Feedback Webinar on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. EDT. If you are interested in attending this interactive webinar, register here. The next Haz Simp project improvements will consolidate Flash Flood Watch into the Flood Watch message this spring. All flood messaging also will change to the more consistent “What,” “Where,” “When” format.
McClatchy DC
Western U.S. residents could endure two more lethal wildfire seasons before the implementation of a widely-praised fix to how the federal government funds fighting and preventing wildfires.
The fix, included in federal budget legislation approved last week, was hailed as a long-sought antidote to funding troubles that have plagued the region’s firefighting efforts for years.
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Miami Herald
A career meteorologist who earned his chops along the busy Gulf Coast was named the new chief of the National Hurricane Center in Miami Thursday, filling a vacancy created when former director Rick Knabb departed just before last year’s brutal season.
Kenneth Graham will assume his new post on April 1, two months before the 2018 season officially begins.
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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. If you have dealt with a cyberattack, we’d like to hear about the lessons you learned from it and how your plans for the future changed as a result. Articles also 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.
IAEM
The EM CAP Subcommittee tasked with developing an international “event terms list” has extended the deadline for comment to Apr. 30, 2018. The OASIS Emergency Management Technical Committee (EMTC) approved a method to solicit and gather information relative to Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) implementations. The method chosen is to use the emergency-dev mailing list: an unmoderated, public mail list that provides an open forum for developers to exchange ideas and information on implementing the emergency OASIS Standards. Specific questions are presented on the discussion list and interested parties are urged to join the conversation. To minimize spam, participants must subscribe to the list prior to posting. Information on previous CAP workshops is available online.
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Emergency Management
If a tsunami slammed the Southern California coastline, would we be ready?
California's Tsunami Preparedness Week, from Monday, March 26 through Friday, March 30, aims to make sure residents and visitors know what to do if a tsunami threatens or hits the coast. Some communities have been holding educational drills all month to prepare for such a scenario.
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IAEM
The Certification Commission is accepting applications for commissioners for the Class of 2021. Application details and deadline dates are posted on the IAEM website.
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Houston Chronicle
Fulshear City Council unanimously approved an employment agreement with Jack Harper on March 20, making him the Fulshear city manager effective April 9, 2018.
Harper, a native Texan, has more than 25 years of municipal experience. He currently serves as an assistant city manager with the City of Waco, a role he has held since 2014.
IAEM
The application period for the Fiscal Year 2017 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants has opened, with $345 million in funding available to enhance the ability of recipients to attain and maintain 24-hour fire department staffing and to assure that their communities have adequate protection from fire and fire-related hazards. Applications are being accepted through 5:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, Apr. 27, 2018. Volunteer, career, and combination fire departments are eligible to apply under the Hiring of Firefighters funding. Municipalities and fire districts may submit applications on behalf of fire departments when the fire department lacks the legal status to do so, e.g., when the fire department falls within the auspices of the municipality or district. Eligibility for Recruitment and Retention of Firefighters funding is limited to volunteer and combination fire departments. National, state, local, or tribal organizations representing the interests of volunteer firefighters and individual fire departments (volunteer or combination) may apply for assistance for regional projects.
IAEM
The IAEM-USA Healthcare Caucus has scheduled a webinar in partnership with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the “Emergency Preparedness Final Rule.” The webinar will take place on Apr. 24, 2018, 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT. Register online. Caecilia (Cece) Blondiaux, from the Quality, Safety & Oversight Group (GSOG) at CMS, will provide a recap and updates on the final rule. She also will highlight and discuss key areas where CMS is seeing an increased number of deficiencies as related to the final rule. There will be approximately 20-25 minutes allotted for a question-and-answer session at the end of the webinar. For efficiency and to answer as many questions as possible, please submit questions in advance to iaem.health@gmail.com, no later than Apr. 16, 2018.
Inside Unmanned Systems
As emergency personnel turn more to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) during disaster operations, it’s important for them to understand the benefits this technology provides and exactly how it can help.
The UAS/Drones for Disaster Response conference was developed to help public safety officials and emergency managers be better prepared to deploy drones during disasters, and will be held from April 19 to 20 at the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University, according to a news release.
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The Anniston Star
More than 350 buildings, businesses and homes were damaged throughout Jacksonville on Monday, officials said on Sunday during a news conference.
Mayor Johnny Smith said the number could change as contractors assess damage. The current estimates were based on “a windshield survey,” he said, and do not include buildings on Jacksonville State University’s campus.
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
More than 1,000 people have been evacuated in the Siberian region of Altai Krai after melting snow caused severe flooding.
The Emergency Situations Ministry's regional department told RFE/RL on March 27 that 3,035 yards and 1,255 houses were flooded in 13 towns and four cities.
The department's spokeswoman, Alyona Seleznyova, said that more than 1,000 people had been evacuated.
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Daily Mail
A massive earthquake of magnitude 7 has rocked Papua New Guinea on Monday night.
The earthquake was recorded 150kms east of Kimbe, in the province of West New Britain, shortly before 8pm local time.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake struck at a shallow depth of 40kms.
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The Courier Mail
Dozens of homes and scores of caravans and vehicles are damaged aftrer a “devastating” flash-flood event in Cairns overnight.
More than 180,000 people in the far north Queensland city are completely cut off by road to the north, south and west by a phenomenal deluge of up to 600m of rain.
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ABC Online
Flooding from the Barron River in Cairns is the worst recorded since February 2000, but the height of the flooding emergency has passed for the time being, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) says.
The latest BOM flood warning indicated the river level was falling at Cairns Airport, with no further significant rain expected over the next few days.
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