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IAEM
There is still time to save on the registration fee for the IAEM Annual Conference by taking advantage of the early bird registration discount and registering online no later than Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. Register now to save up to $100 before rates increase on Oct. 7, 2017. Even if you are waiting for your travel budget to be approved, you can lock in the early bird discount today by registering and selecting “pay by check.” View the conference program for details.
IAEM
An Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) workshop on “Mission Impossible to Mission Possible: Mission Ready Packages (MRP) Serve as the Backbone of our Nation’s Emergency Response System During Disasters” has been added to the IAEM Annual Conference post-conference training schedule. This highly interactive workshop will take place on Nov. 16, 2017, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. The session will feature an overview of the EMAC system, with a presentation of existing public health and medical MRP templates; hands-on-activities related to MRP development; troubleshooting advice on intra- and inter-state deployment; tips for using volunteers and private sector assets to respond to disasters; and testimonials and lessons learned from states that have deployed and requested mutual aid through EMAC during real world events. See the online conference program for details, and register today for the IAEM 65th Annual Conference & EMEX in Long Beach, California, Nov. 10-15, 2017.
The Himalayan Times
The meeting today of the Legislature-Parliament unanimously endorsed the Bill on Disaster Reduction and Management-2018. Minister for Home Affairs, Janardan Sharma, presented the proposal seeking approval of the Bill at the Parliament.
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Interaksyon
The Senate has passed on third and final reading a bill establishing a P750 million fund to provide financial assistance to electric cooperatives.
Senator Win Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and sponsor of Senate Bill No. 1461, or the Electric Cooperatives Emergency and Resiliency Fund bill, said the fund aimed “to enhance resiliency by equipping and training electric cooperatives in disaster prevention, preparedness and mitigation.”
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Chinanews.com
China officially put its new geostationary meteorological satellite Fengyun-4 into service on Monday, said the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence , marking an upgrade in the observation system of China's weather satellites in orbit.
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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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EurekAlert
In May 2010, a landslide devastated the municipality of Saint-Jude, Quebec, and was responsible for four fatalities when a house was destroyed by sediment movement. Building on investigations that took place immediately after the landslide, a new study published today in the Canadian Geotechnical Journal discusses triggers of the Saint-Jude landslide that occurred in nearly 10,000-year-old sensitive clay sediment that "liquefies" when disturbed.
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Route Fifty
Millions of residents in Hurricane Harvey’s flood recovery zone in southeastern Texas continue to face uncertain health threats from bacteria and toxins stirred up and left behind by the storm. Polluted standing water festers and sediment spreads indoors and outdoors, over living room furniture and kitchen counters and across front yards and playgrounds.
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IAEM
The voting period in the 2017 IAEM-USA officers election began on Aug. 4 and will conclude on Wednesday, 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.
IAEM
IAEM-USA joined 29 stakeholder organizations in signing on to a Sept. 25 letter to express support for stronger flood-ready standards for federally funded building and rebuilding projects and to offer its assistance to the administration toward building such a standard. The letter was sent to Gary D. Cohn, National Economic Council; Mick Mulvaney, Office of Management and Budget, and Thomas Bossert, Executive Office of the President. Citing the recent devastation caused by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, the coalition stated that despite that fact that they represent divergent views on some issues, they “are of one mind in that we need flood-ready infrastructure standards for federally-funded building and rebuilding to ensure our communities and infrastructure are tougher and stronger.” The letter notes that “a federal flood-ready standard for [these projects] will help to protect people and property, reduce federal costs associated with rebuilding after tremendous flood losses, and make communities stronger.” Download the letter.
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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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IAEM
The NFPA Technical Committee on Unmanned Aircraft Systems has released the first draft of the proposed NFPA Standard 2400, “Standard for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) Used for Public Safety Operations,” for public review and comment until Oct. 13, 2017. The standard will cover the minimum requirements related to the operation, deployment, and implementation of sUAS for public safety operations. Access to the draft standard and a link to provide online feedback are posted online.
New Republic
For two decades, the Pentagon operated under a simple doctrine: We must always be able to fight two wars at once. But in 2009, the Pentagon started to rethink its strategy. Since 9/11, the nature of world conflict had changed; the military needed to be able to fight more than two wars, and to be prepared for unconventional threats.
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• The Evacu B can provide one nurse with the capability of
evacuating six babies and glide down a flight of stairs with no
bouncing
• The Evacu B can travel down the hall using its wheels
• The newborns are placed in pockets made of fire-retardant
and mildew-resistant material. Their heads are then secured in
adjustable hypoallergenic headrests.
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Prevention Web
Back in 2012, a storm surge triggered by Super Storm Sandy caused extensive damage across the New York City-New Jersey metropolitan area, and wreaked havoc on the city’s urban rail system.
As reported by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the subway suffered at least $5 billion worth of damage to stations, tunnels and electrical/signaling systems.
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The Japan News
The strong wind areas of typhoons are estimated to expand if global warming increases further in the future, a study by a Japanese team has shown.
The research article by the joint team of the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology and the University of Tokyo’s Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute was published online in the American Meteorological Society’s Journal of Climate.
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The Hill
The devastation is undeniable: Hurricane Harvey drowned Texas, Hurricane Irma ripped along the Florida coastline, and eyes watch with caution now as Hurricane Jose churns off the Atlantic and Hurricane Maria heads for Puerto Rico.
The relentless headlines serve as a reminder that the United States cannot escape extreme weather.
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Governing
Madhu Beriwal has been preparing for major disasters for more than three decades. She spent several years working in Louisiana state government, where she focused on floodplain management and hurricane evacuations in the New Orleans area. She then founded a private consulting firm called IEM, which helps states and localities plan for potential disasters and advises communities that have been struck by disaster in how to recover and rebuild.
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Domestic Preparedness
For decades, governments have conducted emergency preparedness exercises as a method to evaluate the ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural and man-made disasters. There is no doubt the tens of thousands of exercises conducted across the nation have improved the nation’s preparedness but, in order to tackle new and emerging threats, more must be done.
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Homeland Security News Wire
As Hurricane Irma approached U.S. shores, researchers sponsored by the Office of Naval Research were using air-dropped autonomous sensors to compile real-time ocean observations to help forecasters predict the strength of future tropical storms. This marked the first time a new, specialized version of the sensors — called air-launched autonomous micro observer sensors — was being used in hurricane-prediction research.
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Delaware Republic
Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg was in Delaware meeting with officials from Delaware Emergency Management Agency, University of Delaware and several nonprofits.
In a Facebook post, Zuckerberg said he talked with state officials about responding to natural disasters. He said Facebook has ways to help – like fundraising tools and a way to check in with friends or relatives in danger.
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Forbes
A few weeks ago, Orbital Insight, one of the startups on the Forbes Next Billion Dollar Startups list, applied its know-how to determine how much flooding Houston endured during Hurricane Harvey.
The company, which was founded in 2013 by James Crawford, applies machine learning and artificial intelligence to satellite images.
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WITI-TV
The view from the ground after a devastating hurricane is heartbreaking. The view from the sky is more revealing.
Unmanned aircraft — small and large — swooped in during the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Harvey to get a glimpse of the devastation. That’s why insurance companies have been using drone technology more than ever before to quickly — and safely — assess damage from the storm.
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Newsweek
Another earthquake hit Mexico early Saturday morning. The 6.2 quake comes just days after a devastating 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook central Mexico on Tuesday, claiming the lives of at least 295 people and destroying at least 3,000 buildings in the city’s capital.
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IAEM
As announced previously, new recertification requirements were implemented in January 2017. Recertification candidates who started an online recertification application prior to Jan. 5, 2017, should note that the application is tied to the old recertification requirements. Candidates may confirm that they are working on an updated application by logging into the online application portal and checking if the recertification year (i.e. five-year recertification) is listed in the recertification application in the first column of their candidate dashboard. The CEM® News section of the IAEM website has further information. Feel free to contact IAEM staff with questions.
CNN
A fire in Southern California, which spread to more than 1,700 acres, prompted mandatory evacuations Monday night as at least one structure was damaged or destroyed, according to the Orange County Fire Authority.
The wildfire — called Canyon Fire — started Monday around 1 p.m., near the 91 freeway and near the border between the cities of Anaheim and Corona.
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NPR
Residents, tourists and climbers are being told to stay far away from Mount Agung, a large volcano in Bali where hundreds of shallow volcanic earthquakes have been recorded in recent days. The volcano's last eruption, in 1963, killed more than 1,000 people.
The Indonesian Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation raised the alarm on Friday.
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CNN
Power is out. Food is short. There's not enough water to drink, let alone wash. A week after Hurricane Maria smashed Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm, the situation is not much better. In many ways, it's getting worse.
Hospitals that should be saving people are instead unable to provide care.
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The Associated Press via ABC News
An erupting volcano has forced 6,000 people to flee their homes on an island in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu.
The Manaro volcano on Ambae island has been active since 2005, but a recent increase in activity has raised fears of a major eruption.
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The Associated Press via Lincoln Journal Star
As many as 360 buildings and homes are in danger of collapse or with major damage in Mexico City nearly a week after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake collapsed 38 structures.
The risk of delayed collapse is real: The cupola of Our Lady of Angels Church, damaged and cracked by the Sept. 19 quake, split in half and crashed to the ground Sunday evening. There were no injuries.
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