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This is your last chance to lock in savings of up to $100 with the early bird rate and enter to win a copy of Ted Koppel’s book Lights Out. The IAEM 64th Annual Conference & EMEX in Savannah, Georgia, Oct. 14-19, 2016, features many dynamic speakers, plenary sessions with Ted Koppel, Leonard Marcus, and Avish Parashar; keynotes with W. Craig Fugate and Lee Feldman; more than 60 breakout sessions; extended spotlight sessions on response and recovery; pre/post-conference training; the very popular EMvision Talks; and numerous networking events to meet your peers. Register now so you don't miss out on the premiere emergency management event of the year. If you cannot attend, purchase our Digital Pass to view livestreamed and recorded sessions.
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Sign up for EMEX 2016 today! There are less than six weeks remaining to register for booth space to showcase your products and services to emergency managers from all across the country. Download a brochure, and sign up on our website, or contact Jennifer Walsh.
BBC News
A BBC investigation has uncovered a catalogue of safety concerns at the U.K.'s most hazardous nuclear site.
Panorama found parts of Sellafield regularly have too few staff to operate safely and that radioactive materials have been stored in degrading plastic bottles.
The program was told that parts of the facility are dangerously rundown.
Sellafield says the site in Cumbria is safe and has been improved with significant investment in recent years.
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His Excellency Khaled Al Mansoori, IAEM International Council President, will deliver the opening keynote address at the Second Annual Emergency Management & Business Continuity Summit, to be held Oct. 5-6, 2016, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This event is being co-hosted by IAEM and the International Quality & Productivity Centre (IQPC). The event will present attendees with the information they need to meet the new challenges that lie ahead and an opportunity to network with their peers participating at all levels. The summit will feature a panel of experts presenting a variety of topics, including national security, critical infrastructure protection, emergency response, enterprise risk management, fire safety, and civil defense contingency planning. Download a brochure, and find more details and registration at the event website.
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Join other IAEM conference attendees on Saturday, Oct. 15, 5:30-7:30 p.m., for an exclusive private tour of the Port of Savannah, home to the largest single-terminal container facility of its kind in North America. It is comprised of two modern, deep water terminals: Garden City Terminal and Ocean Terminal. Together, these facilities exemplify the GPA’s exacting standards of efficiency and productivity. Garden City Terminal is the fourth busiest container handling facilities in the United States, encompassing more than 1,200 acres and moving millions of tons of containerized cargo annually. Space is limited so register today.
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For the first time on the Atlantic Seaboard, 16 hours of comprehensive training for FEMA’s Public Assistance Program at the IAEM conference.
The training includes 50 Excel spreadsheets and forms to assist in disaster cost recovery.
Register at iaemconference.info
Presented by: Mike Martinet, MS, CEM
Visit us at themartinetgroup.com
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The American Meteorological Society’s Committee on Emergency Management invites IAEM student chapters and emergency management students to partner with local AMS chapters and student chapters. Learn more about weather forecasts and the forecast process, and share with meteorologists how they can better communicate with some of their most crucial partners. Invite their officers to speak at one of your meetings, attend one of theirs, or consider planning a joint event featuring a local emergency manager or a tour of a local Emergency Operations Center. Find a chapter near you through the AMS Chapter Directory or contact the committee chairpersons for more information.
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The IAEM-Global Editorial Work Group has extended the deadline to Sept. 10, 2016, for feature articles on “Today’s Emergency Management: Working in a Complex World,” the theme of the IAEM 2016 Annual Conference. Articles might focus on an aspect of one of these areas: complex events or incidents: the lessons we have yet to learn or failed to implement; current research and practice; and successful collaborative practices. Ideas for topics are posted here. Please read the author’s guidelines, and email your 750-1,500 word article to Karen Thompson, editor, Thompson@iaem.com no later than Sept. 10, 2016.
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IAEM members have been invited to comment on a recently published document outlining the organization and start-up plan for the Alliance for Social-Behavioral Systems and Extreme Environmental Events, which formally launches Nov. 1, 2016. This document, provided for review to the broad research, operations, and corporate sector communities in the topic domains encompassing extreme environmental events, describes a new “research to practice” community-governed alliance crafted in response to multiple community recommendations. Its fundamental purpose is to help society more effectively understand, prepare for, mitigate, and respond and adapt to extreme environmental events. Email comments by Oct. 1, 2016, to Dr. Kelvin K. Droegemeir, vice president for research, University of Oklahoma, kkd@ou.edu. In addition to input received via email, a number of open-invitation conference calls and web meeting sessions will be held to maximize opportunity for feedback from and dialogue with the national and international communities.
The Times-Picayune
It was a once-in-a-millennium storm that delivered a sucker punch to the gut of Baton Rouge and its suburbs, resulting in a standing eight count for a city already reeling from the police shooting of Alton Sterling and a lone gunman's subsequent killing of three law enforcement officers. Yet even after the floodwaters receded and neighborhoods began to dry, residents have been tormented by near-daily, quick-strike afternoon thunderstorms and sauna-like conditions, exasperating spirits and slowing the ponderous slog toward recovery.
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Stay safe with the Gorman-Redlich CRW-S NOAA Weather Radio receiver, which includes SAME decoding and interfaces with digital signage, emergency lighting, PA systems and more. READ MORE
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Japan Times
Typhoons that slam into Japan, China, Taiwan and the Korean Peninsula have gotten considerably stronger since the 1970s, a new study concludes.
Overall, Asian typhoon intensity has increased by about 12 percent in the last four decades, according to a study in the journal Nature Geoscience.
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Times of Israel
The Israeli rescue teams working at a collapsed Tel Aviv parking garage are using a mix of fiber-optic cables, cameras with voice and visuals, and new technology that tracks cellphones to pinpoint the location of trapped victims, Col. Ramtin Sabti, head of the Jerusalem and Central District of the IDF Homefront Command, said Tuesday.
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Don’t miss the AEM®/CEM® Prep Course and exam being offered at the IAEM Annual Conference in Savannah, Georgia, on Oct. 16. Visit the IAEM website for further details and registration information. We hope to see you there.
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As part of National Preparedness Month, FEMA released its 2016 Children & Youth Preparedness Social Media Toolkit. The toolkit includes safety and preparedness messages that can be easily shared on social media accounts. You can also find hashtags to use to join the conversation and graphics, videos, and related links to make your posts more engaging and interactive.
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The Association of American Railroads and the Railinc Corporation released a new app, AskRail. The AskRail app is a safety tool that provides first responders immediate access to accurate, timely data about what type of hazardous materials a railcar is carrying so they can make an informed decision about how to respond to a rail emergency. Any user may download the basic application with access to some of the information, such as the Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) (including guides and contact info), the UN/NA numbers, and railroads’ contact phone numbers for emergency assistance and coordination. Once you have downloaded the AskRail app, you can register for full access as an emergency responder through one of the railroads. There are two types of full access: Car and Consist. Car access gives emergency responders the ability to look up any car on the train and Consist access provides the full train list. (Consist access is only provided to upper level emergency responders such as chiefs and emergency management directors.) Sponsoring railroads for full access include: BNSF, CN, CP, CSX, KCS, NS, or UP. Download in the Google Play or Apple itunes stores.
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Secure your space today in the highly sought after pre/post-conference training courses at the IAEM 64th Annual Conference & EMEX in Savannah, Georgia. Courses from EMI offered Friday through Sunday, Oct. 14-16 are as follows: L0948 Situational Awareness and Common Operating Picture; L0205 Recovery from Disaster, the Local Government Role; L0426 Building a Roadmap to Resilience: A Whole Community Training; L0235 Emergency Planning; L0489 Management of Spontaneous Volunteers in Disasters; and L0366 Planning for the Needs of Children in Disasters. Additional training courses offered on Oct. 14-16 are: FEMA’s Public Assistance Program: Maximizing Your Disaster Cost Recovery; Universities and Colleges Emergency Managers Practitioners Symposium; 2016 Leadership Symposium: Exploring Complexity: Sense-Making at the Confluence of Humanity, Technology and the Environment; Nathanial Forbes’ Persuade! Workshop for Emergency Managers; CEM®/AEM® Certification Offerings; plus post conference training on the EMAP Training Course and by NDPTC on Natural Disaster Awareness for Community Leaders and Leveraging Tools for Conducting Damage Assessments. For a complete listing of all training sessions, visit the website and register today. Additional fees are applicable. Some courses require additional fees.
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The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the Radiation Injury Treatment Network (RITN) will hold a webinar on Sept. 12, 2016, 12:00-2:00 p.m. EDT, on “Patient Movement Following a Radiological Casualty Incident.” The webinar will provide an overview of the "RTR" process, National Disaster Medical System, patient movement, and the capabilities of the Radiation Injury Treatment Network. The program also will describe the patient movement process following a radiological mass casualty incident from the disaster site through ad hoc and planned triage, treatment, and transport locations through NDMS to the definitive care facilities. Register online. Questions should be directed to Heather Misner, Director of Preparedness and Clinical Outreach, ASTHO.
New Zealand Herald
Much of the North Island was shaken awake this morning with a magnitude 7.1 earthquake felt from Northland to Wellington.
The quake hit northeast of the East Cape settlement of Te Araroa. The jolt lasted for almost a minute and was felt across much of the North Island.
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The Sun
The earth-shattering quake, which measured 3.5 on the Richter scale, rattled southern Spain — causing walls to move and plates to rattle.
The Bahia Plaza and the local cinema in the town of Los Barrios were evacuated by fearless fire crews.
Speaking with the Daily Star, resident Alicia Macías said: “I was in the patio giving my daughters their dinner when I felt the windows and the walls move.
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BBC News
Hurricane Newton has made landfall in western Mexico near the popular tourist resort of Cabo San Lucas.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said hurricane-force winds were spreading over Baja California Sur.
The center registered maximum sustained winds of 90 mph.
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Cosumnes Connection
A fast moving weather system pushed through Central Indiana Wednesday, triggering tornadoes north of Indianapolis. There are 10-15 minor injuries in Howard county being monitored and Montgomery county is in the assessment process.
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ARY News
Mild earthquake tremors triggered stampede at a school in Battagram, leaving at least 57 students injured, ARY News reported.
According to Disaster Management Authority in Khyber Pakhtonkhwa, tremors of 4.5 magnitude were felt and that stirred panic at school in Battagram, forcing pupils to rush out of their classes.
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India Today
The flood situation remained grim in Bhagalpur, Madhubani, Khagaria and Katihar as the rivers in some parts of these districts are still swelling and flowing above the danger mark. Despite many rivers including Ganga and Sone showing receding trend, the death toll in the Bihar floods has reached 205 with six more deaths reported.
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The Associated Press via FireRescue1
Spanish firefighters supported by two dozen water-dropping aircraft worked in temperatures of around 4104 F on Monday to try and control a forest blaze that forced the evacuation of around 1,000 people.
Authorities said more than 300 firefighters with 65 vehicles were deployed to the wildfire ( near Valencia, around 220 miles southeast of Madrid.
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Japan Times
Typhoon Namtheun made landfall in the city of Nagasaki early Monday, prompting the Meteorological Agency to warn of strong winds, heavy rain, mudslides and flooding, especially along river valleys.
After making landfall shortly after 1 a.m., the typhoon moved over the northwestern part of Kyushu. By 9 a.m. it had weakened and was downgraded to a tropical depression.
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TelesurTV
The Geophysical Institute of Ecuador registered it as another earthquake and not an aftershock from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake on April 16.
Another earthquake hit Ecuador's capital Quito at 7.22 p.m., local time. While only a 4.6 magnitude earthquake, the fact that it struck the capital again is alarming.
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Deccan Chronicle
A strong earthquake shook parts of the southern Philippines on Sunday, briefly panicking residents, the government volcanology office said.
The 6.0-magnitude quake rocked the southern island of Mindanao but there were no initial reports of damage or casualties, the civil defense office said.
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NPR
An earthquake struck northern Oklahoma early Saturday morning, rattling houses and waking residents in the region around Pawnee, about 74 miles north of Oklahoma City. Preliminary measurements show the quake had a magnitude of 5.6 — believed to be one of the strongest in state history. The quake was felt in five states, according to the U.S. Geological Survey: Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Texas.
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