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News and Events - 2008>>FEMA Releases On-Line Training Course For The National Response Framework Release Date, November 5, 2008The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today released the on-line IS-800.B National Response Framework (NRF), An Introduction training course. The NRF, which focuses on response and short-term recovery, articulates the doctrine, principles and architecture by which our nation prepares for and responds to all-hazard disasters across all levels of government and all sectors of communities. >>Read more. . . >> A Note from American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) President & CEO Andrew J. Imparato, November 5, 2008"I write to you on Wednesday, November 5 with a spirit of hope for progress on so many of the issues we care about in the context of a new Presidential Administration and a new Congress. During the campaign, AAPD sent a questionnaire to all the candidates for President in both major parties, and Senator Obama was the first to respond in the Spring of 2007. Senator Obama's response to our questions was elaborated upon in his "Plan to Empower Americans with Disabilities," announced well before any primary votes were cast. >>Read more. . . >>University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Offers Bachelor of Applied Studies in Fire and Emergency Response Management, November 5, 2008UWOSH Center for New Learning, is offering a Bachelor of Applied Studies/Fire and Emergency Response Management. The program is designed for adult learners that currently have an associate degree in fire protection, fire science, paramedic technician or emergency management and a desire to continue their education. >>Read more. . . >>DHS 2009 National Preparedness Capabilities and Critical Infrastructure Grants, November 5, 2008In Fiscal Year 2009, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will award more than $3 billion in grants to states, urban areas and transportation authorities under 14 programs to bolster national preparedness capabilities and protect critical infrastructure. >>Read more. . . >>"Iowa 2008 Flooding Update - Message from the Administrator of the Iowa Homeland Security & Emergency Management Division," October 28, 2008"The Greek King Sisyphus was cursed to roll a huge boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll down again and to repeat this through eternity. I don’t know about you but sometimes I feel like Sisyphus in terms of the work yet to do as we continue the recovery process from the worst storms to ever hit this state. It is too easy to look at the road ahead and question our ability to get the job done. . . Instead of looking ahead, I’d like each of you to take a minute and look back at the road we’ve traveled and the hills we have already climbed." >>Read more. . . >>"Fighting FEMA Over Flood Insurance,” WGRZ-TV, Buffalo NY, October 28, 2008Wheatfield Town Supervisor Timothy Demler is vowing to appeal some preliminary findings by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) regarding the risk of flooding in the town. Demler claims it could cost hundreds of residents hundreds of dollars if the findings are eventually approved. >>Read more. . . >>“Rate of Nuclear Thefts ‘Disturbingly High,’ Monitoring Chief Says.” New York Times, October 28, 2008Mohamed ElBaradei, the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said in a speech on Monday that the number of reports of nuclear or radioactive material stolen around the world last year was “disturbingly high.” Dr. ElBaradei, in his annual report to the General Assembly, said nearly 250 such thefts were reported in the year ending in June. “The possibility of terrorists obtaining nuclear or other radioactive material remains a grave threat,” he said. “Equally troubling is the fact that much of this material is not subsequently recovered.” Read more. . . >>Common Sense Flu Prevention, Department of Homeland Security Leadership Journal, October 28, 2008Dr. Jon R. Krohmer, Acting Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs and Chief Medical Officer at DHS, posted a note today in the DHS Leadership Journal entitled “Common Sense Flu Prevention.” Noting that we are about to enter this year’s flu season, Dr. Krohmer lists some well-know but often neglected flu prevention tips. >>Read more. . . >>“Rick Noriega Blasts FEMA’s Ike Recovery Effort.” The Examiner, October 28, 2008Rep. Rick Noriega blasted the FEMA recovery effort in Texas in the wake of Hurricane Ike. >>Read more. . . >>“FEMA ‘Insensitive’ Toward Ike Victims, Texas Officials Say.” Houston Chronicle, Oct 27, 2008State leaders on Monday accused FEMA of insensitivity and foot-dragging in delivering mobile homes to help residents in hard-hit areas of southeast Texas recover from Hurricane Ike. >>Read more. . . >> “New Shelter Opens On Island Near Airport.” Galveston County Daily News, October 27, 2008In August, Randy Powell moved his family from California to Galveston looking for a less expensive place to live. On Sunday, the father of two loaded up everything his family owns on a dolly and pushed it into a tent shelter near the island’s airport. Powell was among the 300-plus Galveston residents who made the move from a Red Cross shelter that had been home for as many as 800 people after Hurricane Ike damaged or destroyed most of the residences on the island. >>Read more. . . >>Comprehensive Emergency Management: The Governor’s Perspective, October 27, 2008The National Governors' Association is one century old this year. Of those one hundred years, thirty have witnessed a concerted effort to mainstream enlightened comprehensive emergency management policy at the federal, state, and local levels. Over the past thirty years, the National Governors' Association (NGA) has produced at least four major reports on comprehensive emergency management from the perspective of state governors. They are
The seminal National Governors' Association report, Comprehensive Emergency Management: A Governor's Guide (1979), created the framework for comprehensive emergency management in the United States. >>>Read More. . . >>“WHO’s Draft Pandemic Flu Guidance Revises Phases.” CIDRAP News, Oct 24, 2008The World Health Organization (WHO) has drafted a revised pandemic influenza preparedness plan that updates the definitions of pandemic phases and puts more emphasis on the social and economic effects of a global epidemic, among other changes. The plan, intended to replace the existing one published in 2005, aims to present "simpler and more precise definitions" of the six pandemic phases and groups them to emphasize planning and preparedness considerations. The draft also defines "post-peak" and "possible new wave" phases. >>Read more. . . >>Southern California Wildfires After Action Report Now Available, Sept. 26, 2008The Southern California wildfires in October 2007 reinforced the need for modifications to emergency preparedness to be inclusive of people with disabilities and activity limitations. The Southern California Wildfires After Action Report by June Isaacson Kailes, Associate Director, Center for Disability Issues and the Health Professions, Western University of Health Sciences, documents the experiences of people with disabilities and individuals with access and functional needs during the wildfires. >>Read more. . . >>HHS Program To Improve Disaster Assistance, September 3, 2008, DHHS Press ReleaseHHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced implementation of the Disaster Case Management demonstration program to make it easier for disaster victims to obtain a wide range of assistance and social services. The program will aid people from the Louisiana parishes covered under President Bush's disaster declaration related to Hurricane Gustav. >>Read more. . . >>HHS Provides more than $1 Billion to Improve All Hazards Public Health , June 3, 2008, DHHS Press ReleaseHHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced that the department has made available nearly $1.1 billion to continue assisting public health departments, hospitals and other health care organizations to strengthen their ability to respond to public health and medical emergencies as a result of a terrorism attack or naturally occurring event. >>Read more. . . >>KU Center Develops Online Disaster Training to Assist People with Disabilities March 9, 2008; infoZine.Researchers at the Life Span Institute at the University of Kansas have taken this lesson from the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and Hurricane Katrina to create a two-hour online training course on how to assist people with disabilities during a community emergency. RSS FeedsA number of Federal agencies are providing news
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