This message was sent to ##Email## To advertise in this publication please click here December 23, 2021 As we head into the holiday season, IAEM wishes its members, partners, and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we are providing the readers of the IAEM Dispatch a look at the most accessed articles from the year. Our regular publication will resume Thursday, Jan. 6. The future of emergency operation centers: Six shifts to consider from COVID-19 Homeland Security Today From July 15: The scene is a familiar one: a room filled with people moving with urgency and purpose, surrounded by graphs and charts, alongside desks and chalkboards/flip charts. Some may have the latest technology with computer screens live-streaming data, while others may rely on paper and markers. In all its shapes, emergency operation centers (EOCs) have been at the core of emergency management since emergency response became a coordinated team activity. READ MORE FEMA calculates riskiest, safest places in US The Associated Press via WINK From Jan. 7: The Federal Emergency Management Agency has calculated the risk for every county in America for 18 types of natural disasters, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, volcanoes and even tsunamis. And of the more than 3,000 counties, Los Angeles County has the highest ranking in the National Risk Index. READ MORE Hackers tried to poison a city's drinking water supply Route Fifty From Feb. 11: A hacker breached the computer system at a water treatment facility in Oldsmar, Florida and attempted to add dangerous levels of sodium hydroxide to the water supply, but was foiled by an employee at the plant, officials said. The hacker accessed the treatment plant’s computer system remotely and toggled the levels of sodium hydroxide from 100 parts per million to 11,100 parts per million, a more than 100-fold increase that could have had potentially deadly effects on Oldsmar’s 15,000 residents. READ MORE  SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by Veoci First Responder Panel: Hear from Veoci’s Own Fire, Emergency Management and EMS Responders Keep Pace with Federal and State Vaccine Mandates Connecticut Schools Manage COVID-19 Absenteeism with Veoci Your Citizens are Calling! Your New Digital Call Logging Solution The Town of Guilford Drives Cost Savings and Efficiencies Through Automation and Innovation FEMA seeks more staff as it rests beleaguered employees ahead of busy season Government Executive From July 1: The Biden administration is looking to staff up at the Federal Emergency Management Agency as it projects increasing demands on the workforce and scales back ongoing deployments ahead of its busy natural disaster season. FEMA has endured an unusually busy year thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and other deployments, straining agency resources and employees. 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READ MORE  SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by George Washington University This is pioneering education on counter-terrorism, intelligence analysis, emerging security threats and relevant legislation. Professors are acknowledged leaders in the field who bring first-hand experience to class. Our program is a 36-credit master’s degree program that can be completed in as little as 16 months. FEMA facing disaster overload and hurricane season hasn't started yet The Apopka Voice From May 27: The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is forecasting its seventh-consecutive “above average” hurricane season with up to 20 named storms battering the Atlantic between June 1 and Nov. 1. Florida has been fortunate without a hurricane crashing ashore since Hurricane Michael in October 2018, dodging all of last year’s 30 named storms that made 2020 the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record. READ MORE  FEATURED ARTICLE   Is My Building Vulnerable In An Earthquake? Promoted by Optimum Seismic Inc Apartments and other buildings in the Los Angeles region, sit in the crosshairs of what experts agree could be the nation’s worst earthquake disaster. LEARN MORE   Japanese experts look to create global standards for disaster preparedness The Japan Times From March 4: Using lessons learned from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, a project to create uniform global standards for efforts to prepare for natural disasters and mitigate disaster risks is underway in Japan. The project is designed to improve the world’s disaster management capacity by leveraging the knowledge Japan has accumulated. The organizers hope for the launch of new standards in 2023. READ MORE National Preparedness Month: The value of emergency managers and what we can learn from them Homeland Security Today From Sept. 23: Fires out west, hurricanes in the south, tornados in the Midwest, floods in the east. And everywhere, COVID-19. There is no escape. Behind the scenes, a legion of emergency managers monitor, coordinate, and get on scene, ready to warn of danger, save lives, and help communities discover resilience on the other side of disaster. During these times of pandemic, climate change and the resulting crises, these emergency leaders are the vanguard. READ MORE  PRODUCT SHOWCASE Disaster Recovery. Simplified Deloitte’s Close as You Go (CAYG) is a secure cloud-based software platform built to help agencies manage recovery documentation for procurement and contracting, model policies and procedures, and plan for disaster. Developed alongside specialists in preparedness and response, CAYG helps you prepare, so you can focus on recovery. LEARN MORE New tornado alley? Tornadoes in the south are becoming more frequent ... and deadly KTHV-TV From May 13: When you think of Tornado Alley, the Great Plains or the Mid-West region usually comes to mind. Tornadoes in the southeast are getting worse and in recent years they've often been the deadliest. Meteorologists are questioning whether the region considered Tornado Alley is a misleading concept. READ MORE Column: Be ready to communicate like it's 1950 when disaster strikes Homeland Security Today From June 24: Here's something which may help: The Breaking News Consumer’s Handbook. They’re periodically updated rules of thumb for gathering and evaluating information created by WNYC’s radio show On the Media, a show about the ethics, events and best practices of journalism. Frankly, they’re an acknowledgement of the issues and drawbacks of gathering information in an imperfect world, i.e. an admission of error and caution that I think would make modern journalism more rather than less trustworthy. 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