ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In recognition of FEMA's National Preparedness Month in September, Avineon, Inc. and Florida State University (FSU) announce the establishment of a center of excellence to promote process reliance in the emergency and disaster management profession for public and private enterprises. The process center of excellence (PCOE) mission is to research, develop, and promote the utilization of metrics and business processes in the emergency and disaster management profession. The initial focus is on defining pragmatic and reusable models for measuring emergency preparedness. Future efforts will center around development of macro and micro process templates covering pre- event, mid-event, and post-event activities. The models and templates will be ...
's (DM) tools and resources are improving incident response and recovery for scenarios such as train wreck and others by creating the ability to securely share information across the Nation's Emergency Management community. Hines discusses the four major DM resources, which help emergency responders strengthen information and data sharing. The four are Interoperability Services Toolkit, DM Messaging Standards Initiative, Open Platform for Emergency Networks, and DisasterHelp.gov.
...SUBCHAPTER D: DISASTER ASSISTANCE. PART 206: FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE....
MILLINOCKET - Thanks to a new directive from the Department of Homeland Security, Town Council members must complete a basic educational course in disaster management for the town to continue to qualify for some federal funding, Fire Chief Wayne Campbell says. Campbell told the council during its meeting Thursday that the basic course in disaster management, known as IS 700, is available through the Internet or at the fire station. It should take no more than 30 minutes to complete, and councilors are welcome to take it at the station, he said.
Government financial managers must be prepared to respond to diverse needs in extreme circumstances, such as those presented by a tsunami's destructive power or the wrath of a hurricane. The outcry from both public and private sector has spawned numerous initiatives for gifting goods and services to the victims of the natural disaster. The role of your governmental unit is to coordinate these initiatives, selecting which nonprofit entities will be the authorized outsourcers and receive funding commensurate with the planned disaster relief program. Steps to effectively address the task at hand include: 1. Access data sources to identify legitimate nonprofit candidates for partnering. 2. Discern which organizations provide retrievable information. 3. Evaluate the timeliness of available i...
Large-scale catastrophes have unfolded at an unprecedented rate recently; of the 25 most costly insured world catastrophes in the past 40 years, two-thirds have occurred since 2001. The scale and intrinsic nature of risks is changing. And globalization continues to intensify. As a result, the time-worn concepts that all risks can be quantified and managed locally, and that disasters are improbable enough that they can be considered marginal are clearly outdated. To address these issues and develop sound policies, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and its 30 member countries launched an international network on the financial management of large-scale catastrophes several years ago. As risks become more interdependent, so must an organization's responses.
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