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IAEM
With only a couple of weeks left in the year, it is time to make your final decisions on charitable donations. The International Association of Emergency Managers Scholarship Program hopes in this season of giving that you will consider making a donation to support the future of emergency management. If you have donated in the past or participated at events at the conference and would like to know the level of giving you have achieved, email Scholarship Program Director Dawn Shiley for your personal donation log. Donations of all sizes keep this program going, and making a donation is easy. You can donate online at www.iaem.com/scholarships, or mail a check to the IAEM Scholarship Program, 201 Park Washington Ct., Falls Church, VA 22046. Donations may be made in honor of or in memory of someone special. IAEM will follow the donor’s instructions and make a notification. This might be the perfect gift for a person who has everything. The IAEM Scholarship Program is a 501(c)(3) public charity, and your donation is tax deductible as a charitable contribution to the extent permitted by law. The IAEM Federal ID is 31-6050147. Thank you for supporting the IAEM Scholarship Program.
IAEM
On Jan. 9, 2017, the Call for Speakers will open for the IAEM 65th Annual Conference. It will remain open until Friday, Feb. 17, 2016, at 5:00 p.m. EST. The IAEM Annual Conference will be in Long Beach, California, Nov. 10-15, 2017. The theme for this year’s conference is "Navigating a Journey with the Whole Community." Details will be available on the conference website soon.
Relief Web
Like tens of thousands of their countrymen, residents of the Indonesian hamlet of Sukon fled their homes on Wednesday as a powerful predawn earthquake collapsed homes, businesses and places of worship, killing more than 100 people. One of the first phone calls the village’s leader made once the earth stopped moving was to IOM’s Andy Armansyah.
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CBC News
The federal government's crisis response center is outdated, understaffed and "inadequate" for coordinating emergency situations such as national security threats or natural disasters, a new audit warns.
In 2015, the Government Operations Center was called on to triage more than 5,000 incidents. Of those, more than 500 were deemed to be of national interest, requiring a risk assessment, planning and coordinated response, making it a vital nerve center.
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CIDRAP
Saudi Arabia's ministry of health reported two new MERS-CoV cases over the weekend, and the World Health Organization issued an updated risk assessment for the virus, its first since July 2015, noting that experts are still deeply concerned about continuing healthcare spread, though the outbreaks are smaller and stopped relatively quickly.
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No cell? No wifi? No problem. Stay connected no matter what disaster brings. Thorium X keeps you in the field and connected via real-time satellite email, forms, weather and more. And at a fraction of the cost of satellite phones.
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Voxy
New Ministry of Health guidelines for offering psychosocial support in emergencies have been drafted by members of the Joint Center for Disaster Research based at Massey University’s Wellington campus.
Emergency managers at the center, part of the School of Psychology, have been working since February on the guidelines for supporting psychological and social behavior in a crisis situation.
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Wildfire Today
Researchers in Australia are designing a wildfire modeling system that firefighters can access on a portable device in the field even if they are not connected to the internet. The Australis Wildfire Simulator is intended to be part of Aurora, a national fire prediction, detection, simulation and early warning system that simulates bushfires in real time and rapidly communicates the spread predictions via the web, email and the National Telephone Early Warning System.
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IAEM
FEMA is seeking talented men and women who are eager to assist disaster survivors as FEMA Reservist employees. In this role, you will have the opportunity to travel, receive training, and build your professional network. Are you or someone you know looking for a rewarding intermittent work opportunity to assist disaster survivors when they are most in need? Then send your resume to fema-reservist-hiring-initiative@fema.dhs.gov. Please review the fact sheet, obtain other details online, and be sure to indicate the specific Reservist job opportunity of interest to you in the subject line of your email.
The Hill
President-elect Donald Trump early Monday announced his intention to nominate retired Marine Gen. John Kelly to lead the Department of Homeland Security. “Gen. John Kelly’s decades of military service and deep commitment to fighting the threat of terrorism inside our borders makes him the ideal choice to serve as our Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security,” Trump said in a statement.
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IAEM
After nearly a year of intense work, House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) today released a comprehensive review of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) use of intelligence to counter terrorist threats. The report, entitled Reviewing the Department of Homeland Security’s Intelligence Enterprise: Fighting Terrorism by Addressing Key Gaps, provides an in-depth analysis of DHS’ intelligence structure and functions, offering more than 30 recommendations with regard to streamlining and enhancing DHS intelligence efforts. “Although DHS has improved its ability to protect the homeland against terrorist threats over time, major gaps still remain,” stated McCaul. “As the next Administration’s transition efforts begin, I urge [DHS] to redouble its efforts to further integrate its intelligence organizations and systems. Fifteen years after the attacks of 9/11, DHS has made significant strides in sharing terrorism-related intelligence, but more needs to be done. With the dangerous terror threat environment we face today, the acceptable margin of error is zero.”
Government Executive
Leading the Federal Emergency Management Agency is a high-risk proposition. The agency’s administrator is always one failed emergency response away from opprobrium and dismissal.
So perhaps W. Craig Fugate’s most impressive accomplishment is simply surviving nearly eight years at the helm of FEMA. (He took charge of the agency in May 2009, after serving as Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s emergency management director.)
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PRNewswire
Persistence Market Research offers an eight year forecast for the emergency management services market of U.S. between 2016 and 2024. This study demonstrates the market dynamics and trends across the U.S. which influence the current nature and future status of the emergency management services market over the forecast period.
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Scientific American
The Greater New York City region has done good work in the years since Superstorm Sandy to consider storm-related flooding, but a new report by the Regional Plan Association found that the more pernicious threat of sea-level rise needs more attention.
The report breaks sea-level rise into "what-if" scenarios for 1-, 3- and 6-foot sea-level rise increments in the tri-state region.
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Governing
During his eight years leading the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Craig Fugate has made changes both big and small to how the federal government — and, by extension, states and localities — respond to disasters.
He required the agency’s websites to be mobile-friendly so survivors can get the information they need if all they have left is the clothes they're wearing and belongings they could carry.
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Executive Gov
The U.S. and Canada have developed a joint strategy that calls for bilateral collaboration and a shared approach to manage security risks to power grid infrastructure in North America.
The Joint United States-Canada Electric Grid Security and Resilience Strategy outlines approaches to protect the current electric grid, manage contingencies through modernization of response and recovery systems and build a new electric grid that would be responsive to future threats, hazards and vulnerabilities, the White House said.
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Northwestern University via ScienceDaily
Researchers now have an answer to a vexing age-old question: Why do earthquakes sometimes come in clusters? The research team has developed a new computer model and discovered that earthquake faults are smarter — in the sense of having better memory — than seismologists have long assumed.
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Reuters
Twenty months ago in Japan, the world’s governments signed a global framework to take action to manage disaster risk — the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. What happened next?
In early November amid Delhi smog 16 times above the safe limit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on neighboring governments to ramp up their commitments to action on reducing disaster risk.
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AJMC
Recent instances of hurricanes have renewed the nation's interest in community resilience. Far-reaching impacts of such extreme weather events contain economic, environmental, and social characteristics.
Under social consequences, in the post-hurricane disaster assessment and analysis, communities are faced with significant health effects on the most vulnerable population. As noted in the Bureau of Epidemiology report from 2015, the State of Florida is the most prone to the deadliest of hurricanes and the health effects of hurricanes and tropical storms is significant.
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Air & Space Magazine
Hurricane intensity forecasts are about to get a lot better.
A new fleet of eight mini weather satellites, collectively called CYGNSS — Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System — is due to be launched into orbit on Wednesday (after a December 12 attempt was scrubbed) from a Pegasus XL rocket dropped by an airplane off the coast of Florida.
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WBIR-TV
Two weeks after a fatal wildfire swept through thousands of acres in Sevier County and ravaged homes, a government-sanctioned website is now matching displaced victims with compatible owners of long-term rental property.
The website MountainTough.org allows those in need of housing and owners of available housing to submit their information. Then workers go through the submissions, match the needs of the victims with suitable properties, and send victims suggestions for suitable renters to contact.
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IAEM
The Federal Emergency Management Agencys (FEMA) on Dec. 2 released its revised Youth Preparedness Catalog: Disaster Preparedness Education Programs and Resources, now available online. The catalog supports individuals interested in promoting youth preparedness education by connecting them with existing local, state, and national programs. It also directs readers to curricula and resources that can be used to develop or sustain a program. Youth preparedness is an essential component of community preparedness and is most effective when it uses children’s unique strengths to help meet their needs during emergencies and disasters. Starting or getting involved with a youth preparedness program is a great way to enhance a community’s resilience and help develop future generations of prepared adults.
Campus Safety
Those who have worked in the higher education environment are familiar with the delicate and often lengthy process of making changes on a college campus.
Even the most trivial policy adjustment can require hours of meetings and negotiations. Fortunately, most members of the university community understand the importance of collaboration.
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IAEM
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Dec. 7 announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Program to Prepare Communities for Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks (CCTA Program). The program will provide $35.94 million to local, state, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions for improving their ability to prepare for, prevent, and respond to complex, coordinated terrorist attacks in collaboration with the whole community. The application deadline is Feb. 10, 2017. For program details, see the FEMA website and Grants.gov. Available documents include CCTA NOFO, CCTA FAQs, and CCTA Fact Sheet. Registration details will be announced soon for two offerings of a webinar on the CCTA Program (Dec. 15, 2:00-3:00 p.m. EST and Dec. 19, 2:00-3:00 p.m. EST). The FEMA Grants Program Directorate also will offer an online training session on Dec. 15, 1:00-3:00 p.m. EST, for potential grant recipients who are not familiar with the Non-Disaster Grants System 3.0. Questions should be directed to FEMA’s Intergovernmental Affairs Division at (202) 646-3444 or at FEMA-IGA@fema.dhs.gov.
IAEM
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Emergency Management Institute (EMI) will offer three sessions of a virtual tabletop exercise (VTTX) on Feb. 7, 8, and 9, 2017, 12:00-4:00 p.m. EST. The exercise will include a hazardous materials scenario for gas transport. Session content is the same each day, and participants will only attend one session. Key personnel will discuss simulated scenarios in an informal setting, and information provided can be used to assess plans, policies, training, and procedures. To participate, email Doug Kahn or call 301-447-7645, and send a courtesy copy email to fema-emi-iemb@fema.dhs.gov. Application deadline is Dec. 27, 2016, and additional details are posted online.
IAEM
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office for Bombing Prevention (OBP) invites hotel and lodging stakeholders to participate in a workshop set for Jan. 31, 2017, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. in Arlington, Virginia. The purpose of the workshop is to gather stakeholder input on the activities necessary to identify, prevent, and respond to bomb threats and related incidents. OBP will use the output of the workshop to develop a preparedness toolkit tailored specifically to hotel and lodging stakeholders. Workshop participants will include hotel and lodging managers and security personnel, as well as local emergency services partners. Representatives of hotels of all sizes and types are encouraged to attend, as a wide range of feedback will enhance future products. The workshop will be held at 3003 Washington Blvd., Arlington, Virginia, near the Clarendon Metro stop on the Orange/Silver Line. Please RSVP to OBPWorkshop@cna.org if you would like to participate in the workshop, and direct any questions to Doug DeLancey.
The New Indian Express
Eighteen people were killed in six districts of Tamil Nadu, India, in rain-related incidents linked to Cyclone Vardah that crossed the coast, as Chief Minister O Panneerselvam held a meeting of top officials to speed up work to ensure return of normalcy in storm-hit regions.
The government said it is taking all steps to ensure that the jammed mobile phone networks are restored and a meeting of telecom operators and officials was held.
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Bangkok Post
The number of people left homeless after an earthquake struck western Indonesia last week has soared to nearly 84,000, leaving authorities struggling to care for the victims, an official said Tuesday. The shallow quake last week killed more than 100 people and injured many more when it struck Aceh province, one of the areas worst affected by the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004.
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Evening Standard
More than 350 people were forced to flee from their homes when a huge water main ruptured on a busy north London high street.
The 30-inch water main burst in Stoke Newington on Sunday sending gallons of water cascading into homes and businesses.
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The Guardian
A tanker truck carrying chemical gas slammed into other vehicles and burst into flames on a major road in Kenya, killing more than 30 people and injuring 10, officials said.
The vehicle went out of control while going downhill on the road from the capital of Nairobi to Naivasha late on Saturday, said Mwachi Pius Mwachi, the deputy director and communications officer for the National Disaster Management Unit.
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NZ Herald News
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake has just struck the Solomon Islands a day after another big quake.
The quake hit just after 8 a.m. (NZT) at a depth of 6.2 miles.
It follows a 7.8 magnitude shake the morning before.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center put out a revised message just before 9 a.m. (NZT).
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International Business Times
A 6.5-magnitute earthquake that struck near the northern California city of Ferndale occurred near a massive geological formation known as the San Andreas Fault that potentially threatens major cities within the state, including Los Angeles.
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