This message was sent to ##Email## To advertise in this publication please click here December 15, 2022 To view email in web browser, click here. .IAEM CONFERENCE NEWS Learn tips for a successful IAEM speaker proposal in this free webinar — 2023 call for speakers opens Jan. 13 IAEM The IAEM Conference Committee Chairs are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. EST. Register today to get insider information for a successful speaker proposal for the IAEM 71st Annual Conference & EMEX in Long Beach, California, Nov. 3-9, 2023. Participate in the webinar to learn: All mandatory requirements for a successful proposal. Insider tips from the reviewing committee. This year's breakout focus areas. How to use the online portal to submit your proposal. This webinar will include time for a question-and-answer session. IAEM’s call for speakers for breakout sessions will open on Friday, Jan. 13, and close on Friday, Feb. 17. For more information visit the conference website. .IAEM-CANADA COUNCIL NEWS B.C. gets first minister focused on emergency management, climate readiness CBC For the first time, British Columbia has a minister responsible for climate-related emergencies, with Bowinn Ma named minister of emergency management and climate readiness on Wednesday during Premier David Eby's cabinet announcement. In Eby's official mandate letter to Ma, he says B.C. "has been disproportionately impacted by climate change disasters." READ MORE .IAEM-OCEANIA COUNCIL NEWS Government finally introducing emergency response law* Newsroom A legislative overhaul of New Zealand’s emergency management system will finally be introduced to Parliament in early 2023, more than five years after a review first recommended changes. The government is also exploring the possibility of replacing the outdated emergency bunker in the Beehive with a more modern replacement - potentially outside of the quake-prone capital. READ MORE .IAEM-USA COUNCIL NEWS Report identifies 'significant failures' in federal government's pandemic response Homeland Security Today U.S. Sen. Gary Peter, D-Michigan, Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a new report detailing the findings of his two-year investigation into the federal government’s initial response to COVID-19 from December 2019 through March 2020, as the virus quickly spread throughout the country. The report identifies significant failures in the federal government’s initial response to the pandemic in those early, yet critical, months and offers recommendations for Congress and the federal government to bolster our preparedness and response for future public health crises. READ MORE FEMA announces update to Hazard Mitigation Assistance programs IAEM On Dec. 7, FEMA issued an updated policy to partially implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard for Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) programs to align with Executive Order 14030–Climate-Related Financial Risk to strengthen nationwide resilience. The updated FEMA policy will help ensure communities affected by flood disasters are less vulnerable to the loss of life and property and reduce the impacts of a changing environment. The policy supersedes the interim one issued in August 2021. The policy sets standards for critical actions to make structures like hospitals, nursing homes and emergency operation centers more resilient. It also sets standards for non-critical actions for structures – such as residential, commercial, and industrial buildings – that are located in high-risk flood areas. This policy update applies to any major disasters or Fire Management Assistance declarations made on or after Dec. 7. It applies to all Fiscal Year 2023 funding opportunities and future application cycles unless otherwise stated in the funding opportunity.  SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by Rave Mobile Safety 2022 Workplace Safety and Preparedness Survey Report Protect Your Campus When Severe Weather Strikes: Templates and Best Practices Employee Protection: How to Run an Active Shooter Drill at Work Securing Soft Targets in Your Community Fast, Smart, Reliable School Safety with the Rave Panic Button .IAEM NEWS IAEM Editorial Committee seeks submissions for the January issue of the IAEM Bulletin IAEM The IAEM Editorial Committee seeks article submissions for the upcoming January issue of the IAEM Bulletin. The January issue is a general focus issue and will take a wide look at all things emergency management. Articles should be submitted to IAEM Bulletin Editor John Osborne by Thursday, Dec. 22. The full guidelines and tips for authors can be found here. IAEM issues special 70th Anniversary Awards booklet IAEM IAEM has released a full-color electronic book honoring this year’s award winners, scholarship recipients, new AEMs/CEMs, and historical remembrances. To celebrate the 70th Anniversary of IAEM, a special section (pages 52-61) highlights IAEM’s history and accomplishments. View the 2022 Yearbook of Honors here. Each year at the IAEM Annual Conference President’s Banquet, recipients of AEMs and CEMs are honored on stage, but there are many who are unable to attend the conference. All recipients are honored in this book. The book also provides highlights of the 2022 Certification Program, including who was chosen for the Bravo Zulu award.  PRODUCT SHOWCASE GET YOUR 72 HOUR KIT. ReadyWise – Are you prepared with enough food and water to last you through a disaster? ReadyWise’s delicious freeze-dried meals and drinks have up to a 25-year shelf-life and are easy to prepare, just add water. Go to ReadyWIse.com/IAEM to order you’re your 72-hour kit and use CODE: IAEM at checkout. LEARN MORE .EM NEWS Authorities are urging indoor masking in major cities as the 'tripledemic' rages* NPR Public health officials are revisiting the topic of indoor masking, as three highly contagious respiratory viruses take hold during the holiday season. Over the past few weeks, a surge in cases of COVID, the flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has been sickening millions of Americans, overwhelming emergency rooms and even causing a cold medicine shortage. The triple threat has been called a "tripledemic" by some health experts. READ MORE Team working together to reduce disparities in disaster-related mental health* WAFB-TV Experts in Baton Rouge are trying to improve mental health resources for people impacted by disasters. The struggle is something the public has seen far too often after hurricanes and the worst of the pandemic, and now the public is seeing what’s being done about that. READ MORE  PRODUCT SHOWCASE New and Innovative Flood Risk Mitigation Solutions Designed, engineered, and manufactured in the USA to meet or exceed ANSI 2510/2511 Standards. Stores compactly near to high-risk areas. Rapidly deployed with no tools required. Minimal Labor Requirements. Example: 150 of 48" protection can be stored in a single stackable crate and deployed by a crew of 4 in about 15 minutes. LEARN MORE Majority of California's coastal airports are vulnerable to increased flooding caused by climate change Homeland Security News Wire Most of California’s population and its largest airports are located along the Pacific coastline, which is increasingly impacted by storm surges, sea level rise, and erosion due to climate change. In the next 30 years, sea level along the coast is expected to rise as much as 8 inches. READ MORE .NEW INSIGHTS Local nonprofits play a key role in recovery from disasters — while also having to get back on their own feet* The Conversation When hurricanes, floods and other kinds of disasters throttle a community, people from all over often rush to give those in need money, bottled water, diapers and all sorts of goods. These donations often land at the doorsteps of local nonprofits that are then tasked with distributing them. But while these groups help their communities recuperate, they have to get back on their feet too and can falter if they don’t get what they need. READ MORE  SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by Pulsara Before the next stress event, overlay your system with a demand-driven communications solution. Triage, track patients, and manage stress events all on a single platform. Discover how one EMS agency eliminated 434 unnecessary transports in just three weeks. By simplifying patient transfers with Pulsara, one task force reduced excessive phone calls by 75%. Enable emergency operations that scale and eliminate fragmentation of communication with mobile-first technology. The federal program to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina shortchanged the poor. New data proves it Route Fifty For years, low-income residents of New Orleans have said the state’s Road Home program paid them less to rebuild their homes compared to wealthier residents. They were right. READ MORE Applying environmental design to prevent active shooters Domestic Preparedness Active shooter survival instruction has become a standard application within institutions to the point that it now rivals the training in the days of the Cold War for nuclear attack survival. “Duck and Cover” drills of the past have now become the “Run, Hide, and Fight” drills applied to classrooms, businesses, hospitals, and other entities. Law enforcement agencies and other first responders have developed response methods and tactics that have become routine and are effectively applied when these incidents occur. READ MORE .WEATHER UPDATES US touts effort to build climate 'early warning system' with African nations The Hill U.S. officials promoted their work with African governments and industry to create space-based “early warning systems” to address the impacts of climate change. The collaboration, touted as President Biden welcomes various African heads of state to Washington, D.C., this week for the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, builds on $33 million in broader funding to help forecast climate threats facing vulnerable global communities that USAID announced in November. READ MORE New climate school report details state policy trends in disaster resilience Columbia Climate School The Columbia Climate School’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness released a report this week exploring disaster resilience legislation during the 2021-2022 state legislative sessions. Exacerbated by climate change, disaster seasons of the last few years have broken records and cost governments billions in response and recovery costs. READ MORE  FEATURED ARTICLE   Client Services Reimagined: Full Cycle Solution Promoted by Visionlink Focused on clean up, fix up, repair, rebuild, and long-term recovery? Visionlink’s Client and Case Management solution starts at the beginning with self-reported Damage Assessments, Recovery Needs, and Interview Tools-–all of which can be used standalone or in concert with Visionlink’s multi-agency case management solution. Used by tens of thousands of case managers. Multi-event. Multi-partner. Multi-Language. Mobile Responsive. 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READ MORE .CERTIFICATION UPDATE IAEM recertifications for 2022 must be submitted by Dec. 31 IAEM Candidates due to recertify as an AEM or CEM this year are reminded to submit the recertification application through the online portal documenting continuing education/training and professional contributions. The submission deadline is 11:59 p.m. EST, on Dec. 31, 2022. Specific requirements based on the recertification year, as well as current recertification fees, can be found on the IAEM website. Keep in mind that the recertification fee must be applied to the candidate’s account before submitting the application. 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The public protection department will focus on animal services, beach safety, corrections and the medical examiner’s office. READ MORE City of Santa Clara's Volunteer of the Year & County EMA's Emergency Manager of the Year are named City of Santa Clara Central Park was the location for the Santa Clara County Emergency Managers' Association (EMA) Annual Awards Luncheon on Dec. 8. Special congratulations go to the city of Santa Clara's Volunteer of the Year Nick Arnett and County EMA’s Emergency Manager of the Year City of Santa Clara Emergency Management Analyst Jennifer Guzman. READ MORE .GRANT ANNOUNCEMENTS NOAA, NFWF announce record $136 million for coastal resilience* Homeland Security Today NOAA and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced a record investment in projects that will help communities prepare for increasing coastal flooding and more intense storms, while improving thousands of acres of coastal habitats. The funding, in collaboration with the Department of Defense (DOD) and private sector partners, provides more than $136 million to support 88 natural infrastructure projects in 29 states and U.S. territories. READ MORE .SURVEY REQUESTS CEM input needed: public health emergency management curriculum for interprofessional learners IAEM What is interprofessional education? Interprofessional education (IPE) occurs when students from various educational backgrounds come together to learn and facilitate interprofessional collaboration. Terry "TC" Cooper, a CEM and doctoral candidate at the University of New Haven, is conducting a study and surveying certified emergency managers as part of his doctoral thesis. The study aims to understand interprofessional education for curriculum development regarding public health emergency management. Results from this survey will provide insight into specific challenges from the perspective of emergency managers. Participation is voluntary. Please consider supporting by taking the survey here. TEEX seeks input on the Pediatric Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness Program IAEM The Pediatric Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness program (MGT-439) offered by the Texas A&M Engineering and Extension Service (TEEX) National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center (NERRTC) through a cooperative agreement with FEMA/DHS is ready to go through its first revision/re-certification process. In compliance with DHS/FEMA Curriculum Guidelines, a survey has been developed designed to help prepare for the review, revision, and update of existing course material. Your responses are critical in providing the most relevant information regarding the needs of children pre- and post-disaster. Please provide any feedback or direction to assist in this process by visiting the survey website. .EM CALENDAR CHDS webinar series — 'America in Transition: How Homeland Security Is Changing and What Leaders Need to Know in 2023' hosts fourth webinar on Dec. 21 IAEM In this five-part interactive webinar series, national experts will discuss the evolving homeland security and emergency management landscapes at a time of transition and increasing concern domestically and globally. Part four of the webinar series, “The Evolving Cyber Threat: How Do We Face a National Threat to Distributed Infrastructure” will look at recent trends in cyberattacks and explore how the cyber landscape will continue to evolve over the next few years. The conversation will consider the threats of criminal cyberattacks (including ransomware) as well as those from adversarial foreign actors, and explore mitigation and response options available to U.S. communities. This webinar will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Dec. 21, 2022. IAEM is a partner for this webinar series. This webinar series is held in partnership with the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN), Big City Emergency Managers (BCEM), Governors Homeland Security Advisors Council (GHSAC), International City/County Management Association (ICMA), National Emergency Management Association (NEMA), Naval Postgraduate School Alumni Association and Foundation, and the CHDS Alumni Association. Register now. .IAEM-EUROPA NEWS The European Union and WHO further enhance their partnership for stronger pandemic preparedness and response World Health Organization The European Union's Health Emergency Preparedness Authority (HERA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) initiated a new partnership with a € 15 million allocation under the EU4Health programme to boost capacities at national, regional, and global levels for better preparedness for and response to health emergencies. READ MORE .AROUND THE WORLD 'Fuego' volcano erupts in Guatemala, forcing airport closure* VOA The volcano sits about 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Antigua, the country's picturesque former capital and biggest tourist attraction. Fuego erupts every four to five years on average. In 2018, an eruption sent rivers of lava pouring down its sides, devastating the village of San Miguel Los Lotes, killing 215 people and leaving a similar number missing. READ MORE Massive US storm brings tornadoes to South, blizzard threat* The Associated Press A massive storm blowing across the country Tuesday spawned several tornadoes that wrecked buildings and injured a handful of people in Oklahoma and Texas, left two people missing in Louisiana and saw much of the central United States bracing for blizzard-like conditions. Sherriff’s deputies, firefighters, volunteers and dog teams were searching the debris after a tornado touched down about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from Shreveport, Louisiana, the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office said. Two people were missing, one was hurt and several buildings were destroyed, Sgt. Casey Jones said. READ MORE Child among 2 dead after tornadoes, storms tear through swaths of Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma NBC News Two people in Louisiana and dozens were injured as tornadoes and storms tore across the Southern U.S. on Tuesday while Northern states faced blizzard conditions, officials said. In Louisiana, a boy was found dead in a wooded area near Keithville, south of Shreveport, where his home was destroyed, Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office said early Wednesday. A woman was found dead under debris one street over, the sheriff's office said hours later, after a search for the boy's mother. READ MORE Cyclone Mandous kills 3, affects over 21,000 in Sri Lanka Punjab News Express Sri Lanka's Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said on Monday that three people were killed and over 21, 000 have been affected by the adverse weather conditions caused by cyclone Mandous. The DMC said 19 people were injured and those affected belong to 6, 113 families in 16 districts, adding that 5, 639 houses in various parts of the island country have been damaged, Xinhua news agency reported. READ MORE DR Congo floods leave more than 120 dead in Kinshasa BBC More than 120 people have been killed following the worst floods in years in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, the authorities say. Major roads in the city centre were submerged as heavy rains continued for hours and several homes collapsed. Many of those who died were in hillside areas which suffered landslides on Tuesday. 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