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Students working towards a degree in emergency management, disaster management, or a closely related field, wishing to apply for an IAEM Scholarship, must apply by Wednesday, June 12, 2019. Full- and part-time graduate student and full-time undergraduate student applications with complete instructions are available on the IAEM website. This is your last weekend to work on the application. Take the time to complete it now, before it is too late. Questions may be directed to Scholarship Program Director Dawn Shiley.
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The IAEM Awards & Recognition Committee has extended the entry deadline for the IAEM-Global award categories and the additional IAEM-USA Council only award categories to Tuesday, June 18, 2019, 5:00 p.m. EDT. An extension of the awards entry deadline doesn’t happen very often, so you are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to be recognized by your peers. Award winners will be announced in a formal awards presentation at the IAEM Annual Conference & EMEX (Nov. 15-20, 2019, in Savannah, Georgia) and will be featured in the awards showcase. For the first time, all award winners also will receive a $315 discount toward their IAEM 2019 Annual Conference & EMEX registration fee. Visit the IAEM Awards web page at www.iaem.org/Awards for general information about the 2019 Awards Competition.
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The IAEM Editorial Work Group has issued a call for articles for the next special focus issue on the theme of “What We Should Do Now to Shape the Future.” Here are a few ideas for articles that could be written on this theme: climate change and technology; managing a future pandemic; preparing now for warning/alert issues of the future; helping to prevent disasters that might occur in certain areas (dam safety, earthquakes, etc.); and the most important thing that we should be preparing for right now (and why). There are other ideas on the IAEM Bulletin web page, or you may have an idea for a different topic that fits into the special focus issue theme. If you have not written for the IAEM Bulletin previously, please read the author guidelines. Email your article (750-1,500 words) to Bulletin Editor Karen Thompson,Thompson@iaem.com, no later than July 10, 2019. We publish four special focus issues a year, and the other eight issues of the monthly IAEM Bulletin include articles on a wide variety of issues important to IAEM members. Therefore, we are always looking for articles for the Bulletin, and submissions are welcome at any time.
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City News
Environment Canada is reviewing its public alerts system after residents of a suburban Ottawa neighborhood hit by a tornado Sunday were never warned that one was on the way.
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The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is dedicated to supporting discovery in the Earth and space sciences for the benefit of humanity. The Public Affairs team at AGU is writing a report to demonstrate the value of federal science funding through stories of science empowering American communities to prepare for, respond to, and mitigate flooding and related extreme weather events. We are specifically seeking stories of how science has helped emergency managers address flooding in their communities. For example, stories relating to streamgages, elevation mapping, or nature-based flood mitigation (wetland/floodplain restoration, reef installation/restoration, etc.). We are particularly interested in stories from the states of Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, Illinois, Mississippi, Kansas, New York, California, Pennsylvania, and Alabama, and from rural communities or other underserved communities, and stories that can put a quantifiable value to the scientific intervention. If you are able to help, please contact Allison Truhlar, Research Fellow, or Caitlin Bergstrom, Policy Analyst, at sciencepolicy@agu.org.
Politico
House Democrats finally managed to pass a $19.1 billion disaster relief bill Monday, sending the measure on to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it. The 354-58 vote came after Republican conservatives blocked the bill from advancing on three separate occasions while lawmakers were away on a week-long recess — an appropriately acrimonious legislative finale after months of partisan discord.
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Homeland Preparedness News
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved the bipartisan Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) Innovation Act of 2019, which now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature to make it law. S. 1379, sponsored by U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) on May 8, will strengthen the nation’s health security strategy, improve preparedness and response, bolster the country’s emergency response workforce, prioritize a threat-based approach, and increase communication in medical countermeasure advanced research and development, among numerous other provisions contained in the sweeping legislation.
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The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis Private Sector Engagement, which is planning the 2020 Public-Private Analytic Exchange Program (AEP), is soliciting topic ideas for the next cycle. The AEP enables government and private sector analysts to gain an understanding of how their disparate roles can complement each other through collaboration and research on national security topics concerning both the private and public spheres. The program is only as strong as partner participation; therefore, AEP seeks help to influence the next AEP cycle by proposing topic ideas no later than June 28, 2019. Previous AEP deliverables may be reviewed online. Contact the DHS I&A AEP staff at aepsubmissions@dhs.hq.gov.
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KING-TV
A bill to create a national landslide hazard program has passed the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. Called the National Landslide Preparedness Act, H.R. 1261, the bill passed by a voice vote in the House and would have the U.S. Geological Survey map much of the country where landslides are a risk.
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Northeastern University via Phys.org
The record-breaking floods in the Midwest over the past week are revealing an urgent need to account for climate change, says geoscientist Samuel Munoz, an assistant professor of marine and environmental sciences at Northeastern.
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Route Fifty
To really understand the economic costs of an extreme weather event, it’s important to consider all the investment that is being “crowded out” or lost to cover those rebuilding costs. Put another way, there’s only so much money to go around. And $25 billion being used to rebuild means $25 billion is not being used for other public and private investment opportunities that are more forward-looking or more likely to promote growth.
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Government Technology
While the federal government requires that persons with disabilities not be placed in long-term care facilities, these requirements are often waived during disasters, allowing for the institutionalization of some people.
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Government Technology
Florida will start the 2019 hurricane season powerfully informed by Matthew’s scary miss of the east coast in 2016, the statewide crushing from Irma in 2017 and Michael’s brutal assault on the Panhandle last year. Each of those monster storms was different in nature but none devastated a metropolitan area, something forecasters say will happen sooner or later.
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KQED
Rancho Santa Fe, like so many other California communities, sits on the vulnerable border between development and open space. Firefighters have a name for this: the wildland-urban interface. Essentially, it means things you don’t want to burn, like houses, have been built next to something that’s supposed to, the ecosystem.
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Supply Chain Dive
Each hurricane provides a lesson for supply chains to better prepare for the next one. Scenario mapping, inventory tracking and collaboration with industry and public sector partners are a few strategies organizations have deployed after Harvey, Maria, Sandy, Katrina and countless other devastating storms.
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The Washington Post
Last week marked an incredible milestone in weather, as Dayton, Ohio, and the western Kansas City suburbs suffered violent tornadoes without a loss of life. The relatively minimal death toll during the United States’ weeks-long tornado swarm is an enormous success story, a testament to how far we’ve come with advanced predictive methods and the ability to disseminate warnings.
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Noël Kepler is a 20+ year veteran of communications, working in crisis communications, public affairs, corporate communications, government affairs, community engagement, and most recently, non-profit communications. A nationally recognized speaker, Noël teaches soft-skills workshops to university students, provides communications coaching and speech writing for executives, and currently serves as the global communications strategist for an international non-profit. In her plenary session, “Communication is Everything,” Noël will challenge participants to evaluate their own communication skills with a goal of providing participants a framework for one-on-one post-disaster conversations with impacted individuals. This must-attend session for every emergency manager will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at the IAEM 67th Annual Conference in Savannah, Georgia. Find out more by visiting our conference website.
Domestic Preparedness
The healthcare industry has numerous supply chain challenges as it strives to meet patient and facility needs during routine operations as well as during small- and large-surge events. The current process has gaps that need to be filled. However, there is a possible solution.
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The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International has partnered with DHS to encourage BOMA local associations and member buildings to advocate for the adoption of the Crisis Event Response and Recovery Access (CERRA) Framework by state and local jurisdictions. The CERRA Framework provides local jurisdictions with a standard process to create a uniform nationwide approach to manage re-entry before, during, and after emergencies. The CERRA Framework is designed to help local law enforcement, emergency responders, and businesses coordinate access to secure areas affected by disaster, which may jumpstart recovery efforts. The magazine can be found here and the article is on the first page.
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FEMA's "Tribal Mitigation Planning Handbook" is a companion to the "Tribal Mitigation Plan Review Guide." The handbook provides practical approaches and advice for tribal governments as they pursue their hazard mitigation planning. The handbook is organized around the seven recommended steps for developing a tribal mitigation plan. It provides an overview of the planning process and reviews each step of the process in detail. The handbook further outlines considerations for how to implement the mitigation plan, advance mitigation activities, and incorporate risk reduction into other tribal plans and programs. Appendices with resources and worksheets are included. The handbook uses a fictional tribal government and planning area, the Roaring River Indian Community, to illustrate approaches for developing the plan and the connections between the steps in the process.
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The Hazus Team has released the latest update to Hazus 4.2 software. These updates are distributed as Service Pack 3, which will automatically install on top of Hazus 4.2 for most users. If your network prevents automatic download of software updates, visit the Hazus download page to download the update executable and see a full list of enhancements and defect fixes. Hazus 4.2 Service Packs 1 and 2 must be installed prior to Service Pack 3.
Homeland Security Today
The tragedy of the 2017 Las Vegas-Mandalay Bay mass shooting – a black swan event – has event security leaders revisiting the playbook in order to properly safeguard today’s confined spaces. Prior to the concert attack, the concept of an aerial assault was unfathomable. Security leaders entrusted with duty of care responsibilities had to literally go back to the drawing board on how best to prevent a copycat incident from happening.
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Domestic Preparedness
Threats come in many forms. Some occur naturally from weather events. Some occur maliciously through technological manipulations. Some occur violently with traditional weaponry or weaponized materials. Some threats combine two or more of these and other threats. The preparedness community is tasked with identifying potential threats in order to mitigate or thwart the devastating consequences should a threat manifest in disaster.
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DirectRelief
What about the people in a storm’s path? Where are they going (if they leave at all), and how quickly will they get there? Who gets left behind? Until now, it hasn’t been possible to visualize that information in the way meteorologists can visualize an oncoming hurricane. Thanks to large-scale population movement data – anonymized and aggregated by Facebook – that’s beginning to change.
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Forbes
According to the Storm Surge Report from property data firm CoreLogic, 4.1 million homes in the region are at risk of storm surge damage this season. Altogether, the properties would cost upwards of $1 trillion to reconstruct. On the Gulf Coast, 3.1 million homes are at risk, equating to around $668 billion in damages. In total, storm surge could cause up to $1.8 trillion in damage across the nation.
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Campus Safety
The flood of volunteers and donations that come in immediately after a mass violence tragedy can be overwhelming. Here’s how you can manage them more effectively.
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WSVN-TV
Hurricane season has started and Miami-Dade County has created teams to use drones for search and rescue missions in case of an emergency.
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StateScoop
An increase in devastating natural disasters should be a driving factor for municipal government leaders considering a transition to the cloud, according to officials speaking at an event in Washington D.C.
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AEM®/CEM® candidates are reminded that the certification exam is now online. Further information can be found on the IAEM website.
MyHorryNews.com
Randy Webster just finished his 30th year with Horry County Government. There won’t be a 31st. The county’s director of emergency management on Monday confirmed he will be retiring July 31 to take a job with a private organization.
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KBTX-TV
Nim Kidd has been the head of the Texas Division of Emergency Management for nine years, but now, his division becomes its own state agency run within the Texas A&M University System. Chief Kidd says the transfer makes perfect sense for the state.
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EDM Digest
Julie Wright recently interviewed American Military University’s (AMU) Vice President and Dean of Academic Outreach and Program Development, Dr. Chris Reynolds, on WJLA’s “Let’s Talk Live” show about preparing for natural disasters – including hurricane season.
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FEMA announced the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Fiscal Year 2019 Homeland Security National Training Program/Continuing Training Grants (HSNTP/CTG). FEMA will provide $8 million to qualified applicants who can help improve the nation’s ability to respond to and recover from all-hazards events. Specifically, this grant program helps develop and deliver innovative training programs that play an important role in the implementation of the National Preparedness System by supporting the building, sustainment, and delivery of core capabilities essential to achieving the National Preparedness Goal of a secure and resilient nation. Grant applications are due no later than June 28. Submissions must be made through Grants.gov. For more information on this opportunity and to download an application package, go to Grants.gov and search for Opportunity Number 97.005 in the top right search bar.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has scheduled two webinars – June 7 and June 21, 2019, 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT – to engage partners at the local, state, regional, tribal, territorial, and federal levels in the process of updating the agency’s guidance on planning for chemical emergencies. Updates are underway on “Key Response Factors and Considerations for the Aftermath of a Catastrophic Chemical Incident.” The updated document will be titled “Key Planning Factors and Considerations for Response to a Chemical Incident” (Chem KPF). Last updated in 2013, the update is intended to provide planners with additional considerations for plan development that are unique to chemical incidents. Participants will receive updates about the purpose, goals and timeline for Chem KPF updates; provide input on chemical incident scenarios that worry them most as planners; provide input on chemical incident risks and preparedness measures from a localized perspective based on individual community situations and needs; provide technical expertise in areas for which other federal agencies are responsible; and learn about future opportunities for engagement and participation. Access the webinars through Adobe Connect Link or via the conference bridge dial-in at 1-800-320-4330, participant code 098564#. Questions may be directed to fema-cbrnoffice@fema.dhs.gov.
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The National Information Sharing Consortium (NISC) and the Electric Infrastructure Security (EIS) Council will host a webinar on the EarthEx 2019 Exercise and how you and your organization can participate. To attend the webinar, which will take place June 27, 2019, 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT, register online. EarthEx 2019, scheduled for August 21, 2019, is an international, multi-sector, virtual exercise that will focus on processes and tools to support the response, restoration and community recovery from a long duration power outage – caused by one of the six Black Sky hazards. This regionally focused event will provide participants with a unique opportunity to examine response and restoration postures. EarthEx 2019 makes more than 38 exercise lanes available. EarthEx 2019 utilizes NISC-developed tools providing a full cross-sector wraparound experience. The focus this year builds on situational awareness techniques to support decision making through multiple dynamic phases. EarthEx 2019 is a one-of-a-kind exercise opportunity. Webinar speakers will be: Sean McSpaden, executive director, National Information Sharing Consortium, and John Heltzel (BG Retired), director of resilience planning, Electric Infrastructure Security (EIS) Council.
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The Radiation Injury Treatment Network is accepting registrations for its 2019 workshop on “Crisis in Context: Minding the Gaps in Medical Preparedness for a Radiological/Nuclear Incident,” scheduled for July 30-31, 2019, in Crystal City, Virginia. The Radiation Injury Treatment Network seeks to increase healthcare professionals’ understanding of and preparedness for the tremendous medical, environmental, and psychological consequence of a mass casualty radiological/nuclear incident. The 2019 RITN workshop will highlight recent research and policy developments in resource-constrained environments. The agenda and registration can be found online or from the RITN website home page at www.ritn.net.
United News of India
Maharashtra governor Vidyasagar Rao on Monday said that disaster management is crucial for India as it is entering in the developed nation’s community.
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Travel Pulse
Caribbean leaders from more than 20 countries met this past week to review climate change-based disaster risks and priorities as the tourism-reliant region faces more frequent crippling storms and related disaster risks.
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USA Today
More unwelcome rain is forecast this week in much of the central and southern USA, falling upon areas already swamped by record-breaking floods.
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The Associated Press via KTVU-TV
A strong earthquake struck a lightly populated area of Panama near its border with Costa Rica on Sunday, causing some wooden porches to collapse and products to shake from store shelves. Panamanian authorities said at least two people had been injured in a village but gave no details.
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Government Technology
Tornadoes on the evening of Memorial Day wrecked 211 homes and 43 businesses in Montgomery County, according to emergency management officials. The twisters caused major damage to another 420 homes and 54 businesses.
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