Where: Pierce College Ft Steilacoom
When: Thursday, May 30, 2013 @ 1:00 p.m.
Located: International House, Room 103
Center of Excellence – Homeland Security Emergency Management
May 21, 2013
Free Emergency Preparedness Workshop!!
April 17, 2013
Save the Date: ECC Mini-Activation – Active Shooter Recovery TTX
King County Emergency Management is hosting the free event on June 4, for partners in their region and they are encouraging school/college emergency managers to attend. You can contact Stephanie Supko (contact information below) if you have questions and the registration link is below. This is a good opportunity to “exercise” your plans and work with your partner agencies in the King County area.
When: 1:00-4:00 June 4th
Location: RCECC, Coordination Room
Open to all ESFs and regional partners – highly recommended for ESF 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13 & 15, city and school emergency managers
Purpose: To explore, through facilitated discussion, the responsibilities expected of a city or county Emergency Operations or Coordination Center (EOC/ECC) in response to an active shooter event once the scene has been secured. In addition, there will be a brief presentation on the EOC impacts and responses from the event at Sandy Hook Elementary School from Mary Schoenfeldt, Everett OEM.
ESF Coordinators and Zone Coordinators, please share this invite with others whom support your ESF or zone.
Register: http://eccsupportteam.org/registration/
Contact Information:
Stephanie Supko
Emergency Management Program, Senior Manager Plans, Training & Operations
King County Office of Emergency Management
(206) 205-4089 office
(206) 707-5433 cell
(206) 205-4056 fax
April 16, 2013
Seattle Emergency Management Summit on May 7th.
This summit is a rare opportunity to connect with peers across jurisdictions and throughout agencies. We know it can be difficult to make time to interface with some of your fellow emergency responders when we all get caught up in the whirlwind of our own projects. The EM Summit is the perfect opportunity to reconnect with past acquaintances and develop a few new relationships. Furthermore, these summits are the ideal setting to engage with top technology leaders on what’s new and what’s needed in the field. Joining us on the stage this year will be leaders from the City of Seattle, the Center for Regional Disaster Resilience, the Northwest Healthcare Response Network, and others. You will hear about emerging technologies in preparing for mass casualty events, how experience and innovation are influencing public safety solution development , FirstNet, new video surveillance capabilities, situational awareness in disaster response, next
generation 9-1-1, and much more. This is the event to hear about the top new technologies all in one location. Don’t miss your chance!
The full agenda and more featured speakers can be
viewed here:
http://www.emergencymgmt.com/seattleemsummit/2013
I hope that you can join us for this important
event! There is no cost to attend and you can register online here: www.emergencymgmt.com/seattleemsummit/2013/register
For more information contact Marty Pastula, Publisher & Vice President, Emergency Management Media
http://www.emergencymgmt.com
April 8, 2013
Industry Skills Gap Summit: April 2, 2013
Check out pictures from the Industry Skills Gap Summit on our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/COEHSEM
December 11, 2012
DHS careers and training – The Secretary’s Honors Program (SHP)
The Secretary’s Honors Program (SHP), announced by Secretary Napolitano in October 2012, is a new recruitment initiative for exceptional recent graduates. SHP offers professional development and training opportunities for talented entry-level people focused on DHS careers in cybersecurity, information technology, management, emergency management, policy and law.
Check the DHS website at http://www.dhs.gov/job-opportunities-recent-graduates for additional career opportunities.
DHS/FEMA Job Opportunities
DHS/FEMA Job Opportunities – from Tracey Batacan, Private Sector Liaison
DHS Opportunities:
- Pathways: Secretary’s Honors Program Fellowship – IT/Cyber Security, close date: 12/31/12
FEMA Opportunities:
- Program Manager, GS-14, close date: 12/12/12
- Voluntary Agency Liaison, GS-12, close date: 12/12/12
Job application tips:
- Create a login and profile on www.USAJobs.gov
- Upload your resume, current cover letter, professional certificates as well as your college transcripts
- Update your resume
- Sign up for e-alerts to monitor the progress of your application
Visit DHS Student Programs and Services on the web at www.dhs.gov/student-opportunities. Also, sign up for our e-mail alerts at the following link: http://www.dhs.gov/subscribe-free-e-mail-updates.
Information regarding DHS and FEMA Career Opportunities can be found by visiting www.USAJobs.gov and using the key terms “FEMA” and “DHS”.
November 10, 2012
Securitas USA – Advances in Technology Aid in Identifying Campus Threats
Securitas USA – Advances in Technology Aid in Identifying Campus Threats
Security on a college campus presents a unique set of challenges. A safe and secure campus is one of the highest priorities for administrators and parents, while students crave an open environment. Security officers must manage to observe not just outside threats, but also be aware of a young population living on their own for the first time. Technology and training are making a huge difference. Computing mobility changes the way security officers can report observations, and with advanced campus awareness training an officer can report an incident as it occurs by using a tablet. Securitas USA officers log daily activity reports through similar mobile technology, and through their observations, certain pre-incident indicators can be “red tagged.” Tagged data allows Campus Threat Assessment Teams – typically comprised of school administrators – to highlight perceived vulnerabilities and generate notifications as patterns emerge. Capturing consistent information is vital and without the ability to assess the data on a frequent basis, vulnerabilities and threats may go unnoticed. To learn more about how Securitas USA can assist your college or university in managing risk, please contact Barbara McCormack at (617) 568-8743.
November 9, 2012
FEI Crisis Management – 20 years of crisis management consultation
FEI Crisis Management – Providing the Help You Need, When You Need It Most
No campus wants to imagine the worst case scenario, yet the perception of your preparedness in the wake of a disaster will have a significant impact on your reputation and the continuity of your business. The ultimate impact of a crisis is determined by how well that crisis was addressed before, during, and after an actual event.
With over 20 years of crisis management consultation, we operate a network of 20 call centers around the country to handle the extremely high volume of calls that an incident will generate. This will relieve the burden that those calls will place on your internal telecommunications system. In addition, we provide a network of trained, experienced on-site responders to assist your team in managing the crisis. In order to ensure the safety of your campus, contact FEI today for a complimentary review of our Crisis Management services.
For more information, please contact Diane Barbieri at (800) 782-1948, Ext. 6525, email at dbarbieri@feinet.com , or visit us at www.feinet.com
November 6, 2012
What exactly is Disaster Medicine?
American Journal of Disaster Medicine
What exactly is disaster medicine?
Even to practitioners, the discipline’s definition can be fuzzy and somewhat confusing. If it appeared in dictionaries (which it doesn’t yet), it would look like this:
dis.as.ter med.i.cine (di zas’ tor med’i sin) n 1. the study and collaborative application of the professional skills of diverse medical and public health specialties to provide “crisis management” (altered standards of care) in mass casualty incidents 2. not the same as conventional medical care 3. requires a fundamental change in the approach to the care of patients in order to achieve the objective of providing the “greatest good for the greatest number of patients 4. requires knowledge of the fundamentals of disaster management, specific injury patterns commonly encountered in disasters and the ability to work as part of a multi-organizational response team
Independent and strictly peer-reviewed, guided by a internationally recognized editorial review board and accepted for inclusion in the National Library of Medicine’s prestigious PUBMED database, American Journal of Disaster Medicine is designed for those of us who will find ourselves on the frontlines of a major disaster. It offers practical, real time guidance as we seek to combine emergency medical and trauma skills with crisis management and new forms of triage in the effort to save lives.
To subscribe to the American Journal of Disaster Medicine at
http://shop.pnpco.com/category.sc?categoryId=3
November 5, 2012
Are you a college or university emergency management professional? If so, join the Disaster Resilient University (DRU) community
Are you a college or university emergency management professional? If so, join the Disaster Resilient University (DRU) community for the latest on campus emergency management.
http://emc.uoregon.edu/content/disaster-resilient-universities
From their page:
Disaster Resilient University (DRU) Network
The mission of the Disaster Resilient University (DRU) network is to facilitate open communication, discussion, and resource sharing between university/college emergency management practitioners charged with making our campuses more disaster resilient. The goal of the DRU network is to provide a simple resource that can increased communication, coordination, and collaboration between universities around the world that can be used to increase the capacity of our campuses to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, continue operations during, and recover from natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other human-caused crises or disasters.
- The DRU listserv is intended for university and/or college emergency management professionals to share information and engage in discussions and dialogues related to the profession and emerging issues around campus emergency management. The DRU Listserv is hosted by the University of Oregon Emergency Management Program. The listserv manager is Andre Le Duc.
- DRU Affiliate Members Policy
- Subscribe, unsubscribe, or get the information file for DRU
- The DRU Listserv Archive catalogues previous listserv communications so that individuals can quickly search for information that might have already been asked or contributed on the listserv. The DRU listserv started in Jan 2005 unfortunately; the archive does not have the full history of the list. The archive only goes back to Oct 11, 2007. The archive is password protected and hosted on the University of Oregon web server. The password is provide when you sign-up for the listserv. The archive is managed by Andre Le Duc.
- Accessible at: http://www.uoregon.edu/~uodru/dru/
- Shared resources for the DRU network through ”First Responder Communities of Practice” . Communities of Practice is a prprofessional networking, collaboration and communication platform.Created by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate. This vetted community of members focuses on emergency preparedness, response, recovery and other homeland security issues.
A Disaster Resilient University (DRU) group has been established for university and/or college emergency management professionals to share information, technical resources (such as templates or examples, After Action reports, lessons learned, and best practices or case studies) and engage in discussions and dialogues related to the profession and emerging issues around campus emergency management.
On First Responder Communities of Practice you can also:
- Join Communities that interest you
- Collaborate on wikis, blogs and discussion boards
- Find, share and store documents and best practices
- Create and search profiles
- Connect, chat, and email with other professionals
Who Can Join?
- First responders
- Members of the following groups, if engaged in homeland security:
- Government employees
- Government-sponsored academic professionals, contractors, and citizens