The
Center for Domestic Preparedness will host its 2018 Tribal Nations Training
Week on March 18-24, 2018, on its campus in Anniston, Alabama.
The training is open to emergency response personnel who are
affiliated with one or more Tribal Nations or the Indian Health Service, and
those who work directly with Tribal Nations.
CDP training is fully-funded for state, local, tribal, and
territorial emergency responders to include roundtrip airfare, meals, lodging,
training and any equipment required during training. The Tribal Nations
Training Week is intended to enhance the response capabilities of Tribal
Nations personnel and make them better prepared respond to emergencies in their
communities.
The week culminates with an Integrated Capstone Event, where
students will lead an interdisciplinary response to a simulated mass casualty
incident. The capstone event will challenge students to handle initial
call-out, scene size-up, rescue, decontamination, triage, pre-hospital
treatment, crime scene management, evidence collection, hospital surge
management, and public health information management associated with the
incident.
For more information, go to
the Tribal Nations Training Week page on CDP’s website: www.cdp.dhs.gov/training/week/theme/tribal.
FEMA, in partnership with organizations that
collectively represent the emergency management profession, released today the
fifth video presentation from the inaugural PrepTalks Symposium, Dr. Philip
Berke’s “Land Use Planning for Community Resilience.”
In his PrepTalk, Dr.
Berke explains how effective land use planning strengthens community
resilience, through sharing research that shows “preventative land use
policies have the highest benefit-cost ratios and Community Rating System
incentives, yet are the least used actions to reduce vulnerability and promote
mitigation.” He is a Professor of Land Use and Environmental Planning at
College Station, Texas A&M, and Director of the Institute for Sustainable
Communities there. He co-authored “Natural Hazard Mitigation: Recasting
Disaster Policy and Planning,” selected as one of the 100 Essential Books in
Planning of the 20th century by the American Planning Association Centennial
Great Books.
Dr. Berke’s
presentation, the question-and-answer session that followed, a discussion
guide, and additional reference materials are
available at https://www.fema.gov/preptalks. This is the fifth video of eight being produced from the PrepTalks
Symposium held in Washington, D.C. in January. The
next PrepTalks Symposium is tentatively scheduled for fall of 2018.
Upcoming PrepTalk video
topics include disaster risk in developing countries and lessons
learned from disaster survivors. The next PrepTalks video is currently
scheduled for release later this month.
PrepTalks are a
partnership between FEMA, the International Association of Emergency Managers,
the National Emergency Management Association, the National Homeland Security
Consortium, and the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and
Security.
FEMA updated the online
content about its Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) program which shows the
funding history of mitigation projects and properties. This data
highlights the obligated funds for these programs – Flood Mitigation
Assistance, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and Pre-Disaster Mitigation – since
its inception 30 years ago. FEMA’s hazard mitigation
grants provide funding to eligible mitigation planning and projects that reduce
disaster losses and protect life and property from future disaster damages. The
two updated datasets available provide detailed information about the grants
awards and obligations.
In the HMA
Projects dataset,
examples of details include the type of grant, location (county/state/FEMA
region), amount of funding, status (open/closed), and mitigation actions
(i.e. elevation, safe room, etc.). The second dataset, HMA
Mitigated Properties,
includes additional details such as structure type, residency type, and year
funding was received. This information
complements and provides specific details to the data
visualization which summarizes the amount of
funds obligated and the number of mitigation projects for each of the programs.
This information can be viewed by county, state, FEMA region or Congressional
District.
FEMA’s mitigation grants
reduce overall risk to a community’s residents and structures as well as reduce
reliance on federal funding. The program’s goals are to provide a long-term
solution to a natural hazard and ensure that the potential savings must be more
than the cost of implementing the mitigation project in a community. To date,
more than $15 billion dollars in mitigation grants have helped local
communities, states, tribes and territories across the country.
During March, FEMA is
highlighting ways that promote the partnership, commitment to support
communities, and build a more resilient nation. Visit https://www.fema.gov/30-years-of-HMA to see a detailed timeline about mitigation and the evolution of the
program, examples of project highlights and blog posts with reflections from
FEMA employees who have been a part of the expanding program over the years.
FEMA invites
you to a cybersecurity webinar on Wednesday, March 28. The webinar will
feature two speakers, the first of which will provide an overview of
incident response resources, hands-on technical assistance, and information
sharing resources that are available from the Department of Homeland Security’s
Critical Infrastructure Cyber Community (C3) Voluntary Program.
The second speaker will provide an overview of the
Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), a global,
non-profit organization consisting of 7,000+ members from throughout the
banking, securities, and insurance industries. This segment will also
illustrate how participants may connect the FS-ISAC trusted network to crisis
planning, exercising, and response and recovery activities to their own
organizations.
Title: Learn How to Strengthen Your
Organization’s Cybersecurity
Date: Wednesday, March 28
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET
How to Join the Webinar:
- Please register for the event using the Adobe
Connect registration web link.
- Be sure to test
your Adobe Connect connection prior to the meeting.
This webinar will offer captioning.
FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute (EMI) Virtual Tabletop
Exercise (VTTX) program will offer three sessions of a hurricane
scenario on April 24, 25 and 26. The VTTX occurs 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. ET. To
participate, send an email to Doug Kahn at douglas.kahn@fema.dhs.gov or call 301-447-7645. Also, send a courtesy copy email
to the Integrated Emergency Management Branch at fema-emi-iemb@fema.dhs.gov or call 301-447-1381. The application deadline is April 6, 2018. Content is the same each day, and participants would
attend only one session. Additional information is available at https://training.fema.gov/programs/emivttx.aspx.
The
VTTX:
- Is
designed to examine the ability of federal, state, local, tribal, and
territorial jurisdictions to a respond to a hurricane
- Helps communities prepare for the upcoming hurricane season
using historical events and recovery actions
- Involves
key personnel discussing simulated scenarios in an informal setting
- Can
be used to assess plans, policies, training, and procedures during a hurricane.
Each
month, EMI conducts a VTTX series using a Video Teleconference (VTC) platform
to reach community-based training audiences around the country by providing a
virtual forum for interactive disaster training. The VTTX is designed for
a group of 10 or more representatives from state, local, tribal, and
territorial emergency management communities of practice. It provides a unique
opportunity for responders across the Nation to simultaneously participate in a
hazard-specific, facilitated discussion. Participants will need to connect via
a site equipped with the appropriate VTC capability (not Adobe Connect or Face
Time-based), but alternate ways to participate are also available upon request.
Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) Grants are part of the Assistance
to Firefighters Grant Program and support
projects that enhance the safety of the public and firefighters from fire and
related hazards.
The
primary goal of these grants is to reduce injury and prevent fire-related
deaths among high-risk populations. In 2005, Congress reauthorized funding for
FP&S Grants and expanded the eligible uses of funds to include Firefighter Safety
Research and Development.
This
Friday, March 16, is the last day to apply for $34.5 million in available
funding. For more information, go to the FP&S Grants webpage at https://www.fema.gov/fire-prevention-safety-grants.
FEMA Seeks Applicants for Youth Preparedness Council
FEMA is seeking applicants for the Youth
Preparedness Council, which brings together teens from across the country who
are interested and engaged in community preparedness. Council members are
selected based on their dedication to public service, their efforts in making a
difference in their communities, and their potential to expand their impact as
national leaders for preparedness. Students in 8th through 11th grade are
eligible to apply.
Youth interested in applying
to the Council must submit a completed application form, provide two letters of
recommendation, and academic records. All applications and supporting materials
must be received no later than March 18, 2018, 11:59 p.m. PT in
order to be eligible. New council members will be announced in May 2018.
To access the application materials, read about the current Council
members, and for more general information about the Youth Preparedness Council
visit www.ready.gov/youth-preparedness-council.
FEMA Seeks Applicants for National Advisory Council
FEMA requests that qualified individuals who are interested in serving
on the FEMA National
Advisory Council (NAC) submit an application to be considered for
appointment. FEMA is now accepting
applications for open positions in the following discipline areas:
- Elected
Local Government Official (one representative appointment)
- Elected
State Government Official (one representative appointment)
- Emergency
Management Field (one representative appointment)
- Emergency
Response Providers, which includes fire, law enforcement, hazardous
materials response, emergency medical services, and organizations representing
emergency response providers (two representative appointments)
- Communications
Expert, an expert in communications infrastructure, public safety and
first responder communications systems and networks, and/or broadcast,
cable, satellite, wireless, or wireline services and networks (one Special
Government Employee, or SGE)
- Cybersecurity
Expert, an expert in protecting and defending information and
communications systems from damage, unauthorized use or modification, or
exploitation, (one SGE)
- In-Patient
Medical Provider, a provider of medical care to patients admitted to a
healthcare facility, such as a hospital or skilled nursing facility (one
SGE)
- Administrator
Selections (up to two SGE appointments)
All appointments are for
three-year terms beginning in September 2018. Applications must be received on
or before March 18, 2018.
Detailed instructions on how to
apply can be found at www.fema.gov/membership-applications.
2018 National Preparedness Symposium Promoting Whole Community Preparedness Through Unity of Effort
FEMA's Emergency
Management Institute (EMI) will host the 2018 National Preparedness Symposium
from May 21-24. The symposium provides federal, state, tribal, territorial, and
nongovernmental training and exercise officials the opportunity to discuss
current and future training and exercise programs and to share case studies,
lessons-learned, and smart practices. The theme is “promoting whole community
preparedness through unity of effort,” with a focus on promoting a culture of
preparedness in America.
The event will be held at
the National Emergency Training Center, 16825 South Seton Avenue
Emmitsburg, MD 21727-8998. Applications for registration must be received by
April 9, 2018. To apply and for more information, visit https://training.fema.gov/nationalpreparednesssymposium/
or contact the EMI National Training Liaison Dan Lubman at daniel.lubman@fema.dhs.gov.
Property Acquisition Open Space Collection Comment Period
FEMA recently listed a Federal Register Notice
for public comments about information collection. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the
process of property acquisition and relocation for open space as part of FEMA's
mitigation grant programs, monitoring requirements after a receiving a grant,
and a direct grant to property owners for acquisition and demolition of severe
repetitive loss structures. Comments may be submitted through the Federal
Register at www.federalregister.gov/d/2018-03949 until April 30, 2018.
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