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The IAEM Thursday Learning Webinar, today at 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT, features Megan Syner, National Weather Service warning coordination meteorologist in Great Falls, Montana, on “Social Media Exercises for Emergency Managers.” Register now. Social media is a valuable tool for emergency officials to disseminate critical information and build trust within communities. The National Weather Service in Great Falls partnered with Montana Disaster and Emergency Services officials to develop a functional exercise on how to utilize social media during an emergency situation. Emergency officials became familiar with multiple social media platforms and formulated communication strategies focused on providing consistent, reliable and accurate information during a crisis. This session will discuss the planning and implementation of this particular exercise, as well as lessons learned and best practices for future social media related exercises.
IAEM
As a benefit to IAEM members, IAEM has lowered the cost for its pre-conference and post-conference training. All EMI and EMAP training courses are only $25 per day for IAEM members attending the IAEM Annual Conference at the full or basic registration rates, including students. This is a significant savings that may be enough to cover your annual membership dues. If you are not a member, join today and save on training and registration fees to the conference. The IAEM Annual Conference will be held in Long Beach, California, Nov. 10-15, 2017. View the program for complete details.
IAEM
The IAEM Editorial Work Group invites you to write an article for the conference issue of the IAEM Bulletin, which will be focused on the theme of the IAEM 2017 Annual Conference, “Navigating a Journey with the Whole Community.” Articles should be related in some way to the conference theme. You could pick one of the following four conference focus areas: The Emergency Management Journey: What have you learned, and where do you want to go next; Sweeping the Depths for Treasure and Scanning the Horizon: The cutting edge of research and practice; All Hands on Deck: Collaborative practices; and Uncharted Waters: How do we steer through the unknown, the new normal. Alternately, you may have another idea about how to address the general conference theme. It’s time to share your insights (in 750-1,500 words), and email your article to Karen Thompson, editor, by Sept. 22, 2017, 5:00 p.m. EDT.
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China’s National Meteorological Center on Tuesday warned that Typhoon Talim could intensify and turn into a super typhoon as it churns towards Taiwan and Zhejiang and Fujian provinces on the Chinese mainland.
The meteorological agency issued a blue alert, the lowest in a four-tier color-coded system for severe weather.
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Kathmandu Tribune
A much-awaited bill relating to the disaster risk reduction and its management was registered at the Legislature-Parliament Secretariat, the Secretariat said.
The bill named as the "Act to Revise and Integrate Acts Related to the Disaster Risk Mitigation and Management-2074 BS" focuses on protecting public life, public and private property, natural and cultural heritages, physical properties and minimizing the disaster risk.
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Protect those that are responding to your disaster.
Discover why the CDC recommends the BioSeal System body sealing technologies to contain human remains that result from traumatic incidents.
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Xinhua Net
Chinese science authorities will give special funding to support seismological research on plate tectonics in the country's earthquake-prone areas.
At a meeting on quake prevention and disaster reduction, Zheng Guoguang, head of the China Earthquake Administration said funding up to $4.6 million dollars a year would go to the research program in the next five years.
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Reuters
Shell Canada, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, is shutting some gas operations in its Waterton complex in southern Alberta as a precaution against an uncontrolled wildfire raging nearby, the company said on Tuesday.
The Waterton complex includes natural gas wells and a processing plant and has production capacity of nearly 179 million cubic feet per day.
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Barriere Star Journal
Thousands of wildfire crews continue to fight fires burning in the province, but officials with the British Columbia Government are now looking ahead at the transition from response to recovery.
Agriculture Minister Lana Popham took part in Monday’s wildfire media call to remind ranchers and farmers that help is on the way.
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The Guardian
The winds and rain came first, usual for this time of year. Crops drown in the sodden earth, the price of vegetables and fruits in the market rises and, as the rain and wind beat down on the tin roofs and wooden frames of many of our homes, communities bear down for more. Torrential storms, gushing flood waters and devastated infrastructure come next, and lives are lost in their wake.
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• The Evacu B can provide one nurse with the capability of
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Homeland Security News Wire
An 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck Mexico early Friday, killing dozens of people. “The 8.2-magnitude earthquake (the best current estimate) makes this among the largest intermediate-depth earthquakes ever recorded. I believe it is one of the five largest in the last 40 years,” says an earthquake expert.
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Phys.org
Slow slip events, a type of slow motion earthquake that occurs over days to weeks, are thought to be capable of triggering larger, potentially damaging earthquakes. In a new study led by The University of Texas at Austin, scientists have documented the first clear-cut instance of the reverse — a massive earthquake immediately triggering a series of large slow slip events.
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Everything Your Team Needs to Prepare for, Respond to, and Report on Issues Anytime, Anywhere, From Any Device!
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Governing
If the feds build it, will the states come?
The field of dreams in question is the highly touted First Responder Network Authority. Also known as FirstNet, the system was conceived in the wake of 9/11 as a solution to the radio communications failures that plagued first responders at the height of the tragedy.
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The Hill
Craig Fugate, a former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said Thursday that the nation's response to natural disasters and storms is no longer about debating climate change, "it's about climate adaptation."
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Route Fifty
Federal agencies battling wildfires gained leeway on Friday to more quickly replenish money they borrow to cover the cost of suppressing the blazes.
Language making this possible is included in a bill President Donald Trump signed providing roughly $15 billion in aid for areas damaged by Hurricane Harvey.
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IAEM
The voting period in the 2017 IAEM-USA officers election began on Aug. 4 and will conclude on Oct. 4, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. EDT. IAEM-USA Individual, Affiliate, and Lifetime members are invited to vote on IAEM-USA second vice president and IAEM-USA treasurer. Visit the election web page to learn about the candidates and cast your vote.
USDA
In 2001, Forest Service Incident Management Teams and crews responded to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 with a well-coordinated response of multiple local, state, and federal emergency personnel. Our response to this national crisis highlighted the critical role of incident management systems when responding to an unforeseen national emergency.
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Homeland Security News Wire
Being honest about the extent and urgency of the Houston-Galveston region’s flooding problem will not harm the community but will form the basis for recovery, according to a paper by an engineering and environmental expert. “Denying fundamental truths and moving forward with business as usual will be the economic death knell for the Houston region,” Rice University’s Jim Blackburn wrote in a paper highlighting fifteen policies and actions that are meant to initiate a conversation about designing a Houston for the future.
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Homeland Security News Wire
A growing number of wildfire-burned areas throughout the western United States are expected to increase soil erosion rates within watersheds, causing more sediment to be present in downstream rivers and reservoirs. The area burned annually by wildfires has increased in recent decades and is expected to continue to increase this century.
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The Atlantic
“I woke up Friday night with a dream that it had missed the peninsula,” said Bill Lapenta, the director of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction.
We sat looking at a screen that showed Hurricane Irma’s long journey across the Atlantic Ocean. Another monitor showed a live satellite feed of the cyclone, the hurricane a splotch of rainbow data, its eye coming closer and closer to the Florida mainland.
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Billings Gazette
A little over a week ago, after strong winds and soaring daytime temperatures pushed a wildfire through a vast swath of the Bears Paw Mountains south of Havre, the situation for the fire team managing the blaze was grim. The more than 15,000-acre East Fork Fire had zero containment, had destroyed at least five cabins and was threatening an estimated 130 additional structures in the area.
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IAEM
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced on Sept. 12 that effective immediately the updated Public Assistance (PA) delivery model will be implemented on all future declared disasters. The model has been piloted since early 2015, with implementation occurring in several states. The updated delivery model simplifies and improves the delivery of grants by deliberately targeting the early phases of the grants’ life cycle in order to avoid challenges that historically arose post-award during grant closeout. FEMA is training more than 800 staff on the PA delivery model, and additional personnel will be identified to support the program going forward. Learn more about FEMA Public Assistance online. Details on official guidance regarding the changes will be available soon.
IAEM
Youth Service America (YSA), a partner of FEMA’s Youth Preparedness Council, is seeking nominations for its Youth Stand Strong Against Disasters awards. All youth aged 5-25 in the United States are eligible to apply. Nonprofits, K-12 schools, colleges/universities, faith-based organizations, and local government organizations also are eligible to apply on behalf of a youth-led project. YSA is looking for creative and innovative ideas from youth who are providing immediate relief to those affected by recent disasters, supporting long-term recovery and rebuilding efforts, and helping prepare their own communities for disasters. Awards of $250, $500, and $1,000 will be given in each of three categories: disaster relief; disaster recovery and rebuilding; and disaster preparedness. Online applications will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. EDT, Sept. 20, 2017.
IAEM
Campus Safety magazine is now accepting nominations for 2017 Campus Safety Director of the Year. Nominations are due Dec. 18, 2017. If you know a hospital, university or school campus police chief, director of public safety and security, or emergency manager who goes above and beyond the call of duty, demonstrating outstanding leadership skills, ingenuity, selflessness and overall achievement, you are encouraged to submit his or her (or your) nomination. Instructions for nominations and details on judging criteria are online.
IAEM
Each year, IAEM offers the chance for student members to win a stipend in the amount of $300 (early bird rate) which can be used towards either the registration fee or to help support travel expenses to attend the IAEM 2017 Annual Conference in Long Beach, California. 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 Sept. 18, 2017, along with the following information: your name, your complete contact information, and the university that you are attending. Complete details are online.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts
A week after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in southeastern Texas, at least 21 states had sent emergency response teams and equipment to help. Such interstate aid is coordinated through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, a mutual aid agreement among states. These cooperative commitments represent another aspect of the “all hands on deck” approach that the federal government and states take to disaster preparation and response.
Route Fifty
In any crisis situation, there’s preparation and then there’s reality. First responders and government agencies can train volunteers, put an action plan into place, and get everything as ready as it can possibly be. But then the hurricane hits.
For many of Miami-Dade’s 2.6 million residents, one of Hurricane Irma’s very present realities is language.
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Domestic Preparedness
Personal protective equipment is worn as part of an overall infection prevention strategy to protect the health worker from acquiring infection while providing services to patients infected Ebola and related haemorrhagic viruses. A preliminary published report by WHO stated that during the 2014-2016 Ebola virus epidemic in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, health workers were between 21 and 32 times more likely to be infected with Ebola than people in the general adult population.
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IAEM
Past conference attendees know that the IAEM Annual Conference & EMEX is the premiere emergency management event of the year. If you haven’t attended the conference, learn about it from those who have by viewing video clips and reading written testimonials. View our highlight reel from the 2016 IAEM Annual Conference to get the flavor of the event. Register for the conference by the early bird deadline of Oct. 6, 2017, to receive discounts on fees. More information is available in the conference program.
Homeland Security News Wire
Two major storms — Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma – in as many weeks raise this question: Is the number of major natural disasters striking the United States actually increasing, or does the media’s natural tendency to overhype conflict only make it seem so? Since 1980 there have been 212 disasters, which NOAA calculates resulted in over $1.2 trillion in damage.
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Route Fifty
Almost exactly 117 years ago, a Category 4 hurricane made landfall on the barrier-island city of Galveston, Texas, with the storm surge and winds destroying at least half of the residential areas and killing at least 6,000 people. The September 8, 1900 catastrophe was one of the most destructive and costly natural disasters in American history, and even generations later it’s the watch word of sorts for what nature is capable of, and of how seriously humans need to take it.
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New Statesman
I have been here 15 years and been through so many storms. We have been told many times to evacuate,” Scott Abraham, a Miami resident in the path of Category 5 Hurricane Irma told CNN, before explaining why he was staying put. “If it does, I think we are safe. We have food. We have supplies. We have everything we need.”
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Domestic Preparedness
No two disasters are the same. Yet it is not unusual for officials to be confronted with a common critical public safety decision: whether to evacuate the public or advise them to shelter in place. This crucial decision, which is normally time sensitive, can set the tone for the remainder of the response and recovery phases.
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FORTUNE
As Houston rebuilds and recovers from the damage Hurricane Harvey left behind — estimated to be $100 billion — we are turning our attention to Hurricane Irma, another powerful storm that just battered the Florida Keys.
Harvey was an epic storm with unprecedented destruction. It dumped 33 trillion gallons of water on Texas and surrounding areas, and flooded an area the size of Lake Michigan, with some parts of Houston recording over 50 inches of rain.
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Inc.
When nature unleashes its fury on your part of the world, it's of course a fantastic idea to lay in all the emergency supplies recommended by the authorities. But sometimes when it comes to disasters, it's not clean water or boarded up windows that will save you. It's information.
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Domestic Preparedness
By listening to the acoustic signal emitted by a laboratory-created earthquake, a computer science approach using machine learning can predict the time remaining before the fault fails.
“At any given instant, the noise coming from the lab fault zone provides quantitative information on when the fault will slip,” said Paul Johnson, a Los Alamos National Laboratory fellow and lead investigator on the research, which was published in Geophysical Research Letters.
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Bustle
During a national disaster, contacting someone for help can be tricky. Luckily, in the digital age, there are emergency apps you can use without Wi-Fi, or cellular data, during a disaster. While some of these apps are also great hacks for free messaging during international travel, many were actually developed to help people in disaster zones call for help.
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IAEM
The New Zealand certification exam was updated in August 2017. New Zealand candidates preparing to take the AEM®/CEM® Exam should access a copy of the updated AEM®/CEM® Study Guide from the IAEM website to review the revised listing of suggested resources.
IAEM
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Critical Infrastructure Cyber Community Voluntary Program (C3) will co-host a webinar on cybersecurity insurance with the Regional Consortium Coordinating Council and the State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Government (SLTT) Coordinating Council on Sept. 15, 2017, 1:00-2:30 p.m. EDT. The webinar, to feature federal, SLTT, and private sector panelists, will focus on: raising general awareness about cybersecurity insurance; increasing understanding of the risk and impact of a cyber breach on all types of organizations; and highlighting tools and resources available to assist organizations in decreasing risk. Log in here to access the webinar, or call in at 888-394-4822, Participant Pin 6.
NPR
Hurricane Irma was the longest-lasting powerful hurricane or typhoon ever recorded, worldwide.
Irma sustained its 185-mph winds for 37 hours — "the longest any cyclone around the globe has maintained that intensity on record," according to Phil Klotzbach, a research scientist at Colorado State University. The previous record was held by Typhoon Haiyan, also called Super Typhoon Yolanda, which hit the Philippines in 2013.
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NPR
As millions of Florida residents begin to assess damage left by Hurricane Irma, people in Georgia and South Carolina are also struggling to cope with heavy flooding and power outages in coastal areas.
Some 4.7 million Florida homes and businesses — close to half the state's electricity customers — were without electricity, along with nearly 846,000 customers in Georgia, about 122,000 in South Carolina and thousands more in Alabama.
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The Associated Press via U.S. News & World Report
A tropical depression dumped heavy rain on the Philippines on Tuesday, flooding metropolitan Manila and nearby provinces and causing landslides and flash floods that killed at least four people.
Six others were missing, including five residents of Laguna province, where floods swept away a house next to a swollen river, disaster relief officials said.
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Reuters
A cyclone dumped heavy rains in the Philippine capital, Manila, and nearby provinces on Tuesday, causing widespread flooding and landslides in some areas that killed at least two people, the national disaster agency said.
Financial markets, government offices and schools were closed and port operations in some provinces were suspended, it said. Several flights were canceled.
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The Globe and Mail
The death toll from Mexico's 8.1 magnitude earthquake rose to 96 on Monday as more victims were confirmed in the hard-hit southern states of Oaxaca and Chiapas and residents worked to repair shattered homes and small businesses.
The Foreign Relations Department said 95 people had died nationwide in Thursday's quake. Then Chiapas state civil defence director Luis Manuel Garcia Moreno said the number of deaths there had risen from 15 to 16.
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Reuters via Straits Times
Two people died in a mudslide in Mexico sparked by storm Katia, and thousands were left without power as the weather front dissipated inland on Saturday (Sept 9), threatening to dump rains in waterlogged areas also shaken by a major earthquake this week.
The two people died in Xalapa, the capital of Veracruz state, when mud loosened from a hillside by Katia’s rains trapped them in their home, Luis Felipe Puente, head of Mexico’s national emergency services, told Reuters.
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BBC News
Before hitting Florida, Hurricane Irma caused catastrophic damage across the Caribbean, where it killed at least 37 people and left thousands homeless.
Irma, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic basin, swept across islands including St Martin, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the British and US Virgin Islands.
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BBC News
At least six people have been killed after heavy rainstorms and flooding in the Italian city of Livorno.
Four members of a family were killed when their basement apartment flooded. Italian newspaper Il Tirreno reports that two parents and their son died.
One girl was rescued by her grandfather, but he died when he returned to attempt for his other family members, the newspaper said.
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