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The entry period for the IAEM Awards Competition began on May 15 and will end at 5:00 p.m. EDT on June 30, 2020. All required entry forms and supporting documentation are due by the deadline. There is a group of four award categories that are called “IAEM-Global Awards,” including: Business and Industry Preparedness Award, Partners in Preparedness Award, Public Awareness Award, and Technology and Innovation Award. The Global Awards are open to anyone in any location worldwide. There is no entry fee for IAEM members. Read about the Global Award categories here, where there is a description of each award and you can download the guidelines and entry form. The Global Award Competition is a multi-level competition, as entries compete at a Council level and the Council winners then compete for the Global award. You can find links to the other award categories (USA-only, Canada-only, and Student awards) starting on the main IAEM Awards web page. Direct any questions to Rebecca Campbell, staff liaison for IAEM Awards.
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In August, the IAEM Editorial Committee will publish the third 2020 special focus issue on the topic of “Black Swan Events: Crumbling Infrastructure.” Many of us are facing the challenges of crumbling infrastructure, including power grid failure, weakened dams and bridges, and general aging of the infrastructure as a whole. How do emergency managers prepare their communities when a potential disaster has not yet occurred? Share your experiences in an article for this issue. What did you and your community learn from an event that occurred due to crumbling infrastructure? It is more obvious than ever that our world is rapidly changing. How will we learn to operate in an environment that is unlike anything in our past? Will technology be our friend or an obstacle? Where are the opportunities for growth, development, change and synergy as we move into the future world of emergency management? The deadline for article submissions on this topic is July 20, 2020. Details are posted online. Direct questions to IAEM Bulletin Editor Karen Thompson.
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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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Dr. Mark Keim retired from a career at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and is now the CEO of Disaster Doc LLC, an international firm specializing in consultation, education and research related to public health emergencies. He is also an adjunct associate professor at Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, and faculty at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Disaster Medicine Fellowship. On Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, Dr. Keim will give a plenary session entitled “How to Lose A Bio-War” at the IAEM 68th Annual Conference & EMEX in Long Beach, California. For more information, visit the conference website.
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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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Homeland Security News Wire
An analysis of new climate model projections by Australian researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes shows southwestern Australia and parts of southern Australia will see longer and more intense droughts due to a lack of rainfall caused by climate change.
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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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An outlook issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center forecasts a 60% chance of above-normal activity this hurricane season, with 13 to 19 named storms. Of those storms, the center predicts six to 10 could become hurricanes, and three to six of those could be major hurricanes — Category 3 or greater.
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IAEM
The calls for nomination were issued via email on June 2 to IAEM-USA Council members for the council and regional officer positions up for election in 2020. The calls for nomination also are posted on the IAEM-USA News page. Nominations are sought for second vice president and secretary of the IAEM-USA Council. In addition, there will be six regional officer elections (IAEM-USA Regions 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10) to be held on the same schedule as the national election. The deadline for nominations and all required supporting material is 5:00 p.m. EDT on July 2, 2020. Prospective candidates may direct any questions to Rebecca Campbell, staff liaison for IAEM online elections.
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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CNN
When disaster strikes, state emergency officials prepare for the worst-case scenarios. But most plans don't include a hurricane season coinciding with a ravaging pandemic that drains resources and shows no signs of slowing down. As hurricane season officially starts Monday, Florida and other states along the Atlantic coast are faced with the daunting reality, and are rewriting nearly every aspect of their storm preparedness.
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Continuity Central
The National Governors Association (NGA) has published "Planning for Concurrent Emergencies," a memo outlining best practices for managing natural disasters during pandemic conditions, which create additional challenges in evacuation and sheltering protocols, as well as financial and logistical complications for states.
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IAEM
FEMA’s National Integration Center released the updated National Incident Management System (NIMS) Training Program, which sets forth a structure for national training and establishes the roles and responsibilities of FEMA and members of the NIMS stakeholder community. FEMA supports the mission of strengthening the security and resilience of the nation by working to improve the ability of all to manage incidents, events and emergencies. The training program identifies specific activities for developing, maintaining and sustaining a training program that prepares incident personnel to understand their responsibilities and work together during incidents. The revised NIMS Training Program introduces training focus areas based on incident personnel’s position and responsibility. These areas include the Incident Command System, Joint Information System, Emergency Operation Center and the Multiagency Coordination Group.
NPR
Robin Rokobauer doesn't like to chance it. When there's a hurricane, she almost always evacuates.
Rokobauer lives in Cocoa Beach, Fla., on a barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and the 153-mile-long Indian River Lagoon. Her mother is 93. But this year Rokobauer is thinking hard about her hurricane plan.
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Homeland Security News Wire
Last week the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted an above-normal 2020 hurricane season, with the possibility of three to six major hurricanes this summer looming over millions of Americans. In Michigan, record rainfall caused two dams to fail in quick succession, triggering an evacuation of over 10,000 nearby residents. In the time of COVID-19, crowding into an emergency shelter with thousands of others seems unsafe, if not impossible.
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Campus Safety
Schools must do all they can to mitigate the effect of COVID-19 on their school community. Equally, they must limit the liability exposure for their staff and the institution. These are not mutually exclusive goals.
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Emergency Management
The novel coronavirus pandemic brought about a global rush on isolation gowns, face masks and respirators and other personal protective equipment It caused shortages, brought forth scams and forced hospital supply chain management into public light.
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Homeland Security Today
In the fight against a global pandemic, contact tracing can be one of the most vital tools – if not the most vital in the absence of a vaccine – but it requires public acceptance. There has been a vast discrepancy in the take-up of such measures with some countries immediately implementing them and seeing them widely used by society, whereas other countries have shied away from contact tracing and only consider it several weeks after recording their first COVID-19 deaths.
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FEMA released the “Guide to Continuity Program Management” to provide guidance and templates to assist with the development of a multi-year strategic plan, project plan and multi-year test, training, and exercise calendar. The purpose of a multi-year strategic plan is to set the overall goals and objectives for a continuity program. Organizations should develop a continuity-focused plan that provides for the development, maintenance and review of continuity programs and plans to ensure they remain viable and successful.
IAEM
FEMA has released “Planning Considerations: Disaster Housing.” Housing recovery is the cornerstone of a community’s recovery and ultimate resilience. By helping survivors achieve sustainable housing after a disaster, state and local leaders move their communities toward stability and resiliency for future incidents. This document supplements “Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101: Developing and Maintaining Emergency Operations Plans” by providing guidance on national housing priorities, types of housing, key considerations and housing-specific planning recommendations that jurisdictions can apply when developing or improving housing plans. This tool should be used along with the Six-Step Planning Process described in CPG 101. Although the document is not specific to any particular threat or hazard, many of the concepts, principles and resources contained in the guide can be applied to coronavirus (COVID-19) response and recovery efforts.
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In partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has added several real-time weather-forecast layers to the Resilience Analysis and Planning Tool (RAPT). RAPT is a geographic information system (GIS) web-map tool with clickable layers of community resilience indicators, infrastructure locations, and hazard data. The new layers will allow real-time five-day Tropical Cyclone/Hurricane Outlook, eight-day Severe Weather Convective Outlook, three-day Excessive Rainfall Outlook, and a Significant River Flooding Outlook. To learn more about RAPT updates, join the FEMA and NWS webinar on June 9, 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT, one of three different ways: via your Chrome web browser here; by mobile device here (download the app if you don’t have it and use event ID syabgpws); or by phone at +1 (415) 466-7000 (US), participant PIN 1472234#. Information on RAPT is available on the FEMA website. Questions should be directed to FEMA-TARequest@dhs.gov.
Homeland Preparedness News
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said the initial launch of six Cyber Essentials Toolkits provides small businesses and government agencies with a foundational means of addressing cybersecurity risks.
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Homeland Security News Wire
June 1 is the official start of hurricane season in the U.S., and scientists are predicting a particularly active season, including more major hurricanes. We have also entered the time of year when floods, heat waves and wildfires occur more often. Over the longer term, climate change is causing more frequent extreme weather events.
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Homeland Security News
Climate change is increasing the frequency of extreme rainfall events and hence the risk for filling and overtopping dams, which is the predominant mechanism of dam failure. However, using climate change as a bogeyman for aging infrastructure failure is an unfortunate trend, since it takes attention away from an urgent and potentially fixable problem.
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Domestic Preparedness
“Are we prepared?” is a simple question with a not-so-simple answer. There are generally two times this question arises: (1) when funding is being requested, and (2) after an incident occurs where the preparedness comes under review. Both timings are appropriate, but arguably not the best time to raise the question.
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IAEM
The IAEM Certification Program is now accepting applications for new commissioners. Any individual with the CEM® designation who has recertified at least once is encouraged to apply. The deadline to submit your application to KMcClimans@iaem.com is Aug. 1, 2020. The IAEM website has more details, including expectations and how to apply.
IAEM
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released the COVID-19 Pandemic Operational Guidance for the 2020 Hurricane Season to help emergency managers and public health officials prepare for disasters, while continuing to respond to and recover from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. To expand awareness and understanding of the guidance, FEMA’s National Preparedness Directorate scheduled four webinars, one of which has already taken place. The webinars will allow emergency managers an opportunity to discuss how the guidance can assist jurisdictions to review and modify their plans given the constraints and limitations of the ongoing pandemic. Register for the webinar you wish to attend: June 4, 10:00-11:00 a.m. EDT, FEMA Adobe Connect; June 8, 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT, FEMA Adobe Connect; and June 10, 3:00-4:00 p.m. EDT, FEMA Adobe Connect.
IAEM
An CHDS-IAEM-NPS Foundation Webinar, “Ethics in Crisis: Observations from the Frontlines of COVID-19,” has been scheduled for June 10, 2020, 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT/11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. PDT. This webinar is part of a series co-hosted by the Center for Homeland Defense & Security (CHDS), IAEM, and the Naval Postgraduate School Alumni Association and Foundation (NPS Foundation). Throughout the pandemic, government leaders, health care professionals, and communities around the globe have confronted extraordinary resource allocation questions as the number of critically ill patients grew daily amidst severe shortages of equipment, supplies, staffing and hospital beds. In this webinar, Dr. Sheri Fink, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital, will answer questions about her recent experiences as a New York Times medical correspondent in hospitals during the COVID-19 response and discuss ethical dilemmas facing leaders during the crisis. The moderator will be CHDS Director Glenn Woodbury. Register online. Download handout.
India Education Diary
5th World Congress on Disaster Management (5th WCDM) is being organized jointly by Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and DMICS Hyderabad in collaboration with NDMA, NIDM and various international, national and regional partners.
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The Hindu
Eight teams have been constituted, one for each zone, with jurisdictional officials from the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), traffic police, forest department, Department of Fire and Emergency Services, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) and Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) to tackle any rain-related emergencies in the city.
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Deccan Herald
Bracing up for the above normal monsoon rains this season, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in collaboration with the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) scientists has identified 210 flood-prone areas divided acr...
Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/city/top-bengaluru-stories/bbmp-identifies-210-flood-prone-areas-across-bengaluru-844483.html
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Reuters
The European Union expects dry weather to cause unusually widespread wildfires in Europe over the coming months, including in the central and northern regions that tend to be less at risk, the EU's crisis management commissioner said. After above-average European spring temperatures, forest fires have already broken out in recent days in Sweden and northern France, data from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) show.
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New York Daily News
A series of mudslides in India have killed 20 and injured at least seven in the country’s northeastern Assam state, authorities said.
At least seven victims were from a single family and were hospitalized, though their conditions were not immediately known, according to M.S. Manivannan, head of the state disaster management authority, The Associated Press reports.
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BBC
ropical Storm Amanda killed at least 14 people when it struck El Salvador, unleashing flooding and landslides, officials say.
The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, has declared a 15-day state of emergency to deal with the effects of the deadly storm.
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BBC
A cyclone is lashing areas on India's west coast after making landfall near the densely populated city of Mumbai.
The eye of Cyclone Nisarga narrowly missed the megacity as it slammed into Maharashtra state. There are warnings it may trigger big storm surges.
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