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There is still time to register for the premiere emergency management event of the year — the IAEM 63rd Annual Conference & EMEX in Clark County, Nevada, Nov. 13-18, 2015. Here's how to secure your spot: register today; add a training course; book your lodging; and browse our online program. If you can't attend this year, purchase the IAEM Digital Pass. Participating in the conference via the digital pass earns credit toward the IAEM Certified Emergency Manager (CEM®) credential under Training or Professional Contribution ─ Category B: Professional Conference Attendance. If you haven't attended this IAEM flagship event and don't know what you're missing, view our webinar, Expanding your Conference Experience, for a closer look at the IAEM Annual Conference.
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IAEM is excited to announce the Whole Community Collaboration Hackathon, sponsored by IBM. Scheduled for the first weekend in April 2016, the Hackathon will bring together emergency management and technology experts to build creative solutions focused on empowering survivors and enabling emergency managers with technology. Details are available now on the IAEM website. Be sure to visit the Crisis Technology Center (CTC) during the IAEM Annual Conference, and contribute your ideas for the IAEM Hackathon on the idea wall.
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Register now to attend the next IAEM Think Tank, to take place Tuesday, Nov. 17, 4:15-5:30 p.m. EST. The topic of this event will be "Special Events from the Emergency Management Perspective." At any given time, there can be festivals, races, concerts, large sporting events, and national special security events (NSSE) happening all around the country. These special events not only draw in more people to a community than normal, but also increase the demand on the area's response services. A special event requires additional planning, preparedness, and mitigation efforts by local and federal emergency response and public safety agencies. Each of the panelists has experience in preparing for and implementing special events from a smaller scale to national special security events. Panelists include: Eric Kant, integrator providing technology domain awareness for problems facing today’s operations; Bryan Koon, director, Florida Division of Emergency Management; Carolyn Levering, CEM, emergency manager, City of Las Vegas Office of Emergency Management, and IAEM-USA Region 9 President; Jill Raycroft, MPA, CEM, MEP, lead training and exercise coordinator for the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management; and Chauncia Willis, MPA, CEM, MEP, Emergency Management Coordinator, City of Tampa Office of Emergency Management, Tampa, Florida, and IAEM-USA Region 4 President-Elect. Former Deputy Administrator of FEMA, Richard Serino, will facilitate the Think Tank panel.
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Tour the IAEM Store to view and purchase logowear online. Items will ship within 12 days directly to you. Browse available items to see an array of great styles and colors, in a full range of sizes for both men and women (some kidswear, as well). The IAEM logo — and the CEM®/AEM® logos for qualified individuals – can be added to any of these items, including shirts, headwear, outerwear, bags, and accessories. The CEM® and AEM® challenge coins are available for any individual to purchase. You also can order a CEM® or AEM® plaque or pin once certified, or purchase an IAEM membership lapel pin. Suggestions for items to be added to the store may be emailed to Communications and Marketing Manager Dawn M. Shiley.
The Japan Times
Disaster management ministers from Japan, China and South Korea agreed to strengthen cooperation on promoting a U.N. action plan adopted in March to respond to emergencies.
At a meeting held in Tokyo, Taro Kono, Japan's minister for disaster management, Dou Yupei, China's vice minister of civil affairs, and Lee Sung Ho, South Korea's deputy minister of public safety and security, signed a joint statement vowing enhanced ties to promote the 15-year action plan.
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UN News Centre
Asia and the Pacific, the most disaster-prone region of the world, has been struck by 1,625 disasters during the last 10 years amounting to over 40 per cent of the global total, thereby calling for a collective political commitment from the regions' leaders to mitigate risks posed by disasters, according to a new United Nations report.
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The Jakarta Post
Indonesia has been urged to invest more in disaster research as the archipelago is among the most disaster-prone countries in the Asia Pacific region, which is the most vulnerable region in the world.
Surono, a disaster expert at the Energy and Natural Resources Ministry, said disaster research in Indonesia was extremely limited.
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CTV News
Most Canadians have made some preparations for when disaster strikes, but a new survey reveals that less than half have set aside supplies they could use to survive in an emergency.
The 2014 Survey of Emergency Preparedness and Resilience, released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday, asked Canadians to report on measures they have taken to be prepared for "natural and human-induced" emergencies or disasters.
Respondents named winter storms and extended power outages as the natural disasters or human-caused hazards that are most likely to affect their community.
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AccuWeather
The ongoing El Niño will continue to be a major factor in the weather across South America as frequent rainfall leads to new flooding events in parts of Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil this summer.
Elsewhere, infrequent rainfall will bring little or no relief to drought-stricken Chile and northern Brazil. Surges of heat that build across the interior of Brazil will frequent Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and result in numerous uncomfortable days throughout the summer.
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Looking for an on the go sign printing system you can depend on? VariPost has a Thermal printing solution that meets your needs to provide direction in critical situations. The system is economical since it uses no ink, portable and easy to transfer, allows you to communicate information in minutes.
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The Bisborne Herald
A new national multi-agency group is being set up to co-ordinate research into the East Coast's earthquake and tsunami threats and prepare residents for an eventual natural disaster brought on by an eruption on the Hikurangi tectonic boundary.
The East Coast LAB (Life At the Boundary) umbrella group will now make accessible cutting-edge research on the Hikurangi tectonic boundary, which runs the length of the East Coast of the North Island — with a tsunami risk study for East Coast towns expected to be released in the next two months.
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The Daily Californian
Members of Congress sent a letter to President Barack Obama asking for federal funding for an earthquake early warning system that was created in tandem with a campus laboratory.
Thirty-six House Democrats — led by Rep. Adam Schiff, D. California, and Rep. Derek Kilmer, D. Washington — asked Obama for $16.1 million to support the West Coast Earthquake Early Warning System.
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USA Today
Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate says you'll never catch him saying he's satisfied with the government's ability to respond to natural disasters.
But Fugate said that three years after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the northeast, the federal government has performed far better than it has for previous disasters like Hurricane Katrina.
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NJ Spotlight
When Superstorm Sandy made landfall in Brigantine, New Jersey, it was immediately clear that the state's recovery would be a long-term process. As state officials wrote in their action plan applying for aid from the federal government, more than 40,000 primary homes and 15,000 rental units had sustained "severe" or "major" damage from the storm. Boardwalks up and down the coast were replaced by piles of rubble, and damage estimates totaled tens of billions of dollars.
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Inside Climate
Three years after Hurricane Sandy devastated the East Coast, key electrical infrastructure remains vulnerable to flooding in major storms. A study released Tuesday by the Union of Concerned Scientists says millions of Americans living along the East and Gulf coasts would likely lose power in a Category 3 hurricane.
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The Emergency Management Institute is accepting applications until Jan. 15, 2016, from those communities that wish to request a community-specific Integrated Emergency Management Course (IEMC) in Fiscal Year 2017. Each year state, local, tribal, territorial and specialized jurisdictions throughout the United States can apply to EMI to conduct a community-specific IEMC. IEMCs are exercise-based courses that place jurisdictions' emergency operations center (EOC) personnel in realistic crisis situations within a structured learning environment. The jurisdiction selects the hazards and the core capabilities it wishes to include to reflect the hazards or events facing the jurisdiction, the type of EOC used by the jurisdiction, and the organizations included in the jurisdictional emergency plans. Details are available online.
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On Oct. 30, FEMA announced the projects that have been selected for funding support as part of the Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) and Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA). FEMA's priorities for funding PDM projects included selecting applications that would fulfill required set asides for the statutory, tribal, and mitigation planning and for projects that limit duplication of other HMA grant programs. For the FMA program, priorities included funding for mitigation planning applications, mitigation of severe repetitive loss properties, and mitigation of repetitive loss properties. Click here to review the selected projects and an updated status of each FY15 application for PDM projects; click here for FMA projects.
The Washington Post
Three years ago, Hurricane Sandy struck the United States, causing catastrophic losses up and down the East Coast. With families still struggling to get back on their feet, I’m shocked to report that — after all this time — billions of dollars in Sandy relief aid has yet to be spent.
To be exact, $30.06 billion of the $47.9 billion set aside for relief remains in the coffers of two federal agencies whose primary missions have nothing to do with responding to disasters — the Transportation Department and Department of Housing and Urban Development. This fact alone should cause all of us to stop and question our current approach to disaster recovery.
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Emergency Management
Mobile devices are an ideal way to disseminate fully customizable information regarding emergencies at K-12 school districts or on university campuses. From first aid guides to fire drill and evacuation procedures, mobile apps can present school officials, parents and students with step-by-step instructions, fast reporting capabilities and comprehensive information for maintaining safe schools.
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iMedicalApps
A comprehensive review of disaster medicine apps has identified several top choices for clinicians and patients to consider. Out of 219 relevant entries in the field gleaned from a search of the ITunes Store, Daniel J. Bachmann, M.D., from the Department of Emergency Medicine, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, and colleagues ranked the Community Emergency Response Teams and Federal Emergency Management Agency as the best apps to meet the needs of National Disaster Medical System responders.
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GeekWire
How do people use social technologies to communicate and work together after disasters? And how can those technologies be improved to facilitate that communication?
Those were two of the core issues addressed by Kate Starbird, assistant professor in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington, during her talk at the recent GeekWire Summit. Starbird discussed the emerging field of crisis informatics — the study of how information-communication technologies are used during crisis events.
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The Province
Drones flying above wildfires in British Columbia last summer hampered aerial efforts to control the blazes. But around the same time, the province was also using the unmanned aerial vehicles to determine if drones could be used to help fight wildfires.
The B.C. Wildfire Service contracted two commercial drone companies in July and August to soar above the Boulder Creek and Elaho fires near Pemberton and the Rock Creek fire just north of the Canada-U.S. border.
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The Palm Beach Post
Three years after Hurricane Sandy morphed into the super storm that slammed into the northeast coast, NOAA is evaluating advances in forecasts and communication.
In a presentation, researchers that studied human response to hurricane information found that people are most willing to trust local police and fire departments to deliver details on the storm.
That's above local government officials, the governor's office, local TV and radio and friends and family.
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CityLab
As any besotted adolescent can tell you, love makes you do dumb things. That may be true even when the object of your affection is the city where you live.
According to a recent study in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, residents of the flood-prone city of Vibo Valentia, Italy, readily acknowledged that living where they did made them vulnerable to disaster. That didn't mean they were going to do anything about it.
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Oct. 29 issued the "Community Resilience Planning Guide for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems," to help U.S. communities better withstand and rebound from the shocks of severe weather, earthquakes and other hazards. The guide, aimed at community leaders in the public and private sectors, offers a practical, six-step process that communities can follow to develop resilience plans that will help them prepare for hazards, adapt to changing conditions, and withstand and rapidly recover from disruptions. The guide can be downloaded here.
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The Emergency Services Sector Cybersecurity Initiative recently published the "Emergency Services Sector Cybersecurity Initiative Fact Sheet," which is available for download. The Emergency Services Sector Cybersecurity Initiative is an ongoing effort by the Department of Homeland Security to enable the Emergency Services Sector (ESS) to better understand and manage cyber risks and to coordinate the sharing of cyber information and tools between subject matter experts (both inside and outside the federal government) and the ESS disciplines.
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The Emergency Services Sector-Specific Agency, Department of Homeland Security, recently published the "Emergency Response Vehicle and Equipment Security Fact Sheet," which is available for download. The first responder community relies on the availability of specialized equipment, including emergency response vehicles, to perform their service to the public. When incidents compromising emergency response vehicles or equipment occur, they can not only affect the safety of emergency responders, but also jeopardize emergency responders’ ability to provide public safety services in a timely and effective manner. More information about ESS resources is available here.
The Washington Post
Earthquakes are one of nature's most terrifying and destructive forces. Over the past decade, quakes in Haiti, China, India and Nepal have killed 400,000 people, while a 2004 earthquake-driven tsunami killed more than 250,000 people in 14 nations around the Indian Ocean. Recently, a quake struck Afghanistan and Pakistan, killing hundreds and destroying thousands of homes.
The United States has avoided the strongest temblors in recent years, but West Coast residents and earthquake scientists continue to worry about "the big one" there.
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SBS
It has released a report showing natural disasters have killed half a million people in Asia and the Pacific over the past decade.
The U.N. says most of these incidents are also cross-border, such as the earthquake in Afghanistan which also affected Pakistan and other neighboring countries.
Achieving sustainable development will be difficult, says the U.N., if the region does not address these risks.
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The Guardian
The health workers in official-looking lanyards walk up to the immigration desk and hand over their passports. "Where are you from? Why are you in my country?" barks a fierce, khaki clad official.
"We're coming to help the ministry of health in response to the cyclone," replies one woman.
"Where's your visa paperwork? Take your hat off."
The health workers, representing the World Health Organization, had just arrived in Namuna, a fictional island nation devastated by a category five cyclone.
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The International Disaster Conference & EXPO (IDCE), which debuted in 2012 as an event for global disaster management professionals to discuss policy and best practices in preparing for and managing catastrophic events, is re-launching this year as RES/CON NEW ORLEANS. This event, to be held Mar. 1-3, 2016, will focus on the practice of successful resilience and disaster management in an evolving global environment. Presentations submitted for consideration may cover any number of topics, including but not limited to disaster resilience, economic resilience, coastal restoration and water management, technology, emergency management, homeland security, first response, business continuity, and all aspects of disaster resilience, response, recovery, and mitigation. Presentations are encouraged to be interactive and reflect a diversity of presenters, including race and gender, and viewpoints. Information on the call for presenters is available here.
Asia & the Pacific Policy Society
People have coped with large-scale natural disasters for centuries, and the advance of science and technology has seen different countries use it for disaster risk reduction in different ways. However, to ensure sound policy in the future, a systematic approach with a science policy framework is necessary, one that cohesively combines different sectors at all levels, and effectively links national to local government.
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The Department of Human Resources (DHS) First Responder Communities of Practice Administration will hold a webinar on "Planning to Improve Emergency Communications," today, Thursday, Nov. 5, 1:00 p.m. EST. Register online here, and view the recording at the same link. Topics discussed will include: understanding the National Emergency Communications Plan and how it can shape the future of emergency communications; understanding and implementing the Project 25 standards to attain interoperable, narrowband LMR equipment and systems; and identifying technological, innovative, and financial approaches and solutions to build a successful statewide communication system. Presenters are: Debra Shaffer, program analyst, DHS Office of Emergency Communications; Stephen T. Devine, Project 25 manager, APCO International; and Brad Stoddard, director, Office of Michigan's Public Safety Communications System, and Michiganstate wide interoperability coordinator.
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The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Forum on Public-Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety is offering a workshop on "Exploring Shared Value in Global Health and Safety," on Dec. 3-4, 2015, at the Venable Conference Center, Washington, D.C. Workshop objectives are: to examine the relationship between shared value creation and meeting the health and safety needs of communities around the globe; and to illuminate the impacts and implications of an increased movement toward shared value creation for all global health and safety stakeholders, especially corporations, but also non-governmental organizations, government agencies, foundations, academia, and civil society. The forum’s two-day workshop will include presentations and moderated discussions. Attendance is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Both days of the meeting will be webcast. Obtain details and register here.
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Just like the day-to-day efforts to secure and protect infrastructure, building awareness and understanding of the importance of critical infrastructure requires a nationwide effort, with the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) and partners across federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal governments and private sector owners and operators working together. The DHS Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP) developed several courses to train and educate the critical infrastructure community, and support implementation of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan. IP developed these courses collaboratively with critical infrastructure stakeholders, including federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government partners, critical infrastructure owners and operators, and private sector partners. These online training courses are available at EMI's independent study program. Learn more.
news.com.au
It's the biggest environmental disaster in our region and Australia cannot avoid being affected by its enormous reach.
A sickening haze that has spread across southeast Asia is being described as a "crime against humanity" and has NASA warning of a disaster of its kind never before seen.
For more than two months, raging forest fires on the Indonesian island of Sumatra have released vast plumes of smoke that has spread across neighboring countries including Malaysia, Singapore, southern Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and the Philippines.
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USA Today
Cyclone Chapala is taking aim at the Arabian Peninsula and is forecast to strengthen into a Category 5 storm, with winds of up to 166 mph. It should approach Oman and Yemen at Category 2 or 3 strength.
A cyclone is the same type of storm as a hurricane or typhoon. They're known as cyclones in the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal.
A Category 3 storm has winds of at least 111 mph.
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The Straits Times
The monsoon season has brought snakes into the homes and cars of people in Terengganu, as the creatures often try to escape the wet weather by seeking warmer, drier nooks.
The Terengganu Civil Defence Department received 4,356 reports of snake invasion last year during the monsoon, which typically lasts from late October to end-January.
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Your EDM
It is now being reported that a massive fire in a nightclub in Bucharest has left 27 dead, and over 150 injured and seeking medical treatment.
The fire is believed to have been caused by fireworks that were set off inside the club.
Attendees paint a vividly horrifying picture of the madness inside the club which held up to 400 people on the night in question.
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The Washington Post
Southern Portugal was slammed by heavy rain that led to dangerously high flash flooding on Sunday that killed at least one person and forced residents to evacuate their homes in the Algarve region. The storms were part of a large and intense low pressure system that is pushing through Europe this week. Faro Airport recorded approximately 4 inches of rain on Sunday while other more rural locations saw as much as 6 inches, much of which fell in a span of eight hours.
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The Guardian
Brazilian rangers, firefighters and indigenous communities are battling against a wildfire that has blazed for two months and devastated some of the last Amazonian forest in the northern state of Maranhão, including part of the territory of an uncontacted tribe. The fire — which has spread across 100km at its peak — is thought to be the biggest in Indian territory for decades and has prompted the local government to declare a state of emergency.
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