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In Fiscal Year 2008, the Department of Homeland Security will award more than $3 billion in grants to states, territories, urban areas, and transportation authorities under 14 programs to bolster national preparedness capabilities and protect critical infrastructure.
Will come from a total budget of £62.5 million retained by Defra to fund a range of work which includes helping communities adapt to the flood and coastal erosion impact of climate change.
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•Date: 5th February 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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The 2004 catastrophe was far from the worst possible in many Indian Ocean borderlands and warning systems are still lagging: researchers.
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•Date: 29th January 2008• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Mixed response to National Response Plan successor.
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•Date: 23rd January 2008• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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"The government agrees with all of the urgent recommendations and will work with all organisations involved in taking them forward as quickly as possible."
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IAEM has reported that President Bush has approved an annex to Homeland Security Presidential Directive-8 (HSPD-8) which directs the establishment of a national planning system.
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Urges immediate action in a number of areas by government departments and agencies, local authorities and other stakeholders.
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Research could lead to reliable early warning systems.
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Association publishes ‘Summer Floods 2007: Learning The Lessons’ document.
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AT&T to deliver the US’s first statewide citizen-evacuation management system.
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On December 4 The US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs will hold a hearing with the above title.
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Requires flood risk management to be negotiated across national borders.
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More Federal and state support must be given to programs that enable local governments to work effectively with communities to prepare for and respond to all disasters.
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Aimed at local authority planners and responders; but provides useful generic information for all business continuity planners.
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The culmination of several weeks of discussion between IAEM and FEMA on a range of suggestions received from state and local emergency managers and first responders on the NRF.
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Menlo Worldwide, LLC, the global logistics subsidiary of Con-way Inc., has announced that it has been selected by the New York City Office of Emergency Management to warehouse and manage a large stockpile of emergency supplies that would be used in the event of a hurricane. Under the program, Menlo also would manage the distribution of relief supplies to storm shelters throughout the City in response to a large coastal storm. www.menloworldwide.com
On 15th October the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) officially launched a new tsunami warning system.
Read article•Date: 19th October 2007• Region: India •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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“We have a moral, social and economic obligation to act now in building resilient communities and nations,” Ban Ki-moon.
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Comprehensive Spending Review gives more information on the breakdown of flood protection cash but amount stays the same.
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Includes an overview of operational resilience goals which sets out targets for continuity of operations and continuity of government planning, as well as encouraging and promoting business continuity within both the public and private sector business continuity.
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•Date: 11th October 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Deadline is now October 22 2007.
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•Date: 11th October 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Urges ministers to bring forward the planned increased spending on flood defences and flood management, currently promised for 2010-11.
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Four-day meeting of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System will hear reports from participating nations about what they are doing to be ready for a potential tsunami.
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Establishes a vision for national preparedness and provides a systematic approach for prioritizing preparedness efforts across the US.
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The Framework has taken into account requests for a streamlined document that is shorter, less bureaucratic and more user-friendly.
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Presidential proclamation sets the scene.
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The fear of being looted is still a huge trauma that needs to be better addressed in regional disaster plans.
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The US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs’
Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration is to conduct a hearing into the above subject on July 12 in the
Dirksen Senate Office Building. More details
Stakeholder reviews of ‘Emergency Management Standards by EMAP’ requested by July 31, 2007.
Read article•Date: 6th July 2007• Region: US•Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Research suggests that climate change and global warming are increasing the potential for a regional disaster on the scale of the 1927 one.
Read article•Date: 22nd May 2007 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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The Government of Poland and the World Bank have signed a €140 million loan to co-finance the Government’s Odra River Basin Flood Protection Project. This will finance part of the total project cost estimated at €505 million; the balance will be financed by the European Union Cohesion Fund, the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), and the Government of Poland. The Project, which will be implemented over a six-year period will provide protection against flooding in several major towns and settlements in the voivodships of Slaskie, Opolskie and Dolnoslaskie. •Date: 17th May 2007 • Region: W.Europe •Type: Briefing•Topic: Emergency planning
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Letter sent to DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff.
Read article•Date: 26th April 2007 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Joint Statement by the Prime Minister and the Premiers of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.
Read article•Date: 24th April 2007 • Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency plan
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FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for the state of Maine to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by flooding during the period of March 16-18, 2007. More details.
‘Brisbane Secure’, will help emergency services and state and local government officials give the community the best possible protection and advice in the event of an accident, threat or terrorist attack in the CBD.
Read article•Date: 19th April 2007 • Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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“FEMA is better aligned and focused on helping America to prepare before an event strikes.”
Read article•Date: 12th April 2007 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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NOAA has announced the deployment of three new Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami(DART) stations in the Pacific Ocean, located off southern and central Mexico and Costa Rica. These newly installed stations provide added tsunami detection capabilities for Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, America Samoa, and
countries in the Pacific. Real-time DART data: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/dart.shtml•Date: 3rd April 2007 • Region: US •Type: Article •Briefing: Emergency planning
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Latest issue of Cabinet Office publication covers ‘Internet Resilience in the Event of an Influenza Pandemic’ amongst other topics.
Read article•Date: 30th March 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Airborne laser swath mapping is at the heart of the project.
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•Date: 30th March 2007 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Beacon Awards given to authorities with robust risk assessment and business continuity processes in place.
Read article•Date: 23rd March 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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According to Cornell expert Thomas O'Rourke.
Read article•Date: 6th March 2007 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Lieberman, Collins call on Senate to act with urgency.
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IAEM Europa will provide information, networking and professional opportunities, to advance the emergency management profession in the region.
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The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released $194 million to help states and local governments prepare and implement emergency management activities through the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) program.
State emergency management agencies use EMPG funds to enhance their emergency management capabilities in a range of areas that include planning, equipping, and training, conducting exercises, and providing for all-hazards emergency management operations. In addition, EMPG funds are used to pay for personnel who write plans, conduct training and exercise programs, maintain emergency response programs, and educate the public on disaster readiness. FY 2007 Emergency Management Performance Grant Allocations
NOAA and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology have officially signed an agreement to promote cooperative technical partnerships in tsunami early warning systems. As part of this effort, NOAA and the Bureau expect to launch a new Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART) buoy station in April to further strengthen the Indian Ocean region’s capacity for tsunami warning. Read the NOAA press release.
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs cautions Chertoff on ‘risky policy’ of under-funding various areas.
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Applications for membership requested.
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DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff has appeared before the United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Homeland Security Committee on Appropriations to
to highlight some of DHS’s key accomplishments of the last year and present President Bush's FY 2008 budget for the DHS. Read his testimony here.
The draft NIMS Upgrade (Version 1) is now available for review and comment.
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President Bush’s fiscal year 2008 budget request for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) represents $46.4 billion in funding, which is an increase of 8 percent over the FY 2007 level – excluding funds provided in emergency supplemental funding. Read the DHS press release which details how this budget will be allocated.
DEFRA has published a document which provides guidance for water companies (in England & Wales), central and regional Government and local responders, including Category 1 and 2 organisations in preparing plans to deal with major incidents linked to water and wastewater. The aim of the document is to provide a planning framework for a multi-agency response in the event of severe service disruptions resulting from major water and wastewater incidents. Read the document.
The US General Services Administration has announced that state and local governments will soon be able to order products and services from federal contracts to support recovery from major disasters and acts of terrorism.
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Two new committees formed; amongst other things will oversee DHS efforts relating to the integration of private sector disaster preparation efforts.
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DHS Secretary Chertoff has appointed five new members to the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) and its senior advisory committees.
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A diverse group of homeland security and emergency preparedness experts gathered yesterday (January 11) in Washington, DC, for a workshop meeting of the American National Standards Institute’s Homeland Security Standards Panel (ANSI-HSSP) on the subject of lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina.
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