Sunday, July 23, 2017

What if your community had a Volunteer Fire/EMS Stations? Job Opportunities.

Job Opportunities:  Firefighter.  Prince George's County Maryland


  • What if your community had a volunteer Fire/EMS Station composed of members (high school to adult) of your community? 
  • Would they be qualified?  
  • Anywhere in the U.S.?
  • Is DHS\FEMA funding available to establish a volunteer Fire\EMS Station?  


Check the BEMA International web\blog page, and previous posting on 2017 Pre-Disaster funding.

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Saturday, July 22, 2017

2017 August-November DHS\FEMA Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Funding

The Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) grant program for fiscal year 2017 has been released!

The PDM program is a yearly, competitive grant program that is authorized by Congress and administered by FEMA. 

The total amount of funds to be distributed under FY17 PDM is $90,000,000.  FEMA’s grant priorities change on a yearly basis; this year FEMA is prioritizing multi-state/tribal mitigation activities and planning activities.


Federally recognized Native American Tribal governments
Each State, Territory, Commonwealth, or Native American Tribal government shall designate one agency to serve as the applicant for PDM funding. Each applicant’s designated agency may submit only one PDM grant application to FEMA. Applications under which two or more entities would carry out the award are eligible, such as a multi-state or multi-tribal initiative; however, only one entity may be the applicant with primary responsibility for carrying out the award.

Local governments, including cities, townships, counties, special district governments, and Native American tribal organizations are considered subapplicants and must submit subapplications for mitigation planning and projects to their State/Territory applicant agency. Contact information for the State Hazard Mitigation Officers (SHMOs) is provided on the FEMA website: http://www.fema.gov/state-hazard-mitigation-officers.

Friday, July 21, 2017

Why the push for Youth Preparedness in Conjunction with Hip Hop Architecture?

Add CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) training for students at the middle and high school level in our urban and rural communities as an addition to your nonprofit, and other programs in our cities for at risk and other youth programs.

Why the push for future leaders in our urban\rural communities involvement with CERT in conjunction with the spread of Hip-Hip Architecture and other youth programs?

            To be at the table.


The FEMA Youth Preparedness Council was formed in 2012 to bring together high school-age youth leaders from across the country who are interested and engaged in emergency preparedness. The Council members are selected based on their dedication to public service, community involvement, and their potential to expand their impact as supporters of youth preparedness.



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Thursday, July 20, 2017

2017. How Disasters Affect People of Low Socioeconomic Status (SES)

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Supplemental Research Bulletin:

How Disasters Affect People of Low Socioeconomic Status (SES)

This issue of the Supplemental Research Bulletin explores how people in poverty, with low incomes, and of low SES experience disasters—and, in doing so, aims to help disaster behavioral health officials include and account for these individuals in disaster planning and preparedness, response, and recovery. The issue also features recommendations for policy changes to foster increased resilience for low SES individuals and communities.


Read past issues of the Supplemental Research Bulletin.

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

July 28, 2017. Call for Presentations. 10th Caribbean Conference on CDM. December 2017

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS at the 10th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management - December 4 - 9, 2017 in Nassau, The Bahamas


Proposals for presentations are invited to be featured at the 10th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM10) during the Concurrent Sessions and the Film Festival.

Presentations should be based on the Conference theme “The Road to Resilience: CDM Check Point 2017 – Building Resilience through Partnerships”, and relevant to one of the four (4) Priority Areas of the CDM Strategy 2014-2024: (1) Institutional Strengthening (2) Knowledge Management (3) Sector Mainstreaming (4) Community Resilience. 

Prospective presenters should carefully review the information provided in the Call for Presentations and then submit their abstract via email. The deadline for submissions is July 28, 2017 at 11:59pm EST. 

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