Call for Nominations for Lacy E. Suiter Award
The National Emergency Management Association (NEMA) is pleased to announce a call for nominations for the 2008 Lacy E. Suiter Distinguished Service Award. This award is presented to an individual who has made cumulative outstanding contributions directly to emergency management preparedness, mitigation, response, or recovery at a local, state, regional, or national level. These career accomplishments in emergency management should be of unusual merit. The award will be presented in conjunction with the NEMA 2008 Annual Conference on September 11, 2008 in Portland, Oregon.
Previous distinguished award winners include Mr. Lacy Suiter for whom the award was named posthumously, and Mr. Dale Shipley.
Nominations should include a one-page summary of those accomplishments or activities you believe merit consideration for an award. Self-nominations will not be accepted. Take advantage of this opportunity to nominate someone for their career service and direct contributions to the emergency management profession!
Click here to access the forms and more information.
The Award Nomination Form may also be found at this link: http://www.nemaweb.org/?2268.
If you are submitting a nomination for one of your collegues, CDEM would like to know about it. Please notify Polly White 720-852-6630.
Thank you!
Partnerships in Emergency Preparedness: A Faith-Based & Community Initiatives Preparedness Training Workshop
The purpose of the "Partnerships in Emergency Preparedness: A Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Preparedness Training Workshop" is to engage the Homeland Security stakeholders, including the private sector, governmental agencies, non-profit groups such as non-governmental organizations and faith-based groups in a strategic partnership to develop a national culture of preparedness.
The workshop will focus on equipping DHS/FEMA partners in emergency preparedness with the resources, knowledge, training, and skills necessary to respond to, and recover from all threats, hazards, and adverse incidents.
The workshops will highlight the National Strategy for Homeland
Security, the National Response Framework, the National Incident
Management System, Homeland Security Grant Programs, and the role of
grassroots faith-based, community-based, and other non-governmental
organizations in emergency management and preparedness.
The workshop will also provide faith-based and community organizations with a unique opportunity to meet and discuss pertinent issues with DHS and FEMA leadership, as well as state and local emergency preparedness and emergency management officials.
Click here for registration or go online for more information: www.dhsevents.org
FREE BREAKFAST WILL BE SERVED!
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Location:
Riverside Baptist Church, Riverside Family Life Center (Gymnasium)
2401 Alcott St. Denver, CO 80211
Date and Time:
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
8:00am - 12:30pm
Map to Location: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/2401+Alcott+St+Denver+CO+80211-4812/
Mail: Department of Homeland Security Emergency Preparedness Workshop
P.O. Box 310656
Miami, FL 33231-0656
E-Mail: reserve@dhsevents.org
18th Annual Nevada State GIS Conference
Las Vegas, Nevada
May 19-21, 2008
This conference will provide
an opportunity to tap into the latest developments in the
geographic information systems (GIS) field. The meeting
will bring attention to topics such as GIS and health care,
the use of spatial tools in hazard mapping and mitigation,
the role of GIS in protecting critical infrastructure, the role
of project management and GIS, issues concerning succession
planning for future leaders in the GIS profession, and
professional certification. Workshops, panel discussions,
and educational sessions will be featured.
Contact: afaustin@co.clark.nv.us
www.ngis.org/portal/
RMA Early Spring Fire Potential Outlook
Developed by Rocky Mountain Area Predictive Services
March 25, 2008
"It is still too early to say with reasonable accuracy how the fire season is going to shape up in 2008. However, above average snowpack will significantly decrease the chances for early fire season conditions along and west of the divide. One of our wettest months (March) has been uneventful east of the divide. If this trend continues this spring, large fire activity will become more of concern in the heavier fuel beds at low and mid elevations east of the divide from southern Colorado, north into the Black Hills."
Click here for the full report.
National Consortium Outlines Vision for Homeland Security
Meeting the national security challenges of today’s world requires collaboration and commitment from all levels of government, the private sector and citizens. With that in mind, the National Homeland Security Consortium has outlined a vision for how the nation should address homeland security in the modern era in a new white paper, Protecting Americans in the 21st Century: Imperatives for the Homeland .
In particular, the paper urges an equal partnership between state, local and private entities and the federal government in setting national homeland security goals, policies and procedures.
The paper also recommends improvements in the areas of Communication and Collaboration; Intelligence and Information Sharing; Use of the Military; Health and Medical; Interoperability; Critical Infrastructure; Surge Capacity and a Unified National Capabilities Approach; Sustained Resources and Capabilities; and Immigration and Border Security. Specific recommendations include:
- Establishing a sustained and consistent process for soliciting local, state, tribal, territorial and private sector engagement on the full breadth of homeland security issues;
- Continuing to implement and expand efforts to ensure timely and effective information sharing across all levels of government and the private sector;
- Protecting states’ authority over their National Guard forces and clarifying the circumstances and procedures under which federal active duty forces may be used in operations within the homeland;
- Enhancing health and medical readiness to address trauma- and exposure-related injury and disease;
- Promoting coordinated development of governance, technology and protocols needed to enhance capabilities for interoperable communications among all levels of government and the private sector;
- Strengthening efforts to protect and make more resilient national critical infrastructure; and
- Implementing national reforms to address immigration and border security issues facing local, state and private sector organizations.
The consortium consists of national organizations representing local, state and private professionals involved in delivering public health, safety and infrastructure services. Currently administered by the National Emergency Management Association, consortium members include 21 national organizations representing several hundred thousand members.
Incident Management Team taking Applications
The Eastern Colorado Incident Management Team will be accepting applications for the fiscal year 2009. Applications will be accepted from April 1, 2008 to April 25, 2008.
Applicants must live or work in the Northeast, Southeast, or Southern Colorado all-hazards
regions and have a completed Colorado All-Hazards Type III task book. The task book must be approved by the Colorado All-Hazards Committee through the Colorado Division of Fire Safety or National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) task book for the position applied for.
We are also accepting applications for potential members from the San Luis Valley all-hazards region to join the new team external resource list (hotlist).
The following positions are open:
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Click here for the application.
Regional Animal AgroSecurity Conference
May 21-22, 2008
Holiday Inn Denver International Airport & John Q. Hammons Convention Center
An animal disease outbreak, especially one involving an emerging or foreign animal disease, creates devastating effects not only
upon producers affected but the industry as a whole and the general population as well as local, national and international economies.
Effects are obvious when tens of thousands of animals are involved but can also occur from a single case on an isolated premises.
Extension professionals can play a very significant role in preparing their state, counties, communities and individuals to prevent, protect, respond to and recover from adverse events. What current efforts are being undertaken and what methods are proving
successful in enhancing preparedness?
Any disaster presents a multitude of challenges that result in far reaching impacts into all sectors of a community. What animal diseases, among many, truly are a risk? One of these, avian influenza, affords a model to address impacts not only upon livestock production but also upon human health and subsequent community challenges that must be addressed.
Our ultimate goal should be to prevent a disaster or at least mitigate its effects. This requires a mindset change from ‘it won’t happen to me’ to understanding risks, collaborate with others to gain and share information, assess vulnerability, establish protective measures and participate in broader based protective programs.
Click here for the flyer & registration for this conference.
Colorado Severe Weather Awareness Week
Governor Ritter has proclaimed April 13 - 19, 2008 Severe Weather Awareness Week in Colorado. The National Weather Service (NWS) will be issuing daily statements on the varied thunderstorm hazards. On Tuesday, April 15, each NWS office will be issuing a test warning in order to test emergency communications.
The Governor's Proclamation and supporting documentation may be found on our website at: http://www.dola.colorado.gov/dem/public_information/severe_weather/spring_weather_awareness.htm. If your jurisdiction is planning activities in support of this week, we'd like to hear about it. Contact Polly White.
Thought for the Day
"How would you like a job where every time you make a mistake,
a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?"
~Jacques Plante (1929-1986)
Hockey player