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.IAEM CONFERENCE NEWS
Don't miss early bird pricing for the IAEM Annual Conference — Register by Oct. 10
IAEM
You don't want to miss out on the discounts that come with early bird pricing for the IAEM Annual Conference & EMEX, Nov. 11-17, 2022. Save money by registering now! As a special bonus, those who register for the conference by Oct. 10 will gain access to eight additional sessions in the Early Edition Speaker Series starting on Oct. 11. Register now to lock in early bird pricing and the Early Edition Speaker Series. We're excited to see you in Savannah in November.
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.IAEM SCHOLARSHIP
IAEM Scholarship Program seeks items for upcoming Annual Conference auctions
IAEM
The IAEM Scholarship Program will be holding a live and online auction in conjunction with the IAEM Annual Conference to support students working on degrees in emergency management, disaster management, or closely related fields of study. IAEM seeks items to be featured in these auctions. Items of interest include challenge coins, especially special event or exercise coins; emergency management memorabilia; jewelry; artwork; gift baskets; stays at vacation homes/properties; event tickets; electronics; or any item you would be interested in purchasing. Contact IAEM Scholarship Program Director Dawn M. Shiley to donate items for the auction.
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.IAEM-CANADA COUNCIL NEWS
Canada invests $1.4 million to improve search and rescue in Canada
Mirage
As Canadians play, work, and explore outdoors, search and rescue personnel stand ready to respond when someone goes missing or is in distress. On behalf of the Honourable Bill Blair, President of the Queen’s Privy Council and Minister of Emergency Preparedness, Parliamentary Secretary Yasir Naqvi announced $1.4 million in funding for Counter Crisis Technology Inc.
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.IAEM-USA COUNCIL NEWS
Did FEMA spend more on Harvey victims than Maria victims?
Government Technology
The Federal Emergency Management Agency's response to Hurricanes Harvey was far more extensive than its aid to Maria in 2017, according to a report released by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on Wednesday.
The independent commission's report examined how FEMA's response efforts differed between Harvey, which killed at least 68 people in Texas, and Maria, which killed 2,975 in Puerto Rico. The response in Texas was on a "larger scale" and faster than the response in Puerto Rico. The slow pace from federal agencies significantly affected the recovery of Maria survivors, according to the report.
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.IAEM NEWS
IAEM Editorial Committee seeks submissions for the October special focus issue of the IAEM Bulletin
IAEM
The IAEM Editorial Committee seeks article submissions for the upcoming IAEM Bulletin Special Focus Issue on the topic of "Emergency Management Unmuted." The October issue is the IAEM "conference issue" and will focus on topics related to the overall conference theme. The definition of unmuted is "to allow something previously muted to produce sound again." Let's make ourselves heard! Articles should be submitted to IAEM Bulletin Editor John Osborne by Monday, Oct. 3. The full guidelines and tips for authors can be found here.
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.EM NEWS
2023 Preparedness Summit seeks abstracts by Oct. 24
IAEM
As we recover from the prolonged pandemic response and begin to define the endemic phase of COVID-19, natural disasters, emerging infectious diseases, terrorist threats, climate issues, and maintenance of all-hazards plans can now be reexamined. The 2023 Preparedness Summit, Recover. Renew: Reprioritizing All-Hazards Preparedness, will provide an opportunity to revisit these pressing issues and share resources, shape policies, and build skills to mitigate a variety of threats. Submit an abstract for the 2023 Preparedness Summit—to be held April 24-27, 2023, in Atlanta—by Oct. 24. Learn more at www.preparednesssummit.org.
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How New Mexico's largest wildfire set off a drinking water crisis
The New York Times
Heavy monsoon rains would normally be cause for celebration in the drought-parched mountains of northeastern New Mexico, where the Rockies meet the Great Plains, especially after the largest wildfire in state history came within a mile of torching the region’s largest community this spring.
But not this year, when fears of running out of fresh water forced officials to cancel an annual arts and crafts fair that draws thousands of visitors in Las Vegas, N.M. All over this town of 13,000 people, carwashes are closed. Swimming pools are empty. Restaurants are serving food on paper plates. And the gushing skies are no help.
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.NEW INSIGHTS
HSToday Q&A: CDP Superintendent Tony Russell discusses training first responders to face the worst
Homeland Security Today
The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Ala., provides advanced, all-hazards training to approximately 50,000 emergency responders annually from state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, as well as the federal government, foreign governments, and private entities, as available. The scope of training includes preparedness, protection, and response. Courses at the CDP campus in Anniston, Ala., include hands-on training at the Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological (COBRA) Training Facility, where responders train using nerve agents GB (Sarin) and VX, as well as non-pathogenic strains of anthrax and ricin.
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Military combat skills for civilian disaster response
Domestic Preparedness
During their service, military personnel acquire a broad range of lifesaving skills that are critical when on the frontline during wartime. Effective medical triage is one of the skills needed during combat and any major disaster or catastrophic event. When preparing and training for all hazards, the learned experience from military veterans provides a unique perspective to build training exercises in partnership with civilian agencies and organizations.
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.CYBERSECURITY NEWS
NSA, CISA: How cyber actors compromise OT/ICS and how to defend against it
Homeland Security Today
The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a Cybersecurity Advisory that highlights the steps malicious actors have commonly followed to compromise operational technology (OT)/industrial control system (ICS) assets and provides recommendations on how to defend against them. “Control System Defense: Know the Opponent” notes the increasing threats to OT and ICS assets that operate, control, and monitor day-to-day critical infrastructure and industrial processes. OT/ICS designs are publicly available, as are a wealth of tools to exploit IT and OT systems.
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.EM RESOURCES
FEMA releases an emergency management guide for local elected and appointed officials
IAEM
FEMA released the “Local Elected and Appointed Officials Guide: Roles and Resources in Emergency Management.” This guide makes it easier for senior officials to understand, prepare for, and execute their leadership responsibilities to help mitigate community risks; save lives; protect property; and recover from disasters. The document provides an executive-level introduction to emergency management concepts and principles for local senior officials and identifies local senior officials’ roles and responsibilities for incident emergency management before, during, and after disasters. The guide also explains how to access additional resources. FEMA will host a series of 60-minute webinars to provide an overview of the guide, the quick reference guide, and checklists. The sessions will include facilitated discussions with stakeholders and provide updates on the National Engagement Period. Advance registration is required on a first-come, first-served basis. To download the document, quick reference guide, and checklists, or to learn more about the webinar sessions, please visit the FEMA website.
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.SURVEY REQUESTS
Input needed: What are the biggest communication and coordination challenges you face during an incident?
IAEM
How do you communicate during a stress event? Pulsara, an incident management and healthcare communications platform, is looking for feedback from emergency managers about what tools they use to communicate with local and regional healthcare facilities and emergency responders during a stress event, and what shortcomings those tools may have. With a mission of improving the lives of people in need and those who serve them, the results from this survey will help Pulsara better understand the communication and coordination challenges emergency managers face during a stress event with the aim of building a more robust platform to help manage every aspect of an incident. Please help by taking the survey.
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.EM CALENDAR
Hurricane Ian prompts CISA to postpone National Cybersecurity Summit
Homeland Security Today
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has decided to postpone the 5th Annual National Cybersecurity Summit due to the mission-critical work of preparing for the potential impact of Hurricane Ian in the region. The summit was originally scheduled to occur on October 4.
As the nation’s lead agency dedicated to reducing risk to our critical infrastructure, CISA engages with public and private sector partners to facilitate response and recovery of essential services like energy, water, transportation and other vital functions before, during and after hurricanes and other natural disasters.
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NHSC to host Politics in Homeland Security webinar today, September 29, at 2:00 p.m. EDT
IAEM
Join the NHSC on Sept. 29, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. EDT for a webinar entitled "Politics in Homeland Security: Understanding What's Behind the Curtain." The Homeland Security Act of 2002 passed the Senate by a vote of 90-0 and the House 295-132. The bill had 118 Congressional co-sponsors. These statistics would be almost impossible to achieve 20 years later in today's current political atmosphere. We all know the headlines related to homeland security policy, but what is really going on behind the scenes? This panel representing decades of experience with homeland security on Capitol Hill will give you a peek behind the scenes on the current landscape, how decisions are made, and what the future may look like. Former Senate Appropriations staff Drenan Dudley will facilitate a panel of former staffers providing a peek behind the Capitol Hill curtain and a glimpse into how politics currently affect DHS. This webinar is free to attend. Register online here.
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IAEM-USA UCC Hot Topics & Best Practices Series to feature a session on Monkeypox on Friday, September 30, at 11:00 a.m. EDT
IAEM
Join the IAEM-USA Universities and Colleges Caucus for a virtual briefing, “Monkeypox – Eliminated or Emerging Threat: Updates from the White House Monkeypox Response Team & Higher Education Colleagues.” Featured speakers are Robert (Bob) Fenton, coordinator of the White House Monkeypox Response and FEMA Region 9 Administrator, and Lisa Martin, director, Office of Emergency Management, University of California, Los Angeles. Join the briefing via Zoom.
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IAEM-USA webinar, 'Keeping Everyone in the Loop Through Engagement Strategies,' to be offered on Oct. 6 at 3:30 p.m. EDT
IAEM
IAEM-USA's Accessibility and Whole Community Caucus is hosting a webinar on "Keeping Everyone in the Loop Through Engagement Strategies." The topic will be promoting inclusivity in communication before, during, and after an emergency. Panelists include Kathleen Madigan, disability integration advisor in FEMA Region 2; Brent Michael Houston, regional disability integration specialist in FEMA Region 8; and Carolyn Nava, Disability Action Center, Diversability Advocacy Network chair. The webinar will be hosted by Regina Zick, New York University, OTR/L, OTDS. Register here.
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.IAEM-ASIA NEWS
UN Mission assures disaster managers of access to data
Malaya Business Insight
A United Nations advisory mission was to arrive to meet Philippine disaster managers and ensure they have access to space-based data during disasters.
The UN Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) mission will be here until the end of the month.
Established by the UN General Assembly in 2006, UN-SPIDER aims to ensure all countries have the access and capacity to use all types of space-based information to support the full disaster management cycle.
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At 41.5 mn, India tops the list of disaster-related displacements in South Asia, says a new report
Money Control
At least 61.4 million people were displaced in South Asia between 2010 and 2021 because of natural disasters such as floods, cyclones, earthquakes, etc., with India topping the list with 41.5 million internal displacements, according to a new report.
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) report, which studied displacements in Asia and Pacific, says South Asia accounted for the third-largest share of disaster displacements in the region during 2010-2021 as the impact of climate change deepened.
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.AROUND THE WORLD
Cuba slowly begins to restore power after Hurricane Ian knocks out grid
Reuters
Cuba had slowly begun to restore power across the eastern end of the island, the state electricity provider said early on Wednesday, after Hurricane Ian caused the country's grid to collapse, turning off the lights for more than 11 million people.
Cuba's already frail grid, largely dependent on antiquated, Soviet-era oil-fired generation plants, had been faltering for months ahead of the storm. But officials said Hurricane Ian had proven too much, knocking out power even in far eastern Cuba, which was largely unaffected by the storm.
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Damage to Canada from storm Fiona is 'unprecedented'
Reuters
The breadth of the damage caused by the powerful storm Fiona that ravaged Canada's Atlantic coast on Saturday has never been seen before, and it will take months to rebuild the critical infrastructure that was destroyed, Canada's emergency preparedness minister Bill Blair said on Sunday.
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Typhoon Noru: Five rescuers dead as typhoon hits Philippines
BBC
Five rescue workers in the Philippines have been killed in a typhoon that has left homes flooded and millions without electricity.
They were washed away in flash floods while carrying out operations in the district of San Miguel, north of the capital Manila.
The district was among those hit hard by Typhoon Noru, with some residents seen stranded on their roofs, while others waded through chest-high garbage strewn waters, attempting to pass on supplies.
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