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Since 2002, the IAEM Scholarship Program has provided $107,000 in scholarships through a competitive process to 59 deserving students working towards degrees in emergency management, disaster management or a closely related program of study. On Giving Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018, please make a donation that will help IAEM promote disaster preparedness and resistance by furthering the education of students earning degrees in emergency management, disaster management or a closely related program. You may make your donation at www.iaem.com/donate.
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Mirage News
Flooding is Canada’s costliest and most frequent natural disaster. Today, Joyce Murray, Member of Parliament for Vancouver Quadra, and Jennifer Rice, Parliamentary Secretary for Emergency Preparedness British Columbia, announced more than $16.5 million in federal and provincial funding to support work on 32 projects under the National Disaster Mitigation Program (NDMP).
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Vancouver Island Free Daily
The federal government will be giving the national public alert system another shot on Nov. 28.
The move comes after a test this spring failed to reach many cellphones, televisions and radios, with people complaining that they did not receive an alert from Alert Ready.
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The Telegram
The provincial and federal governments have announced just under $2 million in funding for three flood risk mapping projects in Newfoundland and Labrador.
According to a release issued by the provincial Department of Municipal Affairs and Environment on Wednesday, Nov. 14, one project will focus on municipal water supply dams, while the other two will study the Humber and Exploits rivers. The funding will also be used to update the Badger ice progression flood warning model.
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NZHerald
Scientists will investigate intriguing "barriers" capable of influencing earthquakes along one of New Zealand's most dangerous faults.
The fault, which runs about 500km up the western side of the South Island between Milford Sound and Marlborough, poses one of the country's biggest natural threats, making it of intense interest to scientists and civil defence planners.
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IAEM-USA with a group of 93 stakeholders on Nov. 13 sent a letter to Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., secretary, Department of Commerce; Mick Mulvaney, director, Office of Management and Budget; and Michael J. Kratsios, deputy U.S. chief technology officer, urging increased investment in the National Oceania and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Fiscal Year 2020. The letter stated that the science, technology and stewardship provided by NOAA are essential for U.S. health, security and economic prosperity. For example, NOAA provides weather and drought forecasts that farmers use to plan crops, sea state conditions to bring super tankers safely into port, water quality information to detect harmful algae blooms that threaten public health and much more. The federal NOAA investment is part of a broader government effort to provide essential, high-quality data and observations, along with a better understanding of the underlying science which are necessary to many planning, strategy, and investment decisions in both the private and public sectors, including national security. The letter makes the case that increased investment in NOAA will provide a significant return to the U.S. economy. Read the stakeholder letter online.
Homeland Security Today
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and FEMA have awarded funding to the not-for-profit National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (NCDMPH) to deliver free, life-saving trauma training to high-school-age students.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Integration Center seeks public feedback on 13 National Incident Management System Job Titles/Position Qualifications and Resource Typing Definitions, including these core capabilities: fire management and suppression; logistics and supply chain management; public information and warning; and mass care services. The National Incident Management System (NIMS) is a key component of U.S. incident management efforts, enabling organizations to work together during incidents of all kinds and sizes. Implementing NIMS across the nation is a fundamental part of building our national preparedness. 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. The draft documents are available online for review, along with a feedback form. Submit the completed form to fema-nims@fema.dhs.gov no later than Dec. 14, 2018, 5:00 p.m. EST.
IAEM
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (CEM) on Nov. 15 released two interim policies as part of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018. This legislation contains critical reforms to federal disaster programs. To begin implementation of these reforms, both the FEMA Public Assistance Management Costs (Interim) Policy and the FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Management Costs (Interim) Policy are now available. These policies offer greater flexibility to state, tribal, territorial, and local governments, and may allow more funding to manage the programs. The policies will simplify the delivery of FEMA’s programs and provide incentives for recipients to practice efficient grants management. The policies will apply retroactively to Aug. 1, 2017. Questions should be directed the FEMA Regional point of contact. For more information, consult the FAQs sheet and visit the FEMA website for a summary of each section of the act as well as the status on FEMA’s implementation.
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Homeland Security Newswire
Houston’s urban landscape directly contributed to the torrential rainfall and deadly flooding experienced during Hurricane Harvey in August 2017, according to Princeton and University of Iowa researchers. The researchers report that Houston’s risk for extreme flooding during the hurricane — a category 4 storm that caused an estimated $125 billion in damage and killed 68 people — was 21 times greater due to urbanization.
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IAEM
Voting in the IAEM-Global Student Council election for secretary began Nov. 19, 2018, and will end at 5:00 p.m. EDT, Dec. 7, 2018. Go to the voting page, where you can read about the candidates for secretary before accessing the online ballot to vote for the candidate of your choice. All current IAEM Student members are eligible to vote in this online election. Online voting is secure and private, and your vote will be confidential.
CityLab
As wildfires claim lives once again in California — the death toll from the Camp Fire now stands at 63, with 631 people missing — a familiar aftermath is unfolding. Grappling with the instant loss of their homes and ways of life, Californians will start returning to the charred remains of their houses and towns, many mourning loved ones lost to the infernos.
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The Atlantic
Several hours before Super Typhoon Yutu struck the morning of October 25, Harry Blanco was making final preparations for the storm. He boarded up the windows of his house, secured loose objects outside, gathered his valuables in a backpack, and locked his black Labrador, Lady, in the laundry room, where he felt she’d be safe.
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Los Angeles Times
Before there was a spark, there was the wind.
On the morning of Nov. 8, as the sun rose over the isolated mountains in the Sierra Nevada, gale-force winds tore through the canyon. A fire outpost on the Feather River recorded blasts of 52 mph — a bad omen in a national forest that hadn’t had a satisfying rain since May.
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Domestic Preparedness
When faced with cases of highly infectious diseases, emergency responders and medical receivers need to know how to protect themselves and prevent the disease from spreading to others. One training facility is focusing on this topic with courses that instruct healthcare workers and other responders about infection-control barrier guidelines and isolation protocols.
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Emergency Management
In last year’s Tubbs Fire in Northern California, the county of Sonoma opted not to activate the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA), a component of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) which would have sent a warning message directly to cellphones. The county cited concerns over activating phones outside the affected area and the potential for panic.
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Route Fifty
The Camp Fire still being battled to containment in the Sierra Nevada foothills north of Sacramento, California is the type of disaster that prompts questions in communities with limited evacuation routes that are vulnerable to wildfires, flash floods and other threats that can rapidly turn deadly: What would happen if you had to evacuate thousands of people very quickly?
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Homeland Security News Wire
California is burning, again. Dozens of peoples have been killed and thousands of buildings destroyed in several fires, the most destructive in the state’s history. The California fires are just the most recent in a series of major wildfires, including fires in Greece in July this year that killed 99 people, Portugal and Chile in 2017, and Australia.
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Tech Xplore
Researchers at the National Institute of Technology Patna, in India, have recently devised a tool to identify the geographical location of emergencies and disasters, as well as that of the people involved in them. Their approach, outlined in a paper in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, extracts location information from tweets using a convolutional neural network (CNN)-based model.
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In Public Safety
Wildfires are raging in California and the heartbreak is widespread. As of this article’s publication date, news outlets report that 48 people have been killed in the Camp Fire in Northern California, making it the deadliest fire in state history.
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Big Island Now
The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory continues to closely monitor volcanoes and earthquakes on the Island of Hawaiʻi. On this map, which shows earthquakes that occurred beneath the island between Aug. 6 and Nov. 14, 2018, the size of each circle depicts earthquake magnitude and color indicates earthquake depth, relative to mean sea level.
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Fast Company
In 2014, Stanford student structural engineer Ahmad Wani was visiting family in his native Kashmir when a catastrophic flood struck. The rising waters stranded him and his family for seven days without food or water, during which they watched their neighbor’s home collapse, killing everyone inside.
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IAEM
Congratulations to all of the individuals who earned the AEM®/CEM® designation in 2018. Don’t forget to share your good news by using the “Employer Notification Letter” and the “Press Release” included with your approval notification.
FireRescue1
Recently, the 2018 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program opened and closed within a 29-day period. There was approximately a 10-day notice before the grant period opened. Were you prepared or were you one of those who spent the entire period complaining about how quickly the program opened and closed?
If I had a dollar for every complaint, I heard during the 2018 AFG grant period, I would be a rich man right now.
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The New England Higher Education Emergency Managers Symposium, hosted by the IAEM-USA Universities & Colleges Caucus (UCC) and The Boston Consortium for Higher Education at Babson College, will be held Dec. 13-14, 2018, in the Babson Executive Conference Center (BECC), Wellesley, Massachusetts. The symposium will focus on issues affecting higher education emergency management practitioners, including partner updates (FEMA, MEMA, NWS), continuity planning, global security, and recent incidents. Obtain details and register online.
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The Resilient Nation Partnership Network (RNPN) will host its Fourth Annual Forum, “Resilient Together,” on Nov. 29, 2018, at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. The forum will convene industry thought leaders to discuss the challenges, opportunities, and advancements around community resilience. This year’s keynote speaker is Steve Wymer, vice president of policy at Nextdoor, the social app designed to connect users with neighbors online. The 2018 Forum also will feature speakers from organizations that explore resilience at the global, national, and local levels. Additionally, a Resilience Innovation Zone will showcase partners’ latest advancements in technology to support disaster preparedness, recovery, and resilience. Register online to attend. Select sessions will be livestreamed. Please tune in to the following link to view from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.: http://bit.ly/RNPN18. The Resilient Nation Partnership Network is a network of organizations and individuals united by a common goal to inform and educate communities across the country about resilience and motivate them to take action to protect their communities from the loss of life, property, and prosperity as a result of natural disasters.
The New Indian Express
Disaster management in Tamil Nadu has come a long way since the devastating December 2015 floods. Though Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) upgraded ‘Gaja’ from cyclone to severe cyclone, with wind speed of 120 kmph just hours before it was to hit the coastal districts in delta region, the authorities were able to tide over the crisis.
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Homeland Security News Wire
In October 2018, a stark report suggested that current methods being used to protect England’s coastal communities are “not fit for purpose.” The Committee on Climate Change’s Managing the coast in a changing climate report showed that between 2005 and 2014, over 15,000 new buildings were built in coastal areas at significant risk of coastal flooding and/or erosion.
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RNZ
A woman has described a tornado in Canterbury as a massive ball of dust coming at the road.
Lily Tworogal was driving to Christchurch with her father and was just north of Ashburton when she saw the tornado at about 4pm.
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Channel News Asia
Flash floods and landslides killed at least 12 people in central Vietnam, officials said Sunday (Nov 18), as hundreds of troops were dispatched to clean up destroyed villages and washed out roads.Heavy rains pounded the central Khanh Hoa province over the past few days as tropical depression Toraji blew in from the South China Sea, triggering landslides that wiped out houses and destroyed a small reservoir.
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NPR
Thousands of Guatemalans are evacuating their homes as the Volcán de Fuego, or Volcano of Fire, erupts again near the city of Antigua.
The volcano has erupted repeatedly this year. In June, more than 100 people were killed in a violent eruption that spewed lava, ash and rocks over nearby villages.
After that deadly event, government agencies were blamed for not adequately responding to warnings, while one official said that local residents had failed to properly heed evacuation warnings.
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Times Now News
Cyclonic storm Gaja has left behind a trail of destruction in Tamil Nadu. At least 28 people have lost their lives and nearly 1 lakh people rendered homeless. Eleven districts have been impacted by the cyclonic storm.
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GDN Online
At least 30 people were killed as a result of accidents caused by rain and floods in various parts of Saudi Arabia in recent days, according to the Directorate General of Civil Defence.
It said 10 people died in Makkah, five in Al Baha, three each in Asir and the Eastern Province, two each in Hail, Jazan and Tabuk and one each in Riyadh, Al Jouf and Najran, Saudi Gazette reported.
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CBS News
The death toll from the Camp Fire in Northern California increased by one Sunday to 77, while the number of people unaccounted for has decreased to 993 people. The blaze was two-thirds contained as of Sunday night after consuming some 150,000 acres.
In Southern California, just outside Los Angeles, the Woolsey Fire was 91 percent contained after burning 96,949 acres and killing three people.
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