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The deadline for application to the IAEM Scholarship Program for a 2016-2017 academic scholarship is 11:59 p.m. EDT, June 1, 2016. If you are a full-time student working towards a degree in emergency management, disaster management, or a closely related field of study, don't miss this opportunity. Undergraduate and graduate applications are available on the IAEM website at www.iaem.com/scholarships. Questions may be directed to Scholarship Program Director Dawn Shiley.
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Time is running out to enter the IAEM 2016 Awards Competitions. Entries in the IAEM-Global, IAEM-USA, and IAEM-Canada Awards Competitions are being accepted through Tuesday, May 31, 2016, 5:00 p.m. EDT. Details are posted on the IAEM Awards home page at www.iaem.com/Awards, including guidelines, entry instructions, and entry forms. There are many categories in the competitions, and it is suggested that you review them first in order to determine which category you should be entering. The IAEM-Global Award Competition categories are open to all applicants worldwide, while there are additional categories only open to IAEM-USA or IAEM-Canada applicants. There is no entry fee for IAEM members. If you have any questions, please contact Karen Thompson, awards staff liaison.
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The IAEM-Global Editorial Work Group seeks feature articles for a special focus issue of the IAEM Bulletin 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.
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The EU CIPRNET project has contributed to the maintenance of European safety and security, through enhanced protection of its essential infrastructure.
At the recent European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna, work was presented from the EU-funded Critical Infrastructure Preparedness and Resilience Research Network project.
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PreventionWeb
Tropical Cyclone Pam, a Category 5 cyclone which struck Vanuatu last March 2015 was the worst natural disaster in the history of the Pacific archipelago nation, causing serious damage to infrastructure and leaving many communities in need of humanitarian assistance. Now that the emergency has passed, attention has turned to preparing for and surviving disasters.
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There is still time to submit your credentials to run for IAEM-USA Second Vice President or 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. 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 IAEM-USA Administrative Policies & Procedures.
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IAEM-USA Region 5 President Judson Freed, MA, CEM, on May 17 testified before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency, on behalf of the National Association of Counties (NACo), presenting the local perspective of emergency managers about the impact of future policy requirements regarding electromagnetic risks. The four subcommittee witnesses were: Brandon Wales, director, Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis for DHS National Protection and Programs Directorate; Chris Currie, director, Homeland Security and Justice, GAO; Joseph McClelland, director, Office of Energy Infrastructure Security, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and Judson Freed, director, Ramsey County Emergency Management and Homeland Security, and IAEM-USA Region 5 President. Freed also serves as a vice chair of the NACo Subcommittee on Emergency Management. Video of the hearing and witness statements are available on the committee website.
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On May 23, FEMA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing to amend its regulations by making a few administrative adjustments to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Write Your Own (WYO) Program. These proposed changes are consistent with FEMA’s efforts to make the FEMA-WYO relationship more agile and responsive to policyholder needs. The NFIP is administered by FEMA, which works with private-sector property insurance companies, known as WYO Companies, to facilitate the sale and servicing of flood insurance policies to homeowners, renters, and business owners. To qualify for flood insurance, the home or business must be in a community that has joined the NFIP and adopts and enforces the minimum floodplain management standards. This rulemaking proposes procedural adjustments designed to allow FEMA and WYO Companies to maintain the flexibility to negotiate operational adjustments and corrections to the arrangement more quickly and efficiently. Comments may be submitted by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Search for the notice in Docket ID FEMA-2016-0012, or
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of Chief Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 8NE, 500 C Street, SW, Washington, DC 20472-3100.
IAEM
The Call for Abstracts for the IAEM-USA Academic Research Presentation Competition (Poster Contest) closes Friday, June 17, 2016, at 5:00 pm EDT. 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 17, 2016. Entries must be submitted via email attachment in Microsoft Word format, with the subject line “IAEM-USA Poster Abstract” to Julie Husk at jhusk@iaem.com.
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The IAEM-Global Student Council (IAEM-GSC) is accepting entries from IAEM Student members for the 2016 IAEM-GSC Essay Contest through Aug. 1, 2016, 16:59 hours UTCvia email to iaemgsc@gmail.com. This year’s contest will focus on a discussion of personal perceptions about the complexities that a new academic or EM practitioner will encounter when entering their chosen EM profession, as well as what actions can be taken by the student to be successful when encountering these complexities. One undergraduate and one graduate paper will be selected as winners. The prize for each will consist of a complimentary IAEM Student membership. The winning essays will be published in the January 2017 IAEM Bulletin. The contest flyer, with complete details and entry instructions, can be downloaded here.
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Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of one of the most popular sessions at the IAEM 64th Annual Conference. If you are selected as an EMvision Talks speaker, you will receive $200 off the full registration to the IAEM 2016 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.
ABC Online
The operator of the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant has revealed that 600 tonnes of reactor fuel melted during the disaster, and that the exact location of the highly radioactive blobs remains a mystery. In an exclusive interview with Foreign Correspondent, the Tokyo Electric Power Company's chief of decommissioning at Fukushima, Naohiro Masuda, said the company hoped to pinpoint the position of the fuel and begin removing it from 2021.
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The Guardian
Ebola swarmed west Africa without heed for the traditional barriers and health systems that separate poor from rich. Instead the virus, which has a mortality rate of 50 percent, found a dangerous, common ground in urban centers from Liberia’s coastal capital of Monrovia to Freetown in Sierra Leone.
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NPR
The head of the World Health Organization, Margaret Chan, came out swinging at the opening ceremony of the 69th World Health Assembly in Geneva on Monday. The meeting of health officials from nearly 200 countries is usually a low-key, bureaucratic affair. Chan, however, opened the assembly by basically saying that the world is facing unprecedented global health challenges right now and is ill-equipped to deal with future threats.
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The Gulf Today
The General Directorate of Civil Defense in Dubai revealed that civil defense robots will be deployed in malls and airports of the emirate with effect on early August this year.
The world’s first of its type robot ensures safety up to 100 percent. It is equipped with distinguished specifications and high techniques, and connected to the fire systems in buildings.
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On Dec. 30, 2013, the IAEM-Canada Council submitted a report/whitepaper to the IAEM CEM® Commission on CEM® Educational Requirements. Within that report, the IAEM-Canada Council recommended the following for the CEM® educational requirements:
- Any three- or four-year bachelor program
- Any post-graduate degree in Emergency Management (or a close iteration of Emergency Management, i.e. “Disaster & Emergency Management”)
On Tuesday, May 17, 2016, the IAEM USA-Board approved the proposal submitted by the IAEM-Canada Board to help align the degree requirement for CEM® candidates. Effective Jan. 1, 2017, Canadian CEM® applicants will be required to submit any 3 or 4-year bachelor program or any post-graduate degree in emergency management or related field. Please note, once the new education requirement goes into effect, candidates will no longer have the option of substituting extra years of emergency management work experience in lieu of the education requirement. If you are planning on pursuing the CEM® certification credential, are a Canadian resident and do not hold a degree, we encourage you to submit your CEM application through the online portal before Jan. 1, 2017. For questions or assistance, contact Certification & Education Manager Jason Majesky.
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Presentations from the May 12, 2016, meeting of the National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine’s (NAS) Energy Transport Committee are now available for download. Presentations included these topics: energy market analysis; properties of crude oil shipment and environmental impacts of releases; and challenges and responses regarding safety assurance of crude oil and ethanol shipments at midstream terminals and by railroad tank car.
Campus Safety
The National Institute of Justice is urging schools and institutions of higher learning to apply for $65 million worth of grants.
The solicitation includes the following four funding categories with different expectations and requirements to accomplish the purposes of the NIJ’s Comprehensive School Safety Initiative.
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The June 8 featured general sessions at the NAGC 2016 Communications School will be on “Israel to Boston: Crisis Communications Learned in a War Zone,” presented by Karen Terrill, crisis communications coordinator, Media Survival Group. Ms. Terrill will discuss what she learned in May 2016, when she took Advanced Homeland Security Training in Israel, touring Israeli security facilities and observing the interactive and transparent approach to communications in a county under almost perpetual siege. The NAGC Communications School, to take place June 7-9, 2016, at the FHI 360 Conference Center, Washington, D.C., is the only event of its kind that provides invaluable networking opportunities and practical educational sessions to help government communicators increase their skills. Learn more about this unique educational opportunity, and register today. IAEM members will receive the special NAGC member rate.
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Join this webinar on June 21, 2016, 12:00 p.m. EDT, for an overview of the First Responder Network Authority’s (FirstNet) current outreach efforts to the public safety community, and to learn more about a variety of tools and data expected to be available in a fully integrated FirstNet and NG911 system, which will help improve public safety communication nationwide. Also, learn about the deployment of NG911 in Tennessee and the state’s development of a GIS standard and a statewide ALI database. Speakers include: Bill Hinkle, senior 911 advisor, FirstNet, and Curtis Sutton, executive director, Tennessee Emergency Communications Board. Register online.
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FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute (EMI) Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) program will offer a disaster animal shelter management scenario on June 21, 22 and 23, 2016. The VTTX was designed from an agricultural perspective to help communities specifically look at shelter management before, during and after an all-hazard event. The VTTX involves key personnel discussing simulated scenarios in an informal setting and can be used to assess plans, policies, training and procedures. The VTTX occurs 12:00 p.m.-4 p.m. EDT. Session content is the same each day and participants only need to attend one session. To participate in a VTTX, send an email request to Doug Kahn with a courtesy copy email to the Integrated Emergency Management Branch. The deadline for applying is May 31 2016. Get more information.
The National
A landslide caused by heavy rain has swept through a village in south-western Yemen, killing at least 20 people, local media said on Monday.
Dozens of others were wounded and the death toll was likely to rise as rescue teams struggled to reach the village of Al Lassbah in a mountainous district of Taez province, the rebel-controlled Saba news agency said.
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The Statesman
Two boys were killed and at least 15 more houses washed away in flash floods in Manipur, and people complained that the administration has been failing to help them deal with the calamity.
A seven-year-old boy in Imphal East district was electrocuted on Monday when he walked on a live wire under the flood waters in Kyamgei area.
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The Star Online
Thousands of Bangladeshis were left homeless after Cyclone Roanu battered the impoverished southern coastal region, ripping apart flimsy houses and killing at least 24 people.
The storm ploughed through low-lying villages in the Chittagong and Barisal regions, where residents described seeing meters-high walls of water that caught some unaware.
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Nature World News
Villagers were left in critical conditions after Mount Sinabung, a volcano in North Sumatra, Indonesia erupted on May 21.
National Disaster Management Agency reported that at least seven are dead with two other people injured as Saturday's hot clouds went up to three kilometers into the sky and landed up to 4.5 kilometers down the slopes.
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Hindustan Times
As many as 315 heat wave-related deaths have been reported in Telangana since the beginning of the summer season through May 21, according to officials of the state disaster management department.
“Three hundred and fifteen (heat wave-related) deaths were confirmed by the three-member committee. Nalgonda district recorded the highest death toll of 91,” an official in the disaster management department control room said.
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Sky News
The death toll from landslides and floods in Sri Lanka following weeklong heavy storms has risen to 92, officials say.
Soldiers searching for victims of landslides that buried three villages in the central hills pulled out eight bodies from the rubble, the Disaster Management Center said on Sunday, adding that 109 people were still missing in the landslides.
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News Corp Australia Network
One of the biggest earthquakes in Australia’s recent history has shaken the northern territory. The magnitude-6.1 quake hit about 125 kilometers west of Uluru and 450 kilometers southwest of Alice Springs, according to Geoscience Australia.
“Australia in recorded history hasn’t had that many earthquakes of magnitude-6 and above,” Geoscience Australia senior seismologist Jonathan Bathgate told AAP.
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