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IAEM
Are you passionate about a particular subject area in the field of emergency management? Share your creative ideas and knowledge during our EMvision Talks session, live on the plenary stage on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, at the IAEM 65th Annual Conference in Long Beach, California. The talks are modeled on the well-known TED™ Talk format and communicate thought leadership in emergency management. The call for speakers is currently open until Friday, May 26, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. EDT. Visit the IAEM conference website for complete details regarding submissions.
Prevention Web
The Provincial Disaster Management Authority - Balochistan in collaboration with the United Nations World Food Program and Focus Humanitarian Assistance Pakistan launched two new programs aimed at reducing the risks posed by natural disasters in Balochistan – Community Based Disaster Risk Management and School Safety programs.
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Xinhua Net
India's National Disaster Management Authority is all set to conduct a mock exercise on forest fires in northern state of Uttarakhand to improve its preparedness and response mechanism, officials said.
"This exercise will be conducted on the principle of Incident Response System, which identifies stakeholders and clearly attributes roles and responsibilities to each one of them. It will enhance preparedness and ensure a swift response by reducing confusion and chaos," a government spokesman said.
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IAEM
Entries in the IAEM-Canada only award categories are being accepted through May 31, 2017, 5:00 p.m. EDT. Details are posted on the IAEM-Canada only awards page, including guidelines, entry instructions, and entry forms. There are many categories in the IAEM Awards Competitions, but this week we’re focusing on the IAEM-Canada Council award categories, which include: the IAEM-Canada Career Excellence Award; the IAEM-Canada Emergency Management Volunteer Award; the IAEM-Canada Prepared Community Award; and the IAEM-Canada Merit Award. Only Canadian entrants can enter these four IAEM-Canada Council award categories. Be sure to download the awards guidelines for a complete description of eligibility criteria for these awards. In addition to these four awards categories, Canadian entrants also are encouraged to enter the IAEM-Global Awards Competition, which offers six additional award categories. Learn about all available awards at www.iaem.com/Awards. There is no entry fee for IAEM members. If you have any questions about IAEM-Canada Awards, please email iaemcanadamemberships@gmail.com. Questions about the IAEM-Global Awards should be emailed to Karen Thompson, IAEM awards staff liaison.
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The Queensland Times
Rebuilding after Cyclone Debbie and reviving the state's tourism sector will dominate the budget, according to Treasurer Curtis Pitt.
Describing last month's tropical storm and its flooding aftermath as a "significant curveball" for Queensland's finances, Pitt would not put a figure on property damage and the economic impact as assessments continued.
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IAEM
IAEM-USA on Aug. 17 contacted chairs and ranking members of both the U.S. Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on Commerce, Justice and Science, supporting funding of the National Weather Service (NWS) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 at the Senate-recommended level of $1.135 billion. The association also expressed support for the other weather-related functions of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In addition, IAEM-USA urged the subcommittees to support no less than that amount for FY 2018. The letter stated that NWS provides invaluable support to the emergency management community, allowing emergency managers to make critical lifesaving decisions to keep our communities safe. The NWS needs to continue to sustain its technical infrastructure, super-computing capacity, and communications network. In addition, continued funding is needed for NOAA's Satellites, NEXRAD Weather Radars, and Automated Surface Observing Systems – essential pieces of the system for providing timely severe weather warnings. Read the IAEM-USA letter of support.
Nextgov
The government must upgrade the digital weapons it uses to defend federal networks from nation-state and criminal hackers, Homeland Security Secretary Gen. John Kelly said.
Kelly cited “nation-state actors with extremely sophisticated tools,” “lone wolves” and “cyber terrorists that simply buy malware on the internet” as top cyber adversaries during his first major speech as secretary at George Washington University’s Center for Cyber and Homeland Security.
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The Weather Channel
You can probably guess the nation's most tornado-ravaged states, but a NOAA dataset allows us to zero in on the most tornado-prone counties in the U.S.
Using the Storm Events database from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information, we compiled tornado data for each county in the U.S. from 1950-2016. Since a given tornado may travel over multiple counties, the dataset isn't strictly the number of tornadoes, but rather number of tornado segments.
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IAEM
Having an article published in the IAEM Bulletin can count toward the publication requirement for IAEM AEM®/CEM® candidates. The IAEM Editorial Work Group is seeking articles that include, but are not limited to: how we can help to prepare vulnerable populations for disasters; what it means to be part of a vulnerable population in your area (globally); what members of vulnerable populations are doing to prepare themselves; and what emergency managers are doing to protect vulnerable populations in their jurisdictions. If you haven’t written for the IAEM Bulletin before, please take the time to read the author guidelines, and email your article submissions to Karen Thompson, editor. The deadline for the issue on “Vulnerable Populations & Emergency Management” is May 10, 2017, but we accept article submissions on any topic of interest to emergency management professionals at any time. We publish eight issues a year that include articles on a variety of topics, in addition to our four special focus issues. If you aren’t sure if your idea for an article would be a good fit for the Bulletin, email a short, 1-2 paragraph synopsis of what you would like to write about. It will be reviewed by the work group chair, and you will receive feedback on your idea.
Campus Safety Magazine
It may seem hard to believe, but April 16, 2017, is the 10-year anniversary of the Virginia Tech shooting. The tragedy claimed the lives of 32 people and left the country grieving and in shock.
The shooting also opened everyone’s eyes to the importance of emergency preparedness and marked the beginning of an overhaul of campus emergency operations that has transformed the way many college public safety departments function.
Phys.org
Current wildfire policy can't adequately protect people, homes and ecosystems from the longer, hotter fire seasons climate change is causing, according to a new paper led by the University of Colorado Boulder. Efforts to extinguish every blaze and reduce the buildup of dead wood and forest undergrowth are becoming increasingly inadequate on their own. Instead, the authors — a team of wildfire experts — urge policymakers and communities to embrace policy reform that will promote adaptation to increasing wildfire and warming.
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Forbes
It is the time of year in which hurricane discussions pick up. As I write this, the National Hurricane Center is giving a subtropical cyclone a 30 percent chance of development in the central Atlantic. Early hurricane seasonal outlooks have been issued and are calling for an "average to slightly below" average Atlantic hurricane season. So it also feels like the time for a little "Hurricane Cone of Uncertainty 101."
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Phys.org
A new study shows that the San Andreas Fault continued to slip gradually for six to 12 years after the 2004 magnitude 6.0 Parkfield, California earthquake, raising the issue of continued damage to structures built across fault zones after damaging earthquakes. This long period of "afterslip" compares to just a year of afterslip for a similar magnitude quake in Napa, California in 2014, demonstrating large variation in fault behavior after earthquakes.
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The Hill
The Trump administration’s proposal to slash the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s budget should set off alarm bells in the hearts and minds of every American. Threatening to suck the blood of an agency that has proven critical to our country’s national security and to the well-being of our people seems contrary to the ethos of an administration that touts an America first policy.
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Scientific American
For several days in late September 2015, heavy rains soaked the earth surrounding the district of El Cambray II in Guatemala. On the first night of the following month, steep slopes, long held in place by thick, tropical tree roots, suddenly gave way, burying hundreds of homes in mud up to 15 meters deep. At least 280 people died.
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Government Technology
Danvers-based CyPhy Works will be using two of its drones to help public safety officials get a persistent, birds-eye view at the start of the Boston Marathon in Hopkinton on Patriot’s Day.
The drones, or unmanned autonomous vehicles, are called PARC — short for Persistent Aerial Reconnaissance and Communications — and are different than those used by hobbyists.
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IAEM
The next AEM®/CEM® application review will begin May 1. The deadline to submit electronic applications is close of business on Apr. 30, 2017. Candidates will be notified of the review results during the week of June 18.
IAEM
Are you considering certifying with IAEM as an AEM® or CEM®? Check out the first webinar in the Certification Webinar Series to learn more about the application process and requirements.
IAEM
The Council on Foreign Relations recently published Contingency Planning Memorandum No. 31, “A Cyber Attack on the U.S. Power Grid.” The memorandum addresses such a possibility in terms of contingency planning, warning indicators, implications for U.S. interests, preventive options, and mitigating options. The document concludes with recommendations on preventing an attack on the grid, both through a deterrence policy and by strengthening security.
IAEM
The DisasterAssistance.gov website offers useful information for disaster survivors as well as anyone else who wants to learn what to do before, during, and after a disaster. The intent is to ensure that information is provided in language that is clear and easy to understand, so DisasterAssistance.gov follows the Federal Plain Language Guidelines to accomplish this purpose. The guidelines, published by the Plain Language Action and Information Network (PLAIN), are standards that the U.S. federal government uses to improve the way it provides information to the public. The Disaster Assistance Improvement Program (DAIP) is committed to this purpose and the audience that DisasterAssistance.gov serves, using the guidelines to help standardize the language and style of all content on the website. DAIP’s goal is to maintain as close to an eighth grade reading level as possible on each page and the website as a whole. This reading level is the average for most Americans and is one that almost anyone can understand.
IAEM
The Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (TRACIE), available from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response (ASPR), publishes a six-page fact sheet titled HIPPA and Disasters: What Emergency Professionals Need to Know. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 and its implementing regulations, the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules, protect the privacy and security of patients’ protected health information, but is balanced to ensure that appropriate uses and disclosures of the information may still be made when necessary to treat a patient, to protect the nation’s public health, and for other critical purposes. Knowing what information can be released, to whom, and under what circumstances, is critical for healthcare facilities in disaster response. The fact sheet, which is designed to answer frequently asked questions regarding the release of information about patients following an incident, addresses what information can be disclosed under what circumstances. This resource also includes links to more information and additional resource documents.
IAEM
FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute (EMI) will offer a Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) program on a flood scenario, May 24-25, 2017. The VTTX is designed to help emergency management professionals exercise their response to the impact of major flooding on their community. The VTTX involves key personnel discussing simulated scenarios in an informal setting, and can be used to assess plans, policies, training, and procedures during a flood and inundation challenge. The VTTX occurs 12:00-4:00 p.m. EDT. To participate, email douglas.kahn@fema.dhs.gov or call 301-447-7645. Also, send a courtesy email to fema-emi-iemb@fema.dhs.gov or call 301-447-1381. The application deadline is May 1, 2017. Additional information is available online.
The Wire
Rescue workers cleared mud and debris from a landslide at a giant rubbish dump in the Sri Lankan capital for a fourth day on Monday, as the death toll rose to 29 and uncertainty remained over the number of people missing.
The 300-foot-high dump in the Meethotamulla area on the border of the commercial heart of Colombo collapsed after flames engulfed it late on Friday, the country’s official New Year’s day, burying many homes.
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Reuters
An earthquake in the Andean region shook Ecuador on Tuesday, witnesses said, sending people running into the streets in the capital of Quito a year after a deadly quake hit the country's Pacific coast.
The U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday's 6.0 magnitude quake hit about 164 miles northwest of the jungle town of Iquitos in neighboring Peru. The town is not far from Ecuador's Amazon region, home to much of the OPEC member's oil industry.
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The Associated Press via Orlando Sentinel
At least 126,000 acres have burned in wildfires across Florida since January, surpassing the five-year average of acreage burned in a typical year, officials said.
Florida's fire season peaks this month, during the driest part of the year in the state, and experts warn that the fire risk may worsen in the coming weeks.
"It's fairly likely we're going to get drier before there is relief from this," said state climatologist David Zierden, at Florida State University's Florida Climate Center
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Xinhua Net
Cyclone Maarutha, which formed in the middle of the Bay of Bengal and made the landfall near Thandwe, western Myanmar's Rakhine coast, Sunday night, has caused destruction in areas in Rakhine state, Magway and Ayeyawaddy regions, said the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement on Monday.
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Daily Pakistan
Severe floods and landslides have killed at least 35 people in western and northwestern parts of Iran, state media reported on Saturday.
Eight others are said to be missing after torrential rains hit four provinces.
Heavy rain which started on Friday morning caused flood in the afternoon and the northwestern cities of Azarshahr and Ajabshir were hit the hardest by the flood, ISNA quoted Ismail Najjar, head of the Crisis Management Organization as saying on Saturday.
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