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Stuff
If a loud alarm has been blaring from your cell phone, don't panic - it was the third nationwide test of the emergency mobile alert system.
The test took place on Sunday evening, between 6 and 7pm, with New Zealanders hearing the "loud, penetrating sound" at various times.
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The Guardian
Weather has hampered firefighting efforts as the New South Wales premier, Gladys Berejiklian, announced $48m has been set aside for bushfire recovery, after blazes devastated some communities.
The community recovery package – a joint federal and state government initiative – was announced on Sunday morning and includes grants of up to $15,000 to help small businesses and farmers.
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Homeland Security News Wire
As Australia confronts devastating bushfire conditions, people across the nation are doing all they can to ensure the safety of their homes, property and loved ones. But while many individuals are responding well to bushfire risks, a lack of preparation on the community level could be hampering their efforts, according to a new research.
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NextGov
The Homeland Security Department is facing an exodus of officials in its top tech and cyber roles, and that turnover could limit the agency’s ability to execute a coherent digital policy.
Jeanette Manfra, the assistant director for cybersecurity within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, announced she would step down from her post by the end of the year.
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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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E&E News via Science
Barry Myers, the former CEO of AccuWeather Inc., withdrew late yesterday his hot-button nomination to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its 12,000 employees, citing health concerns.
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Homeland Security Today
FEMA released the third edition of Publication 1 (Pub 1) and invites the whole community, including individuals and organizations, to read the new publication to better understand our mission and role in emergency management.
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IAEM
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released the first annual report on agency implementation of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 (DRRA). The 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 implemented more than half of the provisions identified in the law, including: expanding support for mitigation; increasing the amount of assistance available to individuals following a disaster; and publishing guidance on the prioritization of assistance during power outages, identification of evacuation routes, and coordination of emergency response plans for hazardous materials. 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 the nation’s capabilities to prepare for, mitigate against, and recover from major disasters.
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Government Technology
The Associated Press recently investigated the state of dams in the nation and identified 1,688 high-hazard dams rated in poor or unsatisfactory condition last year in 44 states and Puerto Rico.
The dams are considered high hazard based on the potential for loss of life if they were to fail.
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NextGov
The Energy Department continues to botch the same cybersecurity practices year after year, leaving unclassified systems in the nation’s nuclear facilities and other critical infrastructure exposed to digital attacks, according to a federal watchdog.
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Homeland Security News Wire
School lockdown drills and exercises are controversial today, due in large part to some troubling examples making headlines. Parents who fear that these experiences could be traumatizing their children say that rather than reduce the harm caused during mass shootings, dramatic approaches cause harm by amplifying students’ fears about the danger of being shot at school. This raises a good question I seek to answer through my research: Is it possible to be prepared without being scared?
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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
The Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (REMS TA Center) has published a new tip sheet, “10 Tips for Teaching the Psychological First Aid Model (PFA),” to help education agencies implement the PFA model at their site. PFA is an evidenced-based intervention model to assist students, staff members, and families in the immediate aftermath of a disaster or emergency event. The model was designed to reduce the initial distress and trauma caused by emergencies and help students return to their usual school-based activities after such an event. Using brief and effective interventions in the form of the five steps of PFA (Listen, Protect, Connect, Model, and Teach), schools can provide a long-lasting, positive influence on trauma-related stress. The new tip sheet is downloadable here. Read more about PFA via the REMS TA Center’s K-12 At a Glance and Higher Ed At a Glance pages.
IAEM
The eighth edition of the “BC Management Crisis Event Impact Report” has been released by Business Continuity (BC) Management, and a copy can be requested here. The 2019 study focused on which events are resulting in business continuity activation. The free report includes a summary of crisis events, along with their estimated impacts. The data contained throughout the report highlights: which events trigger the highest concerns; how prepared are organizations; how have events impacted business operations, employees and downtime; what have been the financial impacts; and how involved were the executives during an incident. Since 2001, BC Management has been gathering data on business continuity management programs and compensations to provide professionals with the information they need to elevate their programs.
Domestic Preparedness
There is no way to list or train for the innumerable mass casualty scenarios that a responder could face on any day, at any time, in any place. This means that no emergency response can be perfect and no plan flawless. However, rather than focusing on the “what ifs” after an incident, responders need to decide on the “what nows.” The military and civilian responders to the 16 September 2013 Washington Navy Yard shooting have done that.
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Forbes
An emergency communications plan is essential for the survival of your business during and after a disaster. It’s also vital for your employees’ health and welfare, and it’s essential for keeping your customers in touch and informed. Depending on the type and duration of a disaster you will need communications to summon help, to protect your business assets and to coordinate operations and recovery.
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Homeland Security News Wire
Researchers have developed a system that can accurately locate a shooter based on video recordings from as few as three smartphones. When demonstrated using three video recordings from the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas that left 58 people dead and hundreds wounded, the system correctly estimated the shooter’s actual location - the north wing of the Mandalay Bay hotel. The estimate was based on three gunshots fired within the first minute of what would be a prolonged massacre.
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Route Fifty
Texas chief information officer Todd Kimbriel describes how the state initiated its cyber incident response plan in the wake of a coordinated cyber ransomware attack on local governments.
In August 2019, 23 municipalities in Texas were the victims of a coordinated ransomware attack. In response, the state of Texas initiated its cyber incident response plan.
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iHLS
A test flight successfully conducted by Sendai City, Japan and Nokia tested the potential use of drones during a tsunami — or other disasters — to help in prevention and mitigation efforts. The test flight demonstrated a Nokia drone which used a private LTE network, a mobile device standard, provided by Nokia Digital Automation Cloud.
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Phys.org
Two seismologists, one with the U.S. Geological Survey, the other with Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, have published a Policy Forum piece in the journal Science discussing the tradeoffs that come with earthquake warning systems.
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Reuters
Hit with ever-more-frequent torrential rain that triggers worsening flooding and mudslides most years, Rio de Janeiro is looking to an unusual gathering for answers: a hackathon.
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IAEM
Dates of the 2020 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.
Times of India
Fighting natural or man-made disasters is not the job of the administration alone. Citizens should share responsibilities, said Bhagwat Doifode, the resident deputy collector and chief officer of the Disaster Management Authority, Nashik. One of the examples Doifode cited was the recent rescue of a child who had fallen down a borewell in Kalwan taluka.
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Xinhua Net
A mobile application for disaster relief has been launched in China to enhance its capacity for disaster prevention, mitigation and relief with the help of satellite technology, the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation said.
Jointly developed by the foundation and the Aerospace Information Research Institute under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the app combines the functions of early warning, disaster management and disaster mitigation education.
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Jamaica Observer
Coastal flooding from storm surges is projected to cost Jamaica US$136.4 million in damage annually, according to the latest World Bank report on Jamaica's coastal resilience in the face of intense hurricanes related to climate change.
The report, titled Forces of Nature — Assessment and Economic Valuation of Coastal Protection Services Provided by Mangroves in Jamaica, presented evidence to show the importance of mangroves in flood risk reduction and saving Jamaica billions of dollars in damage to coastal infrastructure.
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Reuters
The death toll from landslides in northwestern Kenya triggered on Saturday by unusually heavy rains has risen to at least 56 people, a local official said.
The downpour began on Friday in West Pokot County, which borders Uganda, and worsened overnight, causing flooding and mudslides that swept away four bridges and left villages inaccessible by road.
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BBC
At least 27 people have died after a passenger plane crashed into houses in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials say.
The victims included nine people from the same family who were in one of the houses hit in the Mapendo area.
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Reuters
4 people were found dead after massive flooding that has hit southeastern France since Friday, causing major damage in the region, local authorities said.
One person was found dead near Muy, between the towns of Nice and Marseille, after falling off a rescue boat near Muy late on Saturday, the police prefecture of the Var department said in a statement.
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CNN
At least 21 people have been killed, several more are missing and hundreds have been injured after an earthquake struck Albania on Tuesday.
The quake, which had a preliminary rating of 6.4 magnitude, hit the European nation at an approximate depth of 20 kilometers (12 miles) early Tuesday local time, according to the United States Geological Survey. It is the strongest to hit Albania in 40 years.
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Stock Daily Dish
The 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck the country‘s Molucca islands, north-west of the city of Ternate, early on Monday morning, local time.
The quake hit at a depth of 60.5 km and was followed by aftershocks of a magnitude of 5.0 to 5.1.
Samud Sergi, an official from the search and rescue agency in Ternate, said the quakes had not been felt in the city.
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WTAE-TV
The wildfires torching southern Australia have wiped out much of the koala population, stoking fears that the national icon is getting closer to extinction.
"In what is a national tragedy, the bushfires in and around Port Macquarie in November devastated a genetically diverse koala population," Port Macquarie Koala Hospital said.
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