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With Bob's leadership and support, IAEM has provided $88,000 in scholarships to 51 students since 2001. Bob not only touched the program, but also touched the lives of many in emergency management. The Scholarship Commission encourages everyone to read about his accomplishments and how much he meant to us by following his link at www.iaem.com/scholarships. If Bob motivated or inspired you, please help keep his dream program growing by donating to the Scholarship Program at www.iaem.com/donate. Graduate and undergraduate students should apply for scholarships by 11:59 pm EDT on June 30, 2017.
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The 2017 IAEM Awards Competition was established 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. Each year, there is a two-month entry period, and this year’s entry period comes to a close on Wednesday, May 31, 2017, 5:00 p.m. EDT. Information is available starting at www.iaem.com/Awards. Click on the awards categories you’re interested in entering to obtain complete details. There is no entry fee for IAEM members. If you have any questions, please email Karen Thompson, awards staff liaison.
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The IAEM Editorial Work Group encourages you to write an article for the next special focus issue of the IAEM Bulletin, which will focus on the theme of “Lessons Learned: Both Domestically and Internationally.” Articles might include, but are not limited to: what we can learn from other countries; what others in our country can learn from our experiences; how emergency management programs are implementing standards; and how standards can bridge the interfaces between countries and between jurisdictions. Please read the author’s guidelines, and email your 750-1,500 word article to Bulletin Editor Karen Thompson, no later than July 10, 2017. Note: We publish an IAEM Bulletin special focus issue four times a year, with the other eight monthly issues including a variety of feature article topics, so we are always looking for articles on any topic of interest to emergency managers.
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The First Latin American Congress of Emergency Managers, supported by AIGELAC (International Association of Emergency Managers of Latin America and the Caribbean) and IAEM (International Association of Emergency Managers), will be held Aug. 16-18, 2017, in conjunction with the 7th International Fair of Safety at Work (Expo Proteção) and the 11th Fair of Rescue, Pre-Hospital Attendance, Firefighting, and Chemical Emergencies (Expo Emergência) at Expo Center Norte in São Paulo, Brasil. The dual expos, which will bring together more than 300 exhibitors and around 50,000 professionals, will be accompanied by technical events and various seminars, workshops, and courses. Learn more from the event brochure.
The Maritime Executive
New research from Australia's Bureau of Meteorology, in partnership with the oil and gas industry, is helping to deliver better tropical cyclone forecasts for offshore facilities.
The two-year research program, jointly funded by Shell, Woodside, Chevron and Inpex, developed new meteorological modeling that produces longer range and more detailed tropical cyclone forecasts.
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Newsweek
An international team that drilled 0.6 miles into New Zealand’s Alpine Fault, which is expected to rupture in a major earthquake in the next decades, has found extremely hot temperatures and high fluid pressures.
The findings, published in Nature, describe these surprising underground conditions.
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Modern Healthcare
After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Amedisys decided it needed to upgrade its disaster plan. The national home healthcare and hospice provider began conducting risk analysis and factoring in local potential hazards to develop a plan to ensure staff and residents at its U.S. facilities could weather natural disasters. From this came several changes: greater coordination with first responders, regular drills and closer collaboration with other Medicare providers.
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Route Fifty
It’s a natural landscape unlike I’ve ever — and I suspect you’ve ever — encountered. Large and angular chunks of land pushed up in a confusing manner, with birch and spruce trees and other vegetation growing up and out of the ground fractures.
It’s a bright and warm mid-April evening and there’s still some snow on the ground, but not too much to prevent me from exploring an unusual municipal park.
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IAEM
FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute (EMI) is offering a Train-the-Trainer course for the National Emergency Management Basic Academy. To qualify to enroll in the Train-the-Trainer course, individuals must have at least five years of experience working in the field of emergency management and at least three years of experience delivering emergency management instruction to adults. Train-the-Trainer is devoted to course delivery strategy, logistics, demonstrations, and adult learning methods. The entry-point for individuals pursuing a career in emergency management, the Basic Academy offers the tools to develop comprehensive foundational skills. For those who are new to emergency management, the Basic Academy also provides a unique opportunity to build camaraderie, to establish professional contacts, and to understand the roles, responsibilities, and legal boundaries associated with emergency management. The course will be held Aug. 7-11, 2017, at EMI’s National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The application deadline is June 26, 2017. Questions should be directed to Jeff Januchowski at 301-447-1356 or jeffrey.januchowski@fema.dhs.gov.
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SAFECOM, which is managed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Emergency Communications (OEC), will hold its annual nationwide survey in summer 2017. The SAFECOM Nationwide Survey (SNS) is a nationwide data collection effort to obtain actionable and critical data that drives U.S. emergency communication policies, programs, and funding. SAFECOM will leverage the collected data to identify gaps and inform development of the program’s strategic priorities; and will assist DHS/OEC to execute the Nationwide Communication Baseline Assessment. Responses are sought from emergency response provider organizations at the federal, state and local levels, as well as with tribal nations and territories. Learn more about SAFECOM through the group’s website, or by downloading a survey fact sheet or FAQ flyer. Rick Comerford, CEM, is IAEM-USA’s liaison with SAFECOM.
Los Angeles Times
California will likely roll out a limited public earthquake early warning system sometime next year, researchers building the network say. New earthquake sensing stations are being installed in the ground, software is being improved, and operators are being hired to make sure the system is properly staffed, Caltech seismologist Egill Hauksson said at a joint meeting of the Japan Geoscience Union and American Geophysical Union.
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The IAEM Global Student Council is inviting all IAEM student members to participate in its 2017 International Association for Emergency Manager’s Global Student Council Essay Competition. In its second annual essay competition, the IAEM Global Student Council wishes to understand the perceptions of students regarding the practicality of FEMA’s Whole Community Approach to Emergency Management. Download the essay competition guidelines for details, and submit your essay to iaemgsc@gmail.com by Aug. 1, 2017.
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Friday, May 26th at 5:00 p.m. EDT is the deadline to submit a speaker proposal for the IAEM EMvision Talks. The EMvision Talks are modeled on the well-known TED™ Talk format. Selected speakers will receive $200 off their full registration to the IAEM 2017 Annual Conference. The Talks will be presented on the plenary stage on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. For complete details read the Speaker Guidance and view our conference website.
Forbes
As fascinating as weather can be, it can also be deadly. The devastating storms in the U.S. Great Plains this week remind us of that. Each year tropical cyclones, floods, drought, heat, tornadoes and winter storms take their toll on lives around the world. In the United States, heat is typically the leading cause of weather fatalities.
Relief Web
The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction announced a major revision to its Disaster Resilience Scorecard designed to boost the number of cities and towns reducing their disaster losses by 2020 in line with a key global agreement.
The revision brings the Scorecard into alignment with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the global plan for reducing disaster losses, and is a major boost to the goal of having more strategies in place at local level for reducing disaster losses from climate change and other risk drivers.
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UN News Centre
Over the years, disasters – including earthquakes, floods, droughts and cyclones – have not only taken a heavy toll on human lives, but have had an immense impact on development efforts owing to the enormous economic losses resulting from them.
According to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, disaster risk reduction is an integral part of social and economic development, and is essential if development is to be sustainable for the future.
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New Atlas
With emergency services and disaster response teams reliant on the latest data, a traffic jam on the information superhighway can be fatal. In an effort to circumvent any digital roadblocks, researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology have come up with a kind of internet express lane that would allow emergency responders to access large data files quickly in life-threatening situations.
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TimeOut
Researchers have announced that California is likely to launch an earthquake warning system next year which could send an alert to classrooms, transit agencies and even your own smartphone before a quake hits your location. Earthquakes are notoriously tricky to predict, and the Shake Alert system is expected to provide only seconds of advance notice, but those seconds could make all the difference when it comes to taking shelter before the shaking begins.
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Miami Herald
Hurricane forecasters may have a new tool in solving the vexing problem of understanding storm intensity: gravity waves.
Gravity waves are produced when air moving around the atmosphere gets pushed from one place to another. In a hurricane, those waves can come in quick, short bursts as powerful thunderstorms around the storm’s eye wall swish air up and down like a plunger in a toilet bowl.
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IAEM
The IAEM-USA Board recently approved recommendations to streamline the certification process. One change was made to the Lifetime CEM® process. Any current CEM® who is familiar with a candidate may nominate them for lifetime certification. In the past, a candidate interested in the Lifetime CEM® needed a nomination from an IAEM Board member or CEM® commissioner. Candidates who didn’t have an established relationship with association leadership may not have pursued the designation. This change will make it easier for those who are qualified to pursue the lifetime certification option. Learn more about all of the changes on the IAEM website.
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Candidates for the AEM® and CEM® credentials must register by May 29, 2017, for the June 10, 2017, examination. It will be held in Miami, Florida, in the campus of Florida International University from 9:00-11:00 a.m. EDT. Candidates must pay the certification application fee prior to sitting for the exam ($395 USD IAEM member; $595 USD non-members).
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IAEM was saddened to learn of the death of long-time member Paul Revere Thomas, Jr., CEM, who passed away on May 5, 2017, one day before his 81st birthday. A veteran of the U. S. Air Force, Paul was a management consultant for 35 years with the IBM Corporation, specializing in business continuity planning. After retirement, he created marketing graphics for 10 years for Six Flags St. Louis. Paul served as fire chief for two years with the Emergency Services Fire & Rescue in Connecticut and as emergency management director for the City of Kirkwood for 24 years. His electrical engineering education came from the University of Pennsylvania, with graduate studies at Harvard Business School. A Lifetime Certified Emergency Manager (CEM®), he also held a Master Business Continuity Professional certificate (MBCP). Paul served on the Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) Board for 13 years as vice president and treasurer, as well as three terms as chairman of the DRII Board. He was parliamentarian of IAEM for several years, and the association actually got its current name from a suggestion made by Paul in 1997.
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The National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) is hosting a webinar on “The iREV Tracking Tool and Alternate Fuel Vehicle Resources” on May 25, 2017, 3:30-4:30 p.m. EDT. The webinar will demonstrate iREV-T and provide additional information on the project and resources from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Clean Cities Program. During the webinar, iREV partner Tom Mihalic with Concurrent Technologies Corporation will walk-through the tool, and New Jersey Clean Cities Coordinator Chuck Feinberg will provide additional information on the Clean Cities Program and how emergency managers can work with their Clean Cities to collect fleet data from their jurisdiction. NASEO’s Cassie Powers will also provide an overview of the benefits of alternative fuel vehicles during emergencies, and resources from iREV. Register online, and find more information about iREV at www.naseo.org/irev.
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The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Association (NOAA) will present the fourth webinar in its four-part 2017 Hurricane Season Awareness Series on May 30, 2017, 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT. The topic is “Hurricane Inland Flooding - Risks and Warnings.” This webinar will focus on one of the most deadly, but often overlooked, threats from tropical storms and hurricanes - inland flooding from rainfall. Historically, the greatest loss of life from hurricanes has often been a result of flooding. Speakers will include: Dr. David Novak, director, Weather Prediction Center; Paula Cognitore, hydrologist, NWS Southeast River Forecast Center; and Richard Bandy, meteorologist-in-charge, NWS Forecast Office, Newport/Morehead City, North Carolina. Register online, and obtain complete information on the series.
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The Division of National Healthcare Preparedness Programs (HPP), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has scheduled webinars on June 6 and 7, 2017, to outline how to use the recently published 2017-2022 HPP Performance Measures Implementation Guidance, review select measures, and address questions. The guidance is a resource intended to increase understanding of the performance measures and assist awardees and healthcare coalitions (HCCs) as they collect and report on performance measures. Dates, times, and registration links for the webinars are: June 6, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. EDT (all awardees and HCCs); June 6, 6:00-7:30 p.m. EDT (only for American Samoa, Commonwealth of Northern Marianas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau, and Republic of Marshall Islands); June 7, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. EDT (all awardees and HCCs); and June 7, 1:30-3:00 p.m. EDT (all awardees and HCCs). Submit any questions on the new guidance to Heather Evanson by May 26, 2017. Your questions will be used to guide the development of the webinars, ensuring the most common questions are answered during each session.
NPR
British authorities still have many questions about the Monday night concert bombing in Manchester. They don't yet know if the suicide bomber had any helpers or how he obtained his explosives.
But this much is clear: Western European cities have become regular targets over the past two years, a period coinciding with the rise of the Islamic State and its calls for supporters to strike anywhere they can and with whatever weapons are at hand.
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