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The 2019 IAEM Awards Competition entry period is now open. Visit www.iaem.org/Awards for details, guidelines, and entry forms. There are three groups of award categories: Global (for those in any location), Canada (only for Canadian entrants), and USA (only for U.S. entrants). The purpose of the IAEM Awards Competition is to recognize and honor persons who have made special or significant contributions to the field of emergency management and have represented the profession well by their outstanding performance. You are encouraged to participate and to share your achievements with your colleagues. Keep the entry deadline in mind: all Global and USA-only award entries must be received by May 31, 2019, 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, while all Canada-only award entries must be received by May 1, 2019.
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The June 2019 IAEM Bulletin will include a special focus section on the theme of “Treasure the Present: What We Need to be Talking About Now.” Article submissions (750-1,500 words) must be received by May 10, 2019. Articles might include, but are not limited to: 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. 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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Can you pinpoint a pivotal moment in your life when something changed or when you experienced or discovered something that fundamentally changed your perspective? Did something inspire you to do things differently or prompt you to take action? We want to hear from you! Whether it was an incredible success, a major failure, or a personal moment of truth -- IAEM wants to hear about it. Your story would be an important addition to IAEM’s EMvision Talks that are modeled after the well-known TED™ Talk format. The Talks provide a forum for people to share a personal connection to an idea, experience or passion related to emergency management, leadership, communication, community engagement, or other related topics. Talks are limited to seven minutes and will be on the plenary stage on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the IAEM 67th Annual Conference in Savannah, Georgia. For complete details on the submission process, visit our conference website.
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A call for nominations was emailed on Apr. 1, 2019, to Individual, Affiliate, and Lifetime members of the IAEM-Canada Council, seeking nominees for the offices of President and Secretary. Only IAEM-Canada Individual members can run for office, and only IAEM-Canada Individual, Affiliate and Lifetime members can vote in this election. If you did not receive the email announcement, the call for nominations is posted online. Please refer to the call for nominations for information on officer qualifications and what documents candidates must submit for consideration. All nominations are to be emailed to Rebecca Wade, Immediate Past President, IAEM-Canada, rebeccalwade74@gmail.com, BSc. EM, CEM, CBCP, no later than Wednesday, Apr. 24, 2019, at 5:00 p.m. EDT.
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A call for nominations was emailed on Apr. 1, 2019, to Individual, Affiliate and Lifetime members of the IAEM-Canada Alberta Region, seeking nominees for the offices of President, Vice President and Secretary. Only Alberta Region Individual members can run for office, and only Alberta Region Individual, Affiliate and Lifetime members can vote in this election. If you did not receive the email announcement, the call for nominations is posted online. Please refer to the call for nominations for information on officer qualifications and what documents candidates must submit for consideration. All nominations are to be emailed to Scott Roberts, Vice President, IAEM-Canada, scott.roberts@rogers.com, no later than Wednesday, Apr. 24, 2019, at 5:00 p.m. EDT.
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ZDNet
Australia is "not adequately prepared" for a so-called "cyber storm", or multi-vector, multi-wave destructive cyber attack against the country's infrastructure. Nor is it making adequate investments to fix the problem. That's the conclusion of the Research Group on Cyber War and Peace at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA).
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Scoop
Residents in the Wellington Region have four weeks to have their say on a five-year plan for Civil Defence and Emergency Management. The Wellington Region’s Civil Defence and Emergency Management (CDEM) Group Plan sets out the strategic approach to be taken by the Wellington CDEM Group for the effective and efficient management of the region’s significant risks and hazards, such as earthquakes, tsunami and flooding. Public consultation on the Wellington Region’s CDEM Group Plan is now open and submissions will be accepted until 4pm on Monday 29 April 2019.
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Fortune
Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló said the Trump administration is refusing to schedule a meeting with the president to discuss Hurricane Maria relief, adding that he’s tired of his officials being pushed around.
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Governing
Historic flooding in the Midwest has left millions of acres under water in 10 states after a "bomb cyclone" storm brought heavy snow and drenching rains. And it’s far from over. Weather forecasters say more precipitation is on the way. And when it comes to getting the money to rebuild, states and localities in the Midwest likely have a long wait ahead of them.
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CNN
Two competing legislative proposals aimed at providing disaster relief failed to advance in the Senate on Monday amid a fight over funding for hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.
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The Fiscal Times
Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria caused an estimated $265 billion in damage, concentrated in Florida, Puerto Rico, Texas, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. As of February 2019, lawmakers had provided more than $35 billion in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery funds to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to be used for housing, infrastructure and economic revitalization. But very little of that money has made its way to storm victims.
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The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) announced two changes to its program that require modifications to the NFIP Flood Insurance Manual, the NFIP system of record, and the Specific Rating Guidelines. For policies becoming effective on or after Oct. 1, 2019, FEMA will start collecting insurance agent and agency information. In addition, FEMA will update rating procedures for certain properties that previously required submission to FEMA for rating. These changes, which become effective on Oct. 1, will help the NFIP build relationships with the agents who sell flood insurance policies and represent the NFIP in neighborhoods and communities. Download the announcement. View the Flood Insurance Manual.
Politico
President Donald Trump criticized Puerto Rico's government on Tuesday over federal aid directed to the island territory, pushing an inaccurate figure for the cost of hurricane recovery effort and ripping local leaders as “grossly incompetent” and corrupt.
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IAEM
The EMAC Committee and the EMAC Executive Task Force unanimously approve two new pilot projects for EMAC at the 2019 NEMA Mid-Year Forum. The first pilot project is the development and use of a standardized Excel reimbursement form for states to compile costs when submitting for reimbursement. The second pilot project is focused on the use of two surveys using Survey123 for ArcGIS and ESRI technologies to gather situational awareness from deploying resources.
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The National Emergency Management Association (NEMA) announced that Senator Pat Roberts and Representative Lou Barletta are this year’s recipients of the NEMA 2019 Legislative Award. NEMA honored them for their work in advancing safety and security in the emergency management and homeland security community.
CNN
Department of Homeland Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen convened an emergency conference call with members of President Donald Trump's Cabinet Tuesday evening to discuss migration at the southern border, according to a participant on the call.
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Government Executive
Perhaps the most important event you’ve never heard of is scheduled to take place on April 6. That’s when the GPS rollover will occur. Without getting too far into the weeds, the Global Positioning System is one of the few but critical mechanisms that supports the accurate measurement of time—by accurate, we mean down to the nanosecond and beyond. This method involves counting weeks, and, every 19 years the week-counter must be reset to zero.
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NewScientist
Satellite images are revealing how the landscape of Banks Island in the frozen north of Canada is being reshaped by land slumps triggered by global warming. The number of slumps, which normally start with landslides that then continue to move much more slowly over a period of years, has rapidly increased from 63 in 1984 to more than 4000 in 2013.
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Los Angeles Times
California is in an earthquake drought. It has been almost five years since the state experienced its last earthquake of magnitude 6 or stronger — in Napa. Southern California felt its last big quake on Easter Sunday 2010, and that shaker was actually centered across the border, causing the most damage in Mexicali. Experts know this calm period will eventually end, with destructive results. They just don’t know when this well-documented geological pattern will shift.
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Homeland Security News Wire
California hospitals would need to make substantial investments — between $34 billion and $143 billion statewide — to meet 2030 state seismic safety standards, according to a new report.
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IAEM
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently released the two-page Action Guide, “Fire as a Weapon: Security Awareness for Soft Targets and Crowded Places.” It is part of the “Securing Soft Targets and Crowded Spaces” information collection. The document details a few incidents of foreign and domestic use of weaponized fire in the past two years. Examples range from simple acts of arson with terrorist or extremist motives to more complex attacks such as launched Improvised Incendiary Devices. Some potential indicators include theft of large or heavy-duty vehicles, purchase of hazardous materials, suspicious questioning about things like egress methods or water supply, and social media messaging that promotes fire as a weapon. None of these things should be taken individually as indicators. DHS suggests access controls for security planning purposes, such as: employing monitoring; implementing surveillance and inspection requirements; defining a perimeter and identifying locations needing special access controls; and maintaining an inventory of all flammable or combustible materials.
Pacific Standard
It's not just tornadoes. The U.S. seems to have entered an era of increasingly erratic and extreme weather of all kinds, from record-breaking hurricanes to endless wildfire seasons to extreme heat waves — all linked, in some way, to climate change. It raises the question: Could climate change also be influencing the behavior of tornadoes, too?
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Emergency Management
The “second disaster” is the flood of well-intentioned but not always useful in-kind donations. Within the first few days of the disaster, well-meaning people and organizations sent truckloads of what donations managers call “stuff.”
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IAEM
It is time for all AEM®/CEM® certification candidates to register for the second webinar in the Certification Webinar Series that will take place on Apr.10, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. EDT. The topic is Training, Letters of Reference, Exam and Certification Fees. Reserve your spot through the IAEM website.
Homeland Security News Wire
Italian media reports that across Italy, parents are falsifying vaccine documents to prevent their children from being barred from attending school. These parents are responding to a new law, which imposes fines of thousands of euros for not vaccinating their children.
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Macau Business
More than 2,000 fires have been recorded in rural Portugal so far this year, with the largest number in the northern districts of Porto and Vila Real, civil defense officials told Lusa on Friday.
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Thomson Reuters
Two years after a mudslide that killed more than 300 people in the Colombian rainforest town of Mocoa, local authorities are struggling to get the funds to resettle tens of thousands of residents living in areas at risk of flooding.
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Toronto Sun
A fire struck a high-rise office building in Bangladesh’s capital on Thursday, killing 19 people and injuring about 70 others, officials said. It trapped many inside the building, with some shouting for help from windows on high floors or from the roof. At least one person fell to the ground while attempting to climb down.
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Reuters
Flash floods have killed at least 32 people in western Afghanistan, destroyed homes and swept through makeshift shelters that housed displaced families, a government official said on Saturday. Flooding caused by heavy rains started spreading on Thursday and left a trail of devastation across seven provinces, said Hasibullah Shir Khani, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s National Disaster Management Authority.
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USA Today
A wildfire that started in Penn State Forest on Saturday is now raging across 10,000 acres of forest in Burlington County, but about 75 percent of it is contained authorities said early Sunday.
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Radio Free Europe
Flash floods have killed at least 35 people in Afghanistan, destroying homes and cutting off access to remote villages across parts of the country, officials say. Heavy flooding that started on March 29 killed at least 12 people in the northern province of Faryab and 10 people in the western province of Herat, Hashmat Bahaduri, a spokesman for Afghanistan's National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) said on March 30.
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NPR
A forest fire in southwestern China that killed more than two dozen firefighters has been contained, local authorities said. The fire broke out on Saturday evening local time in a remote area of the country's Sichuan province and killed 30 people in total, according to the state news agency Xinhua. The blaze took place at over 12,000 feet.
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Keysnews.com
Nearly two dozen Florida homes have been evacuated because of a 500-acre wildfire that grew rapidly overnight because of downed trees from Hurricane Michael. Authorities say the fire broke out Saturday in the Panhandle about 10 miles east of Panama City and quickly grew to 500 acres by Sunday afternoon. At least 35 structures are in danger.
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CBS News
Alaska had unusually high temperatures on Saturday, with record-tying temperature of 50 degrees at Anchorage International Airport, the National Weather Service said. This is the 18th straight day of seeing temperatures above 40 degrees, CBS Anchorage affiliate KDKA reports. March had seven record-high temperatures at Anchorage International Airport, the National Weather Service said.
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Thomson Reuters
Over two dozen people were killed in a severe thunderstorm that swept through parts of southern Nepal late on Sunday and hundreds more were injured, police and officials said. Nepal's Prime Minster K.P. Sharma Oli in a tweet said 25 people had been killed, and around 400 were injured.
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