Monday, May 4, 2020

Operation COVID-19 and Impacts of Climate Change. Climate Stress Reality & Testing. Local Level Community Engagement.


The tempest before the ‘perfect storm’

All disasters are local.  Do not rely on others outside of your local jurisdiction if at all possible.

Still time to complete independent study requirements for community engagement\participation in CERT (community emergency response team) training, and create your teams. 

It will take a community to survive

May 3, 2020
Exclusive: FEMA braces for COVID-infected hurricane season



April 1, 2020
FEMA braces for a multi-front war as hurricane season looms
“Covid is the equivalent of Hurricane Katrina hitting 50 states,” ….



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1231-B Good Hope Road.  S.E.
Washington, D.C.  20020
Office:   202-618-9097 

bEMA International

Cooperation, Collaboration, Communication, Coordination, Community engagement, and  Partnering (C5&P)            

A 501 (c) 3 organization.


Operation COVID-19. Then and Now. Why coronavirus is ravaging Prince George's County, a wealthy black county in Maryland


Signs, situations, and solutions are always provided
Prepare for the next ‘Perfect Storm’

Why coronavirus is ravaging Prince George's County, a wealthy black county in Maryland.  (Washington Post.  April 2020)

Note:  Workshop below.  Berwyn Heights is located in Prince George’s County, Maryland.  Some were getting prepared and being proactive.  Others may have just deleted the message.

Solutions are available, but from experience they will not be taken unless from a source or any entity where their ‘ice is colder’ than ours and not from our own community and we continue to remain reactionary.

BEMA International

November 2019
From: Charles D. Sharp [blackemergmanagersassociation.org]
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 9:18 PM
To:

Cc: '.UMCERT@gmail.com' < >; 'CERT@uppermarlboromd.gov' <CERT@uppermarlboromd.gov>; <'cert@laurel.md.us' <cert@laurel.md.us>
Subject: RE: EFFECTS OF A BIOLOGICAL PANDEMIC

Thanks.  This is needed.  Proactive approach.  I especially and hope that the importance of this is being conducted on a Sunday is communicated to others.

A hot issue that has synergy with climate change.

Senior and vulnerable population members of our communities will be greatly affected if, and when it occurs.  After it occurs reactionary approach is too late.

POD’s (points of distribution) for medication should be part of the planning for all communities.  POD food and medication may be co-located for security reasons.  Churches have also been considered as key POD locations. 

Additional funding in the planning for those seeking it……………..

Charles


From:]
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 7:44 AM
To:
Subject: Fwd: EFFECTS OF A BIOLOGICAL PANDEMIC”


Subject: Fwd: EFFECTS OF A BIOLOGICAL PANDEMIC”

EFFECTS OF A BIOLOGICAL PANDEMIC”
“TRAINING AND A MOVIE:  THE EFFECTS OF A BIOLOGICAL PANDEMIC”
This workshop is intended to showcase the unrealized effects a biological outbreak will have on a community and to prompt discussion amongst attendees as to what planning and preparation needs to be done beyond the basic State Health Department plans to dispense medication.

We will begin with a brief training overview of some known biological agents: their classification, signs and symptoms, and what makes them a threat.  The review will be followed by a modified-tabletop exercise using scenes from a movie that accurately depicts the ripple effects of a biological outbreak as the scenarios for our group discussions.  We will track an unknown biological agent from its initial appearance in ‘patient zero’ to its explosion as a worldwide pandemic. As the movie progresses, we will stop it, look at the events that have taken place up to that point and discuss what effect these events would have on Prince Georges County and the surrounding areas.

Who should attend this workshop? …

Government officials and other community leaders, law enforcement, fire, first responders, health department and medical personnel, business leaders, CERT members & other community response organizations … basically everyone!. 

If/when this happens, it will truly take a community working together to make it through.


If you know anybody who would benefit from this workshop please have them sign in at Eventbrite

Date And Time
Sun, December 15, 2019
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
Location
Berwyn Heights Senior Center
8603 57th ave 2nd Floor
Berwyn Heights, Md 20740

April 2020
Why coronavirus is ravaging Prince George's County, a wealthy black county in Maryland

Be safe, be prepared.  Stay healthy.

Black Emergency Managers Association 
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1231-B Good Hope Road.  S.E.
Washington, D.C.  20020
Office:   202-618-9097 

bEMA International

“We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today.  We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.  In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a thing as being too late.  Procrastination is still the thief of time.  Life often leaves us standing bare, naked and dejected with a lost opportunity.  This may well be mankind’s last chance to choose between chaos or community.”   Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., ‘Where Are We Going From Here:  Chaos or Community’.

Cooperation, Collaboration, Communication, Coordination, Community engagement, and  Partnering (C5&P)            

A 501 (c) 3 organization.



Sunday, April 19, 2020

Monday, April 20, 2020. Final Session Briefing. UDC Guest Speaker: Charles D. Sharp, Chairman\CEO, BEMA International


Final Session.  Open for Faculty, Students, and Public
As an effort to engage the University of the District of Columbia graduate majors in Homeland Security, and undergraduate Administration of Justice.  The Crime, Justice and Security Studies Program launched a weekly discussion series entitled “Implications of COVID-19 for Crime, Justice, and Security Studies Professionals” as we first shifted to total online course delivery to address social distancing guidelines.

What & When:  The final session will take place Monday, April 20, 2020 at 12-Noon via Zoom.  

Guest Speaker:   Charles D. Sharp, Cornell University Climate Fellow, Chairman\CEO, Black Emergency Managers Association International will discuss with the students perceptions of COVID-19 for the profession in terms of future employment directions, and brief discussion of national and international BEMA International members in the field encounters in this current crisis.   Submit questions online during session.


Angelyn Spaulding Flowers, JD, PhD,
Professor & Graduate Program Coordinator
Homeland Security Program
Project Director, UDC HS-STEM Program
Co-Director, Institute for Public Safety & Justice
Coordinator, Crime, Justice & Security Studies Program
Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences
College of Arts & Sciences
University of the District of Columbia


Black Emergency Managers Association 
    International 
1231-B Good Hope Road.  S.E.
Washington, D.C.  20020
Office:   202-618-9097 

bEMA International

"It is my belief that the best results in business come from a creative process, from the ability to see things differently from everyone else, and from finding answers to problems that are not bound by the phrase 'we have always done it this way.' "  Wayne Rogers

Cooperation, Collaboration, Communication, Coordination, Community engagement, and  Partnering (C5&P)            

A 501 (c) 3 organization.

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

April 2020. Re-use that filter. Clean it. Re-use of N95 Respirators.



04/15/2020 01:15 PM EDT

Three methods effectively sanitized masks for limited re-use.

Tuesday, April 21st 4pm. CARIBBEAN COVID19 UPDATE.

RE: CARIBBEAN COVID19 UPDATE

It is with great pleasure that I write to invite you or a representative to join us on a ZOOM TOWN HALL “Caribbean UPDATE on COVID19” on April 21,2020 at 4pm.

With the world pandemic of the Coronavirus strain COVID19, it is vital that the Diaspora play an active role to advance and advocate the interests of the Caribbean Community in the United States.
Authentic Caribbean Foundation Inc. continues to provide vital support to the Caribbean and Caribbean American Disability Community through programs, youth development, and encouraging the development of the trade of Caribbean goods in the state of Massachusetts.

Please join the conversation with Caribbean Ambassadors and medical experts as we discuss information on COVID19 in each respective country... so please can you join us:

Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 608 334 9367

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Thanks for your kind consideration and we look forward to your participation.

Sincerely,
Andrew Sharpe
Chairman
Authentic Caribbean Foundation Inc.