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FEMA and its emergency management partners released Jan Peelen’s PrepTalk, “Living with Water: How the Netherlands Prevents Flood Disasters.” In his PrepTalk, Peelen tells the story of the Netherland’s historic battle with flooding and shares how the Dutch are learning to live with water. Peelen is a representative of the Dutch Ministry for Infrastructure and Water Management at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. He advises U.S. entities on the topics of resilience, urban planning, and infrastructure, and coordinates all water-related efforts of the Dutch diplomatic network in the U.S. His PrepTalk video and additional resources are available at www.fema.gov/preptalks. PrepTalks are produced in partnership with FEMA, the International Association of Emergency Managers, the National Emergency Management Association, the National Homeland Security Consortium, and the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security.
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On Nov. 18, FEMA announced the release of the “Community Lifelines Implementation Toolkit 2.0” and the “Incident Stabilization Guide,” which provide updated information and resources to better understand and implement Community Lifelines throughout the emergency management community.
The initial toolkit was released in Feb. 2019 as the first formal guidance on lifelines. Since then, FEMA conducted significant engagement with state, local, tribal and territorial emergency managers, interagency partners, and private and non-profit stakeholders to provide training, achieve buy-in, and gain critical feedback to help improve the construct. The simplicity and plain language used for lifelines eases coordination and communication among partners at multiple levels. Updated to support last month's release of the revised "National Response Framework, Fourth Edition," the toolkit incorporates lessons learned from recent disasters and stakeholder feedback.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency is seeking to update “Comprehensive Preparedness Guide 101: Developing and Maintaining Emergency Operations Plans” (CPG 101). The guide was last updated in 2010 and provides guidance for developing emergency operations plans. Due to the foundational nature of this document, and its importance to whole community partners, FEMA is seeking the input of the whole community on what stakeholders would like to see in an updated CPG 101. A line-numbered
version of the CPG 101 is available to allow individuals to comment and provide recommendations on specific areas within the document. FEMA will accept comments through Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020.
To review the document and learn more about the virtual listening sessions, please visit www.fema.gov/plan.
Governing
At any one time, the United States uses more than 400,000 megawatts of electricity.
That’s a lot of power, and it takes a lot of nonstop work to keep it flowing. But how safe is America’s power grid from cyberattacks and other disruptions?
Cyberintrusions are no longer a theoretical possibility.
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“Store and Forward” capability allows field staff to work offline and ensures data integrity under the most adverse conditions!
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Emergency Management
A study by Florida International University on the flooding risks in Florida could help that state update its buildings codes to reflect sea level rise and climate change in the future, something the codes don’t account for now.
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Vice
On an early Friday morning in November 2018, the ground gave way in Anchorage, Alaska. At 8:29 a.m., a magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit just north of the city. Street lights blinked off, highways began to buckle, and buildings shook as enormous cracks opened in the walls and floors, coughing plumes of dust into the air.
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National Geographic
It startd in the evening on September 18, two years ago. The winds picked up; waves began crashing ashore with intensity; the skies darkened.
Unbeknownst to the people of Dominica, Hurricane Maria was slowly gathering the strength it needed to destroy over 90 percent of the island’s structures, cripple its economy, and force a small country that did little to cause climate change to reckon with its consequences.
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BBC News
The sight of soaring flames, burning trees and scorched earth is becoming a familiar one for people around the world.
From Brazil to Australia, and from California to Indonesia, massive wildfires have torn through vast areas of forest this year. So how do you fight them?
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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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Homeland Security Today
When the Ebola virus emerged in the United States in 2014, two of the four confirmed cases were nurses at a Dallas hospital who treated the first patient: Thomas Eric Duncan, who had contracted the virus in Liberia and later died.
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Reuters
The U.S. government's oceans and waterways agency will provide $30 million to improve coastal resilience, officials said, aiming to reduce the impacts of worsening storms, flooding and rising seas in nearly half of U.S. states.
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Homeland Security News Wire
Given the huge costs to people and property when it floods, it’s a reasonable question to ask why, in one of the richest countries in the world, more cannot be done to prevent flooding. And if not prevent it, to know more precisely when and where it will hit.
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Homeland Security News Wire
A new report from the Coalition for Urban Transitions finds that, because sea level rise exacerbates flooding and storm surge, it is a critical threat to urban coastal areas. More than 10 percent of the world’s population now resides in urban centers or quasi-urban clusters situated at less than 10 meters above sea level.
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Popular Science
Powerful hurricanes have been piling on in recent years, creating billions of dollars worth of damage. In September, Hurricane Dorian brewed into a Category 5 storm with winds reaching 185 miles per hour, and proceeded to sit over the Bahamas, devastating the Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama.
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EurekaAlert
Researchers from EPFL and MIT have shown that human mobility is a major factor in the spread of vector-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue even over short intra-city distances.
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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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Homeland Security News Wire
In early September, a cyberattack occurred at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in India. The Indian nuclear monitoring agency finally admitted that the nuclear plant was hacked, and on 30 October Indian government officials acknowledged the intrusion.
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Department of State have released a “Guide to Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience.” This collaborative product for domestic and international partners describes the U.S. all-hazards approach to critical infrastructure security and resilience. The guide provides a step-by-step approach to developing, implementing, and refining related policies and programs for a range of stakeholders, such as foreign ministries charged with oversight of key sectors (e.g., energy, water and wastewater, communications, transportation), as well as experts in security, counterterrorism, crisis management and emergency response. It also includes coordination with industry owners and operators and others with related responsibilities and capabilities. The Guide acknowledges that the effectiveness of critical infrastructure protection is greatly enhanced when based on a holistic approach that considers all threats and hazards. It is also a useful primer and reference for U.S.-based users, as well as a tool to engage additional partners on roles and responsibility for critical infrastructure.
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IAEM will be releasing a new version of all certification exams in early 2020. Individuals planning to take the IAEM Certification exam after Jan. 20, 2020, should access the revised study guide from the IAEM certification website and review the updated resource list(s) to prepare for the exam. All exams still must be proctored by an approved proctor. Information about proctors can be found on page 5 of the study guide.
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The Department of Human Resources’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Emergency Services Sector-Specific Agency and the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) mission advocate will conduct a webinar on “HSIN Enhances Public Safety Capabilities of Tribal Governments,” on Dec. 11, 2019, 1:00-2:00 p.m. EST. David Henry, mission advocate for HSIN, will share ways in which tribal communities can improve and safeguard their planning and operations information. Details are posted online. Register here to attend the webinar.
The Jakarta Post
As a tropical country located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, Indonesia is prone to natural disasters, including earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, and landslides. However, despite the high risk of such disasters, the country’s infrastructure development is not supported by a well-prepared mitigation plan, Khrisna Suryanto Pribadi, a professor at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), said.
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Hankyoreh
Japanese media has reported that soil with relatively high concentrations of radioactive contaminants spilled over from forested regions in Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture onto neighboring roads, rivers, and residential areas amid the destruction of Typhoon Hagibis last month. The report is prompting fears of spreading contamination.
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Bloomberg via Japan Times
After recent typhoons ravaged the nation’s power grid and disrupted services to almost 1.4 million customers, the government is encouraging homeowners to invest in storage systems, seeking to marry batteries with existing rooftop solar capacity to create backup electricity networks.
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Reuters
At least two people were injured and some churches and homes damaged after a powerful earthquake struck eastern Indonesia, although residents who had fled to high ground fearing a tsunami had started returning, the disaster agency said on Friday.
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Newsweek
A volcano in Indonesia erupted on Sunday morning, sending plumes of ash up to 1,000 meters (3,200 feet) into the air, officials said.
Mount Merapi erupted at 10.46 a.m. local time, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPNP) said. The eruption lasted for 155 seconds, according to the agency.
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Live Trading News
Heavy winds stirred dozens of wildfires across Australia’s east coast on Tuesday, blanketing Sydney in hazardous smoke and prompting health warnings for the country’s most populous city.
Wildfires have destroyed about 2.5-M acres of farmland and bush over the past couple of weeks, fueled by tinder-dry conditions after 3 years of drought.
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USA Today
One of only four oar makers for Venice’s famed gondoliers, Paolo Brandolisio wades through his ground-floor workshop for the third time in a week of record-breaking floods, despairing of any help from national or local institutions.
“If these phenomena continue to repeat themselves, you have to think about how to defend yourself,” he says.
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