Know What to Do about H1N1 and Seasonal Flu Plan First Webcast: Aug. 3 @ 3:00 pm E.T.

City, County and Local Officials are invited to join HHS Secretary Sebelius, DHS
Secretary Napolitano and Education Secretary Duncan for an important: Know What to
Do about H1N1 and Seasonal Flu Plan First Webcast

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
August 4, 2009 www.flu.gov

City, County and Local officials are invited to join us for a live discussion about the latest planning efforts for the upcoming flu season. Participants will have a unique opportunity to learn more about: the latest information on vaccine development; vaccine planning and preparedness efforts; federal funding support for state efforts and; progress on planning and preparedness for schools, child care centers businesses and communities. Senior officials working on health, education and emergency preparedness are also encouraged to tune in to the Webcast.

Prior to the Webcast, officials may submit questions to the Secretaries about the role of local communities and governments in flu preparedness efforts.

Aid Station Staffing Request

DMM student, Erik Glassman has been tasked by the Navy with staffing and standing up an aid station for the upcoming Marine Corps Marathon on 10/25/09. Staffing for the event comes from across the country and ranges from general medical volunteers who will do whatever you ask (he's made them go and buy coffee for everyone before) to military physicians with eagles and stars on their collars. Time you will need to be available is 0500 to 1700 on that day. To work, you just need certification or licensure somewhere. As you will be federalized for the day, there is no requirement to have a license in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. He needs people ranging from EMTs to RNs, to MD/DOs. If interested, please contact him at erik.glassman@gmail.com.

Erik S. Glassman, BS, CCEMT-P, FP-C, EMT-T
202-391-3725(p)
703-271-0420(f)

Calling All First Responders...

Recently I was discussing with some of our fellow members who were having trouble convincing their fellow first responder emergency management students as to the benefits of joining IAEM. If you are a first responder student member who would be willing to write a short response as to some of the benefits you have received, please email it back to me at the email below. Thank you in advance for your help!

"This is your IAEM!"

Brian Silva, MPA, EMT
President, Student Council (IAEM-SC)
President, USA Student Region (IAEM-USA SR)
International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM)
(562) 897.6677
www.iaem.com
www.iaem.com/students
www.tinyurl.com/usrp-orl

Preparing for the Psychological Consequences of Terrorism: A Public Health Strategy

The Oklahoma City bombing, intentional crashing of airliners on September 11, 2001, and anthrax attacks in the fall of 2001 have made Americans acutely aware of the impacts of terrorism. These events and continued threats of terrorism have raised questions about the impact on the psychological health of the nation and how well the public health infrastructure is able to meet the psychological needs that will likely result. Preparing for the Psychological Consequences of Terrorism highlights some of the critical issues in responding to the psychological needs that result from terrorism and provides possible options for intervention. The committee offers an example for a public health strategy that may serve as a base from which plans to prevent and respond to the psychological consequences of a variety of terrorism events can be formulated. The report includes recommendations for the training and education of service providers, ensuring appropriate guidelines for the protection of service providers, and developing public health surveillance for preevent, event, and postevent factors related to psychological consequences.

Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management -- New Articles

bepress Journals

July 28, 2009

Berkeley Electronic Press is pleased to announce the following new articles recently published in Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Research Articles Local Emergency Management Funding: An Evaluation of County Budgets Skip Krueger, Eliot Jennings, and James M. Kendra Do State Written Pandemic Plans Include Federal Recommendations? A National Study Tamar A. Klaiman, Jennifer Ibrahim, and Alice Hausman Interorganizational Coordination in Complex Environments of Disasters: The Evolution of Intergovernmental Disaster Response Systems Naim Kapucu Evacuation Decision Support System for Road Incident Detection and Characterization Gary P. Moynihan, Daniel J. Fonseca, Terry Brumback, and Huston Fernandes Book Reviews Review of The Phoenix of Natural Disasters: Community Resilience Kathleen M. Kowalski-Trakofler Opinions Long Term Recovery from Disasters -- The Neglected Component of Emergency Management Claire B. Rubin Featured Article "Disaster Management: The Structure, Function, and Significance of Network-Centric Operations", reveals how poor information flow both within and among the organizations/agencies involved in the preparation for, and management of, disasters is among the principal source of failures whose cost often reaches millions of dollars and thousands of unnecessarily lost lives. The authors show how the use of a network-centric approach to disaster management has several advantages in handling information/knowledge and tasks associated with complex, multi-domain operations. About this journal Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (JHSEM) is the primary source of new, peer-reviewed research and information in the fields of homeland security and emergency management. JHSEM features original, innovative, and timely articles and other information on research and practice from a broad array of professions including: emergency management, engineering, political science, public policy, decision science, and health and medicine. The electronic nature of the journal allows timeliness and responsiveness unparalleled among academic publications. JHSEM publishes peer-reviewed articles, news and communiqués from researchers and practitioners, and book/media reviews. The lead editors are John R. Harrald, Research Professor at the Virginia Tech Center for Technology, Security, and Policy; Claire B. Rubin, President of Claire B. Rubin & Associates, in Arlington, VA; and Jane Kushma, Associate Professor, Jacksonville State University. Authors have included prominent researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harvard University, Carnegie Mellon University, the Environmental Protection Agency, George Mason University, George Washington University, RAND, and Vanderbilt University. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management is indexed in Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences, Health and Safety Sciences, IBSS, Intute, PAIS International, Risk Abstracts, Scopus, Social Science Citation Index (Thomson/ISI), Sociological Abstracts, Technology Research Database (CSA), and Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.

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NFPA and DRI International partner to offer auditor certifications

IAEM Discussion Group:
NFPA and DRI International partner to offer auditor certifications

Certification available for professionals responsible for preparedness programs

July 23, 2009 - The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRI) have joined forces to create an education and certification program that will qualify participants to audit disaster/emergency management and business continuity programs against existing standards and regulations. Certification levels currently include Certified Business Continuity Auditor (CBCA) or Certified Business Continuity Lead Auditor (CBCLA).

NFPA, the authority on fire and life safety, and DRI, the leading certification and education body in business continuity planning, announced today a new interactive certification program that provides training, tools, and hands-on experience. Through the program, participants will be able to apply the key components of disaster/emergency management and business continuity; the relevant standards, laws, and regulations; and the process of risk assessment, vulnerability analysis, loss prevention, and risk mitigation. Participants will also develop, implement, test, and maintain their plans and procedures.

"Professionals dealing with the growing need for disaster management and business continuity planning have been clamoring for a turnkey solution to help them measure the level of their organization's preparedness against appropriate standards and regulations, and this certification program answers that call," said NFPA's Bob Vondrasek, vice president for technical projects. "This unique interactive program uses tools that allow novice and experienced corporate planners, internal and external auditors, and those interested in self-assessing their programs, or their clients' programs, to perform an audit to better measure their state of preparedness."

Course materials delve into existing legal and regulatory requirements by industry and country, as well as emerging requirements including: NFPA 1600, Standard for Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity; DRI International's professional practices, financial services, insurance, healthcare, utilities, and public sector guidelines; and many others. In
addition, careful attention is given to the processes by which disaster/emergency management and business continuity programs are initiated, with an eye toward corporate governance, policy, and procedures.

"Education is the key to success for professionals working in environments where they are expected to be well versed in the ever-growing set of regulatory requirements, laws, and standards," said DRI International's Executive Director, Al Berman. "This certification gives participants the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and experience in helping entities assess their preparedness programs, which is something that is increasingly needed."

At the end of the course, a new and unique qualifying examination is conducted, and individuals who pass will be eligible to apply for certification as a CBCA or CBCLA. The certification level (CBCA or CBCLA) will be granted based upon the amount of demonstrated audit experience of
the applicant. Those seeking the CBCLA designation will be required to provide references to verify that they have at least five years of active audit experience. The certification will be granted by DRI International, the largest business continuity certification organization in the world. DRI International has certified over 12,000 applicants in over 90 countries in
its more than 20-year history.

DRI International

DRI International (a non-profit organization) has been the premier certification and education body in Business Continuity since 1988 with over 7,500 currently active certified business continuity professionals worldwide. DRI International offers education in BCM at major industry
events and through the corporate training program.

NFPA

NFPA has been a worldwide leader in providing fire, electrical, building, and life safety to the public since 1896. The mission of the international nonprofit organization is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating consensus codes and standards, research, training, and education

For more information and links, please go to:
http://www.nfpa.org/newsReleaseDetails.asp?categoryid=488
http://www.nfpa.org/newsReleaseDetails.asp?categoryid=488&itemId=44355&rss=
http://iaem.com/listserve/listagreement.htm

Book Reviewers wanted for JHSEM

IAEM Discussion Group:

As Book Review Editor for the Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (www.bepress.com/jhsem, I am looking for some practitioners and consultants to serve as book reviewers of new text and reference books.

Benefits: you get a byline for your review and you get to keep the new book.

Details: the suggested length and format of the review are posted on the journal's homepage, noted above. (We provide copy editing assistance.) We like to get reviews back 6-8 weeks after you receive the book you choose.

Send me a short note about your background and areas of interest, and I will send you the list of books available. Presently, I have close to 20 new books on hand that are available for review.