EMFORUM: A Transportation Guide for All Hazards Emergency Evacuation

A Transportation Guide for All Hazards Emergency Evacuation

September 25, 2012 -- 12:00 Noon Eastern

EMForum.org is pleased to host a one hour presentation and interactive discussion Wednesday, September 25, 2013, beginning at 12:00 Noon Eastern time (please convert to your local time). Our topic will be a new report from the Transportation Research Board's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, (NCHRP) Report 740: A Transportation Guide for All-Hazards Emergency Evacuation. The report focuses on the transportation aspects of evacuation, particularly large-scale, multi-jurisdictional evacuation, and follows the basic planning steps of FEMA's CPG 101.

Our guest will be Deborah Matherly, AICP, Principal Investigator for the NCHRP report and Principal Planner with The Louis Berger Group, Inc. Ms. Matherly has been active on the National Academies Transportation Research Board (TRB) Emergency Evacuation Subcommittee since 2003.

Please make plans to join us, and see the Background Page for links to related resources and participant Instructions. On the day of the program, use the Webinar Login link not more than 30 minutes before the scheduled time. As always, please feel free to extend this invitation to your colleagues. 

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Seminar: October 2, 2013. The Future of US Water Supplies.

http://www.rff.org/Events/Pages/The-Future-of-US-Water-Supplies.aspx?goback=%2Egde_1826367_member_273168889#%21

The Future of US Water SuppliesRFF First Wednesday Seminar

Date
October 2, 2013
12:45 - 2:00 p.m. EST

A light lunch will be provided starting at 12:30 p.m.

Location
First Floor Conference Center
1616 P St. NW
Washington, DC 20036

​Registration for in-person attendance is required. To RSVP for this event, please visit RFF's event registration page.

This event will also be webcast live starting at 12:45 p.m. Join the webcast at rff.org/live.

Have a question for the panel while watching the live webcast? Simply tweet your question of 140 characters or less and include the hashtag #AskRFF. Watch the Q&A at the end of the event to see if it is selected.

About the Event

Two significant agency reports were released in the past year evaluating US water supplies moving forward and the potential of both growth patterns and climatic changes to increase the risk of water shortages. The Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) released the Colorado River Basin Supply and Demand Study, and according to BOR Commissioner Michael Conner, “Findings indicate that in the absence of timely action to ensure sustainability, there exists a strong potential for significant imbalances between water supply and demand in coming decades.” The Vulnerability of US Water Supply to Shortage, released by The US Forest Service, focuses more broadly on the lower 48 states and their 98 sub-regional basins. According to that report, the US water supply will be more susceptible to shortages due to changes in supply rather than demand. Although these reports have some limitations (clearly identified in the reports themselves), they provide significant insights into water availability issues over the next 50 to 100 years. Additionally, a collaborative study was released by the American Meteorological Society—Understanding Uncertainties in Future Colorado River Streamflow—that examines and explains the wide range of projected reductions in Colorado River streamflows due to climate change.

Resources for the Future’s Center for the Management of Ecological Wealth is hosting a dialogue to discuss these findings and explore the potential for economic mechanisms (water pricing, trading, and ecosystem service valuation, for example) to help reduce future gaps between supply and demand.

Moderator:

Lynn Scarlett, Visiting Scholar and Co-Director, Center for the Management of Ecological Wealth, Resources for the Future

Panelists:

Thomas C. Brown, Economist, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Social and Environmental Values Group, US Forest Service

Yusuke Kuwayama, Fellow, Resources for the Future

Ken Nowak, Hydrologic Engineer, US Bureau of Reclamation

Len Shabman, Resident Scholar, Resources for the Future

Brad Udall, Director, Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and Environment, University of Colorado

September 25th. Chicago State Univ. 21st Century Community Emergency Preparedness Conference

GEMA Reservist Program

Check the GEMA website for requirements for this program.

http://www.gema.ga.gov/gemaohsv10.nsf/e1e7a34d3289daca852577260042f7a8/50c79637fb87f0c985257bd300693d76?OpenDocument

Georgia Emergency Management Agency/Homeland Security (GEMA) Reservists: Please view the video link for your authorized position(s). After viewing, email the time/date of completion to pao@gema.ga.gov .

The Georgia Emergency Management Agency/Homeland Security (GEMA) Reservist Program was developed “to build the state’s response capacity quickly” in the event of a catastrophic event. As a relatively small state agency with approximately 115 employees statewide, GEMA can quickly find itself needing back-up support when a significant incident requires state support for local governments.

Reservists possess the skills and experience needed to perform specialized tasks during an emergency response or recovery operation and are loaned to GEMA by local governments or state agencies not directly impacted or involved in the emergency. The arrangement works like mutual aid _ communities helping communities in time of need.

GEMA formalized the program in 2008 to include application forms, signed agreements and annual training or information sessions, either in the State Operations Centers or online. Reservists serve as public information officers, liaisons to local emergency operations centers, Disaster Recovery Center state managers, data input specialists, situation unit leaders, documentation unit leaders, volunteer/donation unit leaders, project reviewers, and preliminary damage assessment specialists.

To apply for the Reservist Program or for more information, please contact GEMA’s Public Affairs Office at 404-635-7020 or pao@gema.ga.gov.

Finance Division Reservists: Click Here


Operations Division Reservists: Click Here


Planning Division Reservists: Click Here


Public Affairs Division Reservists: Click Here


Public Assistance Reservists: Click Here

Alabama Emergency Management Agency. Certified Local Emergency Manager (CLEM) Process

http://www.ema.alabama.gov/filelibrary/CLEM_Procedures.pdf

In accordance with Act 2007-462, as passed by the Alabama legislature and signed into law by
Governor Bob Riley, the following procedures are to be used in certifying local emergency
management directors.

In order to expedite the certification process, materials for each requirement area should be
submitted in a white, three-ring binder without tabs or page protectors.

You will receive an email acknowledging receipt of your package. A review of your submission
will be conducted and the official results will be sent to you by U.S. mail. Please allow 30 days
for a reply.

The following list outlines the documentation required for validation. See Synopsis of Act 2007-
462 Local Emergency Management Assistance Fund and the Question & Answer for
additional helpful information.

1) Two years of college level education (64 semester or 96 quarter hours). These hours do
not have to be on a transcript, only applicable to a transcript at an accredited institution of
higher education. (Any person serving as a local emergency management director on the
date of passage of this act shall be deemed to satisfy the college requirement providing he
or she has a minimum of five years work experience as a local emergency management
director).

Proof of compliance: Transcript or a degree path showing courses as requirements. A
letter concerning any foreign school credits is attached.

2) Three years of work experience in emergency response, emergency management, or
qualified military service


Proof of compliance: A letter on official letterhead from the agency acknowledging your
employment/involvement with the agency; or proper documentation from branch of the
military stating service and or deployment assignments and the length of service.

3) Two hundred hours of course work in emergency management, as established by the
Alabama Emergency Management Agency Director (See attachment A).

Proof of compliance: A copy of course certificates, transcript with course listed, or copy
of AAEM Advanced certification.

NOTE: IS-275 is no longer available from FEMA. IS-324, Community Hurricane Preparedness
is the accepted replacement.

4) If you are currently a Director of a County Emergency Management Agency, include a
letter, on letterhead, from your county’s emergency management g