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If you are attending the IAEM 66th Annual Conference & EMEX in Grand Rapids, Oct. 19-24, 2018, you will want to view this recorded webinar. The webinar will help you discover all the conference has to offer, answer the most frequent questions, and provide instructions on how to navigate the conference like a pro to help you get the most out of the IAEM Annual Conference while you are away from work. The Conference Committee chairs hosted this webinar featuring information on all the dynamic events, speakers, optional outings and things to do in Grand Rapids at the IAEM 2018 Annual Conference. If you haven’t registered, this webinar will show you why you should plan to participate today. Learn more on the conference website.
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In a couple of weeks, during the IAEM Annual Conference, the IAEM Scholarship Commission will host a live and online silent auction. Bidding in the online silent auction has begun, and even those not attending the conference will be able to participate. IAEM needs your help collecting items for the auction. Please consider donating items to the auction. Those that sell well are items that you would like to buy (for instance, electronic gadgets, jewelry, collectibles, regional foods, gift certificates, sports memorabilia, collectibles, etc.) You may donate items directly by uploading the information in the online BiddingforGood portal. Items chosen for the live auction will remain in the portal so they may be previewed. Once uploaded, bring the items with you to the conference or contact IAEM Scholarship Program Director Dawn Shiley for a shipping label. Thanks for your participation.
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The IAEM Scholarship Program has launched another online auction to benefit students working toward degrees in emergency management, disaster management, or closely related fields of study. The auction will end during the IAEM Annual Conference on Wednesday, Oct. 24 at 12:30 p.m. ET. We need your help. Register today, begin bidding, and tell your friends. Anyone is eligible to participate. Winning bidders not at the conference will be notified, and items will be shipped. You will be able to track bids on the mobile app. Check back often because new items are added every day. Current items include several vacations, jewelry, emergency management collectibles, and food gifts.
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Relief Web
This report examines selected examples of integration between urban planning and emergency management in Australia. It seeks to identify initial issues to implementation at national and state level. Overall, this report argues that an integrated approach will require a coordinated framework at the strategic, tactical and operational levels, across functional areas and stakeholders, to establish an effective integrated governance approach that offers desired societal outcomes when faced with extreme events.
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On Wednesday, the U.S. Congress passed the Disaster Recovery Reform Act (DRRA) and the Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act of 2018 as part a broader package of legislation reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration’s activities (H.R. 302). IAEM worked closely with its members, partners, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Congress on this critical legislation to support U.S. communities before and after a disaster. A summary of the bill is available and DRRA begins on page four.
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As announced on Oct. 1, 2018, key changes being made to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) include updated insurance policy premium increases conforming to the premium rate caps established by the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (BW-12) and the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (HFIAA). Premiums will increase upon renewal at an average of 8.2 percent beginning Apr. 1, 2019. These amounts do not include the HFIAA Surcharge or the Federal Policy Fee (FPF). It is important to note that nearly 80 percent of NFIP policyholders already pay a full-risk rate. Annual premium increases of 5 percent for Preferred Risk Policies (PRPs) and 15 percent for Newly Mapped procedure policies will become effective Jan. 1, 2020. Effective Apr. 1, 2019, FEMA will introduce a Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL) Premium for all policies covering properties with an SRL designation. The SRL Premium will be 5 percent for all SRL policies.
Government Technology
Edward Parkinson has been named acting CEO for FirstNet, the national broadband network for first responders.
Parkinson, who first joined the First Responder Network Authority in 2013, will replace Mike Poth, who resigned in early September. Poth had been with FirstNet since 2015.
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Homeland Preparedness News
Earthquake preparedness in the United States stands to benefit from the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act, a bill recently advanced by the Senate that would aid preparation and protection efforts through infrastructure improvements and risk assessments.
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The Press Democrat
Wildfires raged throughout California once again this year as state lawmakers worked to address the searing issues of California’s new No. 1 problem: How to cope with infernos killing scores of people and costing billions of dollars in damage.
Devastating fires are “the new normal,” Gov. Jerry Brown warned this summer.
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The IAEM Global Student Council’s (IAEM-GSC) second annual EMbark Student Career and Professional Day will be held 12:00-4:00 p.m. ET, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, at the IAEM Annual Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan. EMbark offers sessions designed for IAEM’s diverse student and new professional members. Whether you’re a student, scholar, new practitioner – or all three – you’ll find something of value at EMbark. Speakers, presentations and sessions are geared specifically for students and new professionals. IAEM-GSC is honored to announce our guest speakers for 2018: Mr. Leslie Luke, deputy director for the Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management and the chair of the IAEM-USA Diversity Caucus; Sarah Miller, CEM, owner of S.K. Miller Consulting, chair of the IAEM-USA Emerging Technology Caucus, and co-lead of the IAEM Student Task Force; and Charles Palocy, president of the IAEM-USA Student Region. EMbark also is introducing EMbark Rapid Fire Talks. This interactive opportunity gives participants five minutes to talk about a specific topic of interest, practice public speaking skills, and get positive feedback in an encouraging space. Sign up in advance by sending a private message on the IAEM-GSC Facebook page or via email. You may also sign-up onsite for any open
spots available. After EMbark is concluded, IAEM-GSC will escort all participants to the IAEM Pre-Welcome Party Meet and Greet.
Searchlight
Twelve communities on mainland St Vincent are working towards being designated ‘volcano ready’ by November 2019.
The communities, located in the red zone near to La Soufrière, are part of a Volcano Communities Readiness Project funded by a grant of US$516,000 from the Caribbean Development Bank, as part of the Community Disaster Risk Reduction fund.
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Homeland Security Today
In the first week of September 2018, news of a potentially destructive Category 4 hurricane that was forecast to make landfall on the coast of the Carolinas sent many of the hospitals and medical practices in both states rushing to dust off their disaster recovery and business continuity plans in preparation for it.
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Foreign Policy
There are plenty of security threats that could keep a former homeland security advisor awake. There is the possibility of a terrorist attack, a cyber-cataclysm, or any number of natural disasters — all threats that are capable of visiting destruction on entire communities in a matter of hours. Right at the top of that list is the threat of a deadly pandemic — an outbreak of infectious disease that rapidly crosses international borders.
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Homeland Security Today
The future of emergency management presents us with a growing challenge in continuing to meet escalating demands. Emergency managers across the country know that the frequency and severity of natural disasters is increasing.
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Public Finance International
Countries hit by extreme weather events must ‘build back better’ to ensure their recovery and reconstruction efforts are resilient to future shocks, PF International has been told.
Following the storms that swept across the US and Asia, Emily Wilkinson, senior research fellow at the Overseas Development Institute, said countries affected by such events should invest in better mitigation infrastructure.
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Phys.org
Penn State researchers are the first to use data obtained from recent next-generation satellites in a numerical weather-prediction model used to provide guidance for tornadic thunderstorm forecasting.
GOES-16, which was launched in 2016, recently became fully operational but methods for incorporating the data, until now, did not exist.
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IAEM
IAEM is offering a complimentary breakfast for AEM®s and CEM®s at the Annual Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the certification program. Space for this breakfast is limited. Visit the IAEM website for more details and to register.
IAEM
A new e-book, Social Media Use in Crisis and Risk Communication: Emergencies, Concerns and Awareness, edited by Harald Hornmoen (Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway) and Klas Backholm (Åbo Akademi University, Finland) has been released with open access and is available to read online. The
book presents cutting-edge research on the use of social media in crisis communication and reporting. It gives recommendations about how different crisis communicators (information officers, crisis managers, journalists) can improve their ability to gather information, communicate and raise people's crisis awareness by using social media. Chapters address such questions by presenting new research-based knowledge on social media use during different crises: the terrorist attacks in Norway in 2011; the central European floods in Austria in 2013; and the West African Ebola-outbreak in 2014. The collection also presents research on the development of a tool for gathering social media information, based on a user-centered design.
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The FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grant program provides funding to state, local, tribal and territorial governments for eligible mitigation activities that strengthen our nation’s ability to reduce disaster losses and protect life and property from future disaster damages. The open application period for two competitive grants began Oct. 1, 2018, and ends at 3:00 p.m. ET on Jan. 31, 2018. This pertains to Flood Mitigation Assistance grants and Pre-Disaster Mitigation grants. Eligible applicants may apply for the Flood Mitigation Assistance and Pre-Disaster Mitigation grants online. Learn more on the FEMA website.
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The National Association of County & City Heath Officials (NACCHO), in coordination with the Preparedness Summit Planning Committee, has extended the deadline for abstract submissions for the 2019 Preparedness Summit to Oct. 12, 2018, 11:59 p.m. EDT. The summit will take place Mar. 29-29, 2019, in St. Louis, Missouri. The 2019 Preparedness Summit will feature experts from the healthcare and emergency management fields, in addition to public health preparedness professionals, to address the gaps between these lifesaving industries in an effort to work more collaboratively and efficiently in the face of emerging threats. Reaching across these sectors will leverage diversity of thought and advance the capacity of our communities to respond to and recover from emergency events. The 2019 theme is "Preparedness Summit 2019: The Evolving Threat Environment.”
Vox
A towering 18-foot tsunami washed over the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday evening. The wave, and the enormous earthquake that caused it, killed more than 1,300 on the island that’s home to more than 17 million people. The wave demolished thousands of buildings and leaves behind a vast humanitarian disaster that will take weeks or months to resolve.
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Firstpost
A recent string of natural disasters, the latest a deadly earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia, have exacted a severe toll both in economic damage and human lives throughout Asia. The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, or UNISDR, says up to 1.6 million people could be affected by the magnitude 7.5 earthquake and the tsunami it created Friday in a central region of Sulawesi island.
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Manila Times
The House of Representatives on Monday approved on third reading a bill that seeks to create the Department of Disaster Resilience that will oversee disaster risk reduction efforts and emergency response.
House Bill (HB) 8165 aims to augment the capacity of local government units in collaboration with relevant national government agencies and other stakeholders to implement climate change action plans, programs, projects, and activities.
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Firstpost
Extreme rainfall events that led to the major flood in Mumbai in August 2017 and the disastrous Kerala flood this year, as well as several less catastrophic ones across the country, were predicted by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) days in advance. Yet the forecasts were not useful in avoiding such disasters.
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ReliefWeb
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched two Earth observation satellites on 16 September from Sriharikota where the Satish Dhawan Space Center is located. NovaSAR S1-4, which were developed in and will be operated from the United Kingdom, will provide Earth observation data, including for disaster and risk management.
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Atlas Obscura
Hurricane Florence flooded the crawl space below Shirley Chao’s house. She had to wrangle a pump and a dehumidifier, and then tackle the mold. Then there were the mosquitoes — huge, persistent, and traveling in hordes. “They are everywhere right now,” Chao says, and not only at night. When she steps into her backyard, she’s greeted by a dozen or so.
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AFP via The Strait Times
Two people have been killed in a powerful typhoon that battered Japan over the weekend, officials said on Monday (Oct 1), as the storm's aftermath brought travel chaos to Tokyo's morning commute.
By Monday morning, Typhoon Trami had cleared Japan, but its powerful winds and heavy rainfall caused damage that blocked roads and train lines.
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Greek Reporter
Three people are reported missing in Greece after swirling winds and torrential rain brought flash floods in several parts of the country.
A rare type of cyclone dubbed Zorba began on Saturday and has so far mostly affected areas on the island of Evia, east of mainland Greece, and the southern Peloponnese peninsula.
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BBC News
The number of people known to have died in Friday's earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia has risen to 1,347, disaster response officials say.
The death toll jumped on Tuesday from a previously confirmed figure of 844.
The 7.5-magnitude quake struck just off the central island of Sulawesi, setting off a tsunami that engulfed the coastal city of Palu.
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WNBC-TV
Four tornadoes hit three separate New York counties and one Connecticut county as severe weather walloped the tri-state area Tuesday, the National Weather Service said Wednesday.
It's the most tornadoes in a day that the tri-state has seen since May 15, 2018, when there were five in the Catskills and Hudson Valley area, according to Storm Team 4.
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The Weather Channel
As powerful storms marched across northwestern Pennsylvania Tuesday afternoon, one confirmed tornado heavily damaged a nursing home facility near the town of Conneautville.
The National Weather Service confirmed an EF2 tornado with 115-mph winds struck the Rolling Fields Elder Care Community some 5 miles east of Conneautville in Crawford County about 2:40 p.m. EDT Tuesday.
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The Weather Channel
Less than a week after a devastating earthquake and tsunami, a volcano erupted Wednesday on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
Mount Soputan is on the northern tip of the island, about 370 miles northeast of Palu, where more than 1,400 people were killed last Friday.
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CBC News
Calgary is calling on its friends to help dig the city out of a record-breaking October snowfall.
Snow-clearing help is on the way from Edmonton, Red Deer, Okotoks and Medicine Hat, bringing additional plows and sand-spreaders to help make Calgary's roads passable.
"There's a lot of work to be done, and we're going to need some help to get it going," said Calgary Emergency Management Agency chief Tom Sampson.
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