This message was sent to ##Email## To advertise in this publication please click here August 11, 2022 To view email in web browser, click here. .IAEM CONFERENCE NEWS Secure seats now before training courses are full at the IAEM Annual Conference IAEM The IAEM Annual Conference & EMEX, Nov. 11-17, in Savannah offers a variety of highly sought-after pre- and post-conference training. Registrants at the full or student rate may receive pre- and post-conference FEMA/DHS training at no additional cost. These courses are taught by EMI, NDPTC, TEEX, and more, and are available on a first-reserved basis. Other pre-conference courses and symposiums are available for a nominal fee. Participants of these training courses, except for the Certification offerings, can apply their attendance certificate received by the course provider towards the IAEM Certification Program under the Training section. Don't miss this opportunity. If your program funds are not available yet, use our “Register Now, Pay Later" option and secure your spot in these training courses to expand your career. Register today. .IAEM SCHOLARSHIP See the new IAEM Scholarship Program online auction platform and bid to help provide funds for students IAEM The IAEM Scholarship Program has moved to a new auction platform, BetterWorld, for a more user-friendly experience. In addition, the new platform does not charge fees to IAEM for fundraising; purchasers will be prompted to make a small voluntary donation to BetterWorld to help maintain the site. For those that go to auctions often, this is much like a buyers-premium except it is voluntary. Visit our “End of Summer Auction” and try out the new system. You will be prompted for information that sets up your account when you place your first bid. Some of the items up for bid are: IAEM logo Yeti mug with “It’s in the IAP” on one side (already has three bids); NYFD patches; COVID response challenge coins; local EM challenge coins; IAEM’s famous mystery box; weather alert radio; several vacations and adventures, including saltwater fishing, Maker’s Mark tour, Mexico getaway, Montana retreat, and beach vacation; IAEM logo shirts; and more. Bidding ends at 10:00 p.m. EDT, Sept. 6. Questions should be sent to IAEM Scholarship Program Director Dawn M. Shiley, MA, CAE. .IAEM-OCEANIA COUNCIL NEWS Government strengthens emergency management cooperation between NZ and the U.S. Scoop An agreement signed between New Zealand’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the United States’ Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will strengthen global emergency management capability, says Minister for Emergency Management Kieran McAnulty. READ MORE Household Resilience Program to help Queenslanders protect homes from wild weather ABC.net Could your home withstand a wild weather event? If you are feeling nervous about the next wet season, a $20 million state government scheme could help allay those fears. READ MORE .IAEM-USA COUNCIL NEWS FCC, FEMA raise alarm bells about vulnerabilities in emergency alert system Nextgov Emergency messages sent via the Emergency Alert System over TV, radio and cable networks could be exploited because of technological vulnerabilities, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Communications Commission warned Friday. The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issued a public notice encouraging EAS communications providers to take measures to mitigate the hacking of their equipment. READ MORE  SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by Rave Mobile Safety Natural Disaster & Severe Weather Preparedness The Complete Emergency Management Solutions Toolkit Biggest Threat to School Safety: Failure of Communication Protect Your Employees From Active Shooter Emergencies Securing Soft Targets in Your Community Bill to make simplified application for federal disaster assistance advances to Senate Homeland Preparedness News A bill from United States Sens. Gary Peters (D-MI) and James Lankford (R-OK), the Disaster Assistance Simplification Act, advanced out of Senate committee last week, putting to the Senate floor the idea of simplifying the application process for federal disaster assistance. READ MORE FEMA increases public assistance small project maximum to $1 million Homeland Security Today Per the fall 2021 and spring 2022 Unified Agendas, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced Wednesday that the agency is moving forward in reducing the administrative burden on government entities and nonprofit organizations receiving FEMA grants following a disaster. FEMA has implemented a regulatory change to increase the small project maximum for the agency’s Public Assistance program to $1 million. 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 NWS seeks U.S. emergency managers willing to provide feedback on new products and services IAEM Joe Ripberger, a professor and researcher at the University of Oklahoma, is starting a new project with the National Weather Service to recruit a large and diverse sample of emergency managers (EMs) across the United States who are willing to provide routine feedback on new technologies, forecast products, and NWS decision support services. The objective is to provide EMs a core voice in the weather research and development process from the very beginning (basic R&D at universities and labs) through operationalization and communication at NWS forecast offices. EMs who wish to participate should complete this 10-minute enrollment survey. .EM NEWS Coastal Washington tribe builds tsunami refuge tower The Associated Press There’s a new option to escape a tsunami for people on the southwest coast of Washington. The Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe dedicated a 50-foot tall (15.2-meter) evacuation tower in Tokeland, Washington, on Friday, the Northwest News Network reported. When the next magnitude 9.0 rip of the offshore Cascadia fault zone happens, people on the Pacific Northwest coast will have some 15 to 35 minutes to get to high ground to escape a possible tsunami. 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 Responding respectfully to people with disabilities Domestic Preparedness Police officers, firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, doctors, nurses, and others in emergency response roles are regularly tasked with responding to emergencies and disaster sites and communicating with various people who have been involved in or witnessed an incident. However, some research has shown that there is “a gap in first responders’ ability to meet the functional and access needs of some people with disabilities.” READ MORE Reduce burnout & increase retention in emergency management Domestic Preparedness In emergency management (EM), the landscape of incoming professionals is evolving from second-career professionals to first-career college graduated practitioners. This change spotlights the difference between management and leadership and its effects on the retention and burnout of professionals. EM professionals see growth in organizations, with “projected growth between 2016 and 2026 to be around 8%” states Columbia Southern University. 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. .HEALTHCARE EM UPDATE CDC report finds 'disproportionate' transmission of monkeypox as administration declares public health emergency Homeland Security Today The Biden administration declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency as a new study of cases thus far in the United States found that the virus has “disproportionately affected” men in the LGTBQ community along with racial and ethnic minority groups. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention update on Thursday, there were 7,102 confirmed monkeypox cases in the United States, with New York, California, Florida, Illinois, Texas, and Georgia leading the case counts. READ MORE What we know about the new COVID variant on the CDC's radar Government Technology The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tracking the BA.4.6 subvariant of COVID-19 and cases are now present in four states. Here's what we know so far about its spread and whether vaccines offer protection against it. READ MORE Cities can apply for free monitoring of sewage for signs of monkeypox Route Fifty Fifty local governments around the U.S. will gain access to free services to test their local wastewater for signs of monkeypox, as well as Covid-19 and other viruses, as part of a new initiative that the National League of Cities announced on Friday. NLC is working in collaboration with scientists from Stanford and Emory universities, and Google affiliated Verily Life Sciences who have partnered on a project called WastewaterSCAN. The effort emerged out of the early days of the pandemic to identify traces of COVID-19 in sewage and determine where the virus was spreading. Since then, it's been expanded to monitor for other pathogens. READ MORE .WEATHER UPDATES NOAA and Saildrone launch several hurricane-tracking surface drones Nextgov The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in partnership with ocean data solutions company Saildrone Inc., recently deployed seven hurricane-tracking ocean drones to help better understand the weather events and to improve hurricane forecasts, which will allow potentially impacted communities to be warned sooner. The drones will collect data during the 2022 hurricane season. READ MORE  FEATURED ARTICLE   Rising Phoenix Holdings Corporation sign letter of intent with Capraro Technologies, Inc. to expand technology solutions Promoted by Tidal Basin Group Rising Phoenix Holdings Corporation (RPHC), parent company to Tidal Basin Group, announced that it has reached an agreement with Utica, NY based Capraro Technologies, Inc. (CTI), to acquire the technology firm. The addition of CTI aligns with RPHC’s strategic vision for its family of companies to provide their clients with increased technology solutions within the disaster management industry. LEARN MORE   New perspective on tropical cyclone size-intensity relationship Chinese Academy of Sciences via Phys.org Considering numerous variables, tropical cyclones are rarely alike. While tropical cyclones are rated for their wind speed, it is important to consider the relationship between the storm's size and overall intensity. A research group led by Prof. Chen Guanghua from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has provided a new perspective of the tropical cyclone size-intensity relationship, which highlights the physical mechanisms underlying coordinated changes within tropical cyclones. READ MORE How climate change and unplanned urban sprawl bring more landslides Nature The first half of 2022 was one of the deadliest on record for landslides. In January and February, cities across South America were hit by devastating soil, rock and mud flows — burying at least 14 people in their homes at Dosquebradas in Colombia, and killing 24 people in Quito, Ecuador, and at least 220 in Petrópolis, Brazil. In April, May and June, hundreds more were killed in Pilar in the Philippines, Durban in South Africa, Recife in Brazil and across Bangladesh. READ MORE  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 .EM RESOURCES FEMA publishes new risk rating 2.0 resources IAEM On Oct 1, 2021, FEMA launched Risk Rating 2.0: Equity in Action to leverage industry best practices and technology to better reflect a property’s individual flood risk. To help people better understand Risk Rating 2.0: Equity in Action, the Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration published two videos on Floodsmart.gov. For an overview of Risk Rating 2.0: Equity in Action, watch Introduction – Risk Rating 2.0: Equity in Action: FEMA’s New Rating Methodology to learn how insurance agents can access the user-friendly technology that incorporates multiple flood risk factors and leverages a new rating methodology developed by the NFIP. Watch Risk Rating 2.0: Equity in Action: Rating Variables (Part 1) to discover the new methodology which considers specific building characteristics to provide a more modern, individualized, and equitable flood insurance rate. The video discusses a building’s rating variables related to where it’s built and the impact of how it’s built. FEMA publishes building codes adoption playbook IAEM In November 2020, FEMA's landmark study, Building Codes Save: A Nationwide Study, and its accompanying brochure, Protecting Communities and Saving Money, made the case for why communities should proactively adopt and enforce natural hazard-resistant building codes. As June 1 marked the start of hurricane season, officials from the White House, FEMA, state and local government, and private sector entities announced the National Initiative to Advance Building Codes. Within this initiative, federal departments and agencies will review federal funding and financing of building construction to ensure projects follow updated model codes. The initiative will also provide incentives and support for communities to adopt modern building codes. FEMA’s Building Codes Strategy was announced in April at the National Hurricane Conference. To help with these efforts, FEMA has released the Building Codes Adoption Playbook for Authorities Having Jurisdiction. The Playbook is intended for officials interested in increasing community resilience and reducing loss from natural hazards by adopting the latest editions of model building codes. The Playbook equips officials with background and language to help educate decision-makers and constituents on the benefits of adopting and enforcing the latest building code editions. In addition, the publication provides general steps to help navigate the code adoption process and informs about FEMA grants available to support building code adoption and enforcement activities. .IAEM MEMBER NEWS Book co-edited by IAEM member and past president, Mike Fagel, CEM, wins ASIS award IAEM Principles of Emergency Management and Operations Centers (EOC) 2nd Edition won the 2022 ASIS International Security Industry Book of the Year Award. Arguably, the book’s most significant strength lies in the expertise of the team of twenty-three contributing authors, each with roughly twenty-plus years of experience. Three of these authors, Mike Fagel, Rick Mathews, and Howard Murphy, also served as the lead editors for the book. The editors, along with the associate editor, Erin Fisher, worked for more than two years, in collaboration with the publishing house, Taylor & Francis, to bring the text (580 pages) and 187 illustrations together for publication in September 2021. The book is intended to serve as a textbook for those at the start of their careers as well as a reference source for professionals in the emergency management, security, and emergency preparedness fields. IAEM members may purchase the book online using the code IAE25 and receive a 25% discount. .GRANT ANNOUNCEMENTS FEMA announced that $6 million is available for the Homeland Security National Training Program Grants IAEM FEMA released the notice for $6 million available in competitive funding as part of the Fiscal Year 2022 Homeland Security National Training Program Continuing Training Grants. The funding notice is posted at Grants.gov. Grant money will be available to applicants through a competitive process to help improve the nation’s ability to respond to and recover from all-hazards events. Applicants must submit applications no later than 11:59 p.m. EDT Aug. 15, 2022. For FY 2022, program priority areas consist of select emerging threats and gaps that align with strategic priorities that recipients are expected to incorporate into products and activities funded through the Continuing Training Grants program to build capability across the nation. .EM CALENDAR IAEM Region 1 to host "Meet the Candidates" webinar on Aug. 16 IAEM On Tuesday, Aug. 16 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. EDT, IAEM Region 1 candidates will introduce themselves and give an overview of their vision for the organization. Meet the next generation of IAEM leadership as they showcase their vision for the region, highlight their unique perspectives and credentials, and discuss their individual skills and talents as they pertain to regional leadership. Register for the event here. IAEM to host, 'Ethics in Emergency Management' webinar IAEM Join IAEM on Aug 23, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. for the "Ethics in Emergency Management" webinar. This webinar will provide attendees with an understanding of a newly developed Code of Ethics for emergency management, led by the FEMA Higher Education Special Interest Group (SIG). Speakers representing the SIG and IAEM-USA will discuss the importance of ethics in emergency management, the development of the Code of Ethics, and the next steps for socializing and implementing the draft document. Webinar attendees are encouraged to review the resources available on the SIG website and to bring their questions and ideas to the discussion. Register here for the webinar. .AROUND THE WORLD As Cuba struggles to put out oil tank fire, questions about disaster response mount Miami Herald Cuban authorities were still struggling Monday to contain a raging fire at an oil storage facility at the port of Matanzas, after new explosions spread the flames to other oil tanks, raising questions about the country’s disaster preparedness and its ongoing energy crisis. According to the government’s version of events, the fire started around 7 p.m. Friday when lightning struck a crude-oil storage tank in the unloading area in the port known as the Matanzas Supertanker Base. The fire extended to a second tank on Saturday and a third one on Monday. READ MORE Southwest monsoon claims one life, 29 houses in Tamil Nadu, says minister The New Indian Express One person was killed and 29 houses were damaged during the Southwest monsoon in Tamil Nadu, Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management KKSSR Ramachandran said on Sunday. To shield people from the rains, 8,567 people were moved to shelters in 10 districts, and all precautionary steps have been taken, he added. The State received 269 mm of rainfall from June 1 to August 6, which is 102% more than normal, the minister said in a press statement. READ MORE Canadian province declares emergency amid worst wildfires in over 50 years The Guardian Officials in Canada’s easternmost province have issued a state of emergency as crews battle the worst wildfires the region has experienced in more than half a century. Sprawling blazes have consumed thousands of hectares of forest in Newfoundland and Labrador over the last two weeks and remain out of control. READ MORE Abnormally heavy monsoon rains causes flash floods in Pakistan, kills at least 549 people WION-T With remote communities in the impoverished southwestern province of Balochistan among the hardest hit, flash floods caused by abnormally heavy monsoon rains killed at least 549 people in Pakistan over the past month. Declaring a monsoon emergency, Pakistan's cabinet the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to take as many preventive measures as possible. READ MORE Historic rainfall turns Seoul's roads into rivers and leaves 8 dead The Associated Press via NPR Some of the heaviest rain in decades swamped South Korea's capital region, turning Seoul's streets into car-clogged rivers and sending floods cascading into subway stations. At least eight people were killed — some by drowning in their homes — and seven others were missing, while more rain was forecast. Deserted cars and buses were scattered across streets as the water receded on Tuesday as workers cleared uprooted trees, mud and debris with excavators and blocked off broken roads and pavement. 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. 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