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Time is running out to submit your proposal to be considered for one of the coveted speaker slots in the EMvision Talks at the IAEM 65th Annual Conference & EMEX in Long Beach, California, Nov. 10-15, 2017. The Talks are modeled on the well-known TED™ Talk format and communicate thought leadership in emergency management. The deadline for the call for speakers is Friday, May 26, at 5:00 p.m. EDT. For all the details regarding submissions, visit our website.
Ahmedabad Mirror
The Supreme Court today criticised the lax approach of "many" states in taking adequate steps to prepare for disasters, even 10 years after a law has been put in place, the apex court observed today.
It also asked the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to remain ever-vigilant and be ready to deal with natural disasters.
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DNA India
Natural disasters hit the Indian sub-continent on a regular basis. Disaster strikes at a time we do not expect, and it overwhelms health systems. More than 58.6 percent of the landmass is prone to earthquakes, over 40 million hectares of land carry the risk of flooding and river erosion, and 68 percent of the land that is available for cultivation in India is prone to droughts.
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Global News
The City of London launched Emergency Preparedness Week by unveiling its new Alert London emergency notification system.
Alert London is not an app, but rather a communication tool which will be used to provide emergency information to residents during an emergency using the delivery method of their choice.
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In addition to their recognized tradition as a technical event, Expo Proteção (occupational health and safety) and its parallel event, Expo Emergência (rescue, firefighting, and emergencies), will provide access to the First Latin American Congress of Emergency Managers, supported by the Latin American & Caribbean Council of the International Association of Emergency Managers. Expo exhibitors will be face-to-face with about 7,000 professional decision-makers from Brazil and other countries, who will attend the technical events. In addition, 40,000 visitors are expected to attend the fair to learn about the innovations now available from suppliers of products and services focused on health and safety at work. As Brazil is going through economic recovery, the expos are a prime opportunity for exhibitors and visitors to forge new strategic partnerships in pursuit of common goals.
India News Link
An innovative new Civil Defense campaign will help to improve the emergency preparedness of people under the age of 30.
The new public education campaign targets people aged 18-30 who have a lower rate of preparedness for emergencies than the average New Zealander.
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IAEM
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is conducting its 2018 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review, a major strategic review of its programs and priorities. As part of the review, DHS is seeking comments from the public through its “My DHS Idea Campaign.”These are some of the important missions that DHS staff perform every day: counterterrorism; border security; immigration enforcement; trade enforcement and facilitation; drug interdiction; disaster preparedness and response; and cyber security. The agency wants to know what homeland security issues you care about, what areas you think DHS should prioritize; and what you see as the most pressing risks facing your community and the nation as a whole. Use the IdeaScale platform to post your own ideas to address homeland security challenges important to you and your community, comments on others’ ideas, and vote on the issues and approaches you think are the most important for DHS to consider.
Popular Science
Yes, there was a tunnel collapse at a former nuclear processing facility. No, you don’t need to panic. What is Hanford?
In 1943, the United States government bought out an area in Washington State as a site for the Manhattan Project. The Hanford site was used to produce material (including plutonium) for nuclear weapons during WWII and the Cold War.
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IAEM
The Division of National Healthcare Preparedness Programs (NHPP) has developed the 2017-2022 HPP Performance Measures Implementation Guidance, which is now available on the www.phe.gov website. The implementation guidance is intended to assist awardees and health care coalitions (HCCs) in collecting and reporting on the performance measures. The performance measures were developed to align to the core concepts of the 2017-2022 Health Care Preparedness and Response Capabilities and will help us to assess program performance and track progress. The implementation guidance is a resource intended to increase understanding of the performance measures and assist awardees and HCCs as they collect and report on the performance measures.
Homeland Security News Wire
Even a relatively mild Zika outbreak in the United States could cost more than $183 million in medical costs and productivity losses, a computational analysis suggests. A more severe outbreak could result in $1.2 billion or more in medical costs and productivity losses. “This is a threat that has not gone away. Zika is still spreading silently and we are just now approaching mosquito season in the United States, which has the potential of significantly increasing the spread,” says one researcher.
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IAEM
If you are a student member of IAEM, an EM professor, or someone who knows about a person or program who should be recognized, please take a moment to learn about the award categories that are available to you. Those in all IAEM Councils worldwide can enter in the Student of the Year and Student Ally of the Year award categories. Those in IAEM-USA also have the opportunity to enter the Student Chapter of the Year and Student Chapter Advisor of the Year award categories. The IAEM 2017 Awards Competition entry period will close on May 31, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, so don’t miss your window of opportunity.
IAEM
You have three more weeks to enter the 2017 IAEM Awards Competition, with the entry period closing on May 31, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. Don’t miss this opportunity to be recognized for your achievements, or to nominate someone who deserves recognition by the EM community. Members worldwide can enter the IAEM-Global Awards Competition categories at no charge, while those who reside in IAEM-USA or IAEM-Canada have additional opportunities to enter. You are invited to review the IAEM Awards page for details. If you have questions, email Karen Thompson, IAEM awards staff liaison.
Relief Web
Early warning systems and making the link between predictable weather and climate events and their impacts are critical to save lives and property when disaster looms.
Experts from around the world are set to launch a drive to improve warnings for an interlocking range of hazards and step up what is known as impact-based forecasting.
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Campus Safety
For Hurricane Preparedness Week (May 7-13), Campus Safety sat down with Lawrence Zacarese, the assistant chief of police and director of the Office of Emergency Management at Stony Brook University.
In 2012, Hurricane Sandy forced university officials to overcome a series of challenges.
The biggest struggle for Stony Brook was losing its campus network.
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Homeland Security News Wire
Tornadoes and mobile homes do not mix to begin with, but throw in the volatility of climate change and the potential for massive property damage and deaths is even higher in coming decades. The number of mobile homes in the United States has risen dramatically in the past 60 years, to about 9 million currently.
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IAEM
The IAEM-USA Board of Directors has approved several changes to the IAEM CEM® application requirements, effectively immediately. The changes involve lifetime certification; references; and professional contributions (service, leadership and speaking). If you have already started your application, there are instructions on the IAEM website to help you go forward using the new requirements while the online application system is being updated. Learn about the changes on the IAEM website.
Homeland Security News Wire
After natural disasters, communities need fast access to damage assessment maps to aid relief, recovery and rebuilding efforts. Researchers have developed a new way to link volunteers around the world with a way to help communities after major disasters, aiming to aid disaster damage mapping, providing much-needed real-time data to help communities recover and rebuild after disaster.
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IAEM
The Heritage Emergency National Task Force, a partnership of 42 national service organizations and federal agencies, which is co-led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Smithsonian Institution, is reaching out those affected by flooding in the Southern and Central plains. When floodwaters recede, the hundreds of thousands of people affected by the flooding in the Southern and Central Plains will be left with the task of recovering. Available resources include: After the Flood: Advice for Salvaging Damaged Family Treasures; Salvaging Water-Damaged Family Valuables and Heirlooms; and the free ERS: Emergency Response and Salvage app. Cultural institutions should keep the 24/7-hotline number handy (202-661-8068) for access to the National Heritage Responders, a team of trained conservators and collections care professionals who are available to provide advice to cultural stewards. Additional response and recovery resources can be found on the Heritage Emergency National Task Force website.
IAEM
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response (ASPR), in partnership with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), recently re-launched the HHS emPOWER Map 2.0. Building on prior successes and partner recommendations, emPOWER Map 2.0 now offers a streamlined format to enhance each user’s experience and an expanded set of near real-time hazard tracking capabilities and base map options that can help emergency preparedness, response and recovery activities in every community. The map continues to feature the monthly de-identified total of Medicare beneficiaries that have a claim for 13 types of electricity-dependent medical and assistive equipment (e.g. oxygen concentrators, enteral feeding, dialysis, electric wheelchairs, etc.) and cardiac implantable devices. This information provides enhanced situational awareness and actionable information that can assist community partners – from health care to first responders to utility companies and others – more rapidly identify areas and at-risk populations that may be impacted and provide assistance in the event of severe weather, wild fires, earthquakes and other disasters. In the future, state public health authorities also will be able to access the forthcoming HHS emPOWER Initiative Portal through this site.
Bureau County Republican
At the annual Illinois Emergency Services Management Association (IESMA) training summit and President’s Banquet, Bureau County EMA Director Keenan Campbell was named 2017 Emergency Manager of the Year.
IESMA President Ron Graziano stated during his presentation, “Keenan has been working hard to integrate technology, education and private partnerships to build one of the top emergency management programs in the state of Illinois."
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IAEM
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues a three-part webinar series for emergency management agencies and drinking water and wastewater utilities to learn how to increase resilience and improve emergency response efforts. Up next is Part 2, “What have others done?” set up for May 24, 2017, 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT. This webinar will provide in-depth discussions of how two drinking water and wastewater utilities have worked with their local emergency management agencies, to their mutual benefit. Download webinar flyer for details, and register online.
IAEM
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Emergency Services Sector-Specific Agency (ESS) is offering a webinar on “Resources and Tools for Emergency First Responders” on June 1, 2017, 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT. Register online to attend. Discussion topics will include: ESS Resilience Development Project; ESS Roadmap to Secure Voice and Data Systems; ESS-Specific Tabletop Exercise Program (ES-SSTEP); ESS Cybersecurity Initiative; and ESS Resilience Development Webinar Series. This webinar is the second webinar in the National Information Sharing Consortium’s (NISC) Mission-Focused Job Aids Webinar Series that will review tools, techniques, and standard operating procedures that NISC partners in the homeland security, emergency management, public safety, first responder, and healthcare preparedness communities use to facilitate and manage information sharing. Learn more about the webinar series and the NISC.
The Science Times
NASA has monitored the development of tropical cyclone, Donna, as it formed in the Pacific Ocean from Aqua Satellite. Now, the powerful tropical cyclone has escalated into Category 5 storm and heading toward Southern Pacific.
The tropical storm began to form in early May, according to NASA's Earth Observatory.
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Phys.org
The nineteenth tropical cyclone of the Southern Pacific Ocean season formed and is now threatening Fiji. NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured an image of the storm shortly after it developed.
Tropical Cyclone Ella was tropical storm strength at 11 a.m. EDT on May 9. It was located about 150 nautical miles west-southwest of Pago Pago, near 14.9 degrees south latitude and 173.6 degrees west longitude.
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Alaska Dispatch News
An escalating series of earthquakes off the Aleutian Islands wasn't expected to produce tsunami activity, according to the National Tsunami Warning Center.
An earthquake at 9 a.m. with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4, according to the Alaska Earthquake Center, struck at a depth of 7 miles about 82 miles west of Adak.
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EWN
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck north of the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The quake was recorded at a depth of 175 km and was located about 115 km north of Vanuatu's Santo island, the USGS said.
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CTV News
As cities across Quebec, Ontario and the Maritimes continue to grapple with the effects of heavy rainfall and severe flooding over the past week, several municipalities have released helpful maps detailing road closures, water levels and relief efforts to help residents navigate the emergency.
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Shanghaiist
Flood season is here again it seems with parts of Guangzhou left submerged over the weekend following heavy rainstorms in the area.
Around 7,000 people from northern Guangzhou were relocated on Sunday morning as severe flooding caused homes to collapse, vehicles to get a thorough washing and fish to go swimming through locals' living rooms.
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UPI
Georgia officials expanded mandatory evacuations due to the Okefenokee wildfire that is now also burning Florida's John M. Bethea State Forest.
The Charlton County Emergency Management Agency on Monday expanded mandatory evacuations to include residents in the Georgia Bend, St. George, Canaday Loop and Moniac areas. Officials also shut down Georgia State Route 121 and Interstate 94.
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Patch
With more than 125 active wildfires burning across Florida, including one that spanned more than 2,200 acres in Pasco County, state officials issued a plea to residents and visitors on Monday, urging caution.
“Florida is in the middle of its worst wildfire season in years – with no end in sight,” Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Commissioner Adam Putnam said in a May 8 statement.
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The Science Times
A volcano located in the south part of Guatemala suddenly became highly active and started to throw the hot ash into the sky on Friday. The incident created a great panic among the people living in that area. The authority took initiatives and evacuated local people from that vicinity.
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SALON
Flooding in the central United States has claimed as many as 10 lives so far and will most likely cost in excess of $1 billion.
A 69-year-old man in Salem, Missouri, was found dead after he was swept up by floodwaters as he attempted to cross a flooded road, according to a report by the Associated Press.
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