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Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of one of the most popular sessions at the IAEM 64th Annual Conference. The EMvision Talks are modeled on the well-known TED™ Talk format and are five to seven minute presentations that will be held on the plenary stage at the IAEM Annual Conference & EMEX in Savannah, Georgia, Oct. 14-19, 2016. View the Speaker Guidance and submit your EMvision Talk proposal by 5:00 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2016. All selected speakers will receive $200 off of the full registration to the IAEM 2016 Annual Conference.
Thomson Reuters Foundation
From stopping work at brick kilns on very hot days to issuing five-day advance warning of heat waves, the Indian state of Odisha is readying a pioneering action plan to prepare for increasingly deadly summer heat, officials said.
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Calgary Herald
The report lists this year’s 10 “most likely natural, technological and human-induced events to occur in Calgary with the greatest potential impact,” and what’s being done to ensure they’re ready, should they happen or should they happen again, in a lot of cases.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Mar. 31 released the FEMA Damage Assessment Operating Manual. The manual, which establishes national damage assessment standards developed from lessons learned and best practices already in use, will increase the accuracy, consistency, and efficiency of damage assessments by empowering emergency management at all levels with clear information and defined roles and responsibilities. The manual was created by FEMA subject matter experts and incorporates the perspectives and experience of local, state, and tribal emergency management, and voluntary agency and private sector partners. It is aimed at clarifying FEMA damage assessment guidance, promoting standardized information collection, and assisting in the development of requests for federal disaster assistance. Download the manual here.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Apr. 1 issued the final policy of the Stafford Act, Section 705, Disaster Grant Closeout Procedures. This policy provides clarity to FEMA’s requirements under Section 705 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and establishes guidelines to determine whether Section 705 prohibits FEMA from recovering payments made under the Public Assistance program. Comments from stakeholders were considered during a public comment period. The new policy applies to all potential recovery of payments made to state, tribal, territorial, or local government recipients and sub-recipients for all Public Assistance funding. The new policy does not apply to private, nonprofit sub-recipients or to matters where appeal or arbitration rights are exhausted. The final policy can be downloaded here.
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The Emergency Management Institute is accepting applications through May 31, 2016, for the 2017 National Emergency Management Advanced Academy (NEMAA). NEMAA reinforces the qualities needed to lead emergency management programs, provides relevant management theories and concepts, and uses case studies to enhance EM skill sets. NEMAA participants work within a collaborative environment on projects and establish a network of peers. NEMAA is designed for mid-level managers with a minimum of three (3) years’ experience in an EM position who want to advance their skills. Participants learn skills critical to performing EM responsibilities, such as program management and oversight, effective communication at all levels, integrated collaboration, and strategic thinking. Classes begin during the first quarter of 2017. The Advanced Academy program series consists of four (4) resident courses, each five (5) days in duration and completed during the current Federal fiscal year. Course and applications details are available online.
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The Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council (CICC) has released a flyer to help raise awareness of the need for cybercrime training for law enforcement at all levels and homeland security. The flyer describes a variety of no-cost federal training now available for agency personnel to build a basic understanding of cybercrime and to explore advanced considerations. Cybercrime is one of the greatest threats facing the United States, with enormous implications for national security, economic prosperity, and public safety. The challenge facing state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement (SLTT) partners includes investigating a broad variety of cybercrimes and cyberthreats by criminals, hackers, terrorists, and state actors. To meet this challenge, it is vital that SLTT law enforcement leaders ensure that appropriate agency personnel receive cybercrime training. Download the flyer here.
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IAEM Headquarters is maintaining a list of IAEM members who have a current student membership and wish to be considered for a student registration fee stipend in the amount of $300 (early-bird rate) for the conference registration fee to attend the IAEM 2016 Annual Conference in Savannah, Georgia. Students should email their interest to be considered in the registration fee stipend lottery to IAEM Membership Manager Sharon Kelly at info@iaem.com no later than Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, along with the following information: name; complete contact information; and university you are attending. Notifications will be sent via email in late August. Please read about the requirements that those who are selected must meet in order to receive the stipend.
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Entries in the IAEM-Global, IAEM-USA, and IAEM-Canada Awards Competitions are being accepted through May 31, 2016, 5:00 p.m. EDT. Details are posted on the IAEM Awards home page at www.iaem.com/Awards, including guidelines, entry instructions, and entry forms. There are many categories in the competitions, and it is suggested that you review them first in order to determine which category you should be entering. The IAEM-Global Award Competition categories are open to all applicants worldwide, while there are additional categories only open to IAEM-USA or IAEM-Canada applicants. There is no entry fee for IAEM members. If you have any questions, please contact Karen Thompson, awards staff liaison.
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The IAEM-Global Editorial Work Group, working with the IAEM-USA Emerging Technology Caucus, is seeking feature articles on “Emerging Technology’s Impact on Emergency Management.” Articles might include, but are not limited to: cybersecurity specific to emergency threats and emerging vectors; 3-D printing in emergency management; drones (regulatory aspects); drones (actual use); wearable tech; mobile tech; self-driving cars and related implications; robots for searching buildings; overview of the full spectrum of emerging technology, both nationally and internationally; emerging technology in the EOC – innovative uses and new technology we need; and using social media to provide feedback to the government or to share information. The deadline for article submissions is Apr. 10, 2016; please read the author’s guidelines before submitting your 750-1,500 word article to Karen Thompson, editor.
Campus Safety
Seventy-two percent of adults in the United States favor using security cameras in schools and universities, according to survey results by Eagle Eye Networks. That figure marks a 7 percent increase compared to the previous year’s survey results.
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Phys.org
If a volcano explodes in the remote reaches of Alaska, will anyone hear it? Seismologists working in the state say yes — after using a refined set of methods that allows them to detect and locate the airwaves generated by a volcanic explosion on distant seismic networks.
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Reuters
A molecular map of Zika has revealed important structural differences on a key protein of the virus that may explain why the pathogen attacks nerve cells while other viruses in the same family do not, U.S. researchers said.
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The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), supported by scientific expertise and data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), recently released a report, “The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment,” that states all Americans are vulnerable to the health impacts associated with climate change at some point in their lives, no matter where they live. Public health is addressed in terms of the impacts of the following: extreme heat and cold; worsening air quality; more frequent and intense extreme weather; increased risk of vector-borne diseases and water-related illnesses; increased threats to food safety and nutrition; adverse impacts on mental health; and disproportionate effects on vulnerable populations. The study finds that as climate continues to change, the risks to human health will grow, worsening existing health threats and creating new public health challenges. View or download the complete report, or read the White House fact sheet.
Campus Safety
A Newsweek editorial that published after the terrorist attacks in Belgium claims the “Belgium Bumblers” — through inefficiency, ineptitude and a lack of cooperation among the French-speaking and Flemish-speaking agencies in the country — have failed to do basic legwork to detect and respond to terrorist cells in Brussels, putting all of Europe in danger.
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NewsOK
On the morning of May 20, 2013, hours before a powerful tornado carved a path through Moore, Newcastle and south Oklahoma City, weather forecasters told residents to be ready in case a tornado spun up.
Now, teams of researchers across the country are working on methods for giving residents the same kinds of warnings several days or even weeks ahead of time.
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Deadspin
Last week you may have accidentally received a notification from Facebook asking you if you were okay following the bombing in Lahore, Pakistan — even if you were nowhere near Lahore, or the country of Pakistan.
Users in the U.K. and in the U.S. tweeted screengrabs of Facebook push notifications and even SMS messages that were triggered as part of the Safety Check feature Facebook rolled out in 2014.
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Campus Safety
The advances in two-way radios communications, video surveillance, emergency notification, access control, records management and even fire alarm systems are remarkable compared to 10 or even five years ago. What are the real costs and benefits of the various types of security and life-safety technologies on the market today.
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IAEM member, Ken Rudnicki, recently received the 2016 Emergency Management Professional of the Year award from the Virginia Emergency Management Association (VEMA). Ken is a Certified Emergency Manager, a Virginia Professional Emergency Manager, and is the coordinator for the City of Fairfax. As a past president of VEMA, he is a friend to emergency management around the Commonwealth of Virginia. Ken accomplished many things to benefit emergency managers during his term as president. First, he was able to increase and equalize the distribution of the Emergency Management Performance Grant funding across the state and ensure all jurisdictions were offered the opportunity to take advantage of the grant funding. Second, working with state agencies, he developed review criteria to evaluate care facility emergency plans. Through legislators he proposed changes to the Virginia Disaster Law that would allow emergency management the opportunity to review care facility emergency plans.
On a regional level, Ken worked with contractors to develop the NOVA Damage Reporting Tool, which allows the public to report post impact damage to homes and businesses. Locally Ken, the first emergency manager for the City of Fairfax, has built a model emergency management program from the ground up to include a state of the art EOC. Ken is mentor to many. IAEM salutes Ken on this well-deserved honor.
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IAEM Student Member Mutryce Williams, M.A., was recently featured in a University of Dallas article. The article highlights her focus on the field of homeland security and mentions her IAEM membership. It was published on Mar. 2, 2016. Since the publication, she has successfully defended her dissertation, which is titled "A Whole Community Approach to Emergency Management for the USVI," mentioned in the article.
EFE via Fox News Latino
At least two people died Sunday in a mudslide in a rural portion of Colombia's northwestern Antioquia province, the government's Dapard disaster prevention and recovery department said.
The landslide occurred in the town of Guatape and emergency rescue officials there rescued seven people, according to what Dapard said on its Twitter account.
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Los Angeles Times
Torrential rains and flash floods killed 50 people and wounded 55 others in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, according to officials.
Landslides blocked major highways and violent currents washed away roads in mountainous parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
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BNO News
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 has struck the Pacific Ocean near the Vanuatu Islands, prompting a tsunami alert and the evacuation of coastal areas, local officials say. There have been no immediate reports of damage.
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The Associated Press via Fox News Latino
The Popocatepetl volcano in central Mexico exploded on Sunday, spewing incandescent rocks and ash into the sky.
The eruption occurred at 20:31 pm local and reached a height of 6,562 feet, according to a report by Mexico's National Disaster Prevention Center.
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ABC Online
Heavy rain has caused widespread flooding in Fiji, just over a month since Cyclone Winston battered the country. The north and west of the main island of Viti Levu were among the worst-affected areas. The NaDraki Weather Service said the heavy rain was brought on by a tropical depression and it had received reports of minor damage to vegetation.
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The Express Tribune
At least 35 more people, mostly women and children, are feared dead after a landslide hit many houses in Kohistan on Monday, a day after 13 villagers were killed in rain related incidents in the district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
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CNN via WCVB-TV
Hundreds of rescuers combed through rubble early Friday, searching for survivors who could be trapped beneath a collapsed highway overpass in Kolkata, India. Authorities said at least 24 people died after a section of the under-construction bridge came crashing to the streets of Girish Park around midday Thursday.
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