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IAEM
The conference issue of the IAEM Bulletin (October 2019) has been published online. Please share this issue with your EM colleagues. It includes 12 feature articles by 2019 IAEM Annual Conference speakers. The October IAEM Bulletin is Part 1 of a two-part special focus on the conference theme, “Honor the Past, Treasure the Present, Shape the Future.” The November Bulletin will include Part 2 on the conference theme, with nine additional feature articles, one by a speaker and eight by IAEM members and others. The IAEM Bulletin, the association’s official monthly newsletter currently in its 36th year of publication, is a benefit of membership in IAEM.
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IAEM has scheduled an IAEM Think Tank on Nov. 19, 2019, 8:00-9:30 a.m. EST, to be streamed from the IAEM Annual Conference in Savannah, Georgia. The title of the event is “Community Outreach and Why This Is Important to Emergency Managers Now More Than Ever.” Speakers will be Herman Schaffer, assistant commissioner, NYCEM and director of Community Engagement Division; and Laura Mellem, public engagement manager, New Orleans Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness. Those not attending the conference can register online to participate via webinar.
IAEM
On Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, the Conference Committee chairs hosted a webinar on “Expanding Your Conference Experience: Getting the Most out of the IAEM Annual Conference.” During the webinar, the conference planners provided more details about the conference and explained how to get the most out of the time away from the office. If you were unable to participate in the webinar, a recording now is available.
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The IAEM Scholarship Program 2019 Annual Conference Auction runs from Nov. 1 until 12:30 p.m. EST, Nov. 20, 2019. Anyone may participate in the auction, before the conference, at the conference, or remotely, and proceeds will support the IAEM Scholarship Program and help further the education of students studying the field of emergency management, disaster management or a related program.
Some items currently open for bid include: BBQ Pitmaster tools and accessories; Civil Defense era official booklets; Hurricane Irma and Harvey pins; Red Cross collectibles; jewelry; 10-watt bullhorn; specialty gift baskets; children’s Crayola and Disney activity basket; challenge coins; and more! Items will continue to be added to the auction until bidding ends. Bid in the auction by visiting www.biddingforgood.com/IAEMScholarshipProgram to set up your Bidding For Good account – and then follow the auction using mobile bidding, if you don’t want to be outbid.
IAEM
The IAEM 67th Annual Conference in Savannah, Georgia, Nov. 15-20, 2019, is right around the corner. Be a part of the action and register today. Add pre/post-conference training and fun networking events to enhance your time in Savannah. View the current program on the conference website. This is the premiere event of the year for emergency managers. Don’t miss this opportunity to Advance your career.
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The First Responder Network Authority has commissioned an independent marketing research company to conduct a research study among people who are involved in public safety. The goal of this study is to help the First Responder Network Authority better understand and meet the needs of its stakeholders. IAEM members have been asked to participate in a 10-15-minute survey about the First Responder Network Authority. Answers to the survey questions will help the First Responder Network Authority better assist people and organizations who are involved in protecting the general public. Take the survey now; it is only open for a short time.
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This week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency published 26 water-sector sector Job Titles/Position Qualifications and Resource Typing Definitions. The National Incident Management System (NIMS) is a fundamental doctrine on how the nation manages incidents by enabling organizations from across the county to work together during incidents, events and emergencies.
NIMS Job Titles/Position Qualifications and Resource Typing Definitions define minimum qualifications and capabilities for personnel and their equipment within their assigned teams to manage all threats and hazards, regardless of the incident’s cause or size. To view the documents, visit the Resource Typing Library Tool (RTLT). For any question regarding NIMS or related products, please contact fema-nims@fema.dhs.gov.
Emergency Management
After a forced evacuation that began last Saturday, most Sonoma County, Calif., residents were allowed to return home Wednesday as firefighters reached nearly 70 percent containment of the Kincade Fire that had burned more than 77,000 acres as of Friday morning.
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Everbridge
With severe weather season intensifying, counties and cities across Florida share their perspective on hurricane preparedness and the benefits of leveraging Everbridge as their statewide mass notification platform, including improved situational intelligence, communication, and mutual aid. Watch Now.
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Phys.org
Today, the JRC published the 2018 edition of its Annual Report on Forest Fires in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. According to the report, wildfires destroyed nearly 178,000 hectares (ha) of forests and land in the EU last year. While this is less than one sixth of the area burnt in 2017, and less than the long-term average, more countries than ever before suffered from large fires.
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JEMS
Facing the threat of a disaster or managing the aftermath of such an incident, either natural or manmade, can be tragic. Natural disasters can be prepared for, but ultimately the outcome of such disasters can leave a community without their main lifelines (water/food, shelter and healthcare).
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Forbes
A recent New York Times Op-Ed (When ‘Do No Harm’ Means Evacuating Hospitals In California) by Dr. Stephen Parodi, Associate Executive Director of The Permanente Group, describing the devastating effects of the recent California fires, truly brings climate change one step closer to all patients, hospitals and healthcare providers.
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WMAZ-TV
Every hurricane season, meteorologists are tasked with figuring out where tropical storms and hurricanes will go and how strong they'll be.
Meteorologists have significantly improved the accuracy of track forecasts over recent decades, however, there hasn't been near as much improvement in intensity forecasts over the same period of time.
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USA Today
This year, a little bird signaled a Delaware researcher that the 2019 tropical storm season in the Atlantic Ocean was going to be more active than normal.
“If you think about it, it makes a lot of sense,” said Christopher Heckscher of Delaware State University, who found the link between veery thrushes and tropical storm activity.
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Truthdig
Researchers have taken a closer look at estimates of coastal land height – and found that the numbers of people already at risk from sea level rise driven by global heating have multiplied threefold.
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The Mid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management & Public Safety combines accredited college expertise and practitioner experience to offer cutting-edge academic, training, and credentialing opportunities. MORE
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NPR
The massive Kincade Fire in Northern California is likely in its final days, according to state fire officials. The wildfire has raged for 11 days, burning nearly 78,000 acres — an area more than double the size of San Francisco.
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NKH
Measures against global warming can be divided into two categories: mitigation and adaptation. Mitigation means curbing greenhouse gas emissions. Adaptation means preparing to cope with higher temperatures.
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VOA
Weather experts say Taiwan and the Philippines have experienced fewer typhoons in recent years.
The reduced storm activity may be the result of higher water temperatures and changes in upper-atmosphere winds.
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IAEM
The Procurement Disaster Assistance Team released an updated field manual for procurement processes after a disaster. The manual supports FEMA staff in providing accurate and consistent information to Public Assistance applicants on how to comply with the federal procurement under grant requirements. This version of the manual merges and streamlines relevant content from previous editions and applies to procurements under disasters declared on or after Dec. 26, 2014. Additional resources to support compliance requirements when procuring with federal grant funds are available on the FEMA website.
Emergency Management
When Ted Atz, a 75-year-old retiree in Marin County, learned that his power would go out during the Kincade fire, he texted his loved ones that he might lose cell service.
He was right. For four long days, Atz couldn't make or receive calls. He'd drive around his hometown of San Anselmo, hoping to find better reception.
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Homeland Security News Wire
Another autumn, more fires, more refugees and incinerated homes. For California, flames have become the colors of fall. Stephen Pyne writes that free-burning fire is the proximate provocation for the havoc, since its ember storms are engulfing landscapes. But in the hands of humans, combustion is also the deeper cause.
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Forbes
It could be days or weeks before California’s wildfire menace lets up, and the Atlantic hurricane season has until the end of November before it’s officially declared done. Natural disasters’ tally—tens of thousands of acres, many thousands of structures, including homes, lost, hundreds of thousands of people evacuated or displaced outright, millions of people enduring life-and livelihood-altering power blackouts and reduced access to other essential resources, human lives—keeps reaching new heights.
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Dallas Innovates
The Texas-based artificial intelligence company is creating an open-source AI model, called “Disaster Mapping Systems” (DMS), that will help first responders prioritize disaster relief efforts after devastating events, such as Hurricane Maria in 2017.
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Gov.UK
The UK Space Agency is looking for project ideas, to be delivered through UK aid, that use the data collected by satellites to improve decision-making for disaster risk reduction, ocean monitoring, mangrove mapping and maritime management.
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IAEM
Candidates due to recertify in 2019 should submit their applications by 11:59 p.m. EST on Dec. 31, 2019. Keep in mind that the recertification fee must be applied to the candidate’s account before submitting the application. Payments made online are processed the next business day, so plan accordingly.
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At the recent California Emergency Services Association (CESA) meeting on Nov. 4, 2019, IAEM member Jerry Quinn, MBA, president, GJQ Consulting LLC, received the Gold Award from the California Emergency Services Association (CESA) State Board for his exceptional efforts in the field of emergency management and his unwavering dedication to the CESA organization and its members. Gold Awards are
presented to an organization or individual who has shown exceptional efforts in the field of emergency management resulting in benefits statewide. In addition, Quinn has received two previous awards from the CESA State Board, as well as the 2011 Fetz Service Award from the CESA Coastal Chapter Board.
NACo
On October 18, the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE) announced the Accelerate R2 Network Challenge, a grant opportunity to support innovative approaches to disaster response and recovery. The grant program will be jointly administered by EDA, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), and aims to build a nationwide network of organizations addressing disaster management.
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IAEM
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency(CISA) has scheduled a new series of its “Active Shooter Preparedness Workshop” in various locations around the United States. Preparing employees for a potential active shooter incident is an integral component of an organization’s incident response planning. Because active shooter incidents are unpredictable and evolve quickly, preparing for and knowing what to do in an active shooter situation can be the difference between life and death. Every second counts. This is a unique training opportunity, so get details and register online at the location of your choice: Carlsbad, California, Nov. 14, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; New York City, Nov. 15, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 19, 8:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m.; Springfield, Massachusetts, Nov. 21, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; Raleigh, North Carolina, Dec. 4, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; Salem, Oregon, Dec. 10, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; and Dover, Delaware, Dec. 12, 8:30-4:30 p.m.
The Times of India
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Monday said India, thanks to its policy initiatives in disaster management, early warning capabilities and advanced preparations, had been able to reduce loss of lives due to disasters to less than 1% of the numbers recorded just over a decade ago.
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Business Standard
Urging all SCO countries towards joint assistance in dealing with earthquakes, Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said India would soon come up with a national scheme which would not only cover the disaster risk renewal Sendai Framework but also the goals of permanent development and climate related agreement.
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The Mainichi
Among the victims of deadly Typhoon Hagibis that hit Japan in mid-October were foreigners who could not understand what was written in email alerts. They stayed at their homes as they could not make out where to evacuate and why, underscoring the need for a foreigner-friendly disaster warning system.
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The Associated Press via Hartford Courant
An official says the death toll from a landslide that hit Cameroon's western village of Bamoungoum has risen to at least 42, as authorities urge people to leave the area to avoid further disaster.
The governor of Cameroon's West Region, Awa Fonka Augustine, said Wednesday that two pregnant women, a boy and two men have been rescued at the site near the regional capital of Bafoussam.
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Japan Times
Dozens of bags containing waste polluted with radioactive substances are still missing in Fukushima Prefecture, three weeks after they were swept away from storage areas in floods triggered by Typhoon Hagibis.
Of the 90 bags originally lost, 36 remain missing. The Environment Ministry, prefectural officials and others are conducting extensive searches but so far they have not had much luck.
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Reuters
Heavy rains have killed at least 10 people and displaced more than 270,000 in Somalia, destroying infrastructure and livelihoods in the Horn of Africa nation, the United Nations said on Friday.
East Africa has been experiencing heavy rains, experts say, with floods forcing families from their homes.
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iAfrica
United Nations and private agencies are scaling up life-saving humanitarian operations in response to severe flooding across large parts of the Horn of Africa.
Massive flooding following months of unusually heavy rainfall is wreaking havoc in Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan and Ethiopia.
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ReliefWeb
As flood rescue and recovery efforts continue in Somalia, the Somali Red Crescent Society (SRCS) fears the floods could trigger deadly outbreaks of malaria, diarrhea, and other infectious diseases.
“These floods have already cost lives and our concern is that another fatal disaster is on its way,” said Abdi Abdullahi who leads SRCS operations in Beledweyne.
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Rappler
A tornado hit several barangays in Marawi City at around 2 pm Monday, November 4, according to reports.
Frank Gumapon, regional director of the Philippine Information Agency in Northern Mindanao, said the tornado affected 5 barangays in the city.
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