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IAEM
The IAEM Scholarship Program provides scholarships through a competitive process to full-time undergraduate and graduate students, and part-time graduate students, working on degrees in emergency management, disaster management, or closely related fields of study. Awardees are selected based on applications and required complimentary materials. To be considered for an award in this year’s program, visit the new online scholarship application portal and review the application instructions. Submit the appropriate application and documentation no later than 5:00 p.m. EDT on June 12, 2019. A login and password are necessary to complete the application. Individuals who do not have an IAEM account will be prompted to register (at no cost) prior to completing the application. Registration provides applicants access to update the application and provide additional documentation prior to the deadline. Direct your questions to Scholarship Program Director Dawn M. Shiley.
IAEM
The deadline for the EMvision Talks’ Call for Speakers is 5:00 p.m. EDT, Friday, May 10, 2019. Be a part of one of the “most valuable and engaging sessions at the IAEM conference,” as noted by many former conference attendees. Talks are modeled on the TED™ Talk format and will be presented on the plenary stage on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, at the IAEM 67th Annual Conference in Savannah, Georgia. Do you have a personal connection to an idea, experience or passion related to emergency management, leadership, communication, community engagement or other related topics? If so, we want to hear your story. Complete details are available in the Speaker Guidance. To submit your proposal, visit our website.
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Discounts for early registration for the IAEM-Canada 2019 Conference are still in force, so don’t miss the May 23 deadline. Registration fees will increase on May 24, 2019. This year’s conference, built around the theme of “Bridging Public-Private Partnerships in Emergency Management,” is scheduled for June 4-7, 2019, in Calgary, Alberta. The event will bring together leaders in emergency management to share the latest in technologies being used, and lessons learned around the world, to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. Visit the conference site to download the agenda, learn about the speakers, and consider registration for pre-conference training sessions.
Montreal Gazette
During his Sunday tour of Île Bigras, a picturesque Laval community in the middle of Rivière des Prairies that’s been flooded twice in the last three years, Premier François Legault said Quebec was going to have to rethink its compensation strategies given the increasing frequency of flooding events caused by climate change.
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Homeland Security Today
This week, Canada announced funding for several public safety initiatives. First, a total of up to 1.2 million Canadian dollars is being provided through the National Crime Prevention Strategy to the Northern Village of Ile-à-la Crosse, Pelican Lake First Nation, and Witchekan Lake First Nation in Saskatchewan to help strengthen their local capacity to cope more effectively with youth crime. Secondly, Public Safety Canada announced more than CA$40.2 million from the Government of Canada to two wildfire mitigation projects in Saskatchewan.
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Global News
Many communities in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick have declared states of emergency due to extensive flooding, which has resulted in Canadian Armed Forces troops being deployed to different areas. But what does it mean once a community declares a state of emergency?
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Australian Journal of Emergency Management
In one of the world’s worst bushfire events ever recorded, the Black Saturday bushfires claimed 173 lives, burnt 450,000 hectares of land, and destroyed 2000 homes and 1500 buildings. While the initial and obvious cost of the devastation was estimated, the more hidden and enduring economic loss is still being counted. Ten years on, what economic legacy did Black Saturday leave the individuals and communities in its wake and how can this knowledge better protect us in the future?
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Australian Journal of Emergency Management
Heatwaves are the most deadly type of natural peril in Australia, accounting for more deaths than the sum total of all other natural hazards. Despite improvements in forecasting and warnings, more action is required to manage heatwave risk.
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Australian Journal of Emergency Management
Before, during and after emergency events and disasters, local government employees are often at the frontline and play a significant role in coordination and communication for their communities. In Queensland, the Disaster Management Officer’s Network allows these people to connect, keep up with developments in disaster management arrangements and to share their skills, knowledge, resources and ideas.
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Australian Journal of Emergency Management
People in Australia are surprised to learn that hundreds of earthquakes occur below our feet every year. The majority are too small to feel, let alone cause any damage. Despite this, we are not immune to large earthquakes.
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Government Technology
Americans must assume more responsibility for protecting themselves from the rising toll of natural disasters, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency warned.
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Government Executive
Four agencies providing disaster relief following the triple hurricanes and California wildfires of 2017 failed to keep proper records of contracts with suppliers, rendering it impractical for the Government Accountability Office to fully track $5 billion in spending.
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Homeland Security Today
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at the Department of Homeland Security today released a list of 55 National Critical Functions so vital to the United States that disruption, corruption, or dysfunction would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic security, or national public health or safety.
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Route Fifty
Increased flood risks are one of the climate-related hazards Washington D.C. faces in the years ahead. Average high tide levels of the city’s two major rivers — the Potomac and Anacostia — have increased by about 11 inches over the past 90 years and are projected to keep rising in the coming decades. Stronger storms are also expected to become more common. The city’s first ever “resilience strategy,” released on Monday, makes note of this. The 160-page document includes dozens of initiatives, 68 to be exact, some of which are geared toward directly addressing climate risks like flooding and hotter temperatures.
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Route Fifty
After a flood, 40% to 60% of small businesses close down. Lawmakers say improving infrastructure before disasters strike could help prevent that from happening.
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IAEM
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. Please refer to the IAEM Bulletin web page for details on all of the 2019 special focus topics, including examples of articles, and email any questions to Editor Karen Thompson. 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).
IAEM
The purpose of the annual IAEM Awards Competition is to recognize and honor persons and organizations that 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 & EMEX 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 award categories (open to those at any location worldwide) and the additional IAEM-USA Council only award categories. If you missed the IAEM-USA Awards & Recognition Committee’s Apr. 18 webinar, “Helpful Tips for Entering the 2019 IAEM Awards Competition,” the recording is available online.
Route Fifty
As spring settles in across the United States, western states are already preparing for summer and wildfire season. And although it may seem counter-intuitive, some of the most urgent conversations are about getting more fire onto the landscape.
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Government Technology
Preparing to react to the next flood, wildfire or earthquake, and sharing plans with residents are the vital steps local government officials must take in disaster-prone areas like Northern California.
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The Chronicle Herald
Simply designating a person as emergency manager doesn’t absolve elected officials from responsibility during a disaster, the head of Halifax Regional Municipality’s emergency programming told Atlantic mayors Thursday. “You do have legislative responsibilities,” Erica Fleck, division chief of emergency management with the Halifax fire department, told the mayors at the end of the first day of the Atlantic Mayors Congress in Halifax.
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Redbluff Daily News
For Californians who might have to escape wildfire again this year, the options are perilous. Many live in communities that don’t have well-thought-out public evacuation plans and lack the road capacity that’s needed to get everyone out fast. Does this mean people should just shelter in place? Absolutely not, except as a last-ditch resort, according to wildfire experts.
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FierceHealthcare
Hurricane Maria had a significant impact on the mental health of Puerto Rican children, according to a new study. The hurricane hit the island on Sept. 20, 2017, and researchers surveyed public school students on how it impacted them between Feb. 1 and June 29, 2018. The study, conducted by the Puerto Rico Department of Education, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Hurricane Assessment and Referral Tool and the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), found that more than 7% of youths reported symptoms attributable to post-traumatic stress disorder after the storm.
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Phys.org
A new study explains the mechanism behind Hurricane Harvey's unusual intensification off the Texas coast and how the finding could improve future hurricane forecasting.
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The latest offering in the free Campus Safety Webinar Series, on the topic of “Ace Your Campus Safety Final: Is Your College Ready to Face Today’s Tough Emergency Scenarios,” has been scheduled for May 9, 2019, 2:00 p.m. EDT. Sponsored by Campus Safety Magazine and Everbridge and presented by Everbridge Director of Product Marketing Kevin McNulty, this free webinar will challenge you with some of the difficult scenarios facing today’s higher education institutions, while also providing strategic recommendations for these challenges. The open corporate campus can be a threat-heavy environment, with both man-made and weather-related incidents threatening students and staff. For leaders and decision-makers to best prepare the open campus for the current threat landscape, it is essential to blend security practices and technologies in these complex environments. Register online.
Domestic Preparedness
The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act (MSDHSPSA) was approved by the Florida governor on March 9, 2018. The act implemented numerous new, and at times controversial, laws and requirements for schools, law enforcement, mental health officials, and others. Included in the law was the new requirement for schools to conduct active shooter drills as often as other emergency drills. Since fire drills are usually conducted once a month, the new requirement greatly expanded the number of active shooter (or code red) drills from approximately one to ten per school year in Florida schools.
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IAEM
A recent study published in the American Journal of Public Health estimates a total of 1,205 excess deaths following Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. The study was authored by Raul Cruz-Cano, Ph.D., and Erin L. Mead, Ph.D. Read the abstract and study the publication website.
EDM Digest
When a serious emergency has happened, the news media reports the specifics of casualties and property damage estimates. These numbers give citizens a glimpse into understanding an emergency, but do not allow for them to have a larger scope of the incident and to understand how the American government system managed the situation. Does it take drastic numbers to show the seriousness of an emergency? More importantly, do concepts like how many people were injured give politicians a good gauge for figuring out how much money to budget towards emergencies?
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Homeland Security Today
Security firm RiskSense recently performed a long-scale analysis of Adobe vulnerabilities from 1996 to the present. One of the study’s most surprising findings was that in terms of weaponization, 2018 was the most dangerous year in Adobe’s history.
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Homeland Security News Wire
In the past decade scientists have been experimenting with metamaterials, artificial materials designed with periodic internal structures to give them properties not found in natural materials. Some of these materials can control waves propagating through them, filtering sound or deflecting light so that an object appears “cloaked” or invisible, for instance. Could this same principle be applied to controlling seismic waves?
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IAEM
Certification and recertification fees will increase by 4% on June 1, 2019. Certification application fees will increase to $410 for members and $620 for non-members. Recertification fees will increase to $260 for members and $340 for non-members. This is the first price increase since 2014, and candidates may click here to pay before June 1 and avoid the additional cost.
Kashmir Reader
Governor Satya Pal Malik on Tuesday chaired a high level meeting at Raj Bhavan, Jammu to review the status of Jhelum River Flood Protection Works and the flood response mechanism being put in place by various departments and agencies in Kashmir Division. In his opening remarks, Governor emphasized upon the need for seamless coordination and synergy among various departments and agencies like Irrigation and Flood Control, Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation & Reconstruction Departments, Divisional and District Administration, Police, Army, CRPF and Voluntary Organizations to enable dealing with disasters like floods cohesively, promptly and in a befitting manner.
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CNN
Strong storms killed at least five people in Texas and Louisiana and left severe damage across parts of both states Wednesday and Thursday -- including at Louisiana Tech University and its host city of Ruston, where the mayor says a tornado struck overnight.
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Reliefweb
Severe flooding has forced 366,000 people from their homes, and killed 76 people in 25 of 31 provinces in Iran. With infrastructure, facilities and livelihoods hit hard, immediate and long-term assistance and support is needed to help over 2 million people recover to normal life.
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CBC
Severe spring flooding that has forced thousands of residents from their homes in Canada's eastern half refuses to let up in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick.
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EMD Digest
For the second time in less than a month, Mozambique has been hit by a killer cyclone. The death toll from Tropical Cyclone Kenneth reached 30 on Monday, CNN reported. Kenneth is the strongest storm ever recorded in the region, CNN added. The storm made landfall last Thursday. Among the hardest-hit areas was the city of Pemba, where on Sunday rivers overflowed and roads were washed away.
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Route Fifty
Federal officials confirmed 78 new cases of the measles last week, bringing the nationwide total to 704 amid the largest outbreak of the disease since 1994. And it’s likely not done spreading.
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The Nation
The death toll from floods and landslides in Indonesia’s western Bengkulu province and the capital of Jakarta jumped to 31 on Monday, while the search for 13 missing people was underway, disaster agency officials said. Floods and landslides have struck Bengkulu province since Friday, although the water have receded, but disaster agency official warned people to exercise caution as further torrential rains are expected.
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