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IAEM
Join IAEM today (June 15, 2017, 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT) for the first webinar in the new IAEM Thursday Learning Webinar Series. Ryan Buras, senior program advisor, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), will present on the topic of the NIMS National Qualification System. Findings in after-action reports, such as the Cascadia Subduction Zone Exercise, demonstrate that region-wide staffing and resource shortages occur frequently. In 2016, Cascadia Rising proved that the emergency management community needs to build additional capabilities and resources for responding to incidents. In response to this challenge, FEMA is developing the National Qualification System (NQS), which aims to operationalize resource-sharing opportunities for disasters and incidents by creating an agile disaster workforce that is well-equipped, educated, and trained to rapidly mobilize, deploy and conduct missions. Developing a disaster workforce with the right people in the right place at the right time is a critical step in improving preparedness for all disasters. Learn more and register online to participate.
IAEM
IAEM Scholarship applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. EDT, June 30, 2017. All full-time students working toward degrees in emergency management, disaster management or a closely related field, are encouraged to apply. Undergraduate and graduate applications with complete instructions are available on the IAEM website. Questions may be directed to Scholarship Program Director Dawn Shiley.
IAEM
The deadline for the next special focus issue of the IAEM Bulletin is July 10, 2017, for articles on “Lessons Learned: Both Domestically and Internationally.” Articles might include, but are not limited to: what we can learn from other countries; what others in our country can learn from our experiences; how emergency management programs are implementing standards; and how standards can bridge the interfaces between countries and between jurisdictions. Please read the author’s guidelines, and email your 750-1,500 word article to Bulletin Editor Karen Thompson, no later than the deadline of July 10, 2017. Note: We publish an IAEM Bulletin special focus issue four times a year, with the other eight monthly issues including a variety of feature article topics, so we are always looking for articles on any topic of interest to emergency managers. Remember: An article published in the IAEM Bulletin counts toward the Publication requirement in the IAEM Certification Program.
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Tomorrow, June 16, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. EDT is the deadline to submit an abstract to enter the Poster Showcase at the IAEM 65th Annual Conference to be held in Long Beach, California, Nov. 10-15, 2017. Open to everyone, the Poster Showcase is your chance to share your knowledge or findings obtained through experience or research at the IAEM Annual Conference. For more information, read the Poster Showcase Guidance and visit the conference website.
Edmonton Journal
Wildrose Leader Brian Jean is repeating calls for a judge-led public inquiry after two reports concluded poor communication hindered the government’s response to the Fort McMurray wildfire.
“We need transparency from this government,” Jean told a Friday news conference, where he was visibly emotional while talking about the reports released by the government Thursday evening.
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Knowledge Center Enterprises, LLC
Knowledge Center continues to provide essential capabilities to enhance its already robust product offering to emergency management professionals. With the Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP) product, Knowledge Center ensures that customers will meet compliance requirements.
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Matangi Tonga Online
Over 100 stakeholders from across the Pacific are attending a logistics and communications cluster workshop with the aim to help Pacific nations to plan, prepare, respond and recover from emergencies such as natural disasters in Port Vila, Vanuatu, June 12-16.
The first-ever joint meeting of the Regional Pacific Logistics Cluster and Emergency Telecommunications Cluster is convened by the United Nations World Food Program and will look at strengthening the coordination of existing resources at a national, provincial and community level.
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IAEM
Now is the time to join IAEM-USA! June 1-Aug. 31, 2017, IAEM-USA is conducting an annual membership drive. New members and member sponsors receive credit that may be applied to IAEM products (store, membership and conference). Visit www.iaem.com/USA2017MembershipDrive and learn how to join or how to sponsor a new member.
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The Associated Press via AL.com
A Senate panel has confirmed the nomination of President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — on a voice vote Monday — backed approval of Brock Long. He previously ran Alabama's Emergency Management Agency and served as the state's on-scene incident commander during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.
IAEM
The call for papers for the 2018 National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (11NCEE), hosted by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, is open until June 25, 2017. This conference, in its 11th year, will take place June 26-29, 2018, in Los Angeles, California. With the theme, "Integrating Science, Engineering, and Policy," the 11NCEE will bring together nearly 1,000 earthquake professionals from a broad range of disciplines, including architecture, structural engineering, seismology, geology, geophysics, geotechnical engineering, business, public policy, social sciences, regional planning, emergency response planning, and regulation. Visit the event website for more details.
Homeland Security Today
The House Committee on Homeland Security this week reviewed the Department of Homeland Security’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget request of $44.1 billion, a $2.8-billion, or 6.7-perent, increase over the FY 2017 budget. Among the committee members’ overwhelming bipartisan concerns directed to DHS Secretary John Kelly focused on the consequences proposed federal assistance grant cuts will have on the nation’s security.
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DVIDS
Marine Corps bases worldwide are gaining increased emergency response capabilities with the implementation of the Consolidated Emergency Response System, or CERS. CERS standardizes emergency dispatching capabilities and provides emergency first responders with enhanced command and coordination to support all hazardous response missions aboard Marine Corps installations.
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Huffington Post
Something exceptional happened in Cancun at the end of May. The community of people around the world devoted to the idea that disasters can be prevented, locked in place measures that will hold governments to account if economic losses from disasters continue to rise, especially in countries which can least afford it.
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The Hill
Facebook released a new set of tools on Tuesday to aid relief efforts in the wake of natural disasters.
The company unveiled maps that used anonymized Facebook user data to help organizations respond to natural disasters.
Facebook had previously helped users in dangerous areas by allowing them to check-in as “safe” and share that with friends and family.
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Nextgov
The Health and Human Services Department’s cyber threat center already has undergone its first test — the WannaCry ransomware outbreak — even though it hasn’t reached initial operating capability yet, HHS officials told lawmakers Thursday.
“The true state of cybersecurity risk in this sector is underreported by orders of magnitude and the vast majority of the [health care and public health] sector is in dire need of cybersecurity assistance,” Leo Scanlon, HHS senior adviser for health care and public health cybersecurity, told a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee.
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Homeland Security Newswire
Hurricane Matthew was one of the first operational uses of DHS' S&T HURREVAC-eXtended (HV-X) platform. The HV-X platform integrates forecast and planning data to provide emergency managers decision support tools for use in advance of and during tropical weather. Development began in 2013 and since then, S&T identified the need for a comprehensive hurricane decision platform that encompassed all phases of planning and evacuations.
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Homeland Security Newswire
A cybersecurity firm has identified a new, dangerous malware, dubbed Industroyer, capable of performing an attack on power supply infrastructure. The malware was likely involved in the December 2016 cyberattack on Ukraine’s power grid that deprived part of its capital, Kiev, of power for over an hour. is capable of directly controlling electricity substation switches and circuit breakers.
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Nextgov
Drones veered close to wildfires in more than 40 instances last year, and in at least 12 incidents so far have interfered with the firefighters trying to extinguish the flames.
Private drone interference is a growing problem for emergency responders, according to the Interior Department. In 12 recorded cases so far, unmanned aerial vehicles have forced firefighting pilots to delay or cease their flights to avoid collisions.
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IAEM
AEM®/CEM® candidates in the Class of 2017 who are interested in receiving their diploma at the IAEM-USA Annual Conference during the awards ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, in Long Beach, California, must have their initial AEM®/CEM® credential application approved no later than the September 2017 online review meeting. They also must take and return their completed exam to IAEM Headquarters by Oct. 13, 2017, as well as receive a passing grade. No supplemental reviews will occur prior to the scheduled November/December 2017 online review meeting.
IAEM
On May 26, Hancock County Judge/Executive Jack McCaslin appointed IAEM-USA Treasurer Rick Cox, CEM, as the county emergency management director, a part-time postion. Rick replaces Rick Montague, who retired on May 31, 2017. Hancock County is one of the smallest of Kentucky’s 120 counties with a population of just more than 8,500 in 199 square miles. Rick has lived in the county his entire adult life and previously worked for the county for 13 years as a dispatcher, director of county communications and county treasurer, before moving to state emergency management in 1987.
IAEM
FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute (EMI) Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) program will offer a “Bakken Crude Oil” transportation-based scenario on July 11, 12 and 13, 2017, 12:00-4:00 p.m. EDT. The VTTX is designed for emergency management professionals to enable exercise response to the impact of a hazardous material train derailment in their community. Key personnel will discuss simulated scenarios in an informal setting, and assess plans, policies, training, and procedures. Each group will include 10 or more representatives from state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency management communities of practice. Content is the same for each of the three days, and participants only attend one session. To participate, email douglas.kahn@fema.dhs.gov with a courtesy copy to fema-emi-iemb@fema.dhs.gov, or call 301-447-1381. The application deadline is July 2, 2017. Additional information is available online.
The Telegraph
Twelve people have been confirmed killed in a huge fire that ripped through a west London tower block, but police expect the death toll to rise.
Up to 600 people are believed to have been inside Grenfell Tower's 120 flats when the blaze tore through the 24-story building in the early hours.
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NPR
A powerful earthquake Monday afternoon killed a woman and damaged buildings on the Greek island of Lesbos, according to the mayor.
The earthquake, magnitude 6.3, was centered south of Lesbos in the Mediterranean Sea, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Shaking was also detected in nearby Turkey and on the Greek mainland.
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The Atlantic
At least 134 people have been killed in a landslide caused by heavy rain in southeast Bangladesh, according to local officials. Five of the casualties were soldiers who were clearing a road in Rangamati, a hillside district near the Indian border. The district police chief, Sayed Tariqul Hasan, offered further detail, telling the AFP that landslides had buried homes in Rangamati while many residents were still sleeping.
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KTWO-TV
The numbers still aren't concrete, but as many as 18 tornadoes were spotted in Wyoming as severe thunderstorms dropped baseball-sized hail and brought high winds to much of the state.
Julie Gondzar with DayWeather in Cheyenne said Tuesday morning that seven tornadoes were confirmed to have touched down across the state.
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Daily Chronicle
A Marengo home exploded; the blast also destroyed a neighboring home, left eight to 10 more houses uninhabitable and sent two people to the hospital about 5 a.m. Sunday.
Marengo Fire Chief Bob Bradbury said at least 30 additional homes in the neighborhood were affected by debris. A damage estimate wasn’t immediately available.
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The Associated Press via Financial Express
A strong, shallow earthquake today rocked part of Indonesia’s main island, causing panic but no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The National Disaster Management Agency said the earthquake this morning shook wide parts of western Java island including the capital, Jakarta. It said residents in some cities ran out of houses in panic.
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The New York Times
Wildfires that tore through a coastal South African town on Wednesday, killing at least four people and forcing about 10,000 to evacuate their homes, were still not fully controlled on Thursday, according to local news reports.
Firefighters had worked through the night battling the blazes in Knysna and surrounding areas in the province of Western Cape, which were aggravated by strong winds and parched terrain.
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