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.ANNUAL CONFERENCE NEWS
Take advantage of IAEM's low conference fee — Register by Oct. 16 for chance to win $250 gift card
IAEM
Registration fees are priced to make IAEM Reimagined: The Virtual Annual Conference, Nov. 16-18, 2020, the most affordable of any IAEM annual conference in recent years. Lower registration fees and no travel expenses means more people from your organization can participate in the learning, networking, training, and more at the premier emergency management conference of the year. Six people from one organization can attend the 2020 virtual event for what the organization would have budgeted to send one IAEM member to the IAEM in-person conference this year. With multiple people engaged from one organization, the learning can continue as the conference content jumpstarts team meetings and organization training sessions. Don’t miss out on more than 50 hours of content and connectivity with other emergency managers from around the world. Register online today at the low member rate of $299, student member rate of $149, or non-member rate of $379. Anyone who is registered by 11:59 p.m. ET on Oct. 16, will be entered into a drawing for a $250 Amazon gift card. Two lucky registrants will each receive one of the cards.
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.IAEM SCHOLARSHIP
Support the IAEM Scholarship Program by donating items for its upcoming fundraising auction
IAEM
The IAEM Scholarship Program will launch a large online auction next week to benefit the IAEM scholarship fund and future emergency managers. Items are needed to make the auctions a success. While all item donations are welcome, the Scholarship Commission currently seeks challenge coins, patches and emergency management/civil defense historical items. Event challenge coins have been very successful in previous auctions, but all challenge coins are desired. To make a donation, email Scholarship Program Director Dawn M. Shiley.
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.EM NEWS
California wildfires have burned 4 million acres and the season isn't over yet
NRP
California hit a grim milestone on Sunday as the total number of acres burned this wildfire season crossed 4 million, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.
The agency said that since it started recording the amount of land burned in a single season the state had never surpassed 2 million acres until this year.
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Mega fires and mega floods: California's new extremes require a response of similar scale
Cal Matters
Californians are understandably focused on the wildfires that have charred more than 3 million acres and darkened our skies – forcing us to find masks that protect us from both COVID-19 and smoke. But Californians should also pay attention to the multiple hurricanes that have devastated the Gulf Coast this season. These disasters have much in common.
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.HEALTHCARE EM UPDATE
Hospital Resilience-Operational Perspectives From COVID-19
Domestic Preparedness
The concept of hospital resilience has changed in light of COVID-19. Despite planning and training for unexpected worst cast scenarios, one key assumption was not consistent with this pandemic response – that not everyone would be affected worldwide. The traditional “essential employees” changed, which left some gaps in filling the new essential roles.
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When disasters strike, nursing homes residents face considerable risk
Brown University via Medical Xpress
Government officials vastly undercounted the death toll among Florida nursing home residents after the destruction of Hurricane Irma in 2017, according to new research led by a Brown University scholar who studies disaster management in the long-term care industry.
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Artificial intelligence can process billions of pieces of publicly available data to alert first responders to an emergency. First Alert, Dataminr’s product for the public sector, uses AI to deliver relevant, breaking news alerts as events are happening. Learn how AI is transforming emergency management in this critical webinar.
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HHS selects third pilot site to demonstrate better approach to disaster medical care — Funding continues for first two pilot program sites
IAEM
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) is building on the successes of its two Regional Disaster Health Response System (RDHRS) pilot projects. The Denver Health and Hospital Authority has been awarded a $3 million cooperative agreement to demonstrate how an RDHRS can improve medical surge and clinical specialty capabilities – including trauma, burn or other specialty care – during a national emergency. In addition, ASPR will continue funding the first two RDHRS pilot demonstration sites, providing $1.5 million to Nebraska Medicine in Omaha and $1.6 million to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Details are available in the press release. Read more about the accomplishments of the first two RDHRS pilot demonstration sites in the Regional Disaster Health Response System Report to Congress.
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.CLIMATE/WATER/WEATHER UPDATES
How Delta went from a tropical storm to Cat 4 hurricane in 24 hours
TNS via Emergency Management
Hurricane Delta strengthened from a tropical storm to a Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph in 30 hours, making it the most rapidly strengthening tropical storm in Atlantic basin history since Hurricane Wilma.
The process is called rapid intensification, and Delta could get stronger yet.
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.EM RESOURCES
New 'Mitigate Your Risk' feature on FEMA app
IAEM
New content is available on the FEMA app, which lists the types of disasters common for an area and provides do-it-yourself mitigation tips. The tips are low-cost or no-cost and help prevent future losses after a disaster. Users can enter a zip code or city name to view a list of common disasters in the area and get tips on how to prepare. The app also allows the user to sign up to receive severe weather, environmental and other public hazard alerts for up to five locations of interest. The FEMA app has been downloaded more than one million times on Google Play and is ranked 14 in the Weather category of the App Store. Using a mobile device, download the FEMA app for free from the App Store and Google Play.
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.NEW INSIGHTS
Earthquake preparedness in non-earthquake country
Domestic Preparedness
Every year, thousands of people die around the world due to earthquakes. Almost all are killed by building collapses. In the United States, though, such collapses are much less likely to occur.
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Disaster relief: Why the poor need higher priority
Wharton University of Pennsylvania
For the poor, like Yamileth Centeno, problems compound when disaster strikes. The electrician from Lake Charles, Louisiana, lost her job in the pandemic and was living on her $222 unemployment check when Hurricane Laura hit, destroying her car and rental home.
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.DISASTER TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Essential role of satellites in disaster and pandemic management
Room
Satellite technology is now an indispensable part of everyday life. As well as contributing to global socio-economic development and connecting people across a globalised civilisation, it is being used by states and non-state actors to address a range of global issues including preserving the environment, monitoring climate change, protecting biodiversity, enabling education, managing the weather, providing telemedicine services and managing agricultural activities.
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.CEM® UPDATE
Applications are being accepted for IAEM Certification Cohort Class — Certification fees waived for those accepted
IAEM
IAEM is offering U.S. local, state/territory or tribal emergency managers the opportunity to apply to have their IAEM CEM® fees waived. Eligible candidates will be selected through a random lottery. To apply, you must meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Open to U.S. individuals who have not yet started the CEM® application/exam process nor submitted the application fee.
- Interested candidates must be employed as emergency managers in one of the following jurisdictions to apply: city/county, other local government entity, state/territory, or tribal.
- Individuals must qualify for the CEM® designation (requirements outlined on the IAEM website).
- Candidates must be committed to completing the application by Apr. 15, 2021, and to taking the exam by May 31, 2021.
The application documents can be found on the IAEM website. The deadline to apply is Oct. 16, 2020.
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.IAEM MEMBER NEWS
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.GRANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
FEMA accepts new applications for COVID-19 Assistance to Firefighters grant
IAEM
FEMA is providing an additional chance for volunteer and combination fire departments to apply for funding under this year's Assistance to Firefighters COVID-19 Supplemental grant. FEMA made $100 million available in funding for personal protective equipment (PPE) and related supplies to the fire service community to prevent, prepare for and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes reimbursement for expenditures made since Jan. 1, 2020. Volunteer and combination fire departments are eligible to apply in this round even if they had a successful application in the first round earlier this year. FEMA will host live webinars at 1:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Oct. 13, and 3:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, Oct. 15, demonstrating the application process and walking through the application question by question. The full training schedule is posted on the FEMA website. FEMA will accept applications until 5:00 p.m. ET on Nov. 13. Find more information on this funding opportunity on the FEMA website.
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.SURVEY REQUESTS
Student researcher seeks participants for survey on how heat waves are defined
IAEM
Andrew Kline, a student and an intern at Michigan State University, is working with researchers from Michigan State University and the University of Alabama who are conducting research into heat waves. This study is titled “Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Heat Waves Across the United States," and it is funded by the National Science Foundation. The goal of the research is to better understand these deadly events and help improve the ability to predict them. The research includes a short confidential survey to gather more in-depth information on how heat waves are defined. The survey can be completed in 10 to 15 minutes. To assist the researchers and take the survey, follow this link.
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.EM CALENDAR
'Conducting Emotionally Challenging Research' training module and demonstration webinar will take place today, Oct. 8, at 4:00 p.m. EDT
IAEM
The CONVERGE facility, headquartered at the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado Boulder, has released the fifth CONVERGE Training Module. This online course focuses on “Conducting Emotionally Challenging Research.” Registration for the free module is open online. A webinar will be held today, Thursday, October 8, 2020, from 4:00-4:30 p.m. EDT, to provide a live demonstration of the training module. Register to participate in the webinar. This new module is part of a larger series designed to accelerate the training of a diverse hazards and disaster workforce. The new module focuses on the dynamics of conducting emotionally challenging research and helps researchers learn how to manage and harness the power of emotions. This module, like the others in the series, concludes with a 10-question quiz. Upon successful completion of the quiz, users receive a certificate.
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IAEM to co-host CHDS shelter from the storm in a three-part webinar series starting Oct. 9
IAEM
IAEM, along with ASTHO and NEMA, will co-host the Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) October webinar series on housing/shelter challenges during the pandemic. The Oct. 9 webinar, 2:00 p.m. EDT, will address Examining Housing and Shelter Systems in Disasters During COVID-19. Disaster scenarios requiring mass sheltering of displaced populations is a primary mission of emergency managers and government leaders. This interactive webinar will provide a forum for emergency managers and national disaster shelter experts to examine preparedness, current disaster shelter plans and capacities, emerging best practices, and the application of public health and safety standards on current and future disaster shelter activations. Information and online registration for all three webinars (Oct. 9, Oct. 16, and Oct. 23) is available online.
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Second webinar in CHDS Shelter from the Storm series will take place on Oct. 16
IAEM
The second webinar in an October three-part series from the Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) will be held on Oct. 16, 2:00 p.m. EDT, on the topic of "Examining Systems of Congregate Emergency Shelter for Homeless and Vulnerable Populations During COVID 19." This CHDS series is co-hosted by IAEM, ASTHO, and NEMA. Every day, hundreds of thousands of homeless Americans are crowded into emergency shelters. Many of the homeless have severe and persistent co-occurring behavioral and medical disabilities, including drug and alcohol addictions. Using a public health and safety lens, this webinar will examine the challenges, options, and emerging model practices to address the daunting task of providing shelters and longer-term housing options for vulnerable populations during COVID-19. Information and online registration for all three webinars (Oct. 9, Oct. 16, and Oct. 23) is available online.
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.IAEM-ASIA NEWS
Why more women die in Nepal's natural disasters
Nepali Times
Women bear the brunt of most disasters like floods, earthquakes and landlsides in Nepal because the countryside has been "feminized" by the outmigration of men. And it is the women who tend to be inside the house more often than men.
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.IAEM-JAPAN NEWS
Japan's disaster management minister vows to improve preparedness
The Japan Times
The government plans to continue its efforts to beef up the country’s disaster preparedness, Hachiro Okonogi, minister for disaster management, said in a recent interview.
Okonogi reiterated his intention to continue efforts even after the government’s three-year initiative to increase the country’s disaster resilience expires at the end of March next year.
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.IAEM-MIDDLE EAST NEWS
.AROUND THE WORLD
Wildfires raze dozens of homes in New Zealand
AFP via Courthouse News Service
Wildfires have destroyed up to 50 homes in New Zealand, authorities announced Monday, saying it was a miracle no one was hurt as “a wall of orange” razed most of a remote South Island village.
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Tropical Storm Gamma leaves 6 dead in southern Mexico
The Star
At least 6 people died and thousands were evacuated in southeastern Mexico after Tropical Storm Gamma lashed the Yucatan Peninsula’s resort-studded coast with near-hurricane force winds and drenched Tabasco and Chiapas states, authorities said.
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Deadly flooding in Italy and France leave dozens missing
ABC Net
Flooding from record rains in the mountainous region that spans France and Italy has killed two people in Italy and left at least 24 people in the two countries missing. A storm that moved overnight across south-eastern France and then northern Italy caused major flooding on both sides of the border, destroying bridges, blocking roads and isolating communities.
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