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Be sure to submit your abstract for the IAEM Poster Showcase prior to the 5:00 p.m. EDT deadline tomorrow, Friday, Apr. 26. Selected posters will be presented at the IAEM 67th Annual Conference in Savannah, Georgia, Nov. 15-20, 2019. Enter in either the Competitive Division for a chance to earn gold, silver or bronze recognition, or the Non-Competitive Division. Visit the conference website to learn more about the showcase requirements and benefits, including IAEM Certification credit.
IAEM
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! The IAEM EMvision Talks are modeled on the well-known TEDTM Talk format. The Talks are limited to seven minutes and will be presented on the plenary stage on Tuesday, Nov, 19, 2019, at the IAEM 67th Annual Conference in Savannah, Georgia. Complete details can be found in the Speaker Guidance. To submit your proposal, visit the conference website.
IAEM
The purpose of the annual 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. Entries are being accepted now for all award categories. All IAEM-Global and IAEM-USA award winners will receive a $315 discount toward their IAEM Annual Conference registration fee; participate in the Awards Presentation; and be featured in the Awards Showcase. The deadline for entries is May 31, 2019, 5:00 p.m. EDT, for IAEM-Global (open to those at any location worldwide) and additional IAEM-USA Council-only award categories. The deadline is May 1, 2019, for the additional IAEM-Canada Council-only award categories. Learn how to write a winning entry by viewing the IAEM-USA Awards & Recognition Committee’s Apr. 18 webinar, “Helpful Tips for Entering the 2019 IAEM Awards Competition.”
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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 20, 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. Reminder: Don’t forget to check out the free copy of the March 2019 IAEM Bulletin, and share this issue about IAEM mentors with your EM colleagues! We are still accepting articles about EM mentors for future issues, plus we are in need of feature articles on any EM topic for the May issue (deadline May 5, 2019).
CBC
The province has placed travel advisories and signs on roads in the Interior telling drivers not to stop when it's raining to protect them from mudslides. Last summer, major mudslides affected a number of highways in the Cache Creek/Clinton/Lillooet, B.C., area. Flows along Highway 99 forced 24 people from the Bonaparte Indian Band out of their homes.
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Government Technology
The California For All Emergency Preparedness Campaign will infuse $50 million into targeted regions and communities and expand preparedness programs including Citizens Emergency Response Teams and Listos.
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Government Technology
Fifty-one percent of the 350 houses built after 2008 escaped damage during the Camp Fire, according to an analysis by McClatchy. Yet only 18 percent of the 12,100 houses built before 2008 did.
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On Apr. 23, FEMA and partner organizations, including IAEM, hosted the fourth PrepTalk Symposium in Santa Rosa, California. PrepTalks are presentations from subject-matter experts and thought leaders that present new ideas, spark conversation and promote innovative leadership within the emergency management community. They are a partnership between FEMA, the International Association of Emergency Managers, the National Emergency Management Association, the National Homeland Security Consortium, and the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Security and Defense. Speakers featured during the session include: Daniel Homsey, Neighborhood Empowerment Network; James Gore, Sonoma County; Arwen Nicks, Misha Euceph, and Jacob Margolis, Southern California Public Radio; Brian Fennessy, Orange County Fire Authority; Claudine Jaenichen, Chapham University; and Stuart Tom, International Code Council. Videos from this PrepTalks Symposium will be released in the coming months. Visit the PrepTalks website to learn more about PrepTalks and view videos from past speakers.
Scientific American
The surging seas and vicious winds that Hurricane Michael unleashed on the Florida Panhandle last October have long since died down. Yet the scars left by the strongest storm ever to strike the region have ramped up the risk of another type of natural disaster for years to come: across millions of acres of forest stretching into southern Georgia, the carcasses of pine trees—snapped like matchsticks by the storm’s winds—pose a major wildfire threat.
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ExecutiveGov
The Department of Homeland Security created a committee to help respond to all forms of violence. The Office for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention will coordinate, follow through and use the agency's prevention activities including information sharing and law enforcement briefings to protect communities from potential threats.
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IAEM
FEMA Emergency Management Institute's (EMI) Master Public Information Officer Program (MPIOP) is a three-course series designed to prepare public information officers for an expanded role in delivering public information and warnings using a strategic whole community approach. Working in a collaborative environment, students will enhance their public information and external affairs skills through case study, analyzing management theories and concepts, and developing and designing of processes and reports. MPIOP participants will evaluate leadership, assess group dynamics, and explore best practices of joint information centers by monitoring student activity. The skills MPIOP participants gain reinforce qualities needed to lead whole community public information and external affairs programs. Participants will contribute to the public information body of knowledge through the completion of a special project. The course is open to full-time public information officers with a minimum of five years of experience and who have a demonstrated sphere of influence capable of advancing the relevance of whole community external affairs. Learn more on the program web page. The application deadline is June 30, 2019. For instructions how to apply for the program, go to the Training Bulletin.
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Deseret News
The fault lines that run through the Wasatch Front suggest that a deadly earthquake will one day strike the greater Salt Lake area. When it does, work announced Friday could save what the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints called "a stunning jewel in the crown of pioneer achievement" and all those who work and serve there. Welcome to the world of base isolation systems.
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Government Technology
According to a presentation given this week at the National Hurricane Conference in New Orleans, climate change is expected to intensify storms by about 3 percent, or a few miles per hour, by the year 2100.
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Nextgov
The U.S. could do a better job deterring cyberattacks if international allies were on board to punish the perpetrators, the nation’s top cyber diplomat said Tuesday.
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Homeland Security News Wire
When twelve students and one teacher were killed in Littleton, Colorado twenty years ago, it not only became what at the time was the worst high school shooting in U.S. history. It also marked when American society was first handed a script for a new form of violence in schools.
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NPR
There's little academic, peer-reviewed research that can answer a big question for school administrators: What types of school security systems, including these drills, actually work?
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Campus Safety
By submitting and reviewing ASV reports to the Police Foundation, you can better protect your own school or college, as well as help other campus safety professionals across the country to improve security.
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Domestic Preparedness
Universities often use volunteers to provide assistance in helping keep campuses safe and prepared. Most facilities on campus rely on volunteer crisis managers, crisis coordinators, fire wardens, or similarly named individuals to help with various emergency preparedness and response efforts – especially with evacuations. Some larger, or specialized facilities, have full-time building managers or engineers, who have emergency preparedness and limited response responsibilities. Additional volunteers can also fill such gaps with expanding roles and responsibilities.
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The Washington Post via InHomelandSecurity.com
A shocking, coordinated series of bombings on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka marked one of the world’s bloodiest terrorist attacks over the past half-decade. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the suspects were “local” and that some agencies within his government had prior intelligence on the risk of these attacks. No person or organization had claimed responsibility.
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VC Star
In the wake of such use against Ventura County’s Woolsey Fire, an arsenal of new technology is being put to the test fighting floods this year as rivers inundate towns and farm fields across the central United States. Drones, supercomputers and sonar that scans deep underwater are helping to maintain flood-control projects and predict just where rivers will roar out of their banks.
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IAEM
The Certification Commission is accepting applications for Commissioners for the Class of 2022. Application details are posted on the IAEM website. Deadline to apply is June 1, 2019.
IAEM
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has scheduled four additional sessions of its Active Shooter Preparedness Workshop. Learn how to develop an emergency action plan with guidance from expert instructors; identify strengths, weaknesses, and gaps in physical security and planning considerations via break-out sessions; prevent active shooter incidents by recognizing behavioral indicators on the pathway to violence; and understand the history of significant active shooter incidents through survivor stories and expert perspectives. Register for one of the following one-day workshops (8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.) by clicking on the date: May 13 in Lake Charles, Louisiana; May 16 in Biloxi, Mississippi; May 23 in Chicago, Illinois, and June 5 in Austin, Texas. Go online for more information regarding the DHS Active Shooter Program.
IAEM
The IAEM-Asia Annual General Meeting (AGM) has been scheduled for May 22-23, 2019, in Shanghai, China. The IAEM AGM 2019 program will emphasize practical strategies, case studies and panel discussions, offering you a great opportunity to learn the best practices, the newest trends and technology innovations. It is definitely the region’s premier event covering all the major issues in security industry. The summit, which will feature an exciting line-up of 150+ top-level decision-makers from the security industry as well as experts and scholars from government sectors and universities/colleges, will provide a superb platform to network and meet peers. The two-day conference will enable participants to have a comprehensive grasp of security industry as well as great solutions for their own organizations. Speakers will include Ellis M. Stanley, IAEM-Global chair; Robie Robinson, president of EMAP and former IAEM-USA president; and Victor Bai, CEM, IAEM-Asia president. Register online.
ZimEye
A BULAWAYO activist has petitioned the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) to investigate the Department of Civil Protection (DCP)’s disaster management preparedness after blame was largely heaped on the agency for the Cyclone Idai-induced deaths and loss of property.
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The South African
Cyclone Idai, which recently devastated Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi, was one of the worst natural disasters to hit the southern African region. It killed at least a thousand people and caused damages estimated at US$2 billion. The response from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states, civil society, the private sector and individuals in the region points to the need for a collective, regional approach to addressing natural disasters – rather than individual countries working alone.
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CNN
At least 16 people have died after the Philippines was rattled by two major earthquakes, authorities said on Tuesday. A further 81 people were injured and 14 remain missing, a statement from the Office of Civil Defense read. The first tremor, a magnitude 6.1 quake, hit the Southeast Asian archipelago's Luzon island on Monday.
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Reuters
Seventeen people have been killed and five injured in a landslide in the southwestern Colombian province of Cauca, the country's disaster relief agency said on Sunday. The landslide, which was caused by heavy rains, occurred early on Sunday in a rural area of Rosas municipality, the agency said in a statement.
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The Japan Times
More than 50 people are feared killed after a landslide in northern Myanmar engulfed jade miners while they were sleeping, local police said Tuesday, the latest deadly accident in a notoriously dangerous industry.
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The Epoch Times
Thawing snow and heavy rain has resulted in the flooding of 2,549 Quebec residences and forced 1,688 people from their homes, according to the latest numbers from Urgence Quebec, the government’s emergency situation information hub.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
A tornado with winds up to 135 mph tore through Charles City County on Friday evening, part of an outbreak that spawned at least 14 others in the state. The storm didn’t injure anyone in Charles City County, but it blew down the roof and cinder block walls of a gun club in the Ruthville area, according to the National Weather Service in Wakefield. On Monday, a team from NWS Wakefield surveyed the tornado’s path and released preliminary details.
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ColomboPage
The death toll from multiple bomb explosions that targeted churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday rose to 310 with some of the injured at hospitals succumbing to their injuries overnight. Around 500 people were wounded in the blasts, and some of them are still receiving treatments at hospitals.
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CNN
Early warnings from India's intelligence services to Sri Lankan officials ahead of the Easter Sunday bombings were based on information gleaned from an ISIS suspect, CNN has learned. Delhi passed on unusually specific intelligence in the weeks and days leading up to the attacks, Sri Lankan officials have said, and at least some of it came from material obtained during interrogations of an ISIS suspect arrested in India, an Indian official told CNN.
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NBC News
Two weeks since the storms started, relentless rain and flooding throughout Iran has left some 2 million people facing a humanitarian crisis. The deluge has swamped large swaths of the country, from the mountains in the north down to the Persian Gulf in the south. Twenty-five out of 31 of Iran’s provinces have been affected.
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