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.ANNUAL CONFERENCE NEWS
IAEM Reimagined Annual Conference, available on-demand for a limited time, provides more than 40 educational hours
IAEM
More than 1,500 emergency managers from around the world participated in the IAEM Reimagined Virtual Conference, and now on-demand access is available. Don’t miss the opportunity to explore more than 40 hours of educational sessions at the bargain price of just $199 for individuals (member and non-member) and $99 for student members. Content will be available until Feb. 16, 2021, and you will be able to claim contact hours for credit towards IAEM’s Certified Emergency Manager Program. Included on-demand are all breakout sessions, plenary speakers, and EMvision Talks. Also included are video overviews of the latest EM products and services in the EMEX Virtual Hall, 26 poster presentations representing significant insight from peers, and the 2020 Yearbook of Honors. Check out the conference program here and register for on-demand access here.
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EMEX sponsor highlight of the week: The Cadmus Group, LLC.
IAEM
Cadmus is an industry-leading provider of training, analytical, and policy support services to emergency management clients across all levels of government and the private sector. Cadmus offers unmatched training, technical, and managerial ability related to incident management and support to large-scale training and exercise programs. Cadmus has supported FEMA for more than a decade providing support to the Office of Response and Recovery in program management; program analysis, analytics, and assessment; training assessment and development; cadre management; and doctrine and tools development. Learn more at www.cadmusgroup.com.
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Artificial intelligence can process billions of pieces of publicly available data to alert first responders to an emergency. First Alert, Dataminr’s product for the public sector, uses AI to deliver relevant, breaking news alerts as events are happening. Learn how AI is transforming emergency management in this critical webinar.
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.IAEM-OCEANIA COUNCIL NEWS
Flood risk management in Australia improving overall but stronger community-level planning needed
Mirage
Flooding is Australia’s costliest natural hazard-related cause of disaster when both tangible and intangible losses are taken into account. The Geneva Association’s new report on Flood Risk Management in Australia, developed in partnership with IAG, highlights strong engagement from the insurance industry and many government actors and communities to tackle this multi-faceted challenge, as well as opportunities for improvement.
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.IAEM-USA COUNCIL NEWS
IAEM provides recommendations on emergency management policy to the President-Elect Biden Transition Team
IAEM
The USA Council of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM-USA) following a meeting with the Biden Transition Team and at its request submitted a document on behalf of the emergency management community, titled "IAEM Recommendations for Action During the First 100 Days of the Administration of President-Elect Biden." The report addresses three critical activities for FEMA and the nationwide emergency management enterprise:
- The President-Elect should announce his nominee for FEMA Administrator before the end of this year. This person must possess impeccable credentials and experience in comprehensive emergency management at the local and state levels.
- Eliminate parallel response and recovery structures within the federal government, including the White House, that duplicate effort and confuse response and recovery at all levels of government in the nation.
- Advise the FEMA Administrator to meet quarterly with the IAEM-USA President to maintain an open line of communication with the organization representing all facets of the emergency management profession at the local level, where disaster plans are executed.
IAEM's report also presents the association's recommendations in regard to ongoing COVID-19 response and recovery. Additional "first actions" also are addressed. Download the full report here.
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FEMA proposes revisions in determining disaster declarations
IAEM
FEMA is proposing revisions to how the agency evaluates requests for a major disaster declaration. After a disaster, the president may authorize FEMA assistance if the incident is of such severity and magnitude that effective response is beyond the capacity of state, tribal or territorial government. In order to comply with sections 1232 and1239 of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018, FEMA is proposing to revise the estimated cost of the disaster declaration factor that is used to evaluate a governor’s request for a major disaster under the Public Assistance program. The proposed revisions would more accurately assess states’ disaster response capabilities and comply with the Disaster Recovery Reform Act requirement for FEMA to review and update its disaster declaration factors. Stakeholders will be able to offer comments to these proposals until Feb. 12, 2021. Comments may be submitted through Regulations.gov under docket ID FEMA-2020-0038.
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Fire danger in Southern California prompting power shutoffs*
TNS via Emergency Management
More than 162,000 Southern California Edison customers are facing a new round of potential power shutoffs as widespread fire weather conditions ramp up across the region.
The National Weather Service has issued red flag warnings — indicating ideal conditions for wildfires to start — in portions of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties through noon Tuesday, with the agency warning residents to be prepared to evacuate.
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As US companies push to get workers vaccinated, states disagree on who's essential*
Reuters
Companies and industry groups lobbying to get their U.S. workers to the front of the line for COVID vaccination are running into a patchwork of state plans and confusion over who is essential, and who is not. Inoculation against the disease caused by the novel coronavirus is key to safely reopening large parts of the economy and reducing the risks of illness at crowded meatpacking plants, factories and warehouses.
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Natural Hazards Center invites emergency managers to participate in its One Thousand Letters Project
IAEM
The Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado—Boulder has undertaken a “One Thousand Letters Project” and invites U.S. emergency managers to write brief letters (no more than 500 words) to the incoming presidential administration that address one or all of these four major priorities from an emergency management perspective: COVID-19, economic recovery, racial equity, and climate change. The goal is to “collect 1,000 letters that share your vision for how we can work together to ultimately reduce the enormous harm and suffering caused by disasters, while identifying practical steps that will move the vision forward,” stated Lori Peek, director, Natural Hazards Center, in her letter of invitation. Letters must be received via email or PDF attachment to 1000Letters@colorado.edu no later than Dec. 15, 2020.
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With vaccine approval imminent, states ready plans to give people their shots
Route Fifty
The largest mass vaccination campaign ever attempted in the United States is expected to get underway in the coming days and states are hurriedly finalizing plans that detail how they will receive, store and administer initial doses of the coronavirus vaccine.
Officials are prepared to begin distributing vaccines as early as next week, with the Trump administration expected to distribute roughly 20 million doses by the end of the year.
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Drone as a First Responder Working Group seeks participants
IAEM
DRONERESPONDERS is launching a Drone as a First Responder Working Group to assist departments achieve what Chula Vista Police Department has accomplished through its UAS Drone Program. This Working Group will work to create guidance documents and work collaboratively with the Federal Aviation Administration to help with waiver guidance similar to the Tactical BVLOS waiver process. This group will be headed up by Capt. Don Redmond of the Chula Vista Police Department. Anyone interested in participating should contact Captain Redmond.
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.EM NEWS
European Union and African Union sign partnership to scale up preparedness for health emergencies
ECHO via ReliefWeb
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) launched a new partnership initiative to strengthen the capacity of Africa CDC to prepare for and respond to public health threats in Africa. The four-year project ‘EU for health security in Africa: ECDC for Africa CDC', funded by the EU, will also facilitate harmonised surveillance and disease intelligence, and support the implementation of the public health workforce strategy of Africa CDC.
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The worst-case scenario is happening — Hospitals are overwhelmed
Route Fifty
Since the beginning of the pandemic, public-health experts have warned of one particular nightmare. It is possible, they said, for the number of coronavirus patients to exceed the capacity of hospitals in a state or city to take care of them. Faced with a surge of severely ill people, doctors and nurses will have to put beds in hallways, spend less time with patients, and become more strict about who they admit into the hospital at all.
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.UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE/SCHOOL EM ISSUES
Campus Safety nominations for 2021 Director of the Year due December 14
Campus Safety
It’s time to send in your nominations for the 2021 Campus Safety Director of the Year awards program! If you know a K-12 school, higher education or healthcare facility police chief, security director, emergency manager or VP of security and/or public safety (or the equivalent) who goes above and beyond the call of duty, demonstrating outstanding leadership skills, ingenuity, selflessness and overall achievement, we encourage you to submit his or her (or your) nomination.
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.EM RESOURCES
'Geographic Information System Lifecycle Best Practices Guide' now available
IAEM
SAFECOM and the National Council of Statewide Interoperability Coordinators (NCSWIC) NG911 working group, with support from CISA, have released a new Geographic Information System (GIS) Lifecycle Best Practices Guide to provide public safety administrators, managers, and officials with best practices and resources for implementing geographic information systems (GIS). The NG911 working group collaborated with government, industry, and academic stakeholders to develop the guide. Public safety stakeholders, whether at the beginning stages of GIS implementation or considering upgrading capabilities, can use the guide and resources to help ensure they have implemented essential GIS components for NG911. The guide provides an overview of the GIS lifecycle from planning and implementation to assessing the need to upgrade capabilities. The guide also highlights best practices for each of the six phases, such as establishing a governance structure, identifying technical requirements for procuring resources, and developing policies and procedures to manage and secure data.
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The University of Washington's online Master of Infrastructure Planning & Management program prepares you to lead development of the next generation of critical infrastructure systems — resilient, secure and accessible. Earn your degree completely online in two years of part-time study. Apply now to start in fall 2021.
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.NEW INSIGHTS
How to build community trust in the COVID vaccine: Opinion
TNS via Emergency Management
Your decision to get vaccinated is an important step in protecting yourself and your family. Our collective decision to get vaccinated is what will truly change the course of this pandemic. But even amid so much economic calamity, stress, sickness and death, neither one is a forgone conclusion.
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.EM CALENDAR
IAEM-NPLI Think Tank, Learning Lessons During COVID-19, to be held Dec. 15
IAEM
Register now to participate in the next IAEM-NPLI Think Tank at 1:00 p.m. EST, Dec. 15, 2020. Join the live discussion on best practices and what’s to come as local government and armed forces work to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The panelists are: Rich Serino, senior fellow, Harvard NPLI, who served as eighth FEMA deputy administrator (2009-2014); Major General (Ret) William A. “Bill” Hall, Department of Defense lead for 2020 COVID-19 response to New York and New Jersey; Deanne Criswell, commissioner, NYC Emergency Management; and Col. Kimberlee Aiello, TF Medical Commander for 2020 COVID-19 response to FEMA Regions I-IV/VI.
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National Dam Safety Technical Seminar registration opens
IAEM
Registration is open for the 28th Annual National Dam Safety Program Technical Seminar, “Risk Informed Decision Making and Benefit Cost Analysis for Dam and Levee Projects.” This seminar will be held virtually on FEMA Adobe Connect from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST on Feb. 16-19, 2021. Participants encouraged to apply include all dam and levee safety professionals, including public and private dam owners/operators, dam safety engineers, land use planners and emergency management officials. Visit the Emergency Management Institute website to register for this seminar.
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.IAEM-ASIA NEWS
While battling pandemic, strengthening disaster risk reduction and management needed to aid recovery
Mirage
The multiple shocks that hit the Philippines – the COVID-19 health crisis, economic activities across the country frozen by quarantine measures, devastating typhoons in November, and the global recession – will likely shrink the economy by 8.1 percent in 2020, temporarily reversing gains made in poverty reduction in recent years. Sustained improvements in managing the pandemic and a possible rebound in the global economy, however, can help the country recover in 2021 and 2022.
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Kerala: A unique model to combat disasters
Times of India
An NGO, engaged in empowering communities through poverty alleviation and resilience-building, has set up a unique model for decentralized disaster risk reduction through a network of 310 disaster clinics across the state.
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.IAEM-EUROPA NEWS
UK starts virus campaign with a shot watched round the world*
The Associated Press
A nurse rolled up 90-year-old Margaret Keenan’s sleeve and administered a shot watched round the world -– the first jab in the U.K.’s COVID-19 vaccination program kicking off an unprecedented global effort to try to end a pandemic that has killed 1.5 million people.
Keenan, a retired shop clerk from Northern Ireland who celebrates her birthday next week, was at the front of the line at University Hospital Coventry to receive the vaccine that was approved by British regulators last week.
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.AROUND THE WORLD
20 killed in severe flash floods in South
Bangkok Post
At least 20 people have been killed in severe flash floods in the South with more than 553,000 households affected from the disaster, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation yesterday.
The victims are in Nakhon Si Thammarat, the worst-hit area, it said. Few details of the fatalities or the age of those who died were available.
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