This message was sent to ##Email## To advertise in this publication please click here October 20, 2022 To view email in web browser, click here. .IAEM CONFERENCE NEWS IAEM Annual Conference adds new event — IAP vs. IPA IAEM What’s the difference between an IAP and an IPA? Craft beer and incident management have more in common than you think. Join other emergency managers in a fun light-hearted evening of discussion and beer tasting. The night will include a discussion of the beers being tasted. If you attended last year, you know how much fun this networking event was. IAP vs. IPA will be held on Sunday, Nov. 13, immediately following the Welcome Party. A ticket is needed for this event. Don’t delay, it will sell out. If you have already registered for the conference, you can add this event to your registration by updating your registration under the “dashboard” on the website. If you are not yet registered for the conference, there is still time to join more than 1,850 of your colleagues. Learn more about the conference here. Register today. .IAEM SCHOLARSHIP IAEM Scholarship Program needs item donations for the upcoming auction IAEM The IAEM Scholarship Program seeks donations of items for the upcoming auctions to be held in conjunction with the IAEM Annual Conference. The live auction will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 15, during the EMEX evening reception. The online/silent auction will open in late October and close on Nov. 16. Email Scholarship Program Director Dawn Shiley at dawn@iaem.com to donate items. Any items you may donate are welcome and items that have sold well in the past include EM/Civil Defense collectibles, challenge coins – especially coins from events, jewelry, creative gift baskets, and electronics. .IAEM-CANADA COUNCIL NEWS Canada's disaster adaptation fund running short ahead of schedule The Energy Mix Underfunded and poorly administered, Canada’s C$3.3-billion disaster resilience fund is short on cash—and has become a symptom of Ottawa’s failure to protect small communities from the climate crisis, experts say. The Disaster and Mitigation Adaptation Fund (DMAF) was created in 2018 to help provinces and municipalities build more climate-resilient infrastructure out to 2033, but it has already assigned $2.2 billion of the total funds, reports CBC News. READ MORE More Canadians are in the path of tornadoes — but don't always know they're coming CBC Tornadoes are touching down across the country, often without specific warnings to residents in the storm's path, experts say. Dave Sills, executive director of Western University's Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP), says they've found that Environment Canada "hadn't been doing very well" at alerting people of tornadoes that touched down across the country between 2019 and 2021. READ MORE .IAEM-OCEANIA COUNCIL NEWS Storms are Australia's most costly natural disasters, so why are we so unprepared for them?* ABC Australians are familiar with the ravages of drought, bushfire and flood, but severe storms are the nation's most costly natural disasters, according to financial analysts. Storms are unpredictable, often ferocious and people are rarely prepared for them. They're also one of the most difficult weather events to predict long term, but atmospheric scientist Kim Reid says there is a general consensus that storms will become more intense, yet less frequent, as climate change progresses. READ MORE  SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by Rave Mobile Safety Natural Disaster & Severe Weather Preparedness The Complete Emergency Management Solutions Toolkit Biggest Threat to School Safety: Failure of Communication Protect Your Employees From Active Shooter Emergencies Securing Soft Targets in Your Community .IAEM-USA COUNCIL NEWS FEMA releases Public Assistance Simplified Procedures Policy for public comment IAEM This week, FEMA released the draft Public Assistance (PA) Simplified Procedures policy to streamline and further simplify the implementation of the PA program, and to support rapid recovery for applicants for public comment. The policy will define FEMA’s simplified procedures and requirements for Small Projects funded under the PA program. It is available for public comment and is posted on the FEMA website. The comment period closes on Nov. 16, 2022. All comments should be sent to FEMA-Recovery-PA-Policy@fema.dhs.gov. .EM NEWS EMAP announces the release of the 2023-2027 Strategic Plan for public comment IAEM The EMAP Commission intends to continuously evaluate and improve the delivery of assessment, accreditation, and certification services and professional enhancement opportunities for emergency management programs and urban search and rescue resources. The EMAP 2023-2027 Strategic Plan communicates the roadmap for accomplishing EMAP’s priorities, goals, and objectives over the next four years and deepens the commitment and mission of fostering excellence and accountability in emergency management and homeland security programs. EMAP has released the draft Strategic Plan for public comment until Oct. 31, 2022. Click this link to access the plan and comment form.  PRODUCT SHOWCASE GET YOUR 72 HOUR KIT. ReadyWise – Are you prepared with enough food and water to last you through a disaster? ReadyWise’s delicious freeze-dried meals and drinks have up to a 25-year shelf-life and are easy to prepare, just add water. Go to ReadyWIse.com/IAEM to order you’re your 72-hour kit and use CODE: IAEM at checkout. LEARN MORE 'Real-time data reduces disaster vulnerability' The Herald Technology is critical in reducing the vulnerability of communities in disaster-prone areas which are always at the receiving end of calamaties due to lack of information. The availability of real-time information and data to people at risk goes a long way in reducing the impact of incidences of disaster. READ MORE UN: Half the world not prepared for disasters The Philippine Star With half of the world not protected by multi-hazard early warning systems, developing countries on the frontlines of climate change count among those least prepared for disasters and where mortality rates can be eight times higher, a United Nations agency warned. According to the Global Status of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems – Target G report released by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), less than half of the Least Developed Countries and only one-third of Small Island Developing States have a multi-hazard early warning system. READ MORE  PRODUCT SHOWCASE New and Innovative Flood Risk Mitigation Solutions Designed, engineered, and manufactured in the USA to meet or exceed ANSI 2510/2511 Standards. Stores compactly near to high-risk areas. Rapidly deployed with no tools required. Minimal Labor Requirements. Example: 150 of 48" protection can be stored in a single stackable crate and deployed by a crew of 4 in about 15 minutes. LEARN MORE What flood survivors actually need after disaster strikes The Conversation via Phys.org The floods ravaging Victoria have destroyed hundreds of homes and left at least one person dead. Some rivers are not expected to peak until Monday and more wet weather may leave towns battling floodwaters again in the coming weeks. We've been researching the experiences of people who survived floods in Queensland and New South Wales this year. Our initial findings offer insights as Victoria now suffers its own flood disaster. READ MORE Lessons from Hurricane Michael being applied to Ian recovery* The Associated Press Four years before Category 4 Ian wiped out parts of southwest Florida, the state’s Panhandle had its own encounter with an even stronger hurricane, Michael. The Category 5 storm all but destroyed one town, fractured thousands of homes and businesses and did some $25 billion in damage. With damage from Ian estimated at several times that and the Fort Myers area beginning a cleanup that will be even larger than after Michael, the two areas are collaborating on a way forward as south Florida residents wonder what their area will look like in a few years. READ MORE  SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by Pulsara Watch the webinar to learn how healthcare leaders successfully implemented change management in their regions. Triage, track patients, and manage stress events all on a single platform. Discover how one EMS agency used mobile-first technology to eliminate 434 unnecessary patient transports. Mitigate patient surge, eliminate unnecessary patient transfers, and save time and resources with Pulsara. By streamlining communication and patient transfers, one task force reduced excessive phone calls by 75%. Seattle broke heat record as wildfires, smoke spread* Government Technology Seattle broke the record Sunday for the hottest temperature this late in the year, as heat-driven wildfires threaten homes in southwest Washington and continue to send smoke across the region. Still, hope remains for a slight cooling overnight. As of 3:30 p.m. the official high reached 87 degrees at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, making it the latest day in the calendar year at or above 80 degrees on record, National Weather Service meteorologist Jeff Michalski said. READ MORE Mississippi River Basin adapts as climate change brings extreme rain and flooding* NPR After a torrential downpour began on Aug. 7, the Pecatonica River jumped its banks in Freeport, Ill. and flooded the basement of Laurie Thomas' family home, nearly to the ceiling. This latest was Freeport's fifth major flood in just the past four years. Thomas and her mother have experienced flooding at least 15 times in the past 20 years. READ MORE Earthquakes & pandemic — Keeping people fed amid crises Domestic Preparedness When the pandemic emerged in Washington State, the region’s already strained food assistance programs became overwhelmed. Since 2011, the agricultural nonprofit organization Farmer Frog had already been servicing about 25,000 families in the Greater Seattle Area through its Good Food Treasure Box program – a subsidized Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) food box program that quickly expanded to support the area’s needs. READ MORE .NEW INSIGHTS Post-hurricane, should Florida rebuild bridges faster or better? Governing The state wants to quickly rebuild the Sanibel Causeway, heavily damaged by Ian, and the only road onto a barrier island. But researchers say the focus should be on building more resilient infrastructure for a changing climate. READ MORE People with disabilities left out of climate planning The Associated Press via ABC News When the inevitable hurricanes threaten New Orleans, it's hard for India Scott to figure where to go. In the city where she was born and raised, she’s stayed in hotels, relief shelters and, during Hurricane Katrina, in the famously overcrowded Superdome. But it is always a gamble choosing where to seek refuge. A lot of places that are safe for most people aren’t safe for her because they aren’t accessible to people like her, people living with disabilities. READ MORE Different risks, one crisis Route Fifty Another summer has gone by and with it more record-breaking weather events. Fueled by a changing climate this summer saw worsening droughts, extreme heat and wildfires. And the catastrophic destruction caused by Hurricanes Fiona and Ian will force communities in Puerto Rico and Florida to undergo a long recovery process. These extreme weather events are a critical reminder that despite the historic passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, we’ve only started to address the health harms of climate change and prevent it from growing even worse. READ MORE How the costs of disasters like Hurricane Ian are calculated — and why it takes so long to add them up The Conversation via Route Fifty The U.S. experienced 15 disasters in the first nine months of 2022 that each caused at least US$1 billion in damage. Hurricane Ian is taking the largest toll of these disasters by far – but the extent of the damage could take years to calculate with any precision. The Conversation U.S. asked Adam Rose, a senior research fellow at the Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Threats and Emergencies at the University of Southern California, to explain how experts make these estimates and what could be done to make disasters less costly. READ MORE .HEALTHCARE EM UPDATE Disaster after disaster, hospital preparedness remains a deficiency The Hill The COVID-19 pandemic was most people’s introduction to the critical importance of hospital emergency preparedness. However, while it is strikingly clear that prolonged surges of patients occur during infectious disease emergencies, hospitals must be prepared for “all hazards” that could impact them. An all-hazards approach is designed to foster resiliency in hospital to the wide range of threats they may face that include outbreaks of infectious disease, hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding, blizzards, mass casualty accidents, chemical spills, nuclear power plant accidents and myriad others. READ MORE Monkeypox: A public health update Domestic Preparedness Declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO), monkeypox has been on the news since early May 2022 due to the high number of cases and its worldwide distribution. The current outbreak varies from the historical situation, in which the virus remained endemic in West or Central Africa with occasional international events. Current data shows particularities of this global outbreak of monkeypox in terms of transmission, symptoms, and population at risk that continues to be studied. READ MORE .WEATHER UPDATES Land becomes more vulnerable to forest fires after cyclone: Research ANI via Big News Network The strong winds and torrential rains that accompany a cyclone do tremendous damage to ecosystems, and this damage can make them more prone to future wildfires. As intense cyclones are projected to become more frequent worldwide, a team of researchers examines the links between cyclones and forest fires, how they fuel one another, and why we may see fires burning in unlikely places in the future. READ MORE 'It's a tsunami': Storm surge survey crews uncover startling damage from Ian AccuWeather Fort Myers Beach was ground zero for storm surge — the area was completely submerged as Hurricane Ian struck. Two weeks later, meteorologists from across the country are combing the area and collecting data with hopes of helping refine future hurricane forecasts. READ MORE Flooding, not wind, poses the most risk from hurricanes Government Technology Hurricane Ian was a Category 4 storm that planted itself over Florida and graced the state with as much as 20 inches of rain. More than 100 people lost their lives, and Ian’s effects will be felt until at least Thanksgiving as flooding continues. The storm surge was as high as 10 feet, razing homes and destroying bridges, and leaving people without shelter. It has become a common refrain: With climate change, the continued, even worsening threat from flooding will continue to accompany hurricanes as will the death and destruction. READ MORE .CYBERSECURITY NEWS DHS appoints Nicholas Rasmussen as new counterterrorism coordinator; Bennie Thompson quoted ExecutiveGov Nicholas Rasmussen, former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, was named as new counterterrorism coordinator at the Department of Homeland Security. Commenting on the appointment, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Mississippi, chairman of the homeland security committee, cited Rasmussen’s previous responsibilities including serving as executive director of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism. READ MORE $1B cybersecurity grant program still coming into focus Route Fifty State and local governments are preparing to use $1 billion from the federal infrastructure law to improve cybersecurity. It marks the most significant federal support yet for protecting the computer networks and data of smaller governments. But many crucial details about the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program are still in flux, raising questions about who will decide how the money is spent and what their priorities will be. READ MORE A data breach is bad, but disclosing too much could be worse Governing When state and local government suffers a cyber attack, officials are faced with a dilemma: How much is the public entitled to know? How much can you reveal while keeping systems secure? READ MORE White House reports on federal cybersecurity progress Government Technology A newly released White House fact sheet highlights national cybersecurity efforts and plans, including around cybersecurity labels for consumer IoT, international ransomware-fighting collaborations and more. READ MORE FEMA seeks feedback on cyber incidents planning guidance IAEM FEMA seeks feedback on the draft “Planning Considerations for Cyber Incidents: Guidance for Emergency Managers.” This document provides state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency managers with the foundational knowledge of cyber incidents to increase cyber preparedness efforts in their jurisdictions. FEMA will host a series of 60-minute webinars beginning at 2:00 p.m. EDT on Oct. 26 to give an overview of the draft document and gather feedback from partners. The sessions will include facilitated discussions with stakeholders to help improve the existing draft. FEMA seeks real-world input that can be incorporated into the guide. The draft guide is available to allow individuals to provide comments on specific areas within the document. This national engagement period will conclude at the close of business on Nov. 22. To review the document and learn more about the webinar sessions, visit the FEMA website. .EM RESOURCES How the new NOAA and DOI mapping tool can boost climate resilience Homeland Security Today As climate changes, many communities are seeing more events where weather- and climate-related events are damaging infrastructure. Giving easy access to information about future conditions helps communities plan for the future. Recognizing a gap in data availability for climate resilience, the Biden-Harris Administration in partnership with the Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Department of the Interior recently launched the Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation (CMRA) portal, a new website to help communities across the nation understand the real-time climate-related hazards in their area, analyze projected long-term exposure to those hazards, and identify federal funds to support climate resilience projects for their communities. READ MORE FEMA releases 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.” The guide provides an executive-level introduction to emergency management concepts and principles for local senior officials. Additionally, it identifies local senior officials’ roles and responsibilities for incident emergency management before, during, and after disasters, as well as ways to access available resources. Report of the 2022 CAP Implementation Workshop and Training now available IAEM The Report of the 2022 CAP Implementation Workshop and Training event is now available. The report summarizes 31 presentations given at the two events, held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Sept. 19-21, 2022. The Workshop and Training event had 997 persons registered as participants, from 161 countries/territories, 48 international organizations, and 47 commercial companies, academic institutions, or other non-governmental organizations. Learn more on the event website. FEMA releases emergency operations center management guide IAEM FEMA published the updated Emergency Operations Center (EOC) How-to Quick Reference Guide. The guide cover topics such as hazard vulnerability assessments, physical site selection, mitigation, EOC capabilities and requirements, information management systems, and training and exercises. The guide is a collection of guidance and best practices, which will contribute to development of an EOC that can successfully meet the jurisdiction’s needs. The updates include considerations for virtual and hybrid working environments. The guide is part of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Emergency Operations Center Toolkit. .DISASTER TECHNOLOGY NEWS Seismic sensing reveals flood damage potential Homeland Security News Wire Rapidly evolving floods are a major and growing hazard worldwide. Currently, their onset and evolution are hard to identify using existing systems. Seismic sensors already in place to detect earthquakes could be a solution to this problem. READ MORE These AI and satellite mapping techniques are speeding up the process of disaster management World Economic Forum Satellites are already used to identify high-risk areas for floods, wildfires, landslides and other disasters, and to pinpoint the damage after these disasters. But most satellite-based disaster management approaches rely on visually assessing the latest images, one neighborhood at a time. READ MORE New map tracks West Coast wildfires in real-time KOMO-TV This summer, right as wildfire season started in Washington state, a new map debuted to keep the public updated on current fires. The Western Fire Chiefs Association just rolled out a second phase of that map. It's now mid-October and wildfire season rages on. READ MORE .CERTIFICATION UPDATE Apply by Oct. 28 to have CEM fees waived IAEM IAEM is offering USA local, state, territory, or tribal emergency managers the opportunity to apply to have their IAEM CEM fees waived. This program is open to USA 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 based on the requirements outlined on the IAEM website. The candidate must be committed to completing the application by Feb. 28, 2023, and taking the exam by May 15, 2023. The fee waiver application documents are available on the IAEM website. The deadline to apply is Oct. 28, 2022. .EM CALENDAR Call for papers for the 2023 National Dam Safety Program Technical Seminar closes Nov. 2 IAEM The National Dam Safety Program Technical Seminar (NDSPTS) is an annual seminar on a topic of current interest to the dam safety community including officials from state dam safety programs; dam safety professionals at federal, state, territorial, and tribal agencies; dam owners and operators; engineering consultants; and emergency managers. This event is sponsored by FEMA's National Dam Safety Program. This year, the seminar will be held in person on Feb. 22-23, 2023, at FEMA's EMI training facilities in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The topic is "Managing and Regulating Dams into the Future." The request for presenters is now open. Seminar topics of interest include but are not limited to new challenges, and new technologies and approaches. Submit the title and a couple of sentences describing your proposed presentation to JMalama@usbr.gov. The deadline for submission is Nov. 2, 2022. Join us for 'Congressional Earmarks 101 — The Process for Securing Federal Dollars for EOCs and Pre-Disaster Mitigation Projects' webinar on Oct. 31 IAEM The IAEM-USA Government Affairs Committee will host the webinar, "Congressional Earmarks 101 – The Process for Securing Federal Dollars for EOCs and Pre-Disaster Mitigation Projects" on Oct. 31. Appropriations Committee staff will cover, what a CPF / CDS is, how they are selected (i.e., political process and different from other similar grants), why they may be beneficial to their community, and what emergency managers should know when they are contacted by their Members of Congress or other local officials about the projects. Participating FEMA personnel will cover how FEMA reviews and recommends CPF / CDS projects, and the steps for final approval and award once funds for projects are appropriated. Register here for this informative webinar. .IAEM-INTERNATIONAL NEWS Country embraces new technology for disaster preparedness Eyewitness News The Disaster Reconstruction Authority (DRA) is exploring new ways to mitigate against serious impacts of hurricanes and other national emergencies, including a new app ‘Disaster Aware’. DRA Chairman Alex Storr told Eyewitness News that the international emergency alert and real-time app can be used for warnings, projections, and information on how a disaster could affect a particular region or zone. READ MORE East Africa hit by drought, yet Kenya's Lake Turkana is flooding* BBC As she sits on the parched, cracked earth that used to be her pasture, Anna Elibit is a woman living on the edge. Just a few yards from where we are speaking is a scene that looks like something from a horror movie. Dozens of goat carcasses lie in the dust, their rotting forms a testament to intolerable drought that this part of north-western Kenya has endured for more than two years. "This is the worst drought I have ever witnessed in my lifetime," the 48 year old tells me. READ MORE .AROUND THE WORLD Mudslide kills at least 15 people in heavy rains in Uganda Sunday Vision At least fifteen people died In a remote area in the southwest Uganda for clay slice because of high rain That fell last night, reported this Wednesday by the Red Cross of the African nation. Tragedy occurred in the town of casica In the Kasese district, where “15 bodies have been recovered from the landslide-affected community.”The foundation said on its Twitter account. READ MORE Death toll rises to 50 in Venezuela landslide Channel News Asia The death toll has risen to 50 from a devastating landslide that swept through a Venezuelan town near the capital Caracas, officials said on Oct 13. Unusually heavy rains on Saturday had caused a major river and several streams to overflow in Las Tejerias, a town of about 50,000 people nestled in the mountains near Caracas. READ MORE Floods force evacuations in southeast Australia DW Thousands of people across three states in Australia were asked to evacuate their homes on Friday after two days of unrelenting rain triggered flash floods in the southeast of the country. Local authorities expect the situation to only get grimmer in the upcoming days. The flooding has been worst in the state of Victoria so far, with southern parts of New South Wales and northern parts of the island state of Tasmania also witnessing incessant rain. Some regions have taken more than a month's worth of rain since Wednesday, according to officials. READ MORE Nigeria — death toll rises, 1.3 million displaced, floods to continue until end November FloodList The government of Nigeria has warned state and local government areas to prepare for further flooding that could last until the end of November. Meanwhile flooding in the country, which has affected 27 states since February this year, has worsened and the number of fatalities and displacements has increased dramatically over the last week. READ MORE One dead and two missing after Greek island of Crete hit by flash flooding Agence France-Presse via The Guardian A man was found dead and two people were missing on Saturday after torrential rain brought major flooding to the Greek island of Crete, emergency workers said. A man in his fifties died while trapped inside his car as the rains began to fall in the southern Greek island, a popular holiday destination. Local media reported extensive damage in seaside villages, where streets have become rivers carrying away everything in their path. READ MORE   IAEM Dispatch Connect with IAEM | Privacy Policy Hailey Golden, Director of Publishing, Multiview, 469-420-2630 | Download media kit Bob Kowalski, Executive Editor, Multiview, 469-420-2650 | Contribute news *Article contributed by the Emergency Manager's Weekly Report. International Association of Emergency Managers 201 Park Washington Court  |  Falls Church, VA 22046-4527  Elizabeth B. Armstrong, MAM, CAE, IAEM CEO, IAEM Executive Director Dawn M. Shiley, CAE, IAEM Dispatch POC, IAEM Communications and Marketing Manager (703) 538-1795  |  Contact Us  |  www.iaem.org/ Click here to unsubscribe.  Learn how to add us to your safe sender list so our emails get to your inbox. ADVERTISE SUBSCRIBE PAST ISSUES   7701 Las Colinas Ridge, Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063