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IAEM
There are just four more days to submit a proposal to IAEM to be a speaker for the IAEM 68th Annual Conference & EMEX, being held in Long Beach, California, Nov. 13-20, 2020. The call for speakers for the IAEM Poster Showcase and the IAEM EMvision Talks closes on Monday, June 1, 2020, at 11:59:59 p.m. CST. Visit the conference website and view the informational flyers for more information and instructions on how to submit your proposal.
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IAEM
In June, the IAEM Editorial Committee will publish the second 2020 special focus issue on the topic of “Black Swan Events: Cybersecurity.” The announced deadline has passed, but we will continue to consider article submissions on cybersecurity through May 31, 2020. Details are posted online. Direct questions to Bulletin Editor Karen Thompson.
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Everbridge
With Everbridge's Community Engagement, governments are able to expand outreach through mobile keyword opt-ins. With Resident Connection, agencies are able to obtain verified mobile, landline and VoIP telephone records to use for emergency notifications and are uploaded into the Everbridge system.
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Homeland Security News Wire
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer says the state will pursue “every line of legal recourse” against the owners of one of two dams that failed recently, causing severe flooding in several communities. More than 10,000 residents in the central town of Midland were evacuated Wednesday as the Tittabawassee River overran its banks hours after the Edenville Dam, located 32 kilometers north, failed after several days of heavy seasonal rains.
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CNBC
Disaster officials in the midst of responding to the coronavirus pandemic now have another potential crisis to worry about: hurricane season.
The National Hurricane Center predicted that it will be an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season, with between 13 and 19 named storms. Forecasters said three to six major hurricanes with winds of more than 111 miles per hour could form during the season, which officially begins on June 1.
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BCG is committed to helping you respond to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Our years of experience in the disaster and emergency management field make us a great partner for providing solutions to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak and the challenges it presents.
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Roll Call
State and federal emergency managers, already stretched thin by an unprecedented pandemic response effort, now face a potentially devastating hurricane and wildfire season.
Tropical Storm Arthur formed recently in the Atlantic, well before the official June 1 start of hurricane season. Colorado State University researchers are already predicting a season of “above average” intensity, in advance of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s official forecast.
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TNS via Government Technology
A viral Facebook post falsely claiming new federal legislation would allow the government to forcibly remove people from their homes is an example of one of the many messaging challenges facing Georgia’s growing team of contact tracers. The state Department of Public Health wants to quadruple the number of tracers it employs in the weeks ahead, to upwards of 1,000, as it looks to contain the spread of COVID-19.
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Emergency management specialists across the world keep our communities safe and help them rebuild when disaster strikes. With UCF’s online Master of Emergency and Crisis Management, you’ll advance your skills in managing disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation - all from the comfort of your home. Learn more here.
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The Washington Post via Times Union
When the dam broke, the geography in Sanford, Michigan was almost instantly redrawn. Houses that once sat lakeside with private docks now stare out over mud flats pocked with pleasure boats heaving awkwardly on their sides. Below, where all the water went, businesses and homes look churned and strafed, the roof of a car dealership has collapsed, power poles lean perilously above murky lagoons that formed when the concrete in town gave way.
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The Guardian
Suzy Kastura had less than an hour to pack before the floodwaters gushed into her home in the central Michigan town of Midland. Kastura, 67, grabbed the essentials – medicine, a toothbrush, blankets, the cat. During most natural disasters, that would have been enough for a stay at an emergency shelter. But Kastura’s home flooded during the coronavirus pandemic: she didn’t have a mask.
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Optimum Seismic
How vulnerable is your apartment to earthquake damage? Is it located near a fault, landslide or liquefaction zone? The United States Geological Survey has published an interactive map online, (https://maps.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/EQZApp/app/ ) enabling the public to search by property address to determine the earthquake risks associated with specific land parcels.
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Wired
At some point this autumn, the people of the San Francisco Bay Area will very likely wake up to find that the air smells of smoke, even indoors, and their cars are coated in ash. A hundred miles to the northeast, in the state’s ever drier forests, a massive wildfire will be burning, fanned by strong seasonal winds that will carry the smoke into the lungs of millions of people.
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USA Today
When the coronavirus showed up on our doorstep, our country was caught unawares. It's time to make sure we are never in that situation again.
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MLive
Rainstorms are a typical part of spring in Michigan. The rainstorm that hit mid-Michigan beginning on Sunday, May 17, though, proved one for the history books.
The flooding that resulted from up to 7 inches of rain in Midland, Saginaw and surrounding counties damaged homes and property, forced more than 10,000 people to evacuate and most spectacularly destroyed one power dam and severely damaged another.
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The Associated Press via Times Record
For more than a century, New Orleans has depended on canals and pumps to get rid of stormwater in a city where about half the land is below sea level. Now the bustling Mississippi River port that expanded by filling in wetlands is spending $270 million to create spaces for rainwater, such as the water garden planned on a 25-acre site provided by nuns who lived there before Hurricane Katrina.
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Facility Executive
The COVID-19 pandemic has put an unprecedented amount of strain on the healthcare industry, particularly ravaging one of the most vulnerable segments of our population. As long-term care facilities such as nursing homes and assisted living communities continue to battle COVID-19, overwhelmed facilities and leadership still face debilitating challenges.
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Ventures
On Monday, May 18, 2020, scientists at the University of Leeds announced a new weather casting system which was recently made available in Sub-Saharan Africa. The new weather forecasting system allows meteorologists to track approaching storms in real time, potentially saving lives from climate-related disasters.
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IAEM
The American Flood Coalition (AFC) and the American Public Health Association have released their Dual Disaster Publication, a comprehensive publication with up-to-date guidance for communities navigating the dual disaster of flooding during the COVID-19 pandemic. This handbook, the first of its kind, will help officials plan a proactive response as communities face multiple threats this season. Drawing on case studies and best practices from emergency management professionals, the handbook presents six actionable recommendations for local leaders responding to a flood during COVID-19.
BBC
Wildfires and hurricanes are coming this summer. Are emergency services and response agencies ready to tackle those catastrophes amid a pandemic?
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Homeland Security News Wire
Olga Jonas, senior fellow at the Harvard Global Health Institute, is an expert in managing the risks of pandemics. “A lesson [from previous pandemics] we should remember is that governments have the responsibility to prepare for a pandemic; they have the obligation to invest in public-health systems to protect their citizens from both the threat and the reality of the next pandemic,” she says.
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The Conversation
Just below the Japanese village of Aneyoshi, there’s a stone carved with a warning: “Remember the calamity of the great tsunamis. Do not build any homes below this point.”
Placed there after a tsunami devastated the area in 1933, it helped those who listened to it remain safe from a similar disaster in 2011, almost 80 years later.
When the last wave of the coronavirus recedes, what kind of guide stone will exist for future generations?
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EDM Digest
A news article from CNBC indicates that many of the largest companies are examining the possibility of not returning workers to their offices, but instead allowing those employees to work from home permanently. This strategy would have both advantages and disadvantages to employers and employees.
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The Associated Press via WGTU-TV
Apple and Google released long-awaited smartphone technology to automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus.
The companies said 22 countries and several U.S. states are already planning to build voluntary phone apps using their software.
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IAEM
Associate Emergency Manager and Certified Emergency Manager (AEM®/CEM®) designations require much work and verification to earn. IAEM wants to share your accomplishments by including all individuals who have earned the designation on our official public lists of current AEMs/CEMs by name, city and state. If you hold the designation, but your name is not listed on the IAEM website, it is because you have not opted in to receive council communications. To change this, change your communications preferences by logging in, choosing “Update My Communication Preferences, and selecting yes for “Council Communications." Contact info@iaem.com for help.
IAEM
What does the state and county-level response to COVID-19 look like? On the COVID-19 Heroes Podcast, Episode 13, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) Emergency Services Coordinator Jenny Novak takes us behind the scenes of coordinating statewide resources and information during the pandemic. A cancer survivor, she also shares how the resilience she's built from years of battling an illness is now helping her emotionally weather this storm.
IAEM
FEMA released the Notice of Funding Opportunity for $10 million in funding for the Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program. The program provides funding to eligible states and local governments to close known preparedness capability gaps, encourage innovative regional solutions to issues related to catastrophic incidents, and build on existing regional preparedness efforts, including pandemic preparedness. Changes to the 2020 funding include regional pandemic preparedness as a program objective, with specific focus on pandemic planning activities. This is to address the Community Lifelines and Core Capabilities that are essential to pandemic preparedness. The application period closes 5:00 p.m. EDT on July 15. Submissions must be made through Grants.gov. The funding notice and additional information is available on the FEMA website as well as on Grants.gov, under Assistance Listings Number 97.111.
IAEM
Join Climate Central and IAEM for a one-hour workshop on May 28, 1:00 p.m. EDT, for a discussion by hurricane experts, health professionals, meteorologists, and veteran reporters about the 2020 hurricane season outlook and how to cover hurricanes and coastal flood events while COVID-19 protocols are in place. Panelists will include: Jhordanne Jones, doctoral candidate, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University; Jamie Rhome, storm surge specialist/team lead, National Hurricane Center; Ada Monzon, AMS fellow and chief meteorologist, WAPA-TV, WKAQ, San Juan (available for interviews in Spanish and English); John Morales, AMS fellow and chief meteorologist, WTVJ (NBC), Miami (available for interviews in Spanish and English); Mark Schleifstein, environment reporter, The Times-Picayune and The New Orleans Advocate; and Alex Harris, climate change reporter, Miami Herald. You may submit questions via Zoom Q&A at any time during the workshop, or email your questions directly to Peter Girard. Register online now. Registered attendees will receive a recording of this webinar, plus a summary of points covered, sourcing suggestions, and links to reporting resources.
IAEM
FEMA released "COVID-19 Pandemic Operational Guidance for the 2020 Hurricane Season" to help emergency managers and public health officials best prepare for disasters, while continuing to respond to and recover from COVID-19. To expand awareness and understanding of the guidance, FEMA’s National Preparedness Directorate is conducting four webinars. The webinars will allow emergency managers an opportunity to discuss how the guidance can assist their jurisdiction review and modify their plans given the constraints and limitations of the ongoing pandemic. Registration is required for the webinars: June 2, 2:00 p.m. EDT, FEMA Adobe Connect; June 4, 10:00 a.m. EDT, FEMA Adobe Connect; June 8, 1:00 p.m. EDT, FEMA Adobe Connect; and June 10, 3:00 p.m., FEMA Adobe Connect.
IAEM
The IAEM Awards & Recognition Committee has scheduled a webinar on June 3, 2020, 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT, to share a brief overview of the 2020 IAEM Awards categories, the entry submission timeline, and suggestions for submitting an award-worthy entry. If you have questions about award guidelines, entry forms, or which award category to enter, this is your opportunity to ask committee members. The annual IAEM Awards Competition opened with the call for entries on May 15, and the entry period will end on June 30, 2020, 5:00 p.m. EDT. The purpose of the competition is to recognize and honor persons and organizations who have made special or significant contributions to the field of emergency management and have represented the profession well by their outstanding performance. Go online to learn about the award categories and review the entry guidelines. If you have any questions, please direct them to Rebecca Campbell, IAEM awards staff liaison, at rcampbell@iaem.com, or plan to attend the June 3 webinar.
IAEM
The previously scheduled Campus Safety Conferences (originally to be held in three locations) have been canceled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the Campus Safety Online Summit will be held July 7-8, 2020, as a virtual event free of charge. The online summit will provide school and college public safety professionals, emergency managers, executive administrators, and technology directors the information necessary to make and keep campuses safe. The two-day summit will cover topics concerning lessons learned from COVID-19 and issues related to the reopening of campuses. The speakers will include law enforcement officials and specialists in emergency management and safety and security who are passionate about sharing their insight and knowledge to help you keep your students, faculty and staff safe and healthy.
IAEM
The Center for Homeland Defense and Security in partnership with IAEM and the Naval Postgraduate School Alumni Association are presenting a webinar June 1, 2:00 p.m. EDT, on “The Battle to Regain Cyber Territory.” The Cyberspace Solarium Commission was established in the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act to develop a consensus strategy for defending the United States against cyberattacks. The Commission's report, released Mar. 11, 2020, outlined more than 80 recommendations for a layered cyber deterrence including reforms to the U.S. government's structure and organization for cyberspace and paths forward for national resilience. This webinar will provide an overview of the major aspects of the Commission's report and discuss implications for all levels of government, the U.S. military and the private sector. Speakers include John Costello, senior director and team lead, Task Force Two, Cyberspace Solarium Commission, and Mark Montgomery, executive director, Cyberspace Solarium Commission. The program will be moderated by Eileen M. Decker, CHDS cyber security subject matter expert. Register online.
IAEM
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)/National Association of Counties (NACo) will hold a two-part webinar series on continuity of operations (COOP) planning for state and local governments. The webinars will be hosted by NACo and moderated by FEMA’s National Continuity Programs to provide continued support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Discussions will focus on practical steps for developing new or modifying existing COOP plans during COVID-19 pandemic conditions. Part 1, an introduction to COOP planning, is scheduled for May 28, 3:30-5:00 p.m. EDT, and Part 2, an exploration of more advanced COOP concepts, is scheduled for June 18, 3:00-5:00 p.m. EDT. Register online.
India Legal
Even as the world battles the COVID19 pandemic which has accounted for more than five million cases and over three lakh deaths, millions of people along the eastern coast of India, particularly West Bengal and Odisha are up against a foe that comes visiting without fail almost every year: the cyclone which this time goes by the name "Amphan."
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TNN via The Times of India
With monsoon set to hit the Kerala coast in a fortnight, the Karnataka government has, for the first time, chalked out separate contingency plans to deal with calamities.
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The Wire
On May 5, lightning and heavy rainfall in different districts of Bihar resulted in the deaths of 20 people.
Nine people were previously killed in Saran while three persons had died in other districts of the state owing to lightning strikes on April 26. During the past three weeks, 40 people have been killed due to lightning in the state, while the figure for the same period had reached 13 across various districts during the month of February.
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Homeland Security News Wire
Experts are calling for a new approach to U.K. resilience. They believe that as well as lessons learnt from the response to COVID-19 there is a much wider lesson to be learnt about how the U.K. identifies, prepares and responds to threats and risks, such as to our safety, our national security and from climate change.
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The Associated Press via ABC News
A tornado ripped through several villages on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least two people, damaging hundreds of homes, and fatally knocking over a cow, a disaster official said.
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CNN
The powerful cyclone that slammed into the coastal region where India and Bangladesh meet likely caused $13.2 billion dollars in West Bengal alone, according to a source in the Indian state's government. The storm, Cyclone Amphan, packed powerful winds and heavy rains that killed at least 80 people in West Bengal and another 10 across the border in Bangladesh.
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WWMT-TV
Up to three inches of rain fell in Ottawa County in a 24-hour period, causing flooding to river, streams, roads and properties across the area.
Ottawa County Emergency Management Director Nick Bonstell said his agency declared a local state of emergency to assist in coordination of local resources after the high amounts of rainfall caused inland lake flooding.
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AccuWeather
As many as 16 injuries were reported following a earthquake in west-central Iran. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake registered a 5.1-magnitude on the Richter Scale near the city of Dogonbadan, also known as Gachsaran.
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BBC
Western Australia has been battered by a massive storm which ripped roofs off houses and downed trees across a 1,000km (620 miles) stretch of land.
More than 60,000 homes were without power - most in the main city, Perth. No injuries were reported, officials said.
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