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IAEM offers numerous free pre- and post-conference training courses from FEMA/DHS that may be applied towards the training section under the IAEM Certification Program. Many of these courses also provide CEUs. Check out the online program under each training listing for more information. Additionally, by attending the conference, you will receive conference participation hours which also can be applied towards the IAEM Certification Program. Register today to get the credits you need to further your career!
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Do you know about IAEM’s Annual Conference Sponsorship Program? We have opportunities still available. Check out the sponsorship brochure and contact Sponsorship Manager Kate McClimans to discuss sponsorships in detail.
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The IAEM Scholarship Program is launching several online fundraising auctions to benefit the future of emergency management by supporting students working on degrees in emergency management, disaster management, or closely related fields of study. The auctions will be hosted on Bidding For Good, with the first one launching on Aug. 15, 2019, where you will be able to view the items and bid through the auction link. Items for the Summer Auction may be donated directly into the auction through the auction link. Auctions for the Fall, Annual Conference, or Holiday Auctions may be donated by contacting IAEM Scholarship Program Director Dawn Shiley. Items of interest include: challenge coins, especially special event or exercise coins; emergency management memorabilia; jewelry; art work; gift baskets; stays at vacation homes/properties; event tickets; electronics; or any item you would be interested in purchasing.
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The IAEM-USA Council is holding its annual Council officers’ election. Additionally, IAEM-USA Regions 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, and 9 are holding Regional officers’ elections. Voting began on Aug. 1, 2019, when voting members were sent emails with their individual links to online ballots. Voting will end on Aug. 30, 2019. Members are encouraged to read candidate statements before voting. Links to each election’s candidate information can be found at the top of the IAEM-USA News page. Questions or requests for assistance regarding voting should be emailed to Karen Thompson, IAEM elections facilitator.
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With severe weather season intensifying, counties and cities across Florida share their perspective on hurricane preparedness and the benefits of leveraging Everbridge as their statewide mass notification platform, including improved situational intelligence, communication, and mutual aid. Watch Now.
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With National Preparedness Month just three weeks away, FEMA has prepared content for National Preparedness Month participants to use when scheduling communications. The 2019 theme is Prepared, Not Scared. Be Ready for Disasters. The campaign will feature PSAs and multimedia products around four weekly themes:
- Week 1: Sept 1-7 Save Early for Disaster Costs
- Week 2: Sept 8-14 Make a Plan to Prepare for Disasters
- Week 3: Sept 15-21 Teach Youth to Prepare for Disasters
- Week 4: Sept 22-30 Get Involved in Your Community’s Preparedness
Content has been loaded on the Ready.gov National Preparedness Month Toolkit webpage. This a soft launch to provide time for message scheduling. Additional content will be added to the site soon.
Homeland Security Today
As part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) ongoing efforts to support state, local, tribal and territorial partners, Acting Secretary Kevin K. McAleenan recently announced final allocations of $350 million for six Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 DHS competitive preparedness grant programs. These allocations together with the more than $1.3 billion in non-competitive grant funding announced by DHS in April,2019, total more than $1.7 billion in FY 2019 granted to assist states, local areas, tribal and territorial governments, nonprofit agencies and the private sector with their preparedness efforts.
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Route Fifty
The rate of new home construction in the areas most at risk for flooding is outpacing development in safer parts of a third of coastal states, according to a new report.
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Route Fifty
There was a time when California’s state emergency plan had a one to two page section that specifically focused on issues related to people with disabilities and others who have “access and functional needs.”
“It was in the middle of the plan,” L. Vance Taylor, chief of the state’s Office of Access and Functional Needs, said at a recent event Route Fifty held in Sacramento.
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Government Technology
Hurricane Barry’s approach left many in the New Orleans area anxious and uncertain. Despite being a relatively weak storm, it came while the Mississippi River was at a height not normally seen during hurricane season, and forecasters warned that if it approached on just the right track, a surge could push the river's level to near the height of the levees in places.
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EarthSky
The Pacific Northwest is known for many things — its beer, its music, its mythical large-footed creatures. Most people don’t associate it with earthquakes, but they should.
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Los Angeles Times
The cliff collapse in Encinitas that killed three people recently underscores the dangers of erosion on bluffs along the California coast.
Cliff erosion has long been a danger in San Diego County and other areas.
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In Homeland Security
Deadly viruses quietly transported out of the country, foreign scientists unceremoniously removed from their labs, a China connection, possible theft of intellectual property – it all sounds like an intriguing Hollywood thriller.
In this case, however, the scenario is real but no conclusion or explanation is in sight.
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The Guardian
The United Nations has warned that a recent pause in international terrorist violence may soon end, with a new wave of attacks possible before the end of the year.
In a report, specialist monitors at the UN security council paint a worrying picture of a global Islamist extremist movement that continues to pose a significant threat despite recent setbacks.
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Government Technology
An active-gunman drill at the Mall of Wellington Green recently left some mall patrons frightened and running for cover, then confused about its timing and how real it appeared.
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Government Technology
Eleven panhandle Waffle House store managers turned off the lights of their 24-hour, hash brown diner establishments and locked the doors.
It was going to be a bad storm.
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Government Technology
A gunman killed nine in the Oregon District of Dayton, Ohio, but officers nearby were able to “put an end to it quickly.” At least 16 were hospitalized with injuries. The identity of the shooter, who was killed by police, has not been released.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently released Planning Considerations: Evacuation and Shelter-in-Place Guidance for State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Partners. The document draws upon the collective experience of those partners to provide relevant concepts, principles and guidance as a resource for emergency managers and planners. FEMA will host a series of 60-minute webinars to discuss the document, related efforts, and answer participants’ questions. The webinars will be open to the whole community. Click on the date to register online for the webinar of your choice: Aug. 15, 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT; Aug. 20, 10:00-11:00 EDT; and Aug. 22, 4:00-5:00 p.m. EDT. To view the document and for additional webinar information, visit the FEMA website. For more information, contact NPD-Planning@fema.dhs.gov.
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FEMA’s most recent podcast focused on the 8th Annual Building Resilience through Private-Public Partnerships conference held recently in Washington, D.C. This episode includes interviews with a number of FEMA’s private sector and non-profit partners to examine best practices among all sectors coming out of recent disasters, and the opportunity for the private sector’s continued support to build a culture of resilience. The FEMA Podcast is an audio series available to anyone interested in learning more about the agency, hearing about innovation in the field of emergency management, and listening to stories about communities and individuals recovering after disasters. The FEMA Podcast is available on Apple iTunes and Google Play to stream or download. Approximately 20 to 30 minutes in length, the podcast will be updated with a new episode every two weeks.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will hold four webinars in August highlighting the changes in four revised courses in the Incident Command System (ICS) All-Hazards Position Specific curriculum. These include the National Incident Management System (NIMS) ICS All-Hazards Operations Section Chief Course; the All-Hazards Division/Group Supervisor Course; the All-Hazards Task Force/Strike Team Leader Course; and the All-Hazards Air Support Group Supervisor Course. If you successfully completed a previous version of the courses, there is no FEMA requirement to take the revised version. However, because the revised courses contain new information, you may find it informative to review the new version. Each webinar features the same content, so select the date you prefer: Aug. 27, 11:00 a.m. EDT; Aug. 27, 3:00 p.m. EDT; Aug. 29, 11:00 a.m. EDT; and Aug. 29, 2:00 p.m. EDT. Register on FEMA Adobe Connect, and sign in as a guest using the format: Last Name, First Name, ST (example: Patrick, Robert, NJ). Call-in participation is available at 1-800-320-4330, PIN 884976#.
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CampusSafety will hold the latest in its webinar series on Aug. 16, 2019, 1:00 p.m. EDT, on the topic of “The Recovery: Tackling the Aftermath of an Act of Violence on Campus.” Most active shooter or other act of violence incidents last less than five minutes, but the recovery can take years. Campus facilities operations teams are often faced with unforeseen occurrences associated with the recovery of an emergency. Is your campus prepared? Speaker Todd De Voe, emergency management practitioner at Saddleback College and a veteran emergency response manager, will take you on a journey post-act of violence. Topics of discussion will include: why people fail to act; what a post-scene could look like and how it could quickly grow out of hand; and how to plan for the immediate recovery as well as the long-term recovery. Hear firsthand stories and best practices for tackling some of the toughest aftermaths. Obtain details and register online.
KTLA-TV
A Southern California hospital spent $72 million on a building designed to do two things after an earthquake: stay standing and stay open.
But when a pair of strong earthquakes struck the region last month, the hospital couldn’t use it.
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Weather Nation
Coastal communities across the U.S. continued to see increased high tide flooding last year, forcing their residents and visitors to deal with flooded shorelines, streets and basements — a trend that is expected to continue this year. The elevated water levels affected coastal economies, tourism and crucial infrastructure like septic systems and stormwater systems, according to a new NOAA report.
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The Conversation
The recent collapse of a bridge in Grinton, North Yorkshire, raises lots of questions about how prepared we are for these sorts of risks. The bridge, which was due to be on the route of the cycling world championships in September, collapsed after a month’s worth of rain fell in just four hours, causing flash flooding.
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Homeland Security Today
The attack in El Paso, Texas, underscores the continued threat posed by domestic violent extremists and perpetrators of hate crimes. The FBI is supporting its state and local partners in Texas through investigative, intelligence and technical assistance.
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Domestic Preparedness
Public-private collaboration in disaster preparedness and response is currently sub-optimal in its organization and operational performance. This may be due to the perception of government entities that all collaboration must be formal in nature.
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The Daily Star
Disasters today pose a greater threat to mankind than ever before. In the age of climate change, the nature, frequency and ferocity of natural disasters have greatly increased.
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Weather Nation
Every evening from late spring to early fall, two planes lift off from airports in the western U.S. and fly through the sunset, each headed for an active wildfire, and then another, and another. From 10,000 feet above ground, the pilots can spot the glow of a fire, and occasionally the smoke enters the cabin, burning the eyes and throat.
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Medical Daily
New findings by U.S. scientists studying more than 1.8 million earthquakes offers hope, however slight, that a means might be found to predict larger quakes, including the dreaded “Big One” feared throughout California.
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IAEM
Candidates due to recertify in 2019 should submit their application by 11:59 p.m. EST on Dec. 31, 2019. Keep in mind that the recertification fee must be applied to the candidate’s account before submitting the application. Payments made online are processed the next business day, so plan accordingly.
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BC Management welcomes survey participants in its 8th Edition Crisis Impact Management Study. Participants who complete the study will receive a complimentary report. Participants must be involved in business continuity, resiliency, crisis management, emergency management, or incident response planning. The study doesn’t accommodate service providers or professionals who provide consulting services. BC Management has been conducting BCM data metrics research and assessments since 2001. The scope is worldwide, and your individual contact and company information are held confidential. Participate online by Sept. 10, 2019, in order to receive the complimentary report.
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The National Hazards Center, in partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will host a webinar on Aug. 13, 2019, 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT, that will explore the goals and recommendations presented in the soon-to-be released National Mitigation Investment Strategy (NMIS). The strategy advances mitigation investments to reduce risks posed by natural hazards, to increase the nation’s resilience to natural hazards, and to limit the nation’s fiscal exposure to disaster losses. The speaker will be Angela R. Gladwell, deputy assistant administrator for the Risk Management Directorate within the Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, FEMA. Register online in advance for this free webinar. To learn more about the NMIS, and for updated information, please visit the FEMA website.
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The Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) previously scheduled its “Communications & Warning Standard Review Webinar” for Aug. 29, 2019. The webinar has been rescheduled and will be held on Aug. 21, 2019, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. EDT. Have you struggled to understand how to approach and navigate through the Communications & Warning Standard Area? Do you know what EMAP is looking for in the planning and testing of your communication, notification, and warning systems? These are all questions that the webinar will strive to address. The Communications & Warning Standard Area can be challenging due to its structure and requirements, so take advantage of this opportunity to learn more about the intent and application of this standard. Register online.
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The Electric Infrastructure Security (EIS) Council will hold its Second Annual EarthEx Online Interactive Exercise on Aug. 21, 2019. An all-sector whole-of-world exercise, EarthEx2019 will facilitate national and international collaboration and planning to protect our societies’ critical utilities against uniquely severe “Black Sky” hazards. Today’s lifeline infrastructures are interconnected and resourced on unprecedented scales, with supply chains spanning nations and, increasingly, the world. Concerns have grown over the potential for severe malicious or natural “Black Sky” hazards associated with subcontinent scale, long duration power outages, with cascading failure of all our other globally resourced, interdependent infrastructures. Find out more.
Manila Bulletin
Opposition Senator Francis N. Pangilinan sought yesterday the creation of a Department of Disaster and Emergency Management (DDEM) to address the country being ranked as the third most disaster-prone country in the world.
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Reuters
As another outbreak of forest fires in Indonesia sends harmful smoke drifting across parts of Southeast Asia, researchers and environmental activists have urged Jakarta to step up efforts to prevent a repeat of the last major haze crisis in 2015.
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Homeland Security Today
The European Commission will pursue infringement proceedings against five Member States – Croatia, Czechia, Germany, Greece and Spain – for lack of compliance in the implementation of EU emergency call legislation.
Croatia, Czechia, Greece and Spain are criticised for failing to ensure that people with disabilities have ‘equal access’ to emergency services, a principle laid down in the Universal Service Directive.
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MENAFN
Argentina will develop satellite technology to increase the effectiveness of public policies for managing disaster risk and enhancing productivity with a $60 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
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Kyodo News
Fifty-seven people died due to heat-related medical issues in Japan over the week starting July 29, the government said Tuesday, with the number of those taken to hospitals more than tripling from the previous week's 5,664 to 18,347.
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Xinhuanet
Thirteen people have been confirmed dead after a downpour-triggered flash flood hit a scenic area in central China's Hubei Province, local authorities said on Tuesday.
The accident happened around 6:40 p.m. on Sunday in Duobi Gorge, Hefeng County. So far, 61 people have been rescued, according to the rescue headquarters.
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Mexico News Daily
Torrential rains last night brought flooding in two municipalities in México state, damaging property and leaving vehicles under water.
Intense rains accompanied by hail began at 6:00pm in Atizapán de Zaragoza and lasted for an hour and a half, dumping 50 milliliters per hour of water onto the municipality.
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Japan Times
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake registering a lower 5 on the Japanese intensity scale struck off Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures on Sunday evening, the Meteorological Agency has said.
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The Hindu Business Line
A total of 74,068 people was affected by the floods in river Godavari, and 17,632 were shifted to relief camps.
The heavy flood battered at least six mandals in East and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh. The second warning signal issued at Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage at Dowaleswaram continued as 13.58 lakh cusecs of floodwaters flowed in.
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Asia Times
Siberia is burning.
Almost three million hectares of land in the centre and east of the nation were on fire, officials said, roughly about the size of Belgium.
The situation has reached such proportions, that Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has called in the army to fight the forest fires that are now enveloping entire cities in black smoke, The Guardian reported.
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Japan Times
A strong typhoon made landfall on Kyushu early Tuesday morning, leaving some people injured and disrupting transportation.
After touching down in the city of Miyazaki around 5 a.m., Typhoon Francisco brought strong winds and torrential rain to southern Kyushu as it traveled northward, according to the Meteorological Agency.
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Xinhuanet
Typhoon Wipha, the third tropical storm to strike Vietnam so far this year, has killed 12 people and left nine others missing, the country's Central Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said on Wednesday.
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