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INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS. Mission Information Networking Professional Opportunities Advance the EM Profession. What is IAEM?. Non-profit Established 1952 9000+ members worldwide USA, Asia, Canada, Europe, Oceania, Latin America, International, Student

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INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS

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  1. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS Mission • Information • Networking • Professional Opportunities • Advance the EM Profession

  2. What is IAEM? • Non-profit • Established 1952 • 9000+ members worldwide • USA, Asia, Canada, Europe, Oceania, Latin America, International, Student • Programs & Services

  3. Who are IAEM Members? • EM Professionals • National • International • Whole Community • Public & Private Sectors • Academic • Non-Profit • Faith-Based • Households & Citizens • All Levels of Government

  4. IAEM’s Key Goals • Representation of Profession • Federal Agencies • Congress • White House • Partnerships & Coalitions • Information and Networking • Meetings • Publications • Web Site

  5. IAEM’s Key Goals • Promote the "Principles of Emergency Management" • Represent EM Professionals • Saving lives • Protecting Property • Protecting the Environment

  6. IAEM’s Role – Floods • Protect Lives and Property • Preparedness • Networking • Data Sharing • Data Sources • National Weather Service • River Forecast Center • US Geological Survey • Corps of Engineers • Soil Conservation Service • Bureau of Land Management

  7. EM’s Needs – Floods • Data Needs • Immediate • Near-term • Long-term • Various Formats • Data Sets • Modeled Outputs & Forecasts • YES

  8. Data Examples

  9. EM’s Needs – Floods • Uncertainties & Errors Reporting • Probabilities • Narratives • Maps & Pictures • Describe Your Challenges • Three Challenges • Understandable • Basic Formatting • Current

  10. What Could NASA Do? • Keep It Basic • Maps & Pictures • Ongoing Picture of Current Conditions • Supplemented by Forecasts • Probability of Accuracy

  11. IAEM Contacts Beth Armstrong, CAE, MAM IAEM Executive Director Phone: 703-538-1795 barmstrong@iaem.com Bob Goldhammer, CEM, CBCP StormReady/WeatherReady Nation Liaison Phone: 515-480-3735 rggoldhamr@aol.com Daryl Spiewak, CEM, TEM, MEP CEM Lead Trainer Phone: 254-640-1076 daryls@hot.rr.com

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