Webinar. Addressing Hepatitus C in Minority Communities. June 24, 2016

New Webinar Series: Fighting Hepatitis and HIV Co-infection in Minority Communities 

Hepatitis and HIV co-infection is a major concern among many racial and ethnic minority groups in the U.S. Prevention and education efforts are hindered by many challenges, including stigma, language barriers, cultural competency and knowledge among providers, and access to services in hard-to-reach communities.
The Office of Minority Health Resource Center kicks off a new webinar series designed to help health professionals, agencies and clinics get past these challenges and address the rising rates of hepatitis and HIV co-infection in their communities.

The five-part webinar series examines the current state of hepatitis and HIV among minority groups, as well as best practices for culturally and linguistically appropriate testing and outreach efforts.

First webinar:
June 24 at 2 pm EDT
Title: Innovative Strategies for Addressing Hep C in Indian Country
Register Now

Training Opportunities. COOP training change from Independent Study to Classroom Only.

In an effort to improve Continuity of Operations (COOP) training, FEMA NCP has decided to change the delivery method from Independent Study (IS) to classroom only for the following courses. Student and Instructor evaluations have highlighted the lack of peer interaction and the lack of contribution to the larger body of knowledge through shared experiences with IS courses.

Effective 1 October 2016 – The following Independent Study (IS) courses will no longer be available online:

 

IS 524 – Continuity Planner’s Workshop

IS 526 – Mission Essential Functions (MEF) Workshop

IS 545 – Reconstitution Planning Workshop

IS 548 – Continuity Program Manager’s Course

IS 550 – Continuity Exercise Design Course

IS 551 – Devolution Planning Workshop

The courses listed above will be conducted in a classroom setting only.

In the interest of making classroom courses more available, we are lowering the minimum number of students for local delivery from 15 to 8.

FEMA NCP Training Manager

www.fema.gov/continuity-operations

http://www.fema.gov/es/continuidad-de-operaciones

Washington, D.C. selected for the Rockefeller Foundation 100 Resilient Cities Program Final Round.

Will the selected Chief Resiliency Officer for D.C. report to the Mayor or those that submitted the application to the 100 Resiliency Cities Program?

Washington, D.C. 100 Resilient Cities Program Challenge. LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, and HOMELESSNESS should be at the top of the list. Overall terrorism is a criminal activity and is handled by over 3/4 of the the federal agencies and other law enforcement offices in the city, from the FBI, CIA, DIA, Federal Protective Service, D.C and neighboring police offices and combined FUSION CENTERS. 

Poor Transportation System currently being addressed at a cost of billions of dollars mandated by the U.S. Dept of Transportation due to mismanaged maintenance plans and scheduling. But the price of transportation costs for average worker that lives outside of the city continues to rise as is affordable housing.

No one discusses RENT CONTROL

Washington, D.C. Resilience Challenges
       Economic Shifts
       Flooding (Coastal and Rainfall)
       Heat Wave
       Infrastructure Failure
       Lack of Affordable Housing
       Poor Transportation System
       Social Inequity
       Terrorism

http://www.100resilientcities.org/citi…/entry/washington-dc…

EMR-ISAC InfoGram for June 9, 2016. Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor

Emergency Management and Response

Information Sharing and Analysis Center

(EMR-ISAC)

The EMR-ISAC InfoGram for June 9, 2016 contains the following articles:

1. Decontamination and Sanitation of PPE
2. Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor
3. Remember FEMA App as Hurricane Season Begins
4. Bailouts and Confined Space Rescue Training

DISCLAIMER OF ENDORSEMENT
The U.S. Fire Administration/EMR-ISAC does not endorse the organizations sponsoring linked websites, and does not endorse the views they express or the products/services they offer. 

FAIR USE NOTICE
This InfoGram may contain copyrighted material that was not specifically authorized by the copyright owner.  EMR-ISAC personnel believe this constitutes “fair use” of copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law.  If you wish to use copyrighted material contained within this document for your own purposes that go beyond “fair use,” you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. 

REPORTING NOTICE 
DHS and the FBI encourage recipients of this document to report information concerning suspicious or criminal activity to the local FBI office and also the State or Major Urban Area Fusion Center.  FBI phone numbers can be found online at http://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field.  Fusion Center information can be seen at http://www.dhs.gov/contact-fusion-centers.    

For information specifically affecting the private sector critical infrastructure, contact the National Infrastructure Coordinating Center (NICC) by telephone at 202-282-9201 or by e-mail at NICC@hq.dhs.gov.

When available, each report submitted should include the date, time, location, type of activity, number of people, equipment type used for the activity, the name of the name of submitting person and organization, and a designated point of contact.

June 9, 2016 InfoGram.pdf