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Partners for Resilience in Indonesia earlier this month supported a workshop in Jakarta convened by the Red Cross to discuss a draft study of local policy and practice on disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation and their “integration into spatial and development planning.” The discussion was intended to generate input for and views of the study from civil society organizations working on risk reduction and adaptation in Indonesia.
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IAEM
IAEM-Canada recently presented Warren Leonard, CEM, with a Lifetime Achievement award. He has been a leader in the emergency management profession during a career that spans more than 30 years, taking him from Vancouver to the Durham Region among other stops. Warren is the first Canadian to receive this prestigious award, and IAEM-Canada wishes him all the best as he continues to enhance the emergency management community with his experience and professionalism.
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Ontario has joined ICS Canada as an Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ), as announced in Ottawa on Dec. 5. It also appears that PSC is closer to supporting ICS Canada, as they attended the meetings to provide additional updates. Learn more.
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International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
This research develops and applies a system dynamics (SD) model for the strategic evaluation of environmental adaptation options for coastal communities. The article defines and estimates asset-based measures for community vulnerability, resilience, and adaptive capacity with respect to the environmental, economic, social, and cultural pillars of the coastal community under threat.
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Burnaby Now
Imagine a scenario where a volcano is about to erupt and you are responsible for deciding what to do next. Who should be alerted and who needs to be evacuated? Where and when might lava start flowing? How dangerous will the gas and ash emissions be? This is what Earth Sciences 421 students experienced during a five-hour volcano simulation exercise in early December.
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The Hill
The Senate Commerce Committee voted Wednesday to move forward with the nomination of Barry Myers to be head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The 14-13 vote, along party lines, puts Myers in a position for a vote in the full Senate. Myers was until recently the CEO of AccuWeather Inc., which he founded with his brother.
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IAEM
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently released the Tribal Mitigation Plan Review Guide. Effective in December 2018, the guide will be FEMA’s official policy on tribal mitigation planning requirements and will supersede the Tribal Multi-Hazard Mitigation Planning Guidance issued in 2010. The update offers a more streamlined document that provides greater clarity regarding FEMA mitigation planning requirements. FEMA will hold a national webinar on the updated policy on Jan. 23, 2018, 4:00 p.m. EST, to provide more information to tribal governments about the updates. For more details about the guide or the outreach webinar, please contact your Regional Tribal Liaison or the Regional Mitigation Planning Lead in your Region.
The New York Times
Facing mounting evidence that Puerto Rico has vastly undercounted the number of people who died because of Hurricane Maria, Gov. Ricardo A. Rosselló ordered on Monday that every death on the island since the calamitous storm be reviewed. Officials will look again at all deaths attributed to natural causes after the hurricane, which made landfall Sept. 20 and knocked out power to 3.4 million Puerto Ricans — and to their hospitals and clinics. Parts of the island are still without power almost three months later, and the power grid is operating at only 70 percent of capacity.
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Domestic Preparedness
Low-probability, high-consequence situations, such as mass fatality events, often stress or overwhelm local response capabilities within a very short timeframe. The ability to handle these situations differs greatly depending on the size of the jurisdiction affected and its readily available resources. New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services Research conducted research to address this issue.
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The National Association of Government Communicators has announced a call for speakers for the 2018 NAGC Communications School being held June 19-21, 2018, in Fort Myers, Florida. Speaker applications are being accepted for half-day workshops, plenary speakers and 60-minute breakout session presentations. NAGC is seeking speakers from all levels of government: local, special district, state, federal, and tribal, as well as from the private sector. Topics of interest are: crisis communications, case studies, internal communications, social media, communications planning, speech writing, branding and marketing, and others. Learn more.
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Enter your product(s) in the National Association of Government Communicators’ (NAGC) 2018 Blue Pencil & Gold Screen Awards Competition. This annual international awards program recognizes superior government communication products and those who produce them. There are more than 40 award categories. The entry deadline is Jan. 19, 2018.
Domestic Preparedness
In mid-November, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and Defence Research and Development Canada’s Centre for Security Science (DRDC CSS) tested and demonstrated that seamless communication is possible between first responders from both sides of the border during a major emergency.
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Domestic Preparedness
Threats, whether natural or manmade, have the ability to negatively impact communities. Although government agencies serve communities before, during, and after disasters, emergency management officials understand the realities of gaps that exist in disaster management systems exclusively managed by government. There is a mounting cognizance of the need for effective communication and coordination from a broad range of stakeholders to reduce the negative effects of a given disaster.
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PC
When disaster strikes — be it a flood, earthquake, or fire — the real work often begins when the immediate threat is over, from providing people with clean water to keeping them abreast of what comes next. At the Global Humanitarian Technology Conference in Silicon Valley recently, researchers, first responders, engineers, and field workers discussed how technology helps them get the job done.
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Smithsonian
By monitoring every grumble, shiver and burp our planet makes, researchers hope to be more prepared to take action when things go awry.
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IAEM
Candidates due to recertify for the AEM® or CEM® in 2017 should submit their application by 11:59 p.m. EST on Dec. 31, 2017. Keep in mind that the recertification fee must be applied to the candidate’s account before submitting the application. Payments made online are processed the next business day, so plan accordingly.
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IAEM
FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute (EMI) is offering the Advanced Public Information Officer (PIO) course, Feb. 12-16, 2018, at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The course will provide public information officers the opportunity to increase their knowledge and skills for establishing, managing, and working in a joint information center. The training fosters an environment where participants can apply advanced skills during a multi-day functional exercise designed to test and enhance their ability to analyze, coordinate, process, and create information in a fast-paced, realistic environment. Interested individuals should contact the National Emergency Training Center Admissions Office at (301) 447-1035 or netcadmissions@fema.dhs.gov by Jan. 1, 2018, to register for the course.
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The Emergency Management Institute (EMI) has released the Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) Program schedule for January-March 2018. Scheduled scenarios include a passenger train incident, airport Ebola, medical countermeasures (SMS), a cyber incident, and a mall active shooter. EMI facilitates this free four-hour training using a video teleconferencing (VTC) platform, hosting 10-15 participating jurisdictions per exercise. Each jurisdiction is encouraged to bring a diverse group to work through scenarios, including first responders, planners, local military, public health, school administration, and nonprofit organizations. Those interested should contact Douglas Kahn at least 14 days prior. Your email is your application. For the schedule, participation requirements and exercise design, visit EMI’s VTTX website.
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The Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) for the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies has announced the speakers for its Mar. 6-8, 2018, Insight Event on Airport Roles in Reducing the Transmission of Communicable Diseases. Speakers will include CAPT Martin Cetron, MD, director of the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Dr. Ansa Jordaan, chief of Aviation Medicine Section, International Civil Aviation Organization. These national experts will set the stage for our airport and public health leaders from Dallas, New York, Phoenix, and Portland with direct experience facing outbreaks at airports and preparing for future scenarios to discuss challenges facing airports in reducing communicable disease transmission.
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Emergency Management
At least three people were killed after an Amtrak train derailed and fell off a bridge over Interstate 5 near Mounts Road between Lakewood and Olympia. Pierce County Sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer told news media that there were fatalities on the train and that motorists had been injured, but not killed. There were 78 passengers and five crew members on the train when it derailed, according to Amtrak.
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The Tribune
A mudslide that buried much of a village in southern Chile has killed 11 people while another 15 are still missing, authorities have said. The tragedy struck a picturesque village of Villa Santa Lucia in the southern Los Lagos (Lakes) region where heavy rain triggered mudslides that swallowed up most of the homes in the village of 300.
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Hindustan Times
A landslide on the slopes of Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano on Java island on Monday killed at least eight people mining sand and stones and injured eight, the country’s disaster mitigation agency said. The miners had been digging out sand and stones from a steep cliff when they were engulfed, Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said in a statement.
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New Straits Times
The death toll from a tropical storm that pummeled the central Philippines rose to 43 with hopes fading for dozens of others still missing after massive landslides, authorities said Tuesday. Slow-moving Kai-Tak finally swept out to the South China Sea on Monday after inducing days of heavy rain that led to deadly floods and landslides as it sliced across the central islands last weekend. The government’s disaster monitoring agency listed 43 dead in an updated tally and said 45 other people were still missing, many of them feared buried by mud avalanches that struck the small island of Biliran.
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USA Today
A strong earthquake shook Indonesia’s densely populated Java island on Friday night, killing two people and severely damaging dozens of homes near the epicenter. The magnitude-6.5 quake struck at 11:47 p.m. and was felt across the island, including about 200 kilometers (124 miles) away in the capital Jakarta, where office towers and apartment buildings swayed. Powerful tremors lasted as much as 30 seconds in places.
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