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2013 ANNUAL CANADIAN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY AWARDS
After 20 years as Canada's leading advocate for disaster resilience, the Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness has passed the torch to a new champion of emergency management and public safety: the Emergency Management and Public Safety Institute at Centennial College. Among the many responsibilities EMPSI has inherited, the Institute is committed to preserving the Centre's emergency management and business continuity awards, which are presented annually at the World Conference and Disaster…
This past month has seem some significant events that will be everlasting for many. First of all from my family to all those that were affected by the Boston Marathon bombings our deepest sympathies and condolences.
From the callous cowardly act of the Boston Marathon bombings, to the threats to our Via Passenger Train service, to the explosion in West Texas and the building collapse in India where in total over 400 people have lost their lives, to the fires and floods that have already…
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The U.S. Department of Education (ED)'s Office of Safe and Healthy Students', OSHS, (formerly the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, OSDFS) Center for School Preparedness (CSP) provides support, resources, and training to support school emergency management efforts for local educational agencies (LEAs) and institutions of higher education (IHEs). The REMS Technical Assistance Center's primary goal is to support schools, school districts, and institutions of higher education in school emergency management, including the development and implementation of comprehensive all-hazards emergency management plans.
Unfortunately, in Canada there is not an organization (Government or otherwise) that focuses on EM and using it in the context of K - 12, colleges and universities and shares this info/expertise for free.
This organization provides great resources for the K - university groups. All the examples, slide shows, etc are explained in the context of education, making EM easier to understand for non-EM folks.
Check out the website - http://rems.ed.gov/
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The POINT Task Group has developed the Interoperability Strategy for Ontario, as well as the OASIS tool - the Ontario Continuum. Please take a moment to review these documents and complete the survey so we at POINT can understand the interoperability needs of our partners across the province.
I realize your OAEM Online community may be more important to OAEM members than the broader Canada wide networking which takes place in PTSC-Online, but I would appreciate it if you would take a moment and provide some input on how we can best network on a national scale.
Here is a link to an article on Crowd Sourcing the Future of PTSC-Online.
There is also a poll on the home page of PTSC-Online that asks your input on funding for financial sustainability. Only takes 30 seconds to complete.
Any input you can provide will be greatly appreciated.
I am searching for guidance regarding emergency management issues that I should be looking for in an Energy Renewal Application for wind turbines. Have any of my Emergency Manager peers been involved in this process before? I look forward to your comments and suggestions.
Please see the attached white paper, an informative read on the World Conference on Disaster Management.
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