Wednesday, September 3, 2014

International OR U.S. National Exercise Event. September 11, 2014

http://www.drc-group.com/project/rrce.html

September 11, 2001 marked one point in a new era in response, recovery, and to a greater extent the PROACTIVE planning to emergency\disaster events within the U.S.  Airports, and other transportation sectors closed for days, and weeks to ensure a threat was contained and response plans reviewed and implemented.

The closing of the city of Boston, Massachusetts transportation, and business sectors closed for days to contain a known threat, a suspect in the Boston Marathon Bombing of 2013.  

BEMA members throughout the U.S, Caribbean, Central & South America, African Union member states, the Middle-East, and throughout the diaspora, September is the U.S. National Preparedness month.  Join every member of BEMA in participating in preparedness activities throughout the entire month of September.

Exercises whether in the form of drills, table-tops, functional, or full-scale are a key to determine vulnerabilities in your plans, procedures, and in communication. 

Register and plan for your communities to participate in the following FREE influenza pandemic exercise scheduled for September 11, 2014 NOT ONLY IN THE U.S. BUT INTERNATIONALLY.  

Plan for your communities to be resilient, and sustainable.  Sometimes changing one word from INFLUENZE to EBOLA, or INFLUENZA to ANTHRAX can make a difference in your community response and in saving lives.

Be safe, be prepared.

Charles D. Sharp.  CEO.  Black Emergency Managers Association (BEMA) 

Exercise Date/Time

DateThursday, September 11, 2014
TimeParticipant Login: 4:30 PM
Exercise Begins: 5:00 PM

National Neighborhood Influenza Pandemic Readiness & Response Exercise

Good & Ready, the disaster preparedness and response program of Points of Light, has developed an easy way to engage neighborhood residents and community volunteers in becoming Good & Ready for an Influenza Pandemic by participating in “Resilient Response,” a disaster readiness and response exercise hosted online and available in communities across the country.

Influenza Pandemic Exercise

For additional information and to register yourself or your organization to participate in the Influenza Pandemic Exercise scheduled for the evening of September 11, 2014 visit the following web site today:
  

This important exercise is FREE and open to the public.

Neighborhood residents and community leaders should organize their friends, family, neighbors and co-workers to participate in the exercise series.

Four steps to participating in a Resilient Response exercise:
1.     Click here for additional information and to register.
2.     Mark the date of the exercise on your calendar. 
3.     Host an exercise from your family room, office, church or school.
  1. Share what you learned on the Good & Ready website.

Saturday, August 30, 2014

BEMA...Every Month is Preparedness Month.....September is National Preparedness Month


TO our members in Canada, South & Central America, the Caribbean, Cuba, Nigeria, Togo, Kenya, and the Middle-East join your U.S. members in planning a preparedness week or day in solidarity & unity of all our communities.

Join our members in Nigeria currently experiencing the devastating effect of the Ebola pandemic affecting the nations of West Africa, and in hope that all the member nations of the African continent select a scheduled date(s) to show solidarity & unity by joining Sierra Leone, Liberia, and others by voluntarily closing their borders, transportation sectors, and reviewing their public health plans and procedures to contain this disease.

September is a month of preparedness, and reflection on September 11, 2001 where the entire country reacted to a planned threat and shut-down all both internal and external transportation (airlines) sectors to contain a threat to ensure the nation, the constituents of the U.S., and world that the U.S. was safe.

Be safe, Be prepared.


Charles D. Sharp.  CEO.  Black Emergency Managers Association




http://www.ready.gov/september


September is National Preparedness Month - Be Disaster Aware, Take Action to Prepare.

During National Preparedness Month  you, your family, community and workplace can take action by planning a National PrepareAthon! Day on or around September 30th. Recommend that you use digital media tools as a way to promote National Preparedness Month, September 1-30th.

What you can do to promote National Preparedness Month:


Friday, August 29, 2014

Federal Grants to Local Fire Departments Offer Up-to-Date Equipment and Training to Stations Large and Small

BEFORE THE DOOR IS SHUT!

Paradigm Shift:  
                     Redirecting grants and funding from 
                     community law enforcement, and fire departments 
                     to community 501(c)(3) nonprofits.

           How:   -Establish a volunteer fire station,
                       -Utilize FEMA 'free' online learning classes,
                       -Attend Program Manager and Train-the-Trainer
                          CERT (Community Emergency Response Team)
                          FEMA courses in Emittsburg, MD
                       -Establish a CERT team specifically for your community
                       -Have volunteer fire station as training, and education
                          facility for FEMA, fire and other training,
                       -Have volunteer fire station designated as a polling\voting
                          location in your community,
                       -Unlimited possibilities
                   

08/29/2014 10:53 AM EDT


New York, NY -- The Atlantic City Fire Department has some 250 full-time firefighters and six fire stations serving a southern New Jersey population of 40,000.  The department received last month a federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) of almost $490,000 to replace personal protective equipment ravaged by Hurricane Sandy and years of on-the-job use.  The local share of the grant brought the total to $543,400.

An Emergency Preparedness Workshop for the Faith Community. Tuesday, September 30th

For your community check with the DHS Center for Faith-based & Neighborhood Partnerships to have a workshop scheduled in your community.   Partnerships@fema.dhs.gov


State and local partners of the National Capital Region (District of Columbia, Maryland & Virginia) in collaboration with
the Department of Homeland Security’s Center for Faith-based & Neighborhood Partnerships
and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, cordially invite you to: 

An Emergency Preparedness Workshop for the Faith Community


Tuesday, September 30th
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
(With optional sessions after 2:00 p.m. with area local emergency managers)

Holiday Inn Capitol
550 C St, SW
Washington, DC, 20472

*** The workshop is free***


To pre-register for the workshop e-mail Partnerships@fema.dhs.gov with “NCR - RSVP” in the subject line, please include your contact information (name, organization, title, work number and e-mail).

As a faith and/or community leader you will:

·         Start “Developing a High Quality Emergency Operations Plan for your House of Worship” to respond to an emergency/incident, including guidance to address an active shooter scenario
·         Connect with new partners ready to help support your house of worship & community prepare for emergencies
·         Begin the process to receive a certificate from the Emergency Management Institute and earn Continuing Education Units


If you need reasonable accommodations, or if you have Limited English Proficiency please contact Partnerships@fema.dhs.gov no later than
September 12, 2014.



Friday, August 22, 2014

Workshop: September 30, 2014 Faithful Readiness: An Emergency Preparedness Workshop for the Faith Community

State and local partners of the National Capital Region (District of Columbia, Maryland & Virginia) in collaboration with
the Department of Homeland Security’s Center for Faith-based & Neighborhood Partnerships
and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, cordially invite you to: 

An Emergency Preparedness Workshop for the Faith Community


Tuesday, September 30th
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
(With optional sessions after 2:00 p.m. with area local emergency managers)
TBD – Metro (Train and Bus) Accessible Location in Washington, DC

*** The workshop is free***


To pre-register for the workshop e-mail Partnerships@fema.dhs.gov with “NCR - RSVP” in the subject line, please include your contact information (name, organization, title, work number and e-mail).

As a faith and/or community leader you will:

·         Start “Developing a High Quality Emergency Operations Plan for your House of Worship” to respond to an emergency/incident, including guidance to address an active shooter scenario
·         Connect with new partners ready to help support your house of worship & community prepare for emergencies
·         Begin the process to receive a certificate from the Emergency Management Institute and earn Continuing Education Units


If you need reasonable accommodations, or if you have Limited English Proficiency please contact Partnerships@fema.dhs.gov no later than

September 8, 2014.

PUBLICATION OF THE HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM (HMGP) APPEALS DATABASE

The Hazard Mitigation Grant Program provides grants to state, local, tribal and territorial governments to implement long-term hazard mitigation measures after a major disaster declaration. The purpose of the HMGP is to reduce the loss of life and property due to natural disasters and to enable mitigation measures to be implemented during the immediate recovery from a disaster.

An eligible applicant may appeal any FEMA determination regarding applications submitted for funding under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. The appeal process allows applicants to request a reconsideration of the decision in conformity with program requirements. There are two levels of appeals. The Regional Administrator decides first appeals. If FEMA denies the appeal at the Regional Administrator’s level, the applicant may submit a second appeal to the Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation at FEMA Headquarters. If FEMA approves an appeal, FEMA will take the appropriate action to implement the decision. If the second appeal is denied, the decision is final.

To provide an effective means to research and track appeals, FEMA developed a web based database that can be accessed online. The online Appeals Database is a searchable database containing FEMA responses to applicant appeals for assistance. The database houses HMGP second appeal records since 1988 and first level appeals since the release of the FY2011 Hazard Mitigation Assistance guidance. In 2011, FEMA started monitoring first appeals made in the regions. The purpose of the database is to inform the public on how program requirements are applied. The database can be accessed at: http://www.fema.gov/hazard-mitigation-grant-program/hmgp-appeals.

For more information on the terms used in the appeal database and a brief summary of the basic program elements, users can reference the Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program Digest.


FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance datasets are also available through OpenFEMA.

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Maryland’s Hospital/ Healthcare Preparedness Program (HPP) Fall Training Conference. October 24, 2014

MARYLAND



Title


Department of Health and Mental Hygiene




Maryland’s Hospital/ Healthcare Preparedness Program (HPP) Fall Training Conference

Location

Region V - Universities of Maryland Shady Grove Conference Center

Start Time

10/24/2014 9:00 AM

End Time

10/24/2014 4:00 PM

Address

Region V: 
Universities of Maryland Shady Grove Conference Center
9630 Gudelsky Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
 Phone: (301) 738-6000

Description

Objective:   Participants will be engaged in emergency preparedness planning and training to enhance continuity of healthcare and recovery activities during a medical surge event.  Planning efforts will support the "whole-of-community" approach in emergency preparedness via Maryland Healthcare Coalitions and other key stakeholders.

Category

Training



Does this event need Registration?

Yes

Click Here to Register

http://preparedness.dhmh.maryland.gov/SitePages/RegistrationForm.aspx

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