FEMA’s Higher Education Program Bits and Pieces
National Emergency Training Center, Emmitsburg, MD
17 May 2013
College and University News
v Crowder College to expand campus in Webb City – May 4, 2013
By Ryan Richardson, Globe Staff Writer
Crowder College officials announced plans for a new $6 million building to be built at its Webb City campus. Crowder will build a 22,000-square-foot building that will include a 9,000-square-foot tornado safe room on the first floor. Besides being open to the public during dangerous weather, the safe room will double as classroom space.
Brown said Crowder will pay for the expansion with a $1.15 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, along with a nearly $385,000 grant the college will provide. That money will be used specifically for the safe room.
To read the article in its entirety:
http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/x730869486/Crowder-College-to-expand-campus-in-Webb-City
v CSU Council for Emergency Management and Homeland Security (CEMHS
Dear Colleagues, Hope you are doing great! Just some quick links and details FYI.
Please see the revised CEMHS Fine Tuning Meeting Revised Agenda attached. It can also be found online at our blog at: http://cemhs.blogspot.com/. There are still several slots open for interested participants. We have some travel funding still available. Please let me know if you are interested/wish to RSVP.
The CEMHS Cybersecurity Workgroup Meeting doodle poll for meeting date/time is available at: http://www.doodle.com/8b2hhi8ecm256mt8. We will be discussing some preliminary issues (curriculum, program design, public-private partnerships, grants, etc.) at the teleconference in advance of our Fine Tuning Meeting in Fresno. Meeting agendas and additional materials will be provided to those who have indicated a willingness to serve.
The CEMHS Campus Preparedness Workgroup Meeting doodle for time/date is available at: http://www.doodle.com/ntyaz3um79tgrifc. We will be discussing the results of our campus preparedness and school safety "capability gap analysis" that we have been working on. Once we finish reviewing the capability gap analysis, we are going to prepare a draft curriculum and host a series of focus groups with major partners and key stakeholders. Meeting agenda, capability gap analysis, and additional materials will be provided to those who have indicated a willingness to serve.
Please let me know if you would like additional information.
Hope you are able to join us--
Best Regards, Keith
Planning Director
Keith Clement, Ph.D.
http://cemhs.blogspot.com/
v Metropolitan College of New York – Newly Approved Undergraduate Program
Metropolitan College of New York is pleased to announce that our new program in Emergency Management and Business Continuity leading to the degrees of Associate of Arts (AA) and Bachelor of Arts (BA), which was submitted to the New York State Department of Education on February 20, 2013, was approved on April 26, 2013. Record time!
This new curriculum is designed to reflect the 10 core competencies of the FEMA Higher Education Program and the comprehensive disciplines of NFPA 1600. It has also greatly benefitted from the recommendations of our Advisory Board under the chairmanship of Kay Goss.
The degrees are intended to prepare students for various positions in the field of Emergency Management or Business Continuity, and to meet the professional development needs of individuals who would like to continue or pursue a career within law enforcement, emergency management, corporate security, transportation security, fire service, public safety, public health preparedness, and the military.
This broad-based approach, coupled with the Constructive Action, on-site certification courses, internships, and city-wide participation in large-scale Emergency Management exercises, assures no peer program in the field.
For additional information for the MCNY Emergency Management and Business Continuity program:
· Ali Gheith, Director, MPA-Emergency and Disaster Management,
· Chuck Frank, Deputy Director, MPA-Emergency and Disaster Management
v North Dakota State University – May 10, 2013
Emergency Management Colleagues and Friends:
Today at the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Awards Luncheon two dynamic early career faculty members in the Department of Emergency Management received college level awards for their outstanding work. Each year the college gives an award for the top faculty member in the categories of teaching, research, creative activity, and service. The college’s top research award went to Jessica Jensen, Ph.D. who is a second year assistant professor. Her research activities and accomplishments are extensive and significant and include numerous book chapters, refereed journal articles, and much more. For more details, Dr. Jensen’s CV is available on our department website. The college’s top service award went to Carol Cwiak, Ph.D. who is in her fourth year as an assistant professor. Her service activities and engagements are also extensive and span university level work, community, state, and national. Dr. Cwiak’s CV is also on our department website.
The accomplishments of these two faculty members are very gratifying from a number of perspectives. Professors Cwiak and Jensen both received their doctoral degrees at NDSU and were hired into tenure track positions as part of national/international position searches. Both have national visibility due to their service, teaching and research contributions. The recognition of the work of these two NDSU doctoral graduates by their colleagues across the college underscores the hard work that has been done to build the NDSU doctoral program and the quality of the individuals who have been attracted to it.
Please share your congratulations with these productive NDSU faculty members.
Our web address is: http://www.ndsu.edu/emgt/
Daniel J. Klenow, Ph.D.
Professor and Head
Co-Director, Center for Disaster Studies and Emergency Management
Department of Emergency Management
North Dakota State University
Fargo, North Dakota 58108-6050
Emergency Management and Homeland Security News:
v Center for Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security (CIP) – George Mason University School of Law
Volume 11 Number 11
· Working Together to Enhance Critical Infrastructure Resilience around the Globe
· Critical Infrastructure Protection in the European Union
· Modeling Critical Infrastructure Network Interdependencies: A Preliminary Step to Designing Urban Resilience
· No Maps of These Territories…Yet.
· International Efforts in Countering the Financing of Terrorism: A Status Check
· International Critical Infrastructure Protection Courses and Degree Programs
If you would like to be added to the distribution list for The CIP Report, please click on this link: http://listserv.gmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=cipp-report-l&A=1
v Congressional Research Service, May 9, 2013
Regulation of Fertilizers: Ammonium Nitrate and Anhydrous Ammonia
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/R43070.pdf
v FEMA – Vacancy Announcement
A vacancy announcement has been posted for a Training Program Specialist, GS- 301-12/13 in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Protection and Preparedness (PNP), National Preparedness Directorate (NPD), National Training and Education Division (NTED). https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/343674000
v Lucien G. Canton: Melding theory and practice
· Serendipity and Emergency Management Education - May 10, 2013
http://www.emergencymgmt.com/emergency-blogs/managing-crisis/Serendipity-and-Emergency-Management-051013.html
· Emergency Managers Must Be Trained, Not Just Educated – May 14, 2013
http://www.emergencymgmt.com/emergency-blogs/managing-crisis
v Natural Hazards Center – Number 609 - May 16, 2013
· West, Texas, Explosion Unearths Lots of Questions With Few Answers
· Disaster New Redux: San Bruno Pipeline Explosion
· The Latest Issue of the Natural Hazards Informer is Now Online
· Mary Fran Myers Scholarship Winners Announced
o Mara Benadusi is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Catania and teaches in the Anthropology PhD program at the University of Messina.
o Hari Krishna Nibanupudi works with International Center for Integrated Mountain Development in Kathmandu specializing in disaster risk reduction and community resilience.
o Barbara Ryan is the founder and director of Emergency Media and Public Affairs, a membership organization of disasters communicators.
Call Outs: Calls for Papers, Abstracts, Proposals, and More
· Virtual Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction - UN Office of Disaster Risk Reduction - Deadline: May 22, 2013
· Report to Congress on Natural Catastrophes and Insurance Federal Insurance Office – Deadline: June 24, 2013
· International Smoke Symposium – International Association of Wildland Fire – Deadline: July 1, 2013
Some New Web Resources
· Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2013
· Hurricane Sandy Champions of Change
· FloodSafe
· National Planning Frameworks
· C40 Cities Initiative to Prepare for Severe Weather and Natural Disasters
Conferences, Training, and Events – www.colorado.edu/hazards/resources/conferences.html
· June 17-19, 2013 – 22nd Annual Conference of the Society for Risk Analysis
Society for Risk Analysis Europe – Trondheim, Norway
· July 2-5, 2013 – Geographic Information Forum
2013 University of Salzburg - Salzburg, Germany
· August 21-23, 2013 – International Conference on Biodefense and Natural Disasters
OMICS Group - Orlando, Florida
· August 27-29, 2013 – Fourth International Conference on Risk Analysis and Crisis Response Society for Risk Analysis and Istanbul Technical University Istanbul, Turkey
· August 27-31, 2013 - International Conference on Geomorphology
International Association of Geomorphologists Paris, France
· September 2-5, 2013 – AFAC13 Conference
Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council and Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre - Melbourne, Australia
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
· Water Management Specialist – Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, Wisconsin
· Postdoctoral Fellowship in Theological Response to Disaster-Related Traumas – University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
· Emergency Management Specialist II – Montgomery County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Office, Gaithersburg, Maryland
· Human Dimensions Program Director – The Water Institute of the Gulf, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
· Associate Director of Safety and Health – ESPN, Inc., Los Angeles, California
· Wildland Urban Interface Specialist I – Texas A&M Forest Service, Lufkin, Texas
Contributions of jobs, conferences, and other content to this newsletter can be sent to . Please include “for Disaster Research” in the subject line.
To subscribe, visit http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/dr/ or e-mail .
v New York Citizen Corps – Weekly News – May 8, 2013
NYC CITIZEN CORPS COUNCIL INITIATIVES:
· Citizen Corps Council Seventh Annual Disaster Volunteer Conference
· NYC Volunteers During Hurricane Sandy
· FEMA Announces Community Resilience Innovation Challenge Recipients
· OEM Releases NYC Readiness Challenge
· FEMA Calls for 2013 Individual and Community Preparedness Awards Submissions
· Spread the Word - NYC Citizen Corps Council News (For Nonprofit and Community Organizations)
· Be A 2013-2014 NYC Civic Corps Host Site
· Visit our website for more resources at www.NYC.gov/citizencorps
SANDY NEWS:
· FEMA Extension of Transitional Sheltering Assistance Program
· Hurricane Sandy NY Resource List
o NYDIS: Online Sandy Recovery Guide & Resources (with Widgets)
o American Red Cross Resource Guide
· Learning from Hurricane Sandy Champions of Change
RESOURCES:
· Hurricane Imaging Radiometer
· Get Your Community Prepared by Taking the IS-909 Course
· Bee Prepared, Know the Dangers In Your Own Home Game
· C-CERTs Allow Colleges to Take Quick Action During an Emergency
WEBINARS/EVENTS:
· Advocacy Today: Emergency Preparedness in a Post-Sandy Era
· Sixth Annual Shred Fest
· NYC Sandy Unmet Needs Roundtable Training for Disaster Case Managers
· Volunteer Disaster Chaplain Training Course
· Connecting Communities to Help Support Those Who Protect Us
v Received from: Greta E. Marlatt; email: /:
New or Updated Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports:
· The DHS S&T Directorate: Selected Issues for Congress. R43064
Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)
· Cyber Preparedness Workshop: Bridging the Gap Between Emergency Management and Cybersecurity - SUMMARY REPORT http://www.cna.org/research/2013/cyber-preparedness-workshop
Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee
· The Boston Bombings: A First Look http://homeland.house.gov/hearing/hearing-boston-bombings-first-look
· TSA Procurement Reform: Saving Taxpayer Dollars Through Smarter Spending Practices http://homeland.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-tsa-procurement-reform-saving-taxpayer-dollars-through-smarter-spending
Congress. Senate. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
· Border Security: Examining Provisions in the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744) http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/border-security-examining-provisions-in-the-border-security-economic-opportunity-and-immigration-modernization-act-s-744
· Curbing Federal Agency Waste and Fraud: New Steps to Strengthen the Integrity of Federal Payments http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/curbing-federal-agency-waste-and-fraud-new-steps-to-strengthen-the-integrity-of-federal-payments
· The Role of the Private Sector in Preparedness and Emergency Response http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/emdc/hearings/the-role-of-the-private-sector-in-preparedness-and-emergency-response
Department of Homeland Security
· OIG 13-84 - FEMA’s Initial Response to Hurricane Isaac in Louisiana was Effective and Efficient http://www.oig.dhs.gov/assets/Mgmt/2013/OIG_13-84_Apr13.pdf
· OIG 13-85 - The State of NY Needs to Sign Mission Assignments More Quickly http://www.oig.dhs.gov/assets/Mgmt/2013/OIG_13-85_Apr13.pdf
· OIG 13-87 - Federal Emergency Management Agency Privacy Stewardship http://www.oig.dhs.gov/assets/Mgmt/2013/OIG_13-87_May13.pdf
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
· National Mitigation Framework http://www.fema.gov/national-mitigation-framework
· National Prevention Framework http://www.fema.gov/national-prevention-framework
· National Response Framework http://www.fema.gov/national-response-framework
Thank you and have an impressive weekend,
Barbara
Barbara L. Johnson
Higher Education Program Assistant
FEMA/EMI/NETC
Department of Homeland Security
16825 S. Seton Avenue, K016
Emmitsburg, MD 21727
Ph: (301) 447-1452
http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/edu
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