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IAEM
IAEM has scheduled an IAEM Think Tank on Nov. 19, 2019, 8:00-9:30 a.m. EST. 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; Laura Mellem, public engagement manager, New Orleans Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness; and Sherry Lea Botop, public information officer and community engagement manager, Baldwin County Commission, Alabama. This will be streamed from the IAEM Annual Conference in Savannah, Georgia. Those not attending the conference can register online to participate via webinar. Those at the conference may participate in Meeting Room 102-103 in the convention center.
IAEM
FirstNet is THE dedicated wireless communications ecosystem built with and for first responders. It provides so much more than just the ability to make and receive calls. Together with first responders, we are working to make your communications simpler, faster and more direct, so you can focus on what’s important. Visit FirstNet in booth 536 at the IAEM Annual Conference in Savannah, Georgia, Nov. 15-20, 2019.
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IAEM
The IAEM Scholarship Program 2019 Annual Conference Auction opened on Nov. 1 and closes at 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 are: 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 BiddingForGood account – and then follow the auction using mobile bidding, if you don’t want to be outbid.
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IAEM
Voting members of the IAEM-Oceania Council received an email from IAEM Headquarters on Nov. 11, 2019, with a link to the voting web page that includes candidate statements and an individual link to the online ballot. This election is for IAEM-Oceania President and IAEM-
Oceania Secretary. Voting will close on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019, 5:00 p.m. Australian Eastern Daylight time (GMT+11). If you have any questions, please contact Karen Thompson, IAEM elections facilitator, at Thompson@iaem.com.
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IAEM
Founded in 1964, the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships is the nation’s premiere program for leadership and public service. Its purpose is to provide gifted and highly motivated young Americans with some firsthand experience in the process of governing the nation and a sense of personal involvement in the leadership of society. After a competitive application process, selected individuals spend a year in Washington, D.C., working as a full-time, paid Fellow aiding Cabinet Secretaries, senior White House staff, and other top-ranking government officials. Fellows also participate in an education program consisting of roundtable discussions with renowned leaders from the private and public sectors. Fellowships are awarded on a strictly non-partisan basis. The deadline for submission is Jan. 8, 2020, at 5:00 p.m. EST. For complete details and the online application, visit https://www.whitehouse.gov/get-involved/fellows/. Videos and recruiting materials are also online.
National Journal
President Trump plans to name yet another temporary head of the Homeland Security Department, pushing the boundaries of his authority to install top officials without Senate approval.
Trump as soon as this week will elevate DHS official Chad Wolf to replace outgoing Acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan as the president’s initiatives to prevent undocumented border migration remain mired in court challenges.
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Homeland Security News Wire
A more than two-year investigation by the Associated Press has found scores of dams around the United States in various states of disrepair, located in areas where a breach might place thousands in danger. These aging dams loom over homes, businesses, highways, or entire communities which could face life-threatening floods if the dams don’t hold.
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Emergency Management
Floridians have another year of reprieve before they face a likely hike in their flood insurance premiums, thanks to political pressure from Congress over a potentially drastic revamp to the National Flood Insurance Program.
The planned change to the way the NFIP charges policyholders is meant to claw the program out of its multibillion-dollar debts and help the nation adapt to the growing risk of climate change — in exchange for an end to the subsidies coastal residents have relied on for decades.
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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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IAEM
FEMA has released the first annual report on Agency implementation of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 (DRRA). This report provides an overview of the DRRA, highlights how FEMA’s strategic goals align to the act, and describes FEMA implementation efforts and achievements since 2018. FEMA has already implemented more than half of the provisions identified in the law. The DRRA contains 56 provisions that require policy or regulation changes that amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to strengthen national capabilities to prepare for, mitigate against, and recover from major disasters. These reforms acknowledge the shared responsibility for disaster response and recovery, aim to reduce the complexity of FEMA, and build the nation’s capacity for the next catastrophic event.
Crosscut
In the past decade, more than 70 natural disasters have occurred on tribal lands, with some communities hit more than once a year. According to an analysis from the Center for Public Integrity, tribal nations were on average more vulnerable than the U.S. overall during the same period, based on measures such as unemployment and income.
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Emergency Management
Last month’s power shutdowns by Pacific Gas and Electric Co. left nagging questions about Marin County’s communications system and whether senior housing facilities in the county are prepared for the next shutdown.
On Oct. 27, when PG&E switched off electricity to most of Marin, nearly 50 percent of the county’s cell phone transmission sites failed.
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IAEM
The Federal School Safety Clearinghouse will be launching SchoolSafety.gov today, Nov. 14, to provide the academic community, specifically Kindergarten through Grade 12, with a one-stop shop for school safety best practices to create a safe and supportive learning environment where students can thrive and grow. SchoolSafety.gov was developed to fulfill key recommendations from the Federal Commission on School Safety and will aim to help schools prevent, protect, mitigate, respond to, and recover from emergency situations.
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Phys.org
As if to keep up with the growing frequency and intensity of wildfires throughout California, a network of wildfire-spotting cameras grew from 35 stations last year to more than 300 as of late October. The ALERTWildfire system co-developed by UC San Diego is one of several products created by the university that are improving the technological capability of western states to deal with wildfires now that the once-rare catastrophic events are becoming commonplace.
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Business Insider
Hurricanes are the costliest natural disasters in the United States. Hurricane Harvey, which ravaged parts of Texas in August 2017, cost the US $125 billion (yes, billion with a 'b'). Harvey's total came second only to that of Hurricane Katrina, which hit Louisiana in 2005 and cost approximately $161 billion, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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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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The Conversation
The rainfall that has inundated the North of England is the latest in a long line of flood events that are becoming the country’s new normal. Indeed, across the world, flooding is expected to become more frequent and more extreme as the planet heats up.
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Domestic Preparedness
Over the past two decades, the United States has focused heavily on preventing attacks from Islamic terrorism movements – or those inspired by these movements. However, recent attacks in the United States over the past few years have prompted much debate on how to combat the threat of domestic terrorism.
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Emergency Management
Crisis events place extraordinary demands on an organization, and typically there is no time to develop a plan of action amid a crisis response. Crisis preparedness has become an organizational imperative.
And leadership is increasingly working to establish an overarching crisis management strategy and the operational processes, and also protocols for responding to and resolving a crisis event.
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EDM Digest
One of the problematic phases of emergency management is the recovery and rebuilding phase after a disaster. For instance, recovery and rebuilding is a lengthy process. Emergency management scholars Kathleen Tierney and Anthony Oliver-Smith also note that recovery and rebuilding efforts are complicated. This is due to numerous societal issues, including social equity and disparities, within a community.
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Emergency Management
In a region at risk of disasters such as volcanic eruptions and major earthquakes, and where flooding and windstorms are commonplace, officials recommend individuals and families have emergency response plans and adequate supplies on hand to help them survive.
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Homeland Security Today
Federal and state emergency managers—and their agencies—face an increasingly complex threat climate. FEMA recently queried its state counterparts in emergency management (EM) for their insights into how they are working to change emergency management to prevent tomorrow’s emergency. The insights are instructive, offering a glimpse of where emergency management resources and efforts are being directed.
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IAEM
The dates of the upcoming certification application reviews are posted on the IAEM website. Applications received by Dec. 31, 2019, will be reviewed in January 2020. Candidates will be notified of the results during the week of Feb. 16, 2020.
Business Mirror
Senate Majority Leader Miguel Zubiri, citing the string of earthquakes that shook Mindanao last month resulting in 22 fatalities, pressed Congress on Monday to front-load passage of the bill creating the Department of Disaster Resilience and a companion bill updating the National Hazard map.
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The Guardian
Boris Johnson has agreed to chair a meeting of the government’s emergency committee on Tuesday to discuss the response to the recent severe floods, after he was urged by Jeremy Corbyn to “take personal charge” of the situation.
The announcement by Downing Street came as residents began a clean-up operation, and warned that further damage was likely unless existing water was pumped away.
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CNN
The worst flooding to hit Venice in more than 50 years has brought the historic city to its knees, its mayor said on Wednesday.
"Venice is on its knees,'' Mayor Luigi Brugnaro tweeted. "St. Mark's Basilica has sustained serious damage, like the entire city and its islands."
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NPR
Scorched by days of unrelenting wildfires, parts of southeast Australia are facing "catastrophic fire danger." On Monday, officials declared a state of emergency for all of New South Wales, the country's most populous state.
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Crux Now
Catholic charities in East Africa are struggling to deal with the severe floods that have affected over 2.5 million people in the region.
The flooding has affected Kenya, South Sudan, and Somalia, and was caused by unusually heavy rains that have hit the countries since July.
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BBC News
Residents of a heavily flooded village in Yorkshire fear conditions could get worse as more rain is forecast.
The Environment Agency has 39 flood warnings in place across the country, including five severe warnings on the River Don in South Yorkshire.
About 400 homes have been flooded in the North, and 1,200 properties have been evacuated, the agency said.
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WTKR-TV
At least 10 people have been killed and millions displaced after Cyclone Bulbul smashed into India and Bangladesh over the weekend.
A woman clears debris from her home damaged by Cyclone Bulbul in Bakkhali on November 10, 2019. – Three people have died and two million others spent a night huddled in storm shelters as Cyclone Bulbul smashed into the coasts of India and Bangladesh with fierce gales and torrential rains, officials said on November 10.
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