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The IAEM 66th Annual Conference will be held in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Oct. 19-24, 2018. If you have never been to Grand Rapids, this is your opportunity to explore what the New York Times has voted as the one of the top 52 Places to Go in 2016 and the #1 U.S. travel destination of 2014 by Lonely Planet. Just minutes away from the magnificent beaches of Lake Michigan, you will be able to explore why it beat out places like Yosemite National Park, Boston and the California Central Coast. With its many things to do and discounts available for conference attendees, Grand Rapids is a must-see destination. Start planning your trip and register for the conference today!
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The 2018 Asia Risk and Resilience Conference (ARRC), “Corporate Governance, Risk, and Resilience: Planning in Action,” will take place Aug. 29-31, 2018, at the Hilton in Singapore. The event is co-organized by IAEM, BCP ASIA, and RIMAS. Rebranded from the 13-year running Asia Business Continuity Conference, the ARRC is a premier regional networking and knowledge-sharing platform for industry representatives and professionals from around the world to further their knowledge and get to know the trends in business continuity management, emergency management, enterprise risk management, and resiliency, as well as other related areas such as crisis management, disaster recovery, terrorism, and cybersecurity. Delegates come from Asian markets such as Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, and Taiwan.
China Dialogue
In April, the Chinese government inaugurated the new Ministry of Emergency Management as part of the massive government overhaul announced at the National People’s Congress in March.
This long-awaited reform is the latest in a series of efforts going back to the SARS epidemic in 2003 to improve how China manages and responds to disasters.
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Manila Bulletin
Defense Secretary and National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Chairperson Delfin N. Lorenzana said that he strongly supports the creation of the Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR).
In a statement, the DND Public Affairs Service said Secretary Lorenzana also expressed his gratitude and appreciation to the House of Representatives under the leadership of Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for immediately heeding the call of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
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BBC News
Greece has appointed new heads of key emergency services following last month's deadly wildfires near Athens.
A statement from the prime minister's office on Sunday said that the heads of the police force and fire brigade had been replaced by their deputies.
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EU Observer
The EU plans to establish its own resources to battle forest fires, floods, earthquakes and the like, humanitarian aid commissioner Christos Stylianides said in Sweden on Monday. Negotiations are set to start in 'trilogue' in September, with a view to introduction next year. European emergency assistance currently depends on member states volunteering resources to each other. Sweden has been hard hit by wildfires in its hottest summer in 260 years.
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IAEM
The Natural Disaster Resilience, Response & Recovery Conference, will take place Sept. 18-19, 2018, at the Mercure Brisbane Hotel in Brisbane, Australia. The IAEM-Oceania Council is an endorser of this event. The conference will focus on how to build more resilient communities, identify strategies to mitigate the challenges of natural disaster response, and examine the lessons learned during recovery to further build resilience and heal community trauma. Topics will include: learning the importance of embedding resilience within the community; identifying frameworks to build resilient communities; building and strengthening partnerships between all levels of government, private stakeholders, and local communities; developing tailored strategies to better engage communities in recovery to address trauma; and learning how resilience comes full circle from preparedness to recovery. For details and registration, visit the event website.
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Xinhuanet
The New Zealand government will hold the ShakeOut 2018 earthquake and tsunami drill on Oct. 18, with half a million participants signing up so far.
Minister of Civil Defence Kris Faafoi visited Wellington Zoo on Monday to congratulate them on being the 500,000th signup.
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IAEM
Voting began on Aug. 1 in the IAEM-USA Council officers’ election, as well as in the regional elections for IAEM-USA Regions 2, 3, 4, 6, and 10. Individual, Affiliate, and Lifetime members are encouraged to learn about the candidates and then place their votes online. Voting will close on Aug. 31, 2018, 5:00 p.m. EDT. Note: A second call for nominations was announced on Aug. 2, 2018, for the Region 8 officers’ election, and the Region 8 nominations period will close on Aug. 22, 2018.
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Homeland Security News Wire
The U.S. electricity grid is hard to defend because of its enormous size and heavy dependency on digital communication and computerized control software. The number of potential targets is growing as “internet of things” devices, such as smart meters, solar arrays and household batteries, connect to smart grid systems.
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Government Executive
About 150 federal employees who responded to the government's call for temporary emergency workers during last year's hurricanes received more pay — in some cases tens of thousands of dollars more — than they were legally entitled to receive in a given year, according to a new watchdog report.
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Route Fifty
Disaster recovery efforts across the country are not sustainable because most of them do not adequately reward communities that take steps to mitigate risk, according to a report released last month on ongoing recovery programs in Texas after Hurricane Harvey.
“The current system cannot be sustained,” states the report, titled Rethinking Disaster Recovery and Mitigation Funding in the Wake of Hurricane Harvey.
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IAEM
IAEM Headquarters is maintaining a list of IAEM members who have a current student membership and wish to be considered for a student registration fee stipend in the amount of $310 (early bird rate) which can be used towards either the IAEM Annual Conference registration fee or to help support travel expenses to attend the IAEM 2018 Annual Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Students should email their interest to be considered for the registration fee stipend lottery to IAEM Membership Manager Sharon Kelly at info@iaem.com no later than Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, along with the following information: your name, your complete contact information, and the university that you are attending.
IAEM
The IAEM Editorial Work Group seeks article submissions for the October 2018 conference issue of the IAEM Bulletin. Articles should be related in some way to the overall conference theme of “Opportunities & Innovations in Emergency Management.” Visit the Bulletin web page for details, and be sure to read the author guidelines. Articles should be 750-1,500 words, emailed as a Word attachment to Karen Thompson, editor, at Thompson@iaem.com, no later than Sept. 10, 2018.
Government Technology
California’s intensifying wildfires, which have killed at least 50 people since October, have sparked forceful calls by state lawmakers to improve emergency alert systems that the public relies on to be notified of danger during disasters.
Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday said he would consider legislation this year to do so.
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Route Fifty
The one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria is next month. The island is still rebuilding, still preparing for a new hurricane season, still putting its power grid back together, and still dealing with the massive demographic, environmental, and political changes that have taken place as a result of last year’s disaster.
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Oregon State University via ScienceDaily
New research shows that a big earthquake can not only cause other quakes, but large ones, and on the opposite side of the Earth.
The findings, published Aug. 2 in Nature Scientific Reports, are an important step toward improved short-term earthquake forecasting and risk assessment.
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National Geograhic
Forecasters at Colorado State University say the approaching peak of the 2018 hurricane season will be relatively quiet in the Atlantic Basin. But a report released Wednesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration pointed out a troubling trend that could have implications for future hurricane forecasting: Warming in the Arctic could drive future Atlantic hurricane tracks farther west and thus make a U.S. landfall more likely.
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Domestic Preparedness
#SafetyBeforeSelfie – Please make sure to exit the burning building before texting, tweeting, posting, or live streaming about it. Surprisingly, the current security and emergency management (EM) environment that exists both in the public and increasingly in the private sector may necessitate such emergency warning statements as part of EM organizations’ risk communication planning.
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The Washington Times
In an era of increasingly intense and frequent severe weather, tens of millions of Americans are all too familiar with the impacts and costs of flooding.
Unfortunately, Congress has failed to update flood policy to meet the challenges of this new norm, instead choosing to continually extend its own deadline for reauthorizing the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which provides federally backed coverage for homeowners and small businesses in 22,000 communities nationwide.
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Homeland Security Today
Drones that can disperse bioweapons are a top worry for operators of venues hosting large gatherings — especially as regulations hamstring drone mitigation efforts and even knocking a suspicious unmanned craft out of the sky could inadvertently unleash a toxic payload such as anthrax spores.
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Route Fifty
AT&T’s FirstNet team plans to meet with emergency operations officials in every state to customize a new program announced Monday to equip first responders with deployable network assets, including portable kits providing constant communications within a 300-foot radius.
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Government Technology
California prides itself on technological innovation. But as brutal fires scorch the state, its arsenal remains traditional: axes and fire trucks on the ground, and planes and helicopters dropping water and foam.
“Our basic foundation is the tried and true,” said Scott McLean, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
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Route Fifty
Local governments are increasingly turning to cloud-based mapping to assist first responders and residents during disasters in the wake of the devastating 2017 U.S. hurricane season.
When Hurricane Harvey hit Texas on August 26, 13 Superfund sites — places contaminated by hazardous waste and designated for cleanup by the Environmental Protection Agency because of the public health risks — were flooded or damaged.
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IAEM
The Certification Commission encourages mentoring of applicants by current Certified Emergency Managers (CEMs). Use the Find a Mentor database to connect with a CEM who has volunteered to help candidates through the application process. You can search and find a person who is close in proximity to your location or your employment description. IAEM certification is attainable, so get started now.
IAEM
The training portal is among the many initiatives the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the Association of Oil Pipe Lines (AOPL), together with supporting emergency response organizations, has created to assist first responders to learn the techniques and skills to address a hazardous liquid or natural gas pipeline incident. Using the National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM) “Pipeline Emergencies” Program, this best in class online training is provided free-of-charge to all first responders.
The National Association of State Fire Marshals, the International Association of Fire Chiefs, and the National Volunteer Fire Council have all support the Pipeline Emergency Response Training Online Portal.
Domestic Preparedness
The public can now access information about active wildfires across the country using a smartphone.
The newly designed GeoMAC, a near real-time web mapping service hosted by the U.S. Geological Survey, is now available through any web browser compatible with mobile devices.
According to the National Interagency Fire Center, 36,689 wildfires have burned 4,151,098 acres in the conterminous U.S. since January 1, 2018.
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IAEM
IAEM recently learned of the passing of IAEM member Michael P. “Mike” McCaffree, on Apr. 2, 2018, in Lakewood, Washington. He was operations manager at the Pierce County Department of Emergency Management, Tacoma, Washington. He served a total of 34 years in the U.S. Army Infantry as an officer in service to the nation. He was a mature leader and broadly experienced at the local, state, and federal levels. He retired from the Army in 2008 as a colonel. Over his lifetime Mike worked and volunteered in many fields, including: county emergency management; search and rescue; HAZMAT and weapons of mass destruction response; communications and electronics; anti-terrorism and law enforcement; and safety and health. Mike graduated from Eastern Washington University with a BA in radio and television management. He received an MS in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College and an MA in theological studies from Faith Evangelical College. IAEM expresses heartfelt condolences to Mike’s wife Nan, his daughter Katherine, and his mother Joan. Learn more.
IAEM
FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) competitive grant programs assist state, local, tribal, and territorial governments reduce disaster losses and protect life and property from future disaster damages. For Fiscal Year 2018 (FY 18), $395.2 million in funding is available through two HMA programs: Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) and Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM). As of Aug. 3, potential applicants can review the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for details such as eligibility, funding guidelines and evaluation criteria. FEMA will open the FY18 HMA application period Oct. 1, 2018. Eligible applicants must apply for funding through the Mitigation eGrants system on the FEMA Grants Portal accessible at https://portal.fema.gov. All applications must be submitted no later than 3:00 p.m. EST on Jan. 31, 2019. FEMA is offering a series of informational webinars for interested applicants to provide an overview of the grant programs and details about the agency’s funding priorities and review process. Interested applicants can attend any one of the four planned sessions: Aug. 15, 2:00 p.m. EDT; Aug. 16, 12:00 p.m. EDT; Sept. 12, 2:00 p.m. EDT; and Sept. 13, 12:00 p.m. EDT. Use this information to login to any of these webinars: Adobe Connect, Phone: 1-800-320-4330 Code: 338559. Additional webinars are also scheduled about the eGrants program. Go online for a complete list of dates and times.
IAEM
IAEM has rescheduled the IAEM Think Tank on the topic of “Smart Cities: How New Technology, Including Nanotechnology, Can Enhance All Phases of Emergency Management.” This event will take place on Sept. 25, 2018, 2:00-3:30 p.m. EDT. Register online here. Smart cities and nanotechnology, now emerging, have the potential to improve community resilience. We are hosting our Think Tank from San Diego, California, one of the leaders in the smart city initiative. Smart City San Diego is a broad public-private collaboration that includes the City of San Diego, San Diego Gas & Electric, General Electric, the University of California, San Diego, and CleanTech San Diego. Joining the discussion is San Diego based startup AerNos, Inc., a nano gas sensor company developing air quality monitoring solutions for smart cities. Deployed on smart street lights and parking meters, AerNos sensors will provide granular, actionable data to cities. The objective of the collaboration is to improve the region's energy independence, to empower consumers to use electric vehicles, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and to encourage economic growth. This webinar will look at the use of nanotechnology in helping to develop smart cities and how it could affect the field of emergency management. Speaker bios are online.
IAEM
FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute has announced the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 planned broadcast dates for its Virtual Tabletop Exercises (VTTX), with open enrollment starting on Sept. 3, 2018. EMI conducts a series of VTTX using a video teleconference (VTC) platform to reach community-based training audiences and provide a virtual forum for disaster training. The VTTX process involves key personnel from the emergency management community of practice reviewing a pre-packaged set of exercise materials, then convening for a four-hour tabletop exercise discussion of a simulated disaster scenario with a total of 10-15 individual sites. The event allows the connected sites to assess current plans, policies, and procedures while learning from the other connected sites, as they provide their perspective and practice while exercising a similar situation. A VTC system is required for participation. There is no cost for the program. Learn about the topics planned for FY2019.
IAEM
The University of Mississippi’s National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering (NCCHE) is presenting a DSS-WISE™ Lite webinar on Aug. 30, 2018, 12:00-4:00 p.m. DSS-WISE™Lite is a web-based, two-dimensional dam- and levee-break system with flood modeling and mapping capability. The system, which was funded by FEMA, is available 24/7 and free of charge to registered users. The webinar will provide: an overview of the system components for DSS-WISE™ Web and GUI; demonstrate how to set up and run “reservoir-type” and “hydrograph-type” simulations; demonstrate how to view and use the results files provided; explain behind the scenes of automated data preparation and its limitations; discuss typical user mistakes and how to avoid them; and present tips and techniques for dealing with challenging cases. Join the webinar online, or access via smartphone at 571-317-3122 using access code 698-318-021.
IAEM
The National Information Sharing Consortium (NISC) and the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) will host a webinar on Aug. 30, 2018, 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT, on “Introduction and Overview to the FirstNet Network Status Tool and Uplift Request Tool.” These are unique tools to the FirstNet network, the only nationwide public safety communications platform dedicated to America’s first responders. Learn about features crucial to public safety on FirstNet. Speakers will include: Sean McSpaden, executive director, NISC; Jennifer Harder, Ph.D., senior product director, FirstNet; and Dave Buchanan, executive director of public safety advocacy, FirstNet. Register online.
IAEM
The 29th Annual Continuing Challenge HazMat Emergency Response Workshop is scheduled for Sept. 4-7, 2018, at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Sacramento, California. The workshop was established in 1990 for the purpose of providing training, networking, and hands-on learning opportunities for all employees in hazardous materials emergency response-related fields of employment. Advancements in hazardous material emergency response are dynamic, and attendance at the annual workshop is critical to promote the health and safety of responders, the public, and the environment. Each year during the first week of September, this event brings together prominent and skilled presenters who provide attendees with the most recent information available to enhance or grow skills critical to ensure a safe and effective response. Featured are exciting classroom courses, hands-on sessions, and contests to test new skills. See the detailed workshop program, and register online. An early bird registration discount is available until Aug. 15, 2018.
CNN
Catastrophic wildfires continue to ravage California, as one blaze nearly doubled in size over the last three days, making it the largest in the state's history.
No one has been injured in the Mendocino Complex Fire, which consists of two fires — the Ranch Fire and the River Fire — burning around Clear Lake, in several counties in Northern California.
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Reuters
A landslide killed a woman and at least seven children in Nepal over the weekend as officials issued warnings on Monday of the risk of more landslides and flash floods due to torrential rain. Working in the downpour, rescuers in Bheri town, about 310 kilometers (193 miles) west of capital Kathmandu, were still searching for a missing boy, having pulled out one survivor.
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Emergency Management
A tornado packing 110 mph winds hit Webster with “no warning at all,” tearing up Main Street, cutting off power and displacing 25 — with one driver injured by flying debris.
It swept into town as a line of powerful storms rolled through the state yesterday leaving flash flooding and broken tree limbs in its wake before heading out to sea.
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Xinhuanet
More than 30,000 residents in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province have been affected by floods and waterlogging due to heavy downpours, local authorities said Monday.
According to the provincial civil affairs department, heavy rain and floods over the past week have disrupted lives of around 32,400 people and forced 896 to be relocated to safety across the province.
Forbes
On August 5th, Lombok, Indonesia was struck with a powerful magnitude 6.9 earthquake, leaving residents and tourists homeless and in shock as far away as Bali.
With rescuers still sweeping through collapsed buildings and rubble, at least 98 people are confirmed dead and over 200 severely injured. More than half the homes on Lombok are estimated to be destroyed on this idyllic along the Indonesian island chain.
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CTV News
A deadly tornado that ripped through a rural part of Manitoba is now classified as an EF-4.
Jack Furrie, a 77-year-old retired teacher, was killed in the Aug. 3 tornado. Two other people were hospitalized.
The tornado touched down near the community of Alonsa, Man., about 200 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg. It made its way through a rural area and a beach before dissipating over Lake Manitoba.
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Channel News Asia
An Aeromexico flight crashed on takeoff during a heavy hail storm in northern Mexico, engulfing the plane in flames and injuring 97 people, officials said Tuesday (Jul 31).
The Embraer 190 aircraft, which was operating between Durango and Mexico City and crashed around 3:00 pm local time (20:00 GMT), was carrying "88 adults, nine minors, two infants, two pilots and two flight attendants," the airline's director general Andres Conesa told a news conference.
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