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Mon, 2011-05-23 09:48 — mdmcdonald
This working group is focused on discussions about disaster management.

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Report: FEMA Lacks Centralized Standards for Reserve Disaster Workforce

Mon, 2012-06-04 17:44 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Mike Kraft

hstoday.us - by Mickey McCarter - June 4, 2012

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) does not monitor how its reserve workforce applies disaster guidance and policies in different areas of the United States and thus does not ensure consistency across its 10 regional offices, congressional investigators warned Friday.

Moreover, FEMA lacks hiring standards for reserve employees under the Disaster Assistance Employee (DAE) program; therefore those employees are likely to have different skill sets from region to region, said the Government Accountability Office in a report, Disaster Assistance Workforce: FEMA Could Enhance Human Capital Management and Training.

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Disaster Assistance Workforce: FEMA Could Enhance Human Capital Management and Training (64 page .PDF file)
http://www.gao.gov/assets/600/591159.pdf

Simulating the Effects of Different Actions to Minimize Disaster’s Consequences

Mon, 2012-06-04 16:49 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Linton Wells

homelandsecuritynewswire.com - June 1, 2012

The European CRISMA project prepares for disasters by developing a decision-support tool to help the authorities, responders, communities, and private parties to prioritize the most important measures for saving lives and mitigating the effects of the crisis.

The CRISMA project, coordinated by VTT Technical Research Center of Finland, is developing a planning tool for crises which have immediate, extensive, and often irreversible consequences to the population and society. Crises of this type include natural disasters, toxic emissions, forest fires, and aircraft accidents.

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New Law Allows Mobilizing Reservists to Respond to Natural Disasters

Mon, 2012-05-28 18:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Samuel Bendett

Homeland Security News Wire - May 22, 2012

Except for a crisis involving a weapon of mass destruction, the U.S. military reserves historically have been prohibited from providing a homeland disaster response; new authority in this year’s Defense Department authorization act changes that

New authority in this year’s Defense Department authorization act allows reservists in Air Force Reserve Command and other reserve components to be called to duty in response to natural disasters or emergencies in the homeland. The law also permits mobilizations for extended periods to support theater security missions around the world.

An Air Force Reserve Commands release reports that except for a crisis involving a weapon of mass destruction, the reserves historically have been prohibited from providing a homeland disaster response.

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Using Twitter to Share Information After a Disaster

Thu, 2012-05-24 23:36 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Luis Kun

Homeland Security News Wire - May 23, 2012

A study from North Carolina State University shows how people used Twitter following the 2011 nuclear disaster in Japan, highlighting challenges for using the social media tool to share information. The study also indicates that social media have not changed what we communicate so much as how quickly we can disseminate it.

“I wanted to see if Twitter was an effective tool for sharing meaningful information about nuclear risk in the wake of the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant,” says Dr. Andrew Binder, an assistant professor of communication at NC State and author of a paper describing the work. “I knew people would be sharing information, but I wanted to see whether it was anecdotal or substantive, and whether users were providing analysis and placing information in context.

“In the bigger picture, I wanted to see whether social media is changing the way we communicate, or if we are communicating the same way using different tools.”

Protect Your Business this Hurricane Season

Tue, 2012-05-22 22:40 — Kathy Gilbeaux

preparemybusiness.org

May 29, 2012 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT

Click Here to Register

Join the SBA and Co-Sponsor Agility Recovery as we welcome renowned hurricane forecaster, Dr. Gerry Bell of the NOAA Climate Prediction Center, who will share with us the official NOAA Forecast for the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season.

Dr. Bell has published numerous scientific papers and given many lectures on Atlantic hurricane variability and on the climate factors controlling hurricane activity. He has appeared on numerous national news & weather network programs including CNN, FoxNews, The Weather Channel and more.

Only Half of Industrial Firms Confident They Could Recover Quickly from Disaster

Thu, 2012-05-10 18:26 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Samuel Bendett

Homeland Security News Wire - May 10, 2012

Many organizations are struggling to manage their data in hybrid physical, virtual, and cloud environments; many still use multiple, disparate tools, which are likely to be spread across multiple sites, with just over a third (36 percent) managing three or more different solutions to protect their critical data

Despite 2011 experiencing record levels of environmental, economic, and political upheaval, the 2012 Acronis Disaster Recovery Index findings from the industrial sector, that is, construction and manufacturing, reveal that only 53 percent of respondents were confident they could recover quickly in the event of a disaster.

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Researchers Use GPS Data to Speed Up Tsunami Warnings

Sun, 2012-05-06 23:25 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

In this Jan. 2, 2005 file photo, a wide area of destruction is shown from an aerial view taken over Meulaboh, 250 kilometers (156 Miles) west of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Researchers in the United States are hoping to use GPS data to speed up current warnings. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

U.S. seismologists currently testing new warning system

by Andrew Pinsent - CBC News - May 5, 2012

Scientists in the United States have been testing an advanced tsunami warning system using GPS data, combined with traditional seismology networks, to attempt to detect the magnitude of an earthquake faster so warnings of potential tsunamis can get out to potentially affected areas sooner.

The prototype is called California Integrated Seismic Network (CISN), and is a collaboration between the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, whose focus is on environmental conservation.

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Volunteers Creating Change: 6th Annual Disaster Volunteer Conference - May 1, 2012

Sat, 2012-04-28 18:20 — Kathy Gilbeaux

On Tuesday, May 1, at  one of New York City's premier auditoriums, Pace University's Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts in lower Manhattan, the NYC Citizen Corps Council will be hosting the 6th annual Disaster Volunteer Conference, Volunteers Creating Change.  Enjoy the exhibits, dinner provided by The Salvation Army Greater New York Division, and an educational conference with fellow volunteers.  The conference’s distinguished speakers will include a welcome address by Joseph F. Bruno (Commissioner – NYC Office of Emergency Management), a keynote address by Jeff Parness (Founder and Executive Director – New York Says Thank You Foundation), followed by a panel discussion moderated by Herman Schaffer, MSW (Director, Community Outreach – NYC Office of Emergency Management) with a growing list of panelists, including Gary Bagley (Executive Director – New York Cares) and Sara Farmer (Data Humanitarian – Standy-by Task force, Crisismappers Network, and Ushahidi Community).  For additional information and to register, visit www.NYC.gov/citizencorps.

Increased U.S. Earthquakes May be Caused by Fracking

Wed, 2012-04-25 00:40 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Samuel Bendett

      

Fracking operation in southwest Pennsylvania // Source: trumbullcountygaslease.com

Homeland Security News Wire - April 24, 2012

From 1970 to 2000 the number of magnitude 3.0 or greater temblors in the U.S. mid-continent averaged twenty-one annually; by 2011 the number of such quakes had increased to 134; a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey links the increase of seismic activity to the increase in the use of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking

EVENT - May 3: Crowdsourcing for Disaster & Humanitarian Response (Open Street Map)

Tue, 2012-04-24 19:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux
Crowdsourcing for Disaster and Humanitarian Response
Thursday, May 3, 2012
9:00 – 10:30 AM
 

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