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Congress made progress Tuesday toward reauthorizing the National Flood Insurance Program, which is set to expire on Dec. 8. House lawmakers approved a bill that would extend the program for five years, through 2022. It passed, 237-189, with 222 Republicans and 15 Democrats backing the measure. The reauthorization process will next turn to the Senate.
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The 100 Resilient Cities network released a series of policy proposals on Wednesday for expanding the National Flood Insurance Program on the heels of an "unprecedented" hurricane season. Four major hurricanes made landfall in the U.S. this year, and NFIP authorization is set to expire in December — to the detriment of flood-prone cities attempting to prepare for future disasters.
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Domestic Preparedness
Defense Department officials recently told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee how DoD has supported federal, state and local officials in responding to the unprecedented series of hurricanes this year.
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Government Executive
A watchdog agency is warning about potential fraudulent spending by the federal government in the wake of several major natural disasters this year as local officials from affected regions pledged full transparency on their recovery spending at a congressional hearing on Tuesday.
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IAEM
In observance of National Native American Heritage Month, FEMA's Individual and Community Preparedness Division and the Office of External Affairs' Tribal Affairs branch will host a webinar on Nov. 29, 3-4 p.m. EST, focusing on disaster preparedness and resilience efforts serving tribal communities. The webinar will feature several leaders who have worked to put preparedness into action. Register online.
IAEM
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has scheduled five 60-minute webinars (Nov. 16, Nov. 20, Nov. 28, Dec. 7 and Dec. 13) to discuss the National Qualification System (NQS) and answer questions related to the National Incident Management System (NIMS) NQS supporting tools. Each webinar is open to all interested parties and will cover the same information. FEMA recently released a series of NIMS resource management documents that enhance the effectiveness of sharing resources between jurisdictions, known as mutual aid. NIMS provides a nationwide approach to resource management, enabling stakeholders to work together to manage all threats and hazards, regardless of the incident’s cause or size. Go online to review the NQS documents, and register for a webinar.
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Domestic Preparedness
Zamawang F. Almemar, a senior chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives (CBRNE) and nonconventional threat consultant, writes "Some experts say that a chemical attack plot on Western public transportation systems such as this one is inevitable: It is 0753 on a Tuesday morning at the busy red line subway station in Washington, D.C. The Islamic State group (IS) just claimed responsibility for a chemical attack that took place there by three IS supporters (two males and one female) about half past the hour. The Metrorail transportation staff and first responders are rushing to care for the victims of what seems to be a sulfur mustard attack."
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EdSource
The fires may be out in the Wine Country, but they're still a daily topic in many California classrooms. At Design Tech High, a charter school that's affiliated with Oracle, students are analyzing the science behind the Tubbs Fire that raged through Sonoma County in October and creating blueprints for how the destroyed neighborhoods can rebuild in a way that could minimize impacts from the next fire.
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IAEM
B. Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., recently announced publication of a new resource, the Deadliest American Disasters and Large-Loss-of-Life Events website. The objective of this site is to be the most complete and authoritative source in one place on the deadliest American/U.S. disasters and other large-loss-of-life events (10 or more lives lost). New material is added, and existing material is updated regularly. The information available on the site will be especially useful for research. To date, more than 5,400 events (which took 10 or more lives) and more than 400 others (which took fewer than 10 lives, such as the space shuttle disasters and some terrorism events) have been compiled. Dr. Blanchard retired from the Federal Emergency Management Agency in 2010. He spent the last 16 years of his career at the Emergency Management Institute, where he developed the Higher Education Program (High Ed). This was the first such U.S. project, with the primary purpose of encouraging and supporting the expansion and innovation of undergraduate and graduate degrees and programs on hazards, disasters and emergency management in U.S. colleges and universities.
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ARC Document Solutions, a company that provides technology and document tools for every stage of the facility life cycle, has shared insights into "7 Critical Ways to Prepare for Healthcare Facilities Emergencies." The company's white paper on this topic focuses on the role of facility management in emergency preparedness.
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John Breeden II, an award-winning journalist and reviewer with over 20 years of experience covering technology, writes: "Last year, as the drone-flying craze was taking off, I wrote a column about the advantages of drones in a public safety role. At the time, my home was completely snowed in, and the prospect of using drones to help people in need — or even as reconnaissance for emergency workers to know what roads were accessible — seemed like a clever idea."
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TechCrunch
It hasn't been a great few weeks for social media companies like Facebook and Twitter. But in spite of all the undeniable problems associated with fake news, it's worth reminding ourselves of the equally undeniable civic value of social media.
Take, for example, the role of social media in the response in Houston to Hurricane Harvey. According to Art Acevedo, Houston's Chief of Police, social media tools like Twitter, Nextdoor, Periscope and Facebook became a "de facto 911 system" during the crisis — playing a "huge role" in his department's response to Harvey and certainly saving lives during the late August deluge.
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Forbes
The border region between Iran and Iraq experienced the deadliest earthquake to date in 2017. The 7.3-magnitude earthquake is estimated to have killed between 530 and 580 people and injured another 7,460. Most of the reported casualties are in Iran's western province of Kermanshah, nearby the epicenter of the earthquake. Search efforts are underway in the region, with rescue workers digging through rubble in an attempt to find any missing people.
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CNN
An 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Costa Rica on Sunday night, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was centered 16 kilometers west of Jacó, Costa Rica, at a depth of 10 km, according to the USGS. It gave the quake preliminary magnitude of 6.8, but later downgraded it. The observatory at the Universidad Nacional Costa Rica said the earthquake measured 6.9.
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