Insights

FY 2011 Grants

• John Cornelison
• 1/7/11

• Tags

  Funding , Vashon be prepared

www.safecomprogram.gov/NR/rdonlyres/132003E7-6C43-4E15-97D6-A2A4E5A2704F/0/GrantProgramsforSAFECOMWebsite.pdf has a huge list of grant programs – many of which we are eligible to apply for. Indeed if you see a critical need (and can properly justify it!) for funds for a key program, I suspect we can likely find funds for it…

2011 enABLED in Emergencies Conference• March 2-3, 2011 • Tacoma, WA

• John Cornelison
• 1/6/11

• Tags

  Meetings

enableUS & The Community Emergency Preparedness Information Network Present:

The 2011 enABLED in Emergencies Conference

March 2-3, 2011 • Tacoma, WA
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"If you are waiting for a situation to develop, you are going to lose your ability to change the outcome."
Craig Fugate, FEMA Administrator

Nerd's Delight-- Latest Long Range Weather Forecast

• John Cornelison
• 1/6/11

• Tags

  Weather

Portland was the forum for the latest long range weather forecast, earlier this week. Many gruesome details are at:

Report-- We’re Not Ready For Bioterrorism

• John Cornelison
• 1/5/11

• Tags

  Study

http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Report--We-re-Not-Ready-For-Bioterrorism/2010-12-28/Article.aspx?oid=1294626&fid= has the following of some interest:

If a major disease incident or bioterrorism attack were to occur today, the United States would not be read for it. That’s according to a new report supported by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
In fact, the report says “there’s an emergency for emergency health preparedness in the United States.” It calls attention to significant local, state and federal budget cuts and the impact they have had on public health departments’ ability to maintain staff capabilities, and their ability to respond to crises.
Key findings include:
* 21 states were not able to rapidly identify disease-causing E.coli O157:H7 and submit the lab results in 90 percent of cases within four days during 2007-2008.
* 33 states and D.C. cut funding for public health from Fiscal Year 2008-2009 to FY 2009-2010.
* Seven states can not currently share data electronically with health care providers.
* 10 states do not have an electronic syndrome surveillance system that can report and exchange information.
* Six states reported that pre-identified staff were not able to acknowledge notification of emergency exercises or incidents within the target time of 60 minutes at least twice during 2007-2008.
* Six states did not activate their emergency operations center a minimum of two times in 2007-2008.
* Two states did not develop at least two After-Action Report/Improvement Plans (AAR/IPs) after exercises or real incidents in 2007-2008.
View the complete report.
Source: Dairy Herd Management, Meatingplace

Twitter Earthquake Detector

• John Cornelison
• 12/23/10

• Tags

  Software , California , Earthquakes

The positive evolution of world longevity and economic prosperity

• John Cornelison
• 12/15/10

• Tags

  Software , Study

(./images/35/WLW-Thepositiveevolutionofworldlongevityande_9185-video99df92fa7485.jpg) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo

New Courses for FEMA Independent Study Program (ISP)

• John Cornelison
• 12/8/10

• Tags

  Software , Fema , Training

FEMA offers a great set of coursework you can take over the Internet. Now they’ve announced some new courses:

The Emergency Management Institute (EMI) offers self-paced courses designed for people who have emergency management responsibilities and the general public. All are offered free-of-charge to those who qualify for enrollment. To get a complete listing of courses, click on Course List link above.

A Magnitude 7.1 Earthquake in the Tacoma Fault Zone—A Plausible Scenario for Downtown Vashon

• John Cornelison
• 10/26/10

• Tags

  Earthquakes , Study , Vashon

This is (nearly) the title of the latest USGS fact sheet #3023 summarizing what could happen if a 7.1 earthquake happened along the Tacoma Fault Zone, as recently modeled by scientists.

Hands on Diversity

• John Cornelison
• 10/6/10

• Tags

  Health , Training , Meetings

Forward, from an email to SKCOAD partners:

I wanted to pass along a free training opportunity that we received notice about from the Snohomish COAD.  “Hands on Diversity” is a series of cultural workshops being offered at the Everett Performing Arts Center, 2710 Wetmore Avenue in downtown Everett and are open to the public:

WSEMA Conference Wrap-up

• John Cornelison
• 9/26/10

• Tags

  Meetings , Software , Wa

The WA State Emergency Managers Association annual conference was held this last week and some of the materials from that are now available online for any of us who were unable to make the conference.

Seattle Faults

• John Cornelison
• 9/19/10

• Tags

  Earthquakes , Study , Gis

If you’ve not seen it, there is a good map of local faults, with a brief write-up at www.pnsn.org/INFO_GENERAL/puget_faults.html

File Hosting Websites

• John Cornelison
• 9/11/10

• Tags

  Software , Individual preparedness

If you want to disaster proof yourself, consider putting your critical (but non-private) files on a server. Unless you are the trusting type, use this as a backup – or keep a backup on a hard drive that you control. I’ve used www.DropBox.com, but here is a listing of many more options: