This message was sent to ##Email## To advertise in this publication please click here July 7, 2022 To view email in web browser, click here. .IAEM CONFERENCE NEWS NEW IAEM Annual Conference registration is now open — register now and pay later option available IAEM Registration has opened for the 70th IAEM Annual Conference & EMEX to be held in Savannah, Georgia, Nov. 11-17. Register now for: Early bird savings on registration fees. Free training from EMI, NDPC, the IAEM Leadership Symposium, and more. Discounted hotel rooms in the limited IAEM room block. Unmatched dynamic and innovative Program. If you are waiting on budget approval you can still lock in early bird rates and claim seats in the highly sought-after training courses and optional activities. Register now and pay later by selecting “pay by check.” Later you can pay your invoice online or have a check mailed on your behalf. Learn more about this option online. Direct any questions about the conference to IAEM Conference Manager Julie Husk. .IAEM SCHOLARSHIP Apply by July 10 for a position on the Scholarship Commission IAEM The IAEM Scholarship Commission seeks applicants to fill several commission openings for the Class of 2025 (term ends Dec. 31, 2025). Applications must be submitted by July 10, 2022, via email to IAEM Scholarship Program Director Dawn Shiley, CAE at dawn@iaem.com. The application must include a letter of intent expressing the desire to participate, the ability to devote the time to the program, and an explanation of why they should be considered for the position they seek. In addition, the applicant must submit a current resume, with a two-page maximum. Specific requirements for Scholarship Commissioners, positions available, and additional information are available on the IAEM website. Questions may be directed to IAEM Scholarship Program Director Dawn Shiley at (703) 538-3542. .IAEM-CANADA COUNCIL NEWS Emergency dispatches offer new perspective on Eastway Tank explosion response* CBC New documents obtained by CBC News provide a vivid timeline of the massive emergency response to the explosion and fire that killed six employees of Eastway Tank Pump & Meter Ltd. in Ottawa on Jan. 13. The 44-page incident report, obtained through municipal freedom of information legislation, includes minute-by-minute dispatch notes detailing not only how firefighters toiled for hours in frigid conditions to control the volatile blaze, but also their commanders' concerns about the potential for secondary explosions, collapsing walls and a stream of uncontained fuel spilling from the industrial property toward nearby railway tracks. READ MORE Government of Canada announces $2.1 million to enhance search and rescue capabilities for people living with dementia Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada via Cision The number of people with dementia who go missing is steadily increasing across the country and delays in locating them can result in tragic outcomes. Recently, the Honourable Bill Blair, President of the Queen's Privy Council and Minister of Emergency Preparedness, announced $2.1 million in funding to support a three-year University of Waterloo research project to enhance Canada's search and rescue system to better respond when people living with dementia go missing. READ MORE .IAEM-OCEANIA COUNCIL NEWS Why Australia is battling floods again Reuters via U.S.News & World Report Torrential rain is lashing Australia's southeast coast, forcing thousands of people from their homes because of the danger of floods and landslides in a region battered by major flooding four times in the past 18 months. Some areas in New South Wales state have received a month's rain in the past two days, swelling rivers and forcing Sydney's main dam, the Warragamba Dam, to spill on the weekend. READ MORE  SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by Rave Mobile Safety How to Leverage Rave911 Suite and Smart911 for Safety in your Community Emergency Preparedness Checklist for Public Safety Engage and Protect Your People with Rave’s Personal Safety App Fast, Smart, Reliable School Safety with the Rave Panic Button Invest in Employee Safety and Wellness for Your SMB .IAEM-USA COUNCIL NEWS CBO report assesses wildfire cost and effects, along with forest management practices and risk Homeland Security Report The average annual acreage burned by wildfires in the United States has increased over the past 30 years, affecting both federal and nonfederal lands. In this report, the Congressional Budget Office analyzes trends in wildfire activity; considers the effects of wildfires on the federal budget, the environment, people’s health, and the economy; and reviews forest-management practices meant to reduce the likelihood and seriousness of fire-related disasters. READ MORE Oregon emergency management expands* Lake County Examiner Effective Friday, July 1, Oregon’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) is officially operating as the Oregon Department of Emergency Management. A result of House Bill (HB) 2927, passed in 2021, this transition establishes OEM as a stand-alone cabinet-level department reporting directly to the governor. The agency previously served as a division of the Oregon Military Department since its founding in 1981. READ MORE  PRODUCT SHOWCASE GET YOUR 72 HOUR KIT. ReadyWise – Are you prepared with enough food and water to last you through a disaster? ReadyWise’s delicious freeze-dried meals and drinks have up to a 25-year shelf-life and are easy to prepare, just add water. Go to ReadyWIse.com/IAEM to order you’re your 72-hour kit and use CODE: IAEM at checkout. LEARN MORE The three Ps of amplifying and accelerating domestic extremism in the United States* Homeland Security Today The question of the rise of domestic extremism in the United States is one which is regularly commented upon by journalists, political pundits, and scholars of numerous academic fields. The data supports a sharp rise in hate crimes over the past five years, including those directed at Asian-Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. Violent extremist groups that have existed in the United States for decades if not centuries like the Ku Klux Klan and National Socialist Movement continue to gain members and sympathizers but are increasingly joined at rallies and protests, and in violent crime, by newer groups like the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys. READ MORE .EM NEWS U.S. testing new fire retardant, critics push other methods* The Associated Press U.S. officials are testing a new wildfire retardant after two decades of buying millions of gallons annually from one supplier, but watchdogs say the expensive strategy is overly fixated on aerial attacks at the expense of hiring more fire-line digging ground crews. The Forest Service used more than 50 million gallons (190 million liters) of retardant for the first time in 2020 as increasingly destructive wildfires plague the West. It exceeded 50 million gallons again last year to fight some of the largest and longest-duration wildfires in history in California and other states. The fire retardant cost those two years reached nearly $200 million. READ MORE  PRODUCT SHOWCASE New and Innovative Flood Risk Mitigation Solutions Designed, engineered, and manufactured in the USA to meet or exceed ANSI 2510/2511 Standards. Stores compactly near to high-risk areas. Rapidly deployed with no tools required. Minimal Labor Requirements. Example: 150 of 48" protection can be stored in a single stackable crate and deployed by a crew of 4 in about 15 minutes. LEARN MORE .NEW INSIGHTS Exploring the role of place attachment following California wildfires Homeland Security News Wire Homeowners across the United States are not only experiencing higher mortgage rates and property costs, they’re also at risk of damage from an increasing number of disasters linked to natural hazards, including wildfires. Last year, more than a million people, including 600,000 Californians, were at least temporarily displaced from their homes by wildfires — more than twice as many as in 2019. Those numbers are expected to continue to grow over the next 30 years as fires become more intense and frequent due to climate change. READ MORE .HEALTHCARE EM UPDATE Advocates warn U.S. at risk of losing control on monkeypox* The Hill Infectious disease experts and public health advocates are warning that the Biden administration has been too slow to respond to the monkeypox outbreak and that the U.S. is at risk of losing control of the disease. The response to monkeypox is mirroring the worst parts of the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, they say, with severely limited testing and a sluggish rollout of vaccines leading to a virus that’s spreading undetected. READ MORE  SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by Pulsara Before the next stress event, overlay your system with Pulsara's demand-driven communications solution. Learn how healthcare leaders successfully created interconnected regional systems of care. Discover how one EMS agency eliminated 434 unnecessary transports in just three weeks. By simplifying patient transfers with Pulsara, one task force reduced excessive phone calls by 75%. Triage, track patients, and manage stress events all on a single platform. .WEATHER UPDATES U.S. supercomputers for weather and climate forecasts get major bump Homeland Security Today NOAA inaugurated the nation’s newest weather and climate supercomputers with an operational run of the National Blend of Models. The new supercomputers, first announced in February 2020 with a contract award to General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), provide a significant upgrade to computing capacity, storage space and interconnect speed of the nation’s Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System. READ MORE NOAA has nearly $3 billion to spend on climate security projects Homeland Security Today U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo announced funding opportunities from NOAA’s $2.96 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds to address the climate crisis and strengthen coastal resilience and infrastructure. Over the next five years, NOAA’s targeted investments in the areas of habitat restoration, coastal resilience, and climate data and services will advance ongoing federal efforts toward building climate resilience. READ MORE .CYBERSECURITY NEWS NIST announces first four quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms Homeland Security Today The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has chosen the first group of encryption tools that are designed to withstand the assault of a future quantum computer, which could potentially crack the security used to protect privacy in the digital systems we rely on every day — such as online banking and email software. The four selected encryption algorithms will become part of NIST’s post-quantum cryptographic standard, expected to be finalized in about two years. READ MORE .DISASTER TECHNOLOGY NEWS FEMA modernizes mobile app to increase accessibility and improve user experience Homeland Security Today FEMA announced that it has updated its mobile app — in English and Spanish — to give users increased personalization options and help them take charge of disasters. Downloading the app now is especially important as we enter peak hurricane and wildfire seasons. Driven by critical customer feedback, this is the mobile app’s largest update in the last 10 years and demonstrates FEMA’s continued commitment to meeting people where they are by providing the resources they need in a user-friendly way. READ MORE  FEATURED ARTICLE   TIDAL BASIN OFFERS FREE SPANISH HURRICANE RESOURCES - Share with your communities Promoted by Tidal Basin Group Llegó la temporada de huracanes del Atlántico y será más activa de lo normal. Aunque no podemos controlar el clima, podemos preparar nuestras comunidades. Con ese fin creamos una página de recursos en línea que contiene hojas de cotejo, infográficos, contenido de redes sociales, y consejos prácticos de seguridad. Haz clic aquí y visita nuestro Centro de Recursos Para Huracanes. LEARN MORE   Early warning system pinpoints flooded roads in some states Pew When Hurricane Florence struck North Carolina in 2018, 11 people there died from freshwater flooding—all of them in cars. The storm also caused 2,500 road closures in the state, including parts of Interstates 95 and 40, which were shut down for more than a week because of flooding. The state estimated bridge, culvert and road washouts as well as other transportation infrastructure damage at more than $227 million. This year, with hurricane season underway, a new advanced warning system will alert North Carolina officials in real time which specific roads and bridges are likely to flood soon, so the state can prepare and warn the public. READ MORE .EM CALENDAR EPA releases tool for pre-incident planning for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear waste management — Overview webinar to be held on July 13 IAEM Experience has shown that communities with comprehensive and well-coordinated waste management plans recover more quickly and at a lower cost from natural and man-made disasters, making these communities more resilient. Unfortunately, planning for waste management generated because of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear incidents has been identified as a major capability gap in overall homeland security response and recovery preparedness. EPA has developed a step-by-step online tool to help emergency planners and responders develop pre-incident waste management plans. This tool provides a framework to help managers, planners, and responders initiate plan development, providing variable degrees of assistance from simple outlines of plan contents, to providing scenario-specific waste quantity value estimates to use in developing a plan. It also includes detailed information on waste management facilities and information on transportation options. EPA will host a webinar on July 13, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. EDT, to provide an overview of the tool and provide examples of how emergency response personnel could use the tool to start pre-incident planning today. Register here.  PRODUCT SHOWCASE Leadership Programs Recommended for You Want to optimize your effectiveness and accelerate your impact? ­ Experience an executive education program at Harvard Kennedy School including Leadership Decision Making (ONLINE), Leadership and Character in Uncertain Times (ONLINE) and Leadership in Crises ­ (ON CAMPUS). The best leaders never stop learning. Apply today. LEARN MORE Register for the National Access and Functional Needs Symposium on July 19-20 IAEM The National AFN Symposium on July 19-20, 2022, will bring the disability community together with emergency managers, disaster planners, and first responders from across the country in an online forum to foster an environment of trust and understanding vital to advancing the mission of access and functional needs throughout the nation. Learn more about the engaging expert speakers who will be presenting four panels on a variety of topics. Register here for the virtual event. .IAEM-ASIA NEWS Afghanistan earthquake highlights need for investment in country's undiscovered heritage* The Art Newspaper As Afghanistan tries to come to terms with the extent of the devastation caused by the worst earthquake to hit the country in the past two decades, cultural experts say it will be impossible to determine any damage caused to archaeological sites in the foreseeable future. READ MORE Mumbai turns to Twitter for help mapping India's monsoon floods* Thomson Reuters Foundation When India’s monsoon rains sweep into Mumbai each year, residents of the financial hub find their social media feeds awash with flood memes - from Venetian gondolas plying the city's deluged streets to office workers commuting on inflatable dinghies. This year, a research institute hopes social media can play a more practical role - asking residents to tweet details about floods in their neighbourhoods and using the data to issue geographically specific flood alerts in real-time. READ MORE Nepal, India and Bangladesh need a trilateral flood management strategy New Delhi Times The Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna (GBM) river basin is shared by India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, and Nepal. The basin has myriad water management issues— floods, erosion, and water distribution. Reduced river gradients, higher rainfall, climate change, and the melting of glaciers in the Himalayas have increased the frequency and severity of floods in Indian subcontinent. In June, 2022, the worst-ever flood hit Bangladesh and Assam underlining the urgency of India-Bangladesh-Nepal-Bhutan flood management cooperation. The shared rivers pass through riparian states Nepal, India and Bangladesh which squabble over water resources while angry citizens blame the upper riparian country. READ MORE .IAEM-EUROPA NEWS Unprecedented change in Europe's fire regime driven by climate change Homeland Security News Wire A new study reveals an unprecedented change in the fire regime in Europe which is related to climate change. The study detected summer and spring seasons with unprecedented values of fire risks over the last years, so many areas of southern Europe and the Mediterranean are reaching extreme conditions conducive to fires. READ MORE  FEATURED ARTICLE   Asbestos? Lead? It Pays To Do Things Right Promoted by Optimum Seismic, Inc. Many older homes and apartment buildings contain lead and asbestos. Owners sometimes downplay the health hazards these substances pose to humans and the environment alike, and feel tempted to bypass the rules by removing these contaminants undercover — hoping that no one finds out. LEARN MORE   Portugal enters 'acute firefighting stage' with €52 million budget* Portugal Resident Portugal's acute firefighting stage began on July 1 with a budget of €52 million, €32 million of which is for land, the rest for air. Opening a ceremony at the Civil Protection Campus in Vila Nova de Famalicão, interior minister José Luís Carneiro said that from now until September 30 there are 12,917 personnel, 3,062 teams, 2,833 vehicles and 60 aerial assets are permanently available on the ground, meaning that "the country, as a whole, is strongly committed to this fight." READ MORE .AROUND THE WORLD 6 dead, 30 hurt in shooting at Chicago-area July 4 parade* The Associated Press A gunman on a rooftop opened fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago on Monday, killing at least six people, wounding at least 30 and sending hundreds of marchers, parents with strollers and children on bicycles fleeing in terror, police said. Authorities said a man named as a person of interest in the shooting was taken into police custody Monday evening after an hourslong manhunt in and around Highland Park, an affluent community of about 30,000 on Chicago’s north shore. READ MORE Motive likely not terror-related in 'brutal' Danish shooting* The Associated Press A gunman who killed three people when he opened fire in a crowded shopping mall acted alone and apparently selected his victims at random, Danish police said Monday, all but ruling out that the attack was related to terrorism. Authorities filed preliminary charges of murder and attempted murder against a 22-year-old Danish man, who will be held for 24 days in a secure mental health facility while authorities investigate the crime, prosecutor Søren Harbo told reporters. READ MORE Alpine avalanche leaves 7 known dead, 13 missing in Italy The Associated Press Thunderstorms hampered Monday the search for more than a dozen hikers who remained unaccounted for a day after a huge chunk of an Alpine glacier in Italy broke off, sending an avalanche of ice, snow and rocks down the slope. Officials put the known death toll at seven. READ MORE Storm Bonnie leaves deadly trail in Central America* BBC At least five people have been killed as Tropical Storm Bonnie swept through Central America. Four died in Nicaragua and one in El Salvador, officials said. Bonnie, which has since strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane, is expected to move parallel to the coasts of southern Mexico in the coming days, according to the US National Hurricane Center. READ MORE Australia floods worsen as thousands more flee Sydney homes* Reuters Torrential rains kept battering Australia's east coast on Tuesday, intensifying the flood crisis in Sydney as thousands more residents were ordered to leave their homes after rivers swiftly rose past danger levels. READ MORE Over 100 dead as flood continues to wreak havoc in Bangladesh: Report Business Standard The toll from Bangladesh's unprecedented floods has risen to more than 100, the authorities said. According to a daily flood report of the Health Emergency Operation Center and Control Room on Sunday, the floods have killed 102 people in 27 of the 64 flood-affected districts between May 17 and June 28. Most victims died from drowning, snake bites and lightning in the flood-hit areas, showed the report. READ MORE More than 230 dead, over a million affected by heavy rains in India EFE via La Prensa Latina At least 230 people have died and over a million have been affected by heavy monsoon rains that have hit India in recent weeks, causing severe flooding and landslides in northeastern regions. The worst-hit state is northeastern Assam, where heavy rainfall and flooding have claimed 160 lives over the last three weeks, including one in the last 24 hours, according to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority. READ MORE   IAEM Dispatch Connect with IAEM | Privacy Policy Hailey Golden, Director of Publishing, MultiView, 469-420-2630 | Download media kit Bob Kowalski, Executive Editor, MultiView, 469-420-2650 | Contribute news *Article contributed by the Emergency Manager's Weekly Report. International Association of Emergency Managers 201 Park Washington Court  |  Falls Church, VA 22046-4527  Elizabeth B. Armstrong, MAM, CAE, IAEM CEO, IAEM Executive Director Dawn M. 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