This message was sent to ##Email##
|
|
|
|
|
| |
IAEM
Time is running out – the entry period ends on June 1, 2018, 5:00 p.m. EDT for all award categories in the 2018 IAEM Awards Competition. Visit www.iaem.com/Awards for details, guidelines, and entry forms. There are three groups of award categories: Global (for those in any location), Canada (only for Canadian entrants), and USA (only for U.S. entrants). The purpose of the IAEM Awards Competition is 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. You are encouraged to participate and to share your achievements with your colleagues.
IAEM
The IAEM Scholarship Program is accepting applications until 5:00 p.m. EDT, June 12, 2018, from full-time undergraduate and full- and part-time graduate students for scholarship awards for the 2018-2019 academic year. Students must be working toward a degree in emergency management, disaster management, or a closely related field of study. Applications with complete instructions are available on the IAEM website. Questions may be directed to Scholarship Program Director Dawn Shiley.
IAEM
The IAEM Editorial Work Group asks that you consider writing an article for the upcoming IAEM Bulletin special focus issue on “Climate Change: An Emerging Threat.” The deadline for article submissions is July 10, 2018. Articles might include, but are not limited to: coastal mitigation; increased needs for shelters (heating shelters, cooling shelters); how adaptation to climate change is defined; demographic changes; immigration; U.S. federal government website with resources on climate change; NASA resources with worldwide information available via database; global responses to climate change/climate adaptation, anticipated increase in weather extremes, case studies. These are just examples of articles. You may identify another aspect of climate change as it relates to emergency management that you would like to write about. Article length is 750-1,500 words. Please refer to the author guidelines for details, and email any questions to Editor Karen Thompson.
|
Promoted by
|
|
|
|
 |
The Times of India
India often experiences extreme weather events which wreak havoc. This summer, severe dust storms in north India cost lives. UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction helps countries find ways to mitigate damage from these events. The organisation’s head, Mami Mizutori, spoke to Pradeep Thakur on mitigation measures.
READ MORE
India Climate Dialogue
With yet another round of thunderstorms killing over 60 people by mid-May in northern India following a similar event involving 125 deaths earlier in the month, scientists are calling for better forecasts, dissemination and actions based on a clearer understanding of their inherent uncertainty.
READ MORE
 |
|
Everything Your Team Needs to Prepare for, Respond to, and Report on Issues Anytime, Anywhere, From Any Device!
Learn More at DisasterLAN.com .
|
|
Toronto Star
City officials plan to roll out a new online tool later this year that lets Calgarians better understand the risk posed to their homes by natural disasters and man-made threats.
Tom Sampson, chief of the Calgary Emergency Management Agency, said the Disaster Risk Registry is modelled after similar tools established in U.S. cities that let residents obtain personalized risk assessments based on their proximity to possible hazards.
READ MORE
IAEM
The IAEM-Canada 2018 Awards Competition nominations period ends tomorrow, June 1, 2018, at 5:00 p.m. ET. Don’t miss this opportunity to recognize emergency management practitioners who have made exemplary contributions to promote and improve the emergency management profession in Canada. There are four award categories in this competition: Career Excellence Award, Emergency Management Volunteer Award, Prepared Community Award, and Merit Award. These four IAEM-Canada award categories are only open to IAEM-Canada nominations, and guidelines and entry forms are available here. In addition, IAEM-Canada members also can enter the IAEM-Global Awards Competition (4 categories) and the IAEM-Global Student Awards Competition (2 categories). Start here at the IAEM Awards page.
|
Promoted by
|
|
|
|
 |
Bloomberg
With just a week to go before hurricane season, top jobs at the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency remain vacant and critics say that will make it harder for the government to respond to disasters.
FEMA lacks a second-in-command and three of four associate-administrator posts are either vacant or temporarily filled.
READ MORE
Homeland Security Today
Parents always leave an impression on their children and there is little doubt about the impression and inspiration that drive FEMA’s Amy Angelovic. Growing up in downstate Illinois, she saw her father head out the door on any number of occasions to answer the call of neighbors in need. His service as a volunteer firefighter and later as a local fire chief would spark a passion to look out for others even in midst of her studies at the University of Illinois.
READ MORE
 |
|
Manufactured in Northern California, sales and distribution offices: Louisiana, Maryland,
United Kingdom, European Union, Middle East, South Pacific, and the Far East.
AquaDams have been deployed throughout the globe for flood protection.
Contact us: 800-682-9283, Email: sales@aquadam.net
|
|
Miami Herald
If you judge Wes Maul by his online resume, his tenure at the state Division of Emergency Management has seen the full spectrum of natural and human disasters: hurricanes, mass shootings, public health emergencies. Tropical storms and infrastructure failure. Floods, mass migration, protests.
READ MORE
IAEM
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE), a division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), recently completed a collaborative project and published a practice guide (Special Publication 1800-13) to help public safety organizations quickly and securely access their mission critical applications on mobile devices. The guide, entitled "Mobile Application Single Sign-On: Improving Authentication for Public Safety First Responders," was published as a draft in April and is available online. Submit comments via the website at this link no later than June 18, 2018. The draft guide can be downloaded as one PDF or as three volumes: executive summary; approach, architecture and security characteristics; and how-to guides. See the two-page fact sheet for a project overview. Questions should be directed to psfr-nccoe@nist.gov.
| |
PRODUCT SHOWCASE | Advertisement
|
 |
|
Inova OnAlert® connects autonomously to your existing emergency messaging system and displays your notifications without further interaction. Power over Ethernet, 3 year warranty, secure cloud access. Integrates with leading EMNS providers. LEARN MORE
|
|
IAEM
On May 29, IAEM, in coordination with Big City Emergency Managers and the National Emergency Management Association, sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) urging the FCC to allow the inclusion of multimedia in wireless alerts, a long over-due and desperately needed update to the Wireless Emergency Alert” system. Download the letter from the IAEM website.
IAEM
On May 30, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in partnership with national emergency management organizations, including IAEM, held a PrepTalks Symposium on “School Safety and Youth Preparedness” at the Long Branch High School in Long Branch, New Jersey. Four PrepTalk speakers delivered presentations to highlight the benefits of preparing young people, how to leverage existing community networks, and what schools can do to make their environment safer. More information about the speakers is available at www.fema.gov/preptalks. In the coming months, FEMA and PrepTalk emergency management partners will release videos online of each presentation, with a companion discussion guide and related resources for whole community partners. PrepTalks are 15-to-20-minute presentations by subject-matter experts and national/international thought leaders, designed to spread new ideas, spark conversation, and promote innovative leadership for the issues confronting emergency managers now and over the next 20 years. PrepTalks are a partnership between FEMA, IAEM, the National Emergency Management Association, the National Homeland Security Consortium, and the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security.
IAEM
Start planning today for the IAEM 66th Annual Conference & EMEX in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Oct. 19-24, 2018. Grand Rapids lies on the Grand River about 30 minutes east of Lake Michigan. The city was voted by the New York Times as “one of the 52 Places to Go in 2016” and was the #1 travel destination of 2014. The affordability of this city is astounding, as it offers more than 90 restaurants, nightclubs, entertainment venues and museums within a five-minute walk of the convention center. Check out the Things to Do in Grand Rapids page on the conference website, and review the detailed program for more information about the annual conference. Registration will open in early June.
Route Fifty
The death toll in Puerto Rico associated with last year's Hurricane Maria could be more than 70 times the official count, a new study suggests.
Research published by The New England Journal of Medicine estimates that the number of people who perished between Sept. 20, 2017, when the storm made landfall on the island, and Dec. 31, 2017, may be around 5,000. The official figure is 64.
READ MORE
Homeland Security News Wire
A little-known virus discovered 20 years ago could become the next global pandemic. A recent outbreak of Nipah in South India has renewed interest in the virus, which has a mortality rate of up to 70 percent and has no vaccine or cure. “Emerging infections have resulted in the most devastating infectious diseases that humanity has ever faced. These include HIV, tuberculosis, measles and smallpox. History has taught us that emerging infections can be major threats,” says Stanford University epidemiologist and Nipah expert Stephen Luby.
READ MORE
The Weather Channel
The eye of a tropical cyclone is arguably the most recognizable feature on a satellite image, and new research is helping to shed more light on this phenomenon, answering questions such as how often they develop and for what period of time they typically last.
By examining satellite imagery from 1982-2015 across ocean basins, the new historical record of tropical cyclone eyes was developed by NOAA scientist Ken Knapp and the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies.
READ MORE
IAEM
AEM®/CEM® candidates in the Class of 2018 who are interested in receiving their diploma at the IAEM Annual Conference during the awards ceremony on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, must have their initial AEM®/CEM® credential application approved no later than the July 2018 online review meeting (application submission deadline is June 30, 2018) and must take and return their completed exam to IAEM by Sept. 20, 2018, as well as receive a passing grade.
Tampa Bay Newspapers
After 32 years working in emergency management, Sally Bishop is excited about her future. Bishop has been the director of Pinellas County Emergency Management since Jan. 7, 2008. She is retiring June 1 – the first day of hurricane season.
As of May 22, the county had not hired her replacement, but she’s not worried. She says her staff is more than qualified to take care of business.
READ MORE
Blackburn News
Perth County’s emergency management coordinator has earned the inaugural Emergency Management Exemplary Service Award. DaveColvin was in Ottawa Thursday, May 24, to accept the award which is supported by federal, provincial, and territorial ministers responsible for emergency management.
Perth County Director of Emergency Services Linda Rockwood says his knowledge and passion for emergency management is evident in his everyday work through his desire to make our communities better prepared and disaster resilient
READ MORE
Reuters
Two people, including a child, were killed and three others went missing in the Omani province of Dhofar after Cyclone Mekunu hit the southern region of the Gulf Arab country, Omani police and state news media said on Saturday.
The three missing were Asian nationals, state news agency ONA reported. Mekunu started to weaken to a tropical storm in Oman and authorities began clearing operations on Saturday after the heavy rain but warned residents to stay in their homes, with run-off from river valleys flooding most main roads in Dhofar.
READ MORE
BBC News
Thunderstorms and flash-flooding have brought parts of south-east England to a standstill as the region received a month's worth of rain in a few hours.
Kent Fire and Rescue Service warned motorists to drive only "if necessary" after a lunchtime deluge left parts of the county impassable.
London Fire Brigade also confirmed that it received more than 100 flood-related calls.
READ MORE
WLOS-TV
As Alberto continues to bring heavy rains, flooding and the potential for landslides to North Carolina, Governor Roy Cooper urged residents to take the storm seriously.
Heavy rains have caused impacts that have already claimed two lives in the state.
READ MORE
NPR
Fast-moving flood waters caused mayhem in Ellicott City, Maryland, on Sunday, triggering an emergency declaration and urgent messages for residents to seek higher ground. One man remains missing, as crews work to clear the area.
Howard County Police say Eddison Hermond, 39, of Severn, Maryland, is unaccounted for; they're asking the public to help find him.
READ MORE
Daily Nation
Landslides caused by heavy rain killed at least 32 people in southern Ethiopia over the weekend, the government said.
The Government Communication Affairs Office (GCAO) said nine people died in the Gamo Gofa zone, with 17 injured.
The state-affiliated Fana Broadcast Corporate on Sunday reported that 23 people were killed in a landslide in the Sidama zone.
READ MORE
|
|
|
|
7701 Las Colinas Ridge, Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063
|
