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Dear NYC Citizen Corps Council,
Did
you know that it's best to affiliate with a recognized disaster
volunteer organization before a disaster happens? If you're interested
in volunteering, but don't know where to start, check out OEM's "Get
Involved: Volunteer" page here.
Being
affiliated with a recognized disaster volunteer organization is not
only great for being prepared personally before a disaster, but also
great for being a vital source of direction and knowledge to your
community if disaster strikes.
Emily
Accamando has joined the Office of Emergency Management as the new
Citizen Corps Council Outreach Coordinator. Emily has a diverse
background in advocacy and community development. Most recently, she
coordinated outreach and program planning at The Opportunity Agenda, a
public policy think tank. Emily has worked in communities throughout
New York City with the Cornell Cooperative Extension and the
youth-empowerment organization buildOn, as well as abroad as a Peace
Corps volunteer in Peru.
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NYC CITIZEN CORPS COUNCIL INITIATIVES:
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Champions of Change
Do
you know an individual or group who made an impact after Sandy?
Recognize them! Recognizing our community partners is critical to the
efforts to rebuild and recover. The White House is hosting a Champions
of Change event to recognize individuals and organizations that provided
truly remarkable and creative contributions to support the response and
ongoing recovery of Hurricane Sandy. If you or someone you know
demonstrated outstanding leadership (or was more of a hidden hero) after
Sandy, please complete a White House Champions of Change application.
Click here for more details.
Urban Assembly: Seeking Exceptional Partnership Coordinators
The
Urban Assembly network of successful public secondary schools is hiring
for two unique school-based positions at the forefront of
public-private sector collaboration in urban education reform.The Urban
Assembly School for Global Commerce (UASGC) and the Urban Assembly
School for Emergency Management (UASEM) are in development for September
2013. Both Career & Technical Education (CTE) high schools, they
will prepare students for dynamic careers in their respective industries
via higher education or immediate workforce entry with a recognized
credential. Each school will employ a partnership coordinator who will
be its primary liaison to industry partners, representing the interests
of the school and the needs of its students in designing and running
course electives, internship programs, extracurricular activities, field
trips, guest speaker series, summer enrichment experiences, and other
activities that constantly and meaningfully engage experts. Click here to find out more about this opportunity.
Install.Inspect.Protect
Every
year in the US, 3,500 people die in home fires. Most of these deaths
occur in homes that do not have a working smoke alarm. It is a fact that
if the smoke alarm in your home was installed before February, 2003, it
needs to be replaced immediately. Click here to learn more about the Install.Inspect.Protect campaign.
EmergeNYC
The
Office of Emergency Management (OEM) is working with NYC Service to
recruit a group of volunteers to staff Commodity Distribution Points
(CDP) in times of emergency. As seen with Super Storm Sandy, it is
imperative to have a group of volunteers to deploy in times of need.
Volunteers would help coordinate the distribution of essential items
like food, water, and blankets to the community. For more information
on this volunteer opportunity, click here.
Spread the Word - NYC Citizen Corps Council News (For Nonprofit and Community Organizations)
If you would like to include information in the NYC Citizen Corps Council News,
or if there is anyone in your organization or another organization that
would benefit from this weekly communication, please email citizencorps@oem.nyc.gov with the relevant information.
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Mayor Bloomberg Signs Executive Order to Waive Fees for Businesses Recovering from Hurricane Sandy
Mayor
Bloomberg has signed an Executive Order waiving fees for businesses
rebuilding after suffering damage in Hurricane Sandy. Fees related to
various applications, permits, inspections and other requirements will
be waived for businesses that were open and operating on or prior to
Hurricane Sandy and were located in Hurricane Evacuation Zones A or B,
within a Business Recovery Zone, or in a building that was inspected
for structural damage by the Department of Buildings. Click here to read more.
DSNY Special Storm Debris Collection Ends Monday, March 18
Sanitation
Commissioner has announced that the Department of Sanitation will
continue to handle special storm debris collections in neighborhoods
hit hard by Super Storm Sandy through and including Monday, March 18,
2013. To date, Sanitation crews have collected more than 415,000 tons of debris as part of these cleanup operations. For more information, click here.
Hurricane Sandy NY Resource List
Check out these great tools to see some of the resources available to New Yorkers in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
FEMA Extension of Transitional Sheltering Assistance ProgramFEMA
has approved a 14-day extension to the Transitional Sheltering
Assistance (TSA) program, which allows eligible survivors from Hurricane
Sandy who cannot return to their homes to stay in participating hotels
or motels. The new checkout date for those in the TSA program is Mar. 10
in New York. FEMA will call applicants eligible for the extension to
notify them of the new checkout date. Click here to read more.
Deadline for FEMA Assistance extended to February 27
February 27 is the deadline for survivors of Hurricane Sandy to
register for FEMA assistance. Eligible homeowners and renters may
qualify for assistance with uninsured, disaster-related losses.
Register online at www.disasterassistance.gov or call (800)-621-3362
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Sandy Survivors With Home Accessibility Needs Should Contact FEMA
Survivors
with home accessibility needs because of Hurricane Sandy, especially
older adults and people with disabilities, are encouraged to stay in
touch with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA may be able to
assist if elevators or electricity are not working properly, even if
the structure did not sustain damage.Click here to read more.
Climate Extremes: Recent Trends with Implications for National Security
A recent report released by Harvard University Center for the Environment
has found that climate observation capabilities suffer from declining
budgets around the world while the need for better forecasts to predict
climate change and natural disasters increases. The analysis found
that the increase in extreme events observed in the past decade is
likely to continue in the near term as accelerated warming and natural
variability combine to produce changing weather conditions around the
world. This will impact water security, energy security, food security,
and critical infrastructure. This study bring into focus the need to
consider the accelerating nature of climate stress, and it's affect on
our security. Click here to read the report.
Accessibility Toolkit Designed to Help People with Disabilities During Emergencies
Emergency 2.0 Wiki Accessibility Reference Group announced the launch of the Emergency 2.0 Wiki Accessibility Toolkit
to help people with disabilities to use social media to prepare for,
respond to, and recover from disasters. To read more, click here.
LinkedIn Disaster Spiritual Care Forum
Check out this new networking forum
for providers of disaster spiritual care, disaster mental health
providers, and others who work closely with these groups. This forum is a
great place to ask questions about situations you have encountered,
share your experiences, focus on "best practices" and look to the future
on ways to improve the services provided by providers of disaster
spiritual care.
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Church World Services Recovery Tools and Training
Recovery from a disaster event requires a whole-community approach.
This workshop, to be held on March 4, 6, or 7, gives an overview of
long term recovery and shares lessons learned and best practices
gathered from decades of experience in large and small disasters.To
RSVP, please send an email to alisa.brumfield@fema.dhs.gov with your name, phone number, and agency.
New York Emergency Management Summit 2013
A rallying point for the New York community
of first responders, this regional event will gather top leaders in
emergency management, public safety and homeland security and provide a
forum to share best practices, renew relationships and work on new
solutions in NY for both the problems that are anticipated-and those
that aren't.Whether emergencies are storm-related, man-made or just the
day-to-day challenges in large urban and suburban areas, government
organizations are expected to have the answers.The Emergency Management
Summits bring together the whole community of public and
private-sector leaders to help predict, mitigate and better handle
crisis situations in order to save lives and property. This event will
be held on May 1, 2013. Click here for more details
Volunteer Disaster Chaplain Training Course
The Metropolitan College of New York,
Emergency & Disaster Management Program, through a training
partnership with the National Disaster Interfaiths Network invites
religious leaders and spiritual caregivers of all faiths to take this
two-day Disaster Chaplain Training from April 2-3, 2013. This training
is being co-sponsored by NYDIS (New York Disaster Interfaith Services).
New York City area participants who complete this certification can
volunteer as disaster chaplains with NYDIS. NDIN can also assist
unaffiliated volunteers in finding disaster spiritual care volunteer
opportunities in local communities across the United States. Emergency
managers and disaster mental health professionals may take this course
to develop their knowledge of disaster spiritual care best practices.
This two-day training prepares faith leaders or spiritual care providers
to volunteer as disaster chaplains in mass care settings or to serve as
disaster chaplains within their house of worship, religious community
or professional institution. Click here for more details.
Don't Take Chances With Your Data: Five Absolutely Critical Questions for Data Security in the Cloud Webinar
Increasingly,
companies are moving components of their business operations to the
cloud, including backup and disaster recovery. When evaluating a Cloud
service provider to manage your critical business data, it's important
to understand how your security goals and those of the Cloud provider
are aligned. Asking five critical questions today could save you
considerable headaches tomorrow. Learn what these questions are and how
they can help you ensure a secure cloud solution for your
organization. Learn what these 5 questions are during this informative
webinar on Wednesday, February 27, from 2-3PM. Click here to register and learn more.
Social Media and Response Management Interface Event
There
is currently no area of Emergency Management planning that is as talked
about or as under-utilized as Social Media. During a disaster event,
people usually have their cell phones with them. This means that each
individual has a networking device with a database of phone numbers, and
the ability to describe, photograph and videotape incidents as they
happen. The power of an expanding network of individuals reporting their
first-hand experience is often the first communication link to report
or to come back on-line in a major disaster event. Emergency Managers
need to be able to harness this resource and build in Social Media
Management Tools (SMMT) into their emergency response plans. SMARMIE
will bring Subject Matter Experts from around the U.S. to discuss ten
hot topics that are critical to utilizing Social Media as a Response
Management Interface. This event will be held on February 28th at the
Metropolitan College of New York. Click here for more information.
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All the best,
Herman Schaffer
Director of Community Outreach
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