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Share the Wealth…
Industry Associations Bulletin Board
September 2005
NEWS AND EVENTS
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ORGANIZATION SPOTLIGHT
DERA - The Disaster Preparedness
and Emergency Response Association
DERA was founded in 1962 to assist communities with disaster preparedness,
hazard mitigation, emergency response-recovery, and to serve as a worldwide
professional association linking professionals, volunteers, and organizations
active in all phases of emergency management. It currently has active
members around the world, representing nongovernmental relief organizations
(NGOs), national governments, non-profit associations, local agencies
and departments, educational institutions, corporations, small business
concerns, emergency management professionals, researchers, students and
individual volunteers. DERA is actively involved in providing emergency
assistance and relief in response to several recent disasters. Go to www.disasters.org/dera/disasters.htm
for more information about how you can help.
NEW ADDITIONS
Association of Specialists in Cleaning and
Restoration
ASCR is a professional association comprising more than 1,300 member organizations,
representing over 20,000 cleaning and restoration professionals. ASCR
members have access and exposure to the greatest collection of expertise
in the business - their fellow members. That knowledge and expertise is
shared during the annual convention, year-round training classes, specialized
schools, and accreditation and certification programs that provide members
with opportunities to increase their technical knowledge and facilitate
their career growth. To learn more, visit: www.ascr.org
NEMA
The National Emergency Management Association is a non-partisan, non-profit
501(c)(3) association dedicated to enhancing public safety by improving
the nations ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from all emergencies,
disasters, and threats to our nations security. It began in 1974 when
state directors of emergency services first united in order to exchange
information on common emergency management issues that threatened their
constituencies. Since that time, NEMA has grown and captured the attention
of the President, Congress, Governors, federal agencies, major corporations,
the military and other government representative organizations. For more
information about NEMA, go to www.nemaweb.org
ASFPM
The Association of State Floodplain Managers is an organization of professionals
involved in floodplain management, flood hazard mitigation, the National
Flood Insurance Program, and flood preparedness, warning and recovery.
ASFPM has become a respected voice in floodplain management practice and
policy in the United States because it represents the flood hazard specialists
of local, state and federal government, the research community, the insurance
industry, and the fields of engineering, hydrologic forecasting, emergency
response, water resources, and others. For more information about ASFPM,
please visit www.floods.org/home/default.asp
POSTINGS FROM PREVIOUS WEEKS
Mid Atlantic Disaster Recovery Association, Inc.
It sure has been a hot summer, lightning storms abound, terrorists have
struck Great Britain. Never has Business Continuity been more important.
A fact that is driven home with each terrorist attack and approaching
hurricane. In the 1st meeting of 2005, MADRA fabricated a mock organization
called Centurion Investments, and discussed the need for management awareness
and business impact analysis. At the 2nd meeting, three teams were formed
and a tabletop Business Impact Analysis (BIA) of Centurion was conducted
to identify the risks. A BIA document will be created from the notes of
that meeting, and posted on the website just prior to the next meeting,
as will a draft of a BC plan. The 3rd meeting will take up where they
left off in the BCP lifecycle, with a review of what has occurred to date,
the BIA and the draft plan. This will be followed by a working session
to flesh out the plan and look at ways to test the plan. Please join them
at MADRA's 48th quarterly meeting, August 18, at the Maryland Fire and
Rescue Institute Training Academy, 4500 Paint Branch Parkway, College
Park MD 20743 to continue the saga. Directions are on the www.madra.org
website. The 4th meeting will be held on November 3rd, and will be an
all day session starting with what was developed during the prior sessions
and an exercise plan template. The rest of the day will be used to develop
a test plan and to conduct a tabletop exercise of the BCP, with a few
wrinkles from the real world thrown in. The day will culminate with a
lessons learned session critiquing the activities of the day and the entire
4 sessions of the BCP lifecycle series.
ICISF
The International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, Inc. (ICISF) is
a non-profit, open membership foundation dedicated to the prevention and
mitigation of disabling stress through the provision of:
Education, training and support services for all Emergency Services professions;
Continuing education and training in Emergency Mental Health Services
for Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Social Workers and Licensed Professional
Counselors; and Consultation in the establishment of Crisis and Disaster
Response Programs for varied organizations and communities worldwide.
For more information, go to www.icisf.org
The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Alliance is a group of professional
and advocacy organizations that have joined forces to provide educational
resources to individuals diagnosed with PTSD and their loved ones; those
at risk for developing PTSD; and medical, healthcare and other frontline
professionals. For more, please visit: www.ptsdalliance.org
American Red Cross
Each year, the American Red Cross responds immediately to more than 67,000
disasters, including house or apartment fires (the majority of disaster
responses), hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, hazardous materials
spills, transportation accidents, explosions, and other natural and man-made
disasters. For more info: www.redcross.org
National Sheriff's Association
The National Sheriffs' Association, now in its sixty-second year of serving
the law enforcement/criminal justice professionals of the nation, is a
non-profit organization dedicated to raising the level of professionalism
among those in the criminal justice field. Through the years, NSA has
been involved in numerous programs to enable sheriffs, their deputies,
chiefs of police, and others in the field of criminal justice to perform
their jobs in the best possible manner and to better serve the people
of their city/counties or jurisdictions. For more information click www.sheriffs.org
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