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Registration is now open for the 64th IAEM-USA Annual Conference & EMEX in Savannah, Georgia, October 14-19, 2016. See our line up of plenary session speakers and view our preliminary program. Complete details of the conference program will be available soon. Register today for the premiere emergency management event of the year. “If you want to know what really is going on in emergency management today, this is the place to be,” said Thomas E. Drabek, John Evans Professor Emeritus at the University of Denver (author of The Human Side of Disaster, Second Edition). For a complete listing of the conference registration fees, visit our website.
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The deadline to submit your talk for the EMvision Talks is 5:00 p.m. EDT on May 27, 2016. All selected speakers will receive $200 off the full registration to the IAEM 2016 Annual Conference. 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. They 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.
The New Indian Express
Over 12 percent of the country's total land area is vulnerable to a landslide hazard, the Geological Survey of India has said.
About 12.6 percent of the total land mass of India falls under the landslide-prone hazardous zone, according to a study by the GSI, under the directive of the Ministry of Mines.
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The Japan Times
A former U.S. government expert on emergency management has questioned whether Japan is applying lessons learned the hard way after the 2011 tsunami to its response to the Kyushu quakes.
Leo Bosner, 69, who worked for the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency for 29 years, says an integrated response may not have been in place for the disaster last month.
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IAEM-Canada Council leadership invites you to submit your entries in the four new IAEM-Canada awards categories: IAEM-Canada Career Excellence Award, IAEM-Canada Emergency Management Volunteer Award, IAEM-Canada Prepared Community Award, and IAEM-Canada Merit Award. Nominations are sought of leading emergency management practitioners who have made significant contributions throughout their careers to promote and improve the emergency management profession in Canada. These awards are specific to Canadian members and complement those offered by IAEM-Global. Details and guidelines are available here. The deadline for nominations is Tuesday, May 31, 2016. Complete the required nomination form for the category you are entering, and email the form to Jennifer Robitaille. It only takes a few minutes of your time to show these outstanding members that you value their expertise, commitment and accomplishments. If you have any questions about this competition, contact Jennifer Robitaille. Additionally, IAEM-Canada members can enter the IAEM-Global Awards Competition, which also has a deadline of May 31, 2016. If you are not in Canada, there are many other award opportunities available to you on the IAEM Awards web page .
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BBC News
A smartphone app has been released by the government of the Canadian province of Alberta to let people evacuated from the fire-hit town of Fort McMurray to see satellite images of their homes.
Alberta's municipal affairs minister, Danielle Larivee, warned that the images could be traumatic.
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The Guardian
A multiheaded monster. An animal of fire. The beast.
As it raged out of control across northern Alberta and burst into Fort McMurray with unparalleled ferocity, the wildfire began racking up a list of colorful nicknames. Within the span of a few days, the blaze had swelled in size, from some 3,000 to more than 544,000 acres.
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Nominations are now being accepted for IAEM-USA Second Vice President and IAEM-USA Secretary. Candidates must submit their credentials by 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, on Tuesday, May 31, 2016, to IAEM Headquarters via email to info@iaem.com, to be reviewed by the IAEM-USA Nominations & Credentials Committee. To be placed on the ballot, candidates must submit: a letter stating candidacy; a letter of permission from the candidate’s immediate supervisor supporting the time and travel necessary to fulfill duties of office; a brief resume; and confirmation of IAEM-USA membership of at least three years immediately prior to seeking office. IAEM individual members are eligible to hold national office, provided they have been a member for at least three consecutive years, and have served as a regional or national officer, national committee chair, or active national committee member for two consecutive years. For more details, see the Call for Nominations.
KBKW-Radio
For seven days in June, a huge national earthquake and tsunami exercise, Cascadia Rising, will take place in Washington State. The exercise will focus on the local, state and federal response to the first true week of a Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake and tsunami event which will ravage most of Western Washington.
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The Washington Post
Cracks in the Washington Monument. Pinnacles toppling off the National Cathedral. About $300 million in damage from New England to the Carolinas. The Aug. 23, 2011, “D.C. earthquake,” as it’s been called — though it was centered near Mineral, Virginia, about 90 miles from the District — was felt by more people than any earthquake in U.S. history.
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FEMA has announced the selectees for the 2016-2018 Youth Preparedness Council. Created in 2012, the council brings together youth leaders from across the country who are interested in advocating on behalf of preparedness and making a difference in their communities by completing preparedness projects. The council supports FEMA’s commitment to involve youth in preparedness-related activities. It also provides an avenue to engage youth by taking into account their perspectives, feedback and opinions. Council members meet with FEMA staff throughout their term to provide input on strategies, initiatives and projects. FEMA selected the 10 new members of the council based on their dedication to public service, community involvement and potential to expand their impact as national advocates for youth preparedness. Each council member will participate in the Youth Preparedness Council Summit, July 19-20, 2016, in Washington, D.C. The summit gives members the opportunity to share their ideas and questions with national organizations; plan their legacy project; and meet with FEMA community preparedness staff, who will serve as their ongoing supporters and mentors.
USA Today
This year should bring a "normal" wildfire season in most of the U.S., Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Tuesday.
The problem, Vilsack said, is that the new normal wildfire season is longer and includes tens of thousands of fires burning millions of acres of forest and destroying thousands of homes.
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NBC News
The Senate voted Tuesday for a compromise that would give the federal government more than half the money it's asked for to fight the Zika virus epidemic, but there is no sign the full Congress is ready to agree to any plan and the White House threatened vetoes.
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Herald-Tribune
This is the season when weather forecasters and emergency managers tell Floridians, over and over, that they're at risk from tropical storms.
The problem is making them take the warnings seriously and do things that will reduce the impact hurricanes can have on their lives and property. The effort has become as important as forecasting itself.
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The Call for Abstracts for the IAEM-USA Academic Research Presentation Competition (Poster Contest) is closing soon. Open only to IAEM-USA student members, it is an opportunity to showcase research to scholars and practitioners in the emergency management community, as well as the general public. The IAEM-USA Academic Research Presentation Competition has been revamped from previous years, with changes in the submission timeline, requirements and judging process. Awards will be given in both the undergraduate and graduate level as follows: First Place - $225; Second Place - $175; and Third Place - $100. View the IAEM-USA Academic Research Presentation Competition Guidance for complete details. Visit the conference website for more information. The call for abstracts closes at 5:00 p.m. EDT, on June 3, 2016. Entries must be submitted via email attachment in Microsoft Word format, with the subject line “IAEM-USA Poster Abstract,” to Julie Husk.
IAEM
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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The IAEM-Global Editorial Work Group seeks feature articles for a special focus issue on “Emergency Management and Whole Community Preparedness.” This issue will be prepared in conjunction with the IAEM-USA Whole Community Project Steering Group. Articles might include, but are not limited to: community-based preparedness in areas that don’t have all of the benefits of current technology; case studies of what specific communities or countries are doing to boost whole community preparedness (specific locations, and descriptions of what has worked and what hasn’t); and how all-hazards planning boosts whole community preparedness. Please read the author’s guidelines, and email your 750-1,500 word article submissions to Karen Thompson, editor, by July 10, 2016.
The Huffington Post
As climate change makes natural disasters worse, countries are struggling to cope.
The combination of climate change, population growth and urbanization has put an unprecedented number of people in the path of destructive weather events over the last 30 years, according to a report released on Monday by the World Bank’s Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery.
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The Wall Street Journal
After a flare-up in the woods exploded into a blaze that threatened to engulf the entire community, the local fire chief ordered his overwhelmed firefighters to retreat from the front lines.
Hundreds of homes built closest to the forest edge burned to their foundations while firefighters successfully defended buildings closer to the center of the city.
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Weather Underground
Overshadowed by the mighty EF4 and EF3 tornadoes that tore across south central Oklahoma May 9, another less damaging twister — from the same thunderstorm — has left seasoned scientists both astonished and fascinated.
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The Christian Science Monitor
There is a 9 percent chance of a magnitude-9 earthquake off the Aleutian Islands within the next 50 years – and this could spell trouble for Hawaii, say researchers.
Although the Aleutians are off the coast of Alaska, a strong earthquake there would send a mega tsunami directly towards the Hawaiian Islands. A tsunami of this proportion could cost billions of dollars and impact more than 300,000 people.
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Palm Beach Post
The National Weather Service is looking to paint a broader picture of tropical cyclone forecasts with specialized graphics that go beyond the cone of uncertainty.
New threat-level maps that will be issued when a storm watch or warning is made will tell people in specific areas exactly what kind of force to prepare for and what to expect from its impacts.
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Campus Safety
Active shooter incidents are becoming more frequent on school campuses with the number of mass shootings increasing, according to the FBI. In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook tragedy, the Georgetown County School District embarked on a three-pronged approach to creating a comprehensive safety program. Using this comprehensive multi-disciplinary approach, the district has been able to effectively cultivate a culture of safety on campus.
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The Conversation
As many as 90,000 people were evacuated from the Canadian town of Fort McMurray and its surrounds, after a massive wildfire endangered the lives and homes of residents. It is thought that 2,400 buildings have been destroyed by the flames, while between 80 and 90 percent of the town has been saved.
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
It's no great surprise that estimates of Chernobyl's fatalities differ widely. As my roundtable colleague Sonja Schmid noted earlier in Round Two, the World Health Organization reported in 2005 that Chernobyl fatalities would approach 4,000.
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Reuters
For weeks after Nepal's worst earthquake in 80 years, the skies above the Himalayan nation vibrated with military helicopters ferrying relief, airplanes bringing in aid workers, and drones.
When the 7.8 magnitude quake struck Nepal in April 2015, flattening homes and killing thousands of people, authorities scrambled to assess the damage and deliver relief to survivors.
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Elizabeth “Libby” Turner has been appointed to the IAEM Certification North American Application Review Commission as the FEMA representative. Her term begins immediately. Ms. Turner is a member of FEMA’s Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO) Cadre. In this capacity, she serves as the representative of the President, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, and the Administrator of FEMA for Presidential Disaster Declarations. Her responsibilities include the executive coordination of federal activities and resources in support of state, tribal, territorial, and local governments. In addition, she is a lead field coordinator, supervising and mentoring FCOs and Federal Disaster Recovery Coordinators. In her 12 years with FEMA, Ms. Turner has served in more than 40 disasters and special assignments. Prior to coming to FEMA, she served for 14 years with the American Red Cross at both the local chapter and national headquarters levels. Ms. Turner has an education and management background and holds a Master’s degree in Educational Administration. She is a Certified Emergency Manager and has completed the Executive Leaders Program at the Center for Homeland Security and Defense, Naval Postgraduate School, and taken executive courses at the Harvard JFK School of Government. She was awarded the FEMA Administrator’s Award in 2011 for her expertise in leadership and team-building, and was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel by the Governor of Kentucky in 2012.
Times Free Press
Gov. Bill Haslam announced he has named a top Ohio official as director of the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.
Patrick Sheehan, 40, takes over as TEMA chief on June 15, the administration says in a news release.
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The IAEM-USA Healthcare Caucus will present a webinar on “Healthcare Coalitions: A Tale of Two Jurisdictions,” on Thursday, June 2, 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT. For a number of years, the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) has been funding local jurisdictions to form and maintain healthcare coalitions to plan for, respond to, and recover from disasters. Healthcare coalitions are comprised of healthcare providers across the spectrum – hospitals, public health, long-term care and primary care providers, EMS, and community mental health that come together to develop regional surge plans. The IAEM-USA Healthcare Caucus is pleased to welcome representatives from two healthcare coalitions – Sarah Seiler of the Metrolina Healthcare Preparedness Coalition in North Carolina and Dave Freeman of the Central Florida Disaster Medical Coalition to see how these jurisdictions direct their work, fund, and effectively plan for regional surge. Members can register free of charge; non-members pay a $59 fee that can be used as a credit toward IAEM membership (credit is good for one year). Register online.
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One of the featured general sessions at the upcoming NAGC Communications School, June 7-9, 2016, FHI 360 Conference Center, Washington, D.C., will be “Communicating in a Crisis: Perceptions of Terrorism and Migration in Europe,” presented by Vincezo LeVoci, administer, press/communication, General Secretariat of the Council, European Union; Erik den Hoedt, director, public information and communication, Dutch Ministry of General Affairs; and Dr. Eleonora Gavrielides, associate, Eastern Mediterranean University, and former director of press and information, Republic of Cyprus. How are government communicators in the European Union handling the highly emotional issue of the flood of refugees into their member states? How do government officials communicate with the public about terrorist attacks? Top representatives from several affected countries will discuss the politics and public perceptions of these and other crises in Europe. Learn more about the NAGC Communications School and register today.
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Presenters from NOAA’s National Hurricane Center (NHC) will discuss new products that convey the risk of storm surge from tropical cyclones. Additional details will be provided about the newest forecast product, the Potential Storm Surge Flooding Map, as well as the Prototype Storm Surge Watch/Warning Graphic that debuted during the 2015 hurricane season. Register online.
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The IAEM-USA Region 1, along with the Maine Association of Emergency Managers (MAEM), is holding a Spring Social at 6:00 p.m., May 19, 2016, at Joshua’s Restaurant, 123 Maine St., Brunswick, Maine. This event will provide a night of good food and engaging conversation, along with the opportunity to meet the IAEM-USA Region 1 leadership. For more information or to RSVP, visit the Region 1 web page.
NBC News
Thunderstorms drenched already soggy south Texas on Monday — and in some parts of Corpus Christi it was easier to get around by canoe than by car.
The National Weather Service declared a flash flooding emergency for the beleaguered city and surrounding counties, while up to a foot of torrential rain stranded dozens of cars, according to NBC affiliate KRIS-TV.
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The Star Online
Fifteen students holidaying at a popular tourist spot in western Indonesia have been killed in a landslide, an official said, with fears the death toll could rise.
Heavy rain and flash flooding triggered a major landslide on Sunday at a famous "two-colored" waterfall at Sibolangit in the north of Sumatra island, said disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.
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Prokerala
Members of search and rescue teams transfer the body of a victim in flash floods to an ambulance at Deli Serdang in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Flash floods struck a tourist resort in Deli Serdang district of Indonesia's North Sumatra province, leaving seven visitors dead and 14 others missing, an official at the local disaster agency said.
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CTV News
A rapidly growing wildfire has sparked another mandatory evacuation order in Alberta, this time in the province’s central region.
A state of local emergency was issued Sunday evening in the Municipal District of Greenview due to a blaze between Fox Creek and the hamlet of Little Smoky.
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CNN
Sixty-five people have been killed by lightning strikes in Bangladesh in four days, as the country endures its annual severe storm season.
Most of the deaths occurred in rural parts of north and central Bangladesh, with the victims predominantly farmers and construction workers, Reaz Ahmed, director general of Bangladesh's Department of Disaster Management, told CNN on Monday.
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The Japan Times
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit the Kanto region Monday evening, shaking northern Ibaraki Prefecture with an intensity of lower 5 on the Japanese scale and 4 in wide areas in the region, the Meteorological Agency said. No tsunami warning was issued.
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UPI
Ecuador was struck by a 6.7 magnitude earthquake on Wednesday just a month after being hit by the most disastrous quake in decades.
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said there were no reports of major damage from the earthquake that struck at 3 a.m. local time in Ecuador's Esmeraldas province.
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