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As we head into the holiday season, IAEM would like to wish its members, partners and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on this past difficult year for the world and industry, we are providing the readers of the IAEM Dispatch a look at the most accessed articles from the year, along with a bit of IAEM news. Our regular publication will resume Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021.
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Give yourself the gift of learning this holiday season
IAEM
Take advantage of personal learning and receive almost 50 contact hours over the holidays by registering for on-demand content from the IAEM Reimagined Virtual Conference. Included on-demand are all breakout sessions, plenary speakers, and EMvision Talks. Other features 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. After you view sessions, you will be able to claim those contact hours for credit towards IAEM’s Certified Emergency Manager Program. This is a bargain for just $199 for individuals and $99 for student members. Content will be available until Feb. 16, 2021. Listen to your colleagues: “I found this conference well exceeded my expectations. It was an awesome time of learning and sharing from all levels of professionals in emergency management.” After this long year, you deserve to take some time off during the holidays and focus your own education and learning so register for your own gift today!
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.2020 TOP ARTICLES
Cities turn to the sewers to track the prevalence of COVID
Route Fifty
From Aug. 6: As COVID-19 cases continue to rise and test results lag, officials in Augusta, Maine are tapping an unexpected source for information about the local spread of the virus: sewage. Research has shown that people infected with SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, shed the virus in their feces before they begin showing symptoms.
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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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The lessons from Australia's fires
Homeland Security News Wire
From Jan. 16: You might think that Australia is particularly vulnerable to forest fires. But that would be a mistake. Many other countries share the same conditions that have set Australia ablaze, physically and politically, including similar terrain and a leadership that has yet to wake up fully to the new reality that climate change is creating.
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New federal agency proposed to respond to national emergencies
Brisbane Times
From Sept. 10: A new federal agency would lead a national response to emergencies such as bush fires, pandemics and large-scale cyber attacks under a proposal being drawn up by the federal government. The Commonwealth's vast array of resources — including the military, communications, intelligence and logistics — would be more quickly mobilized under the changes.
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Columbia International University’s online Master of Arts in Disaster Relief and Emergency Management provides students the knowledge and skills necessary to respond to natural disasters and crises while demonstrating Christian compassion, service, and witness. Earn your degree in Disaster Relief & Emergency management entirely online in as little as 12 months.
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COVID-19: A Swan or an Elephant?
BusinessWorld
From Nov. 12: The lessons that people draw from the COVID-19 pandemic will depend on how they answer this question: Is this health emergency a black swan, or, is it the elephant in the room? “A black swan” is defined as an unpredictable or unforeseen event, typically one with extreme consequences. “The elephant in the room” refers to an obvious problem or difficult situation that people do not want to talk about.
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Department of Homeland Security releases Homeland Threat Assessment
Security InfoCenter
From Oct. 15: Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad F. Wolf released the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Homeland Threat Assessment (HTA). This first-of-its-kind report synthesizes threat information across DHS including intelligence and operational components.
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ReadyWise – Leader in Emergency Food Storage specializes in the production and distribution of high quality freeze-dried food designed to meet a range of disaster relief and emergency food support needs. We have extensive experience providing tailored solutions to a variety of government, healthcare, military and other institutional customers throughout the world.CALL US TODAY 800-393-2570 or email dmarsiglia@ReadyWise.com
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Leader 'buy in' is not enough in emergency management
Domestic Preparedness
From Sept. 24: Too many elected leaders are not taking the leadership role in developing, reviewing, and implementing their emergency management programs. Many plans have been published by jurisdictions, only to be discarded when it is time to put those plans into action.
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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 Zealand considers freight as possible source of new coronavirus cluster
Reuters
From Aug. 13: New Zealand officials are investigating the possibility that its first COVID-19 cases in more than three months were imported by freight, as the country’s biggest city plunged back into lockdown on Wednesday. The discovery of four infected family members in Auckland led Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to swiftly reimpose tight restrictions in the city and social distancing measures across the entire country.
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Preparing for coronavirus
Inside Higher Ed
From Jan. 30: Students at several U.S. universities are tested for possible cases of a novel coronavirus. Experts weigh in on how colleges can prepare for the virus.
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