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The IAEM-USA Conference Committee chairs will host a one-hour webinar on Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, at 3:00 p.m. EDT. Register today for this webinar, and gain insight into the conference program, speakers, special events, networking sessions, mobile app and so much more. Participating in this webinar will help you navigate the conference and plan a strategy to maximize its offerings to suit your needs.
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IAEM has created a step-by-step plan to help demonstrate the value of the conference and help with gaining attendance approval for the IAEM 65th Annual Conference & EMEX in Long Beach, California, Nov. 10-15, 2017. Following the plan will help to demonstrate the positive return on investments that attendees and their employers or constituents will gain from attendance at the IAEM Annual Conference.
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The Asia Risk & Resilience Conference (ARRC 2017), which took place Aug. 23-25, 2017, in Singapore, was featured in the latest issue of Asia Pacific Security Magazine. You can access the article here on pages 28-31. IAEM was a co-organizer of the conference, and the article quotes IAEM-Global Chair Ellis Stanley's presentation.
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The Indian Express
Japan successfully launched the fourth and final satellite that makes up its terrestrial positioning network system, which will improve the current GPS services and help create a better communications system during a disaster. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries launched a Japanese H-IIA rocket with the Michibiki-4 communications satellite from the space centre on Tanegashima Island, Kagoshima prefecture, reports Efe news.
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The Hindu
After developing a formidable institutional system in disaster management, the State Disaster Management Authority is now planning to create a pool of trained civil defense volunteers to reduce disaster risk.
The idea is to have 3,000 such volunteers across the state in four years in keeping with a proposal in the first State Disaster Management Plan approved by the government last year.
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Missoulian
The 2017 fire season smashed records in British Columbia, triggering a forest policy discussion that has some intriguing divergence from the parallel debate in the United States.
“If they accept this, we’re going to see more smoke in the air,” Robert Gray said of a megafire response plan sent to B.C. Premier John Horgan on Sept. 26.
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The drones will provide live video updates during a blaze.
Drones are revolutionizing emergency services in Dubai. Last month, Dubai Police revealed it was going to start using drones to monitor traffic. Now, Dubai Civil Defense is introducing drones to aid in firefighting missions.
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ABC Online
Two to three cyclones are predicted to form in Australia's northern region between November and April, in what forecasters predict will be an average season for the violent storms. The Bureau of Meteorology released their Tropical Cyclone Outlook for Australia and said 11 cyclones were likely to form in waters around the nation this season.
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With a large percentage of the FEMA workforce in the field supporting 28 disasters, the agency continues to grow its workforce to bolster recovery activities underway in the states and U.S. territories affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria, and Nate. FEMA is hiring dedicated people to join its recovery team, comprised of locally-hired workers. The types of jobs that are available include (but are not limited to): applicant services specialist, administrative support assistant, analysts, civil engineer, construction cost estimator, courier, crisis counselor, customer service specialist, digital communications specialist, emergency management specialist, environmental specialist, equal rights advisor, floodplain management specialist, graphics specialist, geospatial information, systems specialist, hazard mitigation, outreach specialist, historic preservation specialist, housing coordinator and reports writer, insurance specialist, intergovernmental affairs, mass care specialist, media relations specialist, program liaisons, resource manager, registered nurse, travel specialist, voluntary agency liaison, and writers. If interested in joining FEMA as a temporary local hire, applicants can search positions on FEMA’s Hurricane Workforce page.
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Post Courier
The government has received the draft version of the new disaster risk reduction framework document.
The framework continues from the country’s last framework that ended in 2015, and aims to prepare the country’s disaster response management in line with globally accepted standards set by international disaster agendas like the Sendai Framework for disaster risk management of 2015.
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Homeland Security News Wire
The devastating hit Houston took from Hurricane Harvey has exacerbated — and highlighted — the enormous financial jam facing the National Flood Insurance Program. Thanks to the recent onslaught of hurricanes hitting Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico, there has never been a greater need for the program.
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Bloomberg
House lawmakers unveiled a bill Tuesday night that would provide $36.5 billion in emergency funding for hurricane and wildfire relief requested by the Trump administration.
With Congress under pressure to provide urgent help to storm victims in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico, the House measure includes $18.7 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster relief fund, as well as $16 billion to replenish the nation’s flood insurance program.
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The Hill
The government’s disaster preparedness agency has failed to map flood risks in U.S. communities in a timely manner, leaving many vulnerable homeowners with a false security that they don’t need flood insurance, the Homeland Security Department’s internal watchdog warns.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has delayed decisions on flood zone determinations — in some cases by two years or more — and currently has more than 240 mapping projects on hold, the department's inspector general warned in a report dated Sept. 27.
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KTVZ-TV
Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Jon Tester (D-MT) and Jim Risch (R-ID) said Friday they have introduced the Wildfire Mitigation Assistance Act to provide resources to assist communities recovering from damaging wildfires.
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POLITICO
The White House announced that President Donald Trump will nominate Kirstjen Nielsen to run the Department of Homeland Security.
Nielsen served as White House chief of staff John Kelly’s top aide during his time as DHS secretary and moved with him to the West Wing as his principal deputy chief of staff when he was appointed in July, leaving the Cabinet post vacant.
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Domestic Preparedness
Flooding results from three primary forces: rainfall, coastal storm surge and rising sea level, made even worse with by runoff and extreme tides. Recently, hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria showcased the new environmental conditions the world faces as well as the devastating damage that can occur when any combination of these flood types converges on a built community constructed without adequately addressing the increasing threats.
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Emergency Management
Long before Florida entered the deadliest hurricane season in a decade, auditors at the state’s Division of Emergency Management warned what the state was ill-prepared for a major disaster.
An annual audit completed in December 2016 by the agency’s inspector general detailed a lengthy list of deficiencies needed to prepare and respond to a hurricane. Among them: Food and water supplies at the distribution center in Orlando were inadequate.
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Security Info Watch
Hurricane Harvey, the worst storm to hit Texas in half a century, killed 50 people, left more than 1 million displaced, and could end up costing $180 billion for disaster relief. Cleanup after Hurricane Irma tore through Florida could cost homeowners there more than $19 billion. Meanwhile, in Puerto Rico, millions remained without power, clean drinking water and access to health services weeks after Maria devastated the U.S. possession, causing an estimated $85 billion in insured losses throughout the Caribbean.
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Seeker
Volcanoes pose many threats to human life, both during eruptions and while dormant. More than 800 million people — one-tenth of the global population — live within 62 miles of an active volcano, making it a matter of public security to understand the risks.
Last week, a volcanic eruption forced the evacuation of the entire island of Ambae, which is part of the Pacific nation of Vanuatu.
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Homeland Security News Wire
Blood loss is the leading cause of preventable death during an active shooter or intentional mass casualty event where a medical response is delayed. To educate the public — who often find themselves on the front line in emergency situations — a team led by a trauma surgeon from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and EMS from University Hospital are directing the largest Stop the Bleed campaign in the state, teaching laypeople basic skills of hemorrhage control for immediate, on-the-scene care.
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Eos
As federal officials focus on providing billions of dollars in recovery aid to regions of the United States hard hit by recent hurricanes, a former administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is urging that the country rebuild better and smarter to reduce future losses from hurricanes and other natural hazards.
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Route Fifty
As Hurricane Opal ambled its way up the Gulf of Mexico during the first week of October 1995, the National Hurricane Center predicted the Category 1 storm would make landfall somewhere between Pensacola Beach and Navarre Beach in the Florida Panhandle as a Category 2 hurricane.
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Domestic Preparedness
Long before the invention of drones, emergency managers determined the overall scope of a crisis using information from emergency personnel on the ground, and from the chain of command created through the Incident Command System. Today, drones have many capabilities that could enhance response activities and change the way disasters are managed. Hurricane Harvey demonstrated how this technology is rapidly changing.
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Nextgov
Puerto Rico is still struggling to get its communications up after being hit by Hurricane Maria. Monday's Federal Communications Commission report said around 80 percent of all cell sites on the island were still out of service.
The commission on Friday announced a hurricane recovery task force, a longer-term approach to restoring communications services to the island's 3.5 million resident. The commission also granted X company, an experimental wing of Google, permission to deploy a potential solution, known as Project Loon.
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Vermont Public Radio
A Halifax resident who developed a software program to help with the federal disaster relief process is in Puerto Rico managing the relief effort there.
Christina Moore got into disaster relief management out of necessity.
After Tropical Storm Irene devastated the Windham County town of Halifax, where she lives, Moore discovered there wasn't any computer software that helped communities manage the mountains of paperwork that follow disasters.
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IAEM
Register today to participate in upcoming prep course and certification examination offerings.
- Oct. 21 – Saint Leo, Florida (Exam)
- Nov. 2 – Austin, Texas (Prep Course and Exam)
- Nov. 3 – Millersville, Pennsylvania (Exam)
- Nov. 12– Long Beach, California at the IAEM Annual Conference (Prep Course and Exam)
- Jan. 10 – West Jordan, Utah (Exam)
Interested candidates may register through the IAEM website. A minimum of 10 registrants are required for each offering. Questions may be directed to IAEM Program Manager Chelsea Firth.
Campus Safety
Hospitals hold a unique place in the planning for public health emergencies. Not only do they have to continue to function during such critical situations, but patient surges could occur. If proper planning and consideration are not given to security and traffic control issues, such events can drastically impact a healthcare facility, creating chaos and disrupting the hospital’s ability to provide much needed medical care for the community.
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The Morning Sun
Isabella County Emergency Management Director McCarthur (Marc) Griffis isn’t anywhere near being done with work related to June’s flooding.
He’s working with state and local officials to receive funding for local governments under a state law that allows the governor to open up funds to allow for assistance to areas affected by a disaster.
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IEM is launching a new Rapid Response Cadre – a team of experienced professionals in disaster response and recovery who are available for deployment before, during, or after a disaster or emergency event. Former (2014) IAEM-USA President Bruce Lockwood, CEM, has been hired as cadre manager and will determine staffing needs. Bruce retired in 2016 as the acting fire captain for East Hartford Fire Department in Connecticut, where he managed the Emergency Management Division. He currently serves as a U.S. representative on IAEM’s Global Board.
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Doctoral student from Northcentral University, Debra Shiflett-Picardi, seeks volunteers to participate in her research study as she works to complete her Ph.D. in Business Administration in Homeland Security, Leadership and Policy. The study is “Inter-agency Collaborative Governance in Emergency Management: A Qualitative Case Study.” The research questions being explored are: (1) How are collaborative governance standards applied to interagency relationship building to improve collaboration and support the DHS emergency management mission and objectives? (2) Why do failures of collaboration occur in interagency collaboration efforts? and (3) What are the participant’s perceptions on collaborative governance as it applies to emergency management? Participation will include a 30-45-minute interview by phone, email, or audio file. Participation will be confidential and details will be provided to demonstrate how identity will be secured throughout the process. Those who are willing to participate should email Debra Shiflett-Picardi and put “Research Participant” in the subject line. Responses are needed by Oct. 21, 2017.
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Register today for a free tour of the Port of Long Beach on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, 6:00-7:30 p.m. Network with other conference attendees aboard a boat as you experience a 90-minute narrated excursion of the operations of the second busiest port in the nation. The tour offers complimentary soft drinks and snacks, as well as a cash bar.
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XPONENTIAL 2018 is seeking speaking proposals covering the industry’s most cutting-edge research, business challenges, emergency trends and more. Via the streamlined submission process, it only takes 15 minutes to submit. Representatives from more than 20 industries attend XPONENTIAL, the largest, most comprehensive and renowned event for the unmanned industry in the world. Technical abstracts and speaking proposals will be accepted until midnight, EDT, on Friday, Oct. 13. Learn more.
Los Angeles Times
The death toll rose to 23 from the rapidly spreading firestorm in California wine country as officials issued more evacuations Thursday morning across the region.
With winds picking up, it was a tense night and early morning with an army of firefighter worked to keep the flames away from communities. Red-flag fire warnings were in place through Thursday afternoon.
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WIRED
Nearly three weeks after Hurricane Maria tore through the Caribbean, Puerto Rico is still mostly an island deleted from the present and pushed back a century or so—with little clean water, little electric power, and almost no telecommunications. For telecom, the biggest problem is the lack of power, because most of the island’s transmission lines were knocked out.
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eNews Channel Africa
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile early Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said.
The tremor hit 70 kilometers east of the coastal city of Arica, which is near the border with Peru, the US agency said. The quake struck at a depth of 82 kilometers, it added.
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The Epoch Times
A significant earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale hit the Pacific Ocean near the archipelago of Tonga, about 2,000 miles east of Australia.
The U.S. Geological Survey says that the quake struck at 10 a.m. ET on Sunday and had a depth of 6.2 miles. The USGS revised the strength of the quake from 6.4 down to 6.1
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The Associated Press via ABC News
The 11,000 residents of a Vanuatu island who were evacuated from an erupting volcano will likely need to wait at least two more weeks before they can return home, officials said Wednesday.
Government ministers have decided to extend a state of emergency on Ambae island until Oct. 24 even though the Manaro volcano has stabilized.
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Independent
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake has struck off eastern Japan.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
The quake struck 255 east of Ishinomaki, Honshu, at a depth of 10km, the US Geological Survey said.
The epicenter was about 300 km from Fukushima, where a tsunami triggered by a huge earthquake crippled a nuclear reactor in 2011 and caused widespread destruction.
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