Small businesses represent 62% of the entire workforce in the Philippines, and of the 900,000 businesses registered as micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) – only two in ten have business continuity plans. The Humanitarian Leadership Academy and Unilever have been working together to develop a pioneering programme to provide business continuity planning (BCP) training to MSMEs, specifically tailored for the type of disasters they often have to deal with: typhoons, earthquakes, and floods.
The National Emergency Management Executive Academy
In collaboration with academia, renowned practitioners and industry leaders, Emergency Management Institute (EMI) has created the National Emergency Management Executive Academy to produce a comprehensive and cutting-edge curriculum supporting the advancement of strategic and policy level executive leadership.
The National Emergency Management Executive Academy provides an ideal setting for a diverse representation of senior emergency management executives to come together and explore contemporary and emerging 21st century challenges. The program hones strategic leadership and critical thinking for senior executives involved with multi-jurisdictional, national, and international homeland security and emergency management policy development and decision making responsibilities. Participants work collaboratively on capstone projects. These projects are the cohort’s opportunity to leave a lasting impact, leveraging the wealth of knowledge they bring to the academy and applying the new knowledge they are acquiring to forge a path toward improving the processes, practice and profession of emergency management.
If you have a suggestion for a specific emergency management challenge that you would like an executive cohort team to consider for their Academy capstone project, please email FEMA-EMPP-Executive-Academy@fema.dhs.gov.
Target Audience
The Executive Academy is designed for emergency management senior executives in State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial; non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academic institutions, and private sector entities. Ideal candidates will serve on major commissions and task forces and/or be responsible for decisions that have a significant effect on policy.
The audience may include, but is not limited to:
Emergency management and homeland security directors or advisors leading in local, state, multijurisdictional, or large metropolitan areas;
Emergency management leaders from allied disciplines in the public sector, such as public utilities, K-12 education, higher education, public transportation, and military/DSCA roles;
Administrators, such as members of the Governor's Cabinet or chief/director of an agency;
Federal administrators, at the Appointed or Senior Executive Service (SES)/GS15 level; and
Directors of voluntary organizations.
EMI will select up to 40 emergency management executives to participate in the Executive Academy per year. Each Cohort will reflect a Whole Community composition.
Prerequisites
Required: 10 years’ experience in an EM position or applicable work experience will be considered for exceptional candidates.
2018 Schedule
The dates and locations for the Executive Academy courses are:
E0680, Systems Thinking and Research Methods for Executives 4 days Systems thinking for EM, Leading Complex Systems, Methodologies to take Idea Inception to Innovation, Net centric Visioning & Designing, Presenting for Impact Dates: February 26 – March 1, 2018 Location: Emmitsburg, MD
E0682, Executive EM Leader Core Competencies I 4 days Critical Thinking, Applying Decision Making Models & Theory, Continuous Learning, EM Ethics, Conflict Management, Leadership & Collaboration, Social Intelligence Dates: April 23 – 26, 2018 Location: Emmitsburg, MD
E0684, Executive EM Leader Core Competencies II 4 days Disaster Risk Management, Scientific Considerations, Geographic Considerations, Sociocultural Considerations, Evolving Technology Application & Adoption Dates: June 18 – 21, 2018 Location: Emmitsburg, MD
E0686, Executive EM Leaders Core Competencies III 4 days Facilitating Community Risk Ownership, Civics/Governance Considerations, Political Skills, Influence Skills Dates: August 27 – 30, 2018 Location: Emmitsburg, MD
For more information about the National Emergency Management Executive Academy,
Camden County, GA is
planning to launch into space from the Gullah/Geechee Nation's coast. The FAA
recently held two days of public hearings and will accept public comments until
June 14, 2018 concerning this private space launch pad that is being
proposed. Send comments by email to faacamdenspaceporteis@leidos.com,
or by mail to Ms. Stacey M. Zee, Environmental Specialist, Federal Aviation
Administration, c/o Leidos, 2109 Air Park Road SE, Suite 200, Albuquerque, NM 87106
after reading the details of the Environmental Impact Statement here:
The Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition is
standing with 100 Miles, Protect Cumberland Island, and
many other individuals and groups in opposition to this spaceport being
licensed and erected. There are a number of negative environmental
impacts that will take place that have not been fully examined nor considered
in the environmental impact statement. In addition
to that, cultural heritage has been completely left out of consideration as Queen
Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com)
made clear during her statement at the public hearing:
She made this statement after
hearing the details from the representatives of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that
presented on the process that would allow a spaceport to be built and operated:
Helping Your Community Get Ready for
Hurricanes: Innovations from the Field
The 2018
Atlantic Hurricane Season officially begins June 1. The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) Center for Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and the
Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Individual and Community
Preparedness Division invite you to participate in a hurricane preparedness
webinar.
On Tuesday, May 8,
learn innovations in preparedness that you can implement in your own community.
Participants will hear from local and national leaders. Attendees can engage
one another in a conversation with the goal of building resilience for the
coming hurricane season.
Title: Helping
Your Community Get Ready for Hurricanes: Innovations from the Field
Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Time: 2:30 – 3:30p.m. (ET)
This webinar will feature the following presenters:
Lauren Stienstra, HERricane
Project Lead, Department of Public Safety Communications and Emergency
Management, Arlington County, VA
Leslie Chapman-Henderson,
President and CEO, Federal Alliance for Safe Homes, Inc. (FLASH)
USDA Seeks Nominees for
Reestablished Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee
APRIL 24, 2018
FRUIT, INDUSTRY NEWS RELEASE, PRODUCE, TOP
POSTS, VEGETABLES
Eligible nominees include anyone actively working in the fruit and
vegetable industry as growers, shippers, wholesalers, distributors, brokers,
retailers, restaurant representatives, processors, fresh cut processors,
foodservice suppliers, representatives of state departments of agriculture and
members of trade associations.
Written nominations must be received by May 24, 2018 and should be
emailed to marlene.betts@ams.usda.gov
or Valerie.minick@ams.usda.gov
or sent to c/o Marlene Betts, Acting Designated Federal Officer, Specialty Crops
Program, USDA Room 2077-S, Stop 0235, Washington, D.C. 20250-0235; or faxed to
(202) 720-0016.
Nominees who applied through the previous call for nominations
published in the Federal Register Aug. 2, 2017, do not need to reapply. Former
FVIAC members who wish to be considered for a position on FVIAC must reapply.
For more information about candidate
qualifications, nomination requirements and forms, the nomination process and
the advisory committee background, visit the committee page on the Agricultural
Marketing Service website.
One key factor that all the candidate location for the East Coast HQ of Amazaon?
Resiliency, safety of key resource: STAFF in being able to live and work in a community that has an all-inclusive emergency management disaster planning capability, ensures inclusion of 'whole community' members, and....is able to respond and recovery from both man-made and natural disasters.
Could you assess damages in you community and relay that information to appropriate local emergency management disaster assessment or others for assistance?
Could you assist other communities in assessing damages?
Get the training & education from your local emergency management office, join a CERT (community emergency response team in your community. Get involved before, during, and after a disaster strikes.
Through a realistic scenario, you will have the chance to practice the planning and implementation of an emergency needs assessment in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. Choose your team, conduct interviews, and apply the Sphere standards in this interactive learning experience.
Special eBrief: CERT Prepares for the 2018 Hurricane Season
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) invites Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) across the country to participate in the 2018 National Level Exercise.
Dollar General is accepting
applications for its Youth Literacy Grants program. Grants of up to $4,000 will
be awarded to schools, public libraries, and nonprofit organizations.
FEMA is seeking talented men and
women who are eager to assist disaster survivors on an on-call basis as
Reservist employees in the Operations Cadre.
In this role, you will
travel, receive training, build your professional networkand support those in need.
Reservists work on an intermittent basis, supporting survivors of all-hazard
incidents. They are the main FEMA workforce during an emergency or disaster
that assists the agency in accomplishing its mission.
The Operations (OPS) cadre ensures the efficient and effective
delivery of immediate emergency assistance to individuals and communities
impacted by major disasters, emergencies, or acts of terrorism.
They coordinate the delivery of accessible
Federal assistance programs and services, including life-saving assistance
(including search and rescue support, medical support, and evacuation
support), life-sustaining assistance (including shelter, water, and food),
and program. They are also responsible for all tactical incident planning and
operations.
Positions available
Mission
Assignment Specialist
Operations
Branch Director
Division
Supervisor
Mission Assignment Manager
Qualifications
Experience
with managing complex projects, tasks and programs
Experience managing, tracking, and organizing both
electronic and paper documents.
Experience using computers, Microsoft Office tools,
electronic databases (i.e WebEOC, eCAPS) or similar tracking and financial
software systems.
Experience
coordinating with state, tribal, local, and other federal agency officials
Demonstrate
effective supervisory and leadership principles
Ability to
comprehend and understand Stafford Act Programs and Emergency Management
principles
Apply
If you are interested in a
position in the Operations cadre, please send your resume to fema-reservist-hiring-initiative@fema.dhs.gov, and include "Operations"
in the subject line.
In addition
to that, cultural heritage has been completely left out of consideration as Queen
Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com)
made clear during her statement at the public hearing:
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