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Description:

This course provides assistance to sport venue managers to prepare and/or enhance an evacuation plan to assist emergency responders in implementing flexible and scalable evacuation activities (i.e. evacuation, sheltering in place, or relocation). These emergency activities might occur in isolation or as a result of a larger, multi-entity response initiative. The course is highly innovative in that it builds multi-agency collaboration by delivering critical evacuation planning information. The user will also obtain a “take away” package with visualization and CD’s from lessons learned, and templates for customizing their own evacuation plan.

Course Description:

This course develops athletic department staffs, facility management personnel, campus public safety personnel, emergency response supervisors, and others involved in sports/special event management to better manage incidents that could occur during an event. The course provides participants the skills necessary to effectively manage an incident by applying and implementing a multi-disciplinary management team approach as described in the National Incident Management System (NIMS). The course has specific emphasis on the unique aspects of response to an incident occurring during a sports/special event, including considerations for business continuity and after action activities. The course concludes with a practical application, role-play exercise that can be customized to the facility in which the course is delivered. It provides specific emphasis on incident action planning and resource management processes.

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Comment period is now open for the new National Preparedness Goal
https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/103912

Hey, Students! Put Your Hazards and Disasters Papers to Work for You

Your research paper could net you $100 and free entry into this summer’s Natural Hazards Workshop if chosen as one of the two winners of our annual Hazards and Disasters Student Paper Competition.

Papers may present current research, literature reviews, theoretical arguments, or case studies on social or behavioral aspects of hazards or disasters. The competition is open to graduate or undergraduate students enrolled for at least one term of the 2014-2015 academic year.

Papers must be submitted by April 28, 2015. For more information and application instructions, visit the competition page on the Natural Hazards Center Web site

A Sweaty Trip Inside Bill Gates’s Mock Ebola Ward

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Progress Report: Superstorm Sandy Recovery Efforts

The Committee also released a bipartisan staff report today on the progress of recovery from Superstorm Sandy and the efforts of agencies under the Committee’s jurisdiction: primarily FEMA, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Emergency Management Professionals of Hawaii is an organization that focuses on providing  professional development opportunities to individuals that are interested in Emergency Management.

1. Network with individuals in the Emergency Management field.
2. Learn from presentations given by members that are subject matter experts.
3. Get support for completing your Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) and Associate Emergency Manager (AEM) applications.

Our members come from all sectors of Emergency Management: private, non-profit, and government (local, state and federal).

Please join us at our meetings, or to request information, contact us.

Congratulations to our EMP Hawaii members who during the recent application process were just informed that they have completed their International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) certification requirements:

Sergeant Major John Craig, Certified Emergency Manager
Mr. Peter Hirai, Certified Emergency Manager (just recertified to 2020)
Ms. Jessie Kozel, Associate Emergency Manager
Mr. Jimmy Lagunero, Associate Emergency Manager

We also have several other members whose applications are being processed by IAEM and hope to hear the good news soon on their applications as well.

For any member interested in obtaining this international and industry recognized certification as an Emergency Management Professional, please let us know.

We’ve worked with members who are familiar with the process, and could educate them in preparing their application, as well as have coordinated local testing for those needing to sit for the IAEM written exam. We’ll also scheduling additional opportunities to take the IAEM exam later this year.

Jimmy Lagunero, AEM
2015 EMP Hawaii President