This message was sent to ##Email## To advertise in this publication please click here July 8, 2021 .IAEM CONFERENCE NEWS Register by Sept. 13 for the IAEM Annual Conference and receive eight bonus sessions IAEM As part of the IAEM Annual Conference and EMEX, IAEM is offering an Early Edition Speaker Series to those who register for the conference by Sept. 13. This eight-session speaker series will feature industry leaders and experts on wide-ranging topics. Each one-hour session will be offered every Tuesday and Thursday, running Sept. 14 to Oct. 7. Early registration provides an early examination of the conference topics. Register today! .IAEM-CANADA COUNCIL NEWS B.C. wildfires: Evacuations slow as out-of-province firefighters arrive to help Vancouver Sun Emergency staff charged with supporting residents threatened by some of B.C.’s largest wildfires paused for a breath Monday following several turbulent days. Debbie Sell, information officer for the Thompson-Nicola Regional District’s emergency operations centre, said evacuation alerts and orders remained generally static, indicating the fires hadn’t moved closer to residential areas. READ MORE .IAEM-USA COUNCIL NEWS FEMA sees greater need for private-sector partnerships in COVID-19 supply chain lessons Homeland Security Today Helming response efforts during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic has led the Federal Emergency Management Agency to further study the security and efficiency of the supply chain during disasters and better integrate the private sector into providing initial response needs, Administrator Deanne Criswell said. READ MORE  SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by Veoci How the NOAA GFS Upgrades Benefit Emergency Planners Practitioner’s Profile: How Lance Lynch Gives Back and Helps Others Grow Exploring the American Rescue Plan Act Ever wonder how a virtual EOC and command center works? View our On-Demand webinars How NYU Maintains a Common Operating Picture During COVID-19 .EM NEWS As western wildfires worsen, FEMA is denying most people who ask for help CapRadio FEMA is supposed to help people who lost property, maybe even their homes, in a natural disaster. But year after year, FEMA has been denying a higher percentage of claims. READ MORE .UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE/SCHOOL EM ISSUES Protecting your campus from cyber disaster Campus Safety Cybersecurity is a priority that requires laser focus of competent professionals. Focusing on your own network security is one element. Making sure and confirming what outside vendors and networks you and your organization connect into or that connect into you is equally important. READ MORE  PRODUCT SHOWCASE Threat Monitoring and Real-Time Alerts The DataCapable® Platform™ combines patented artificial intelligence algorithms with human-in-the-loop validation to capture, automate, distribute, and visualize actionable information in a real-time common operating picture quickly make informed decisions to mitigate hazards affecting your communities, infrastructure, and resources before they become a wider threat to operations and public safety. 14-Day Free Trial Available! LEARN MORE .CYBERSECURITY NEWS CISA's CSET tool sets sights on the ransomware threat IAEM The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) continues to make strengthening our nation’s resilience from cyberattacks a top priority. As part of this ongoing focus on ransomware, CISA has released a new resource focused on this ever-evolving threat: Ransomware Readiness Assessment (RRA), the latest assessment module in its suite of Cyber Security Evaluation Tool (CSET®) products designed for Critical Infrastructure Industrial Control Systems (ICS) stakeholders. CSET provides a systematic, disciplined, and repeatable approach for evaluating an organization’s security posture. It is a desktop software tool that guides asset owners and operators through a step-by-step process to evaluate ICS and information technology (IT) network security practices. Users can evaluate their cybersecurity stance using many recognized government and industry standards and recommendations. The ransomware self-assessment is a unique stand-alone resource that can be downloaded from CISA’s CSET GitHub page. The ideal responses to ransomware attacks Homeland Security News Wire A ransomware attack is like a cyber hijacking, with criminals infiltrating and seizing an organization's data or computer systems and demanding a payment or ransom to restore access. What is the best strategy to decrease the risk of digital extortion? READ MORE  SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by American Military University COVID-19: Will This Be the Public Health’s 9/11 Earthquakes: The ‘Big One’ Might Hit the Midwest – Not California ­COVID-19: Flattening the Curve to Avoid a 'Great Depression II' Staying Safe: The Twin Threats of COVID-19 and Disaster Events ­How 1911's Triangle Fire Changed US Safety Laws .EM RESOURCES FEMA unveils new features on their app IAEM FEMA has been making improvements to the FEMA mobile app. These improvements aim to make the app more user-friendly. The most recent update included changes to the alerts section, where app users can now easily customize the types of alerts they wish to receive. The process of setting alerts for each location by choosing from dozens of individual disaster types was time-consuming and has been replaced. Alert categories have now been refined and recategorized, with simple on/off toggles to select the categories you want. Download the latest version 2.12 from the App Store or Google Play store. FEMA certifies PER-386 course: 'Whole Community Inclusive Economic Recovery' IAEM FEMA NTED has just certified a new course titled "Whole Community Inclusive Economic Recovery," which is the first FEMA course designed to connect the principles of the whole community and economic recovery. The free half-day and virtual course (paid for by FEMA at no cost to participants) is available to private, non-governmental, and public sector organizations. Participants receive a certificate for completion. Organizations may request a course to be scheduled on any day if there are at least 10 people (up to 25), or individuals may join any of the dates listed on the registration website. .NEW INSIGHTS Climate grants meant for poor places went to rich states E&E News A new federal climate mitigation program that targeted small, impoverished communities has fallen short of its equity goal and gave its largest single grant — $50 million — to a rich California city that is home to Facebook's corporate headquarters. The Federal Emergency Management Agency's announcement yesterday of climate grant winners brought renewed criticism that FEMA shortchanges low-income areas with large minority populations. READ MORE Gambia: 'Information sharing is crucial component in disaster risk management' All Africa Sanna Dahaba, executive director National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) has told journalists that information sharing is a crucial component in disaster risk management as it serves as an early warning system mechanism before a disaster occurs. Dahaba made these remarks during the launch of the Network of Journalists on Disaster Risk Reduction (NJDRR) Gambia Chapter at NaNA conference hall. He said as part of NDMA's efforts in raising public awareness on disaster risk reduction for safer and more resilient communities, the agency will be associated with NJDRR. READ MORE  FEATURED ARTICLE   Earthquake Fault Debate Impacts New And Older Construction Promoted by Optimum Seismic Inc. Should new construction be allowed on top of live earthquake faults? And, what about the thousands of structures already perched upon these fearsome fissures? LEARN MORE   .DISASTER TECHNOLOGY NEWS Wake Forest research could lead to better tornado warnings WRAL-TV When a tornado threatens, an extra minute of warning could mean the difference between life and death. Advances in Doppler radar technology have given meteorologists a better chance of detecting tornadoes and issuing timely warnings. These days, the National Weather Service is able to warn about 10 minutes before a tornado strikes, but research indicates those lead times have plateaued in recent years. Meteorologists are searching for new ways to detect dangerous storms and provide earlier warnings. Ongoing research from a Wake Forest organization could play an important role in improving severe weather forecasts. READ MORE .IAEM CERTIFICATION UPDATES IAEM web series recordings help individuals seeking to certify IAEM Check out the 2021 IAEM Certification Webinar Series. The short videos provide an overview of IAEM certification requirements. Videos are available on the IAEM website.  PRODUCT SHOWCASE Disaster Recovery. Simplified Deloitte’s Close as You Go (CAYG) is a secure cloud-based software platform built to help agencies manage recovery documentation for procurement and contracting, model policies and procedures, and plan for disaster. Developed alongside specialists in preparedness and response, CAYG helps you prepare, so you can focus on recovery. LEARN MORE .EM CALENDAR IAEM-USA Region 9 to host "Diversity in EM" Region Talk webinar on July 21 IAEM Region Talk is a quarterly webinar series devoted to addressing all things emergency management, created and hosted by IAEM-USA Region 9, and open for everyone. Join them for the Quarter 3 webinar discussing diversity and inclusion and the EM role on July 21 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. PST. Listen and join the conversation, then stay after the presentations for the networking component to talk with all the attendees and speakers. The plenary speaker is Bettina Coleman, MSP, CEM, senior grants program manager, DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency. Other panelists include Vance Taylor, chief, Office of Access and Functional Needs, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (CalOES); Christina Garrard, founder and CEO, Griffin LLC; and Jorge Rodriguez, CEM, community alert and warning coordinator, County of Sonoma. Register here. The U.S. EPA is offering a webinar on COVID-19 disinfection IAEM Join the U.S. EPA on July 15, 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT, for a webinar on “COVID-19: Electrostatic Sprayers and Foggers for Disinfectant Application.” Routine cleaning and disinfection of potentially contaminated surfaces are recommended along with other infection control activities, to limit the spread of COVID-19. EPA researchers evaluated innovative ways to disinfect large spaces, such as the use of electrostatic sprayers and foggers. While this technology has been used for many years in other industries, its use as a technique to efficiently and rapidly apply disinfectants to surfaces, especially those that may be contaminated with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has recently grown in popularity. This webinar will discuss the methods and results in which several types of electrostatic sprayers and foggers were evaluated for parameters such as spray charge, droplet size, and disinfection efficacy. Register online. FEMA Region 8 Higher Education Research & Innovation Forum to be held July 28-30 in Denver, Colorado IAEM Registration is open for the first-ever FEMA Region 8 Higher Education Research & Innovation Forum. Set for July 28-30, this event will bring together academics, researchers, and emergency management professionals from across Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming in Denver and online to plan the future of collaboration between higher education and emergency management. View the draft agenda. In-person space is extremely limited. .IAEM-ASIA NEWS Disaster management should be a people's movement, urges Stalin The New Indian Express Chief Minister MK Stalin, on Monday, while addressing the State Disaster Management Authoritiy, urged the officials to make disaster management in the State a “peoples’ movement” to tackle disasters effectively. During his address, Stalin stated that the objective of the State government during a disaster is to reduce the damage of public properties, infrastructures, and human lives and requested the authorities from State and district-level to work together to achieve the goal. READ MORE .AROUND THE WORLD Cyprus wildfires leave at least four dead in 'unprecedented tragedy' CNN At least four people have died in Cyprus from an ongoing wildfire ravaging the country, the country’s Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said Sunday. Four of the known victims of the fire have been identified as Egyptian nationals, Cyprus’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs tweeted on Sunday. READ MORE Elsa kills 3, leaves trail of destruction in the Caribbean AccuWeather Elsa, the first hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season, left a trail of destruction across the Caribbean, killing three people as it swept through with breakneck speed. The damaging storm is now threatening the United States after making landfall in Cuba on Monday. The Lesser Antilles had the misfortune of experiencing Elsa as a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale as it made its way into the area on Friday morning. READ MORE Japan landslide leaves 4 dead, dozens missing Axios Dozens of people are missing and at least four are dead after a mudslide crashed through several buildings in the city of Atami on Saturday, just west of Tokyo, Japan, AP reports. READ MORE Heavy rainfall lashes China's Anhui; impacts more than 137,000 people The Weather Channel Heavy rainfall in China's Anhui has affected over 137,000 people across the province's 19 counties, cities and districts, authorities said. The torrential rains started battering Anhui from July 1, toppling and damaging houses, while also inundating crops and roads, according to the provincial emergency management department. READ MORE More than 100 deaths tied to heat wave in Pacific Northwest Homeland Security News Wire More than 100 deaths in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia may have been caused by hyperthermia, authorities say, as the region continues to experience record-shattering high temperatures. READ MORE Canada battles more than 180 wildfires with hundreds dead in heat wave NPR Emergency responders in Canada are currently battling more than 180 wildfires in British Columbia amid an intense heat wave that has left hundreds dead in the Pacific Northwest. About 70% of the active fires were likely caused by lightning strikes, according to the British Columbia Wildfire Service's dashboard. READ MORE Typhoon Dukte kills at least 17 in India International Great Indian Mutiny Waves hit the Mumbai coast on Monday as Hurrican Takte hit India. In the passage of the hurricane on the west coast India It has killed at least 17 people and caused various damage to various infrastructure in the region, country officials said. READ MORE   IAEM Dispatch Connect with IAEM Jason Zimmerman, Director of Publishing, MultiView, 469-420-2686 | Download media kit Bob Kowalski, Executive Editor, MultiView, 469-420-2650 | Contribute news 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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