IAEM Oceania

Special Focus Issue on “Emergency Management: Then, Now and in the Future”

I've been passed this brief video interview of Tony Pearce, Director General of Emergency Management Australia. The interview is by IIR Australia.

Posting on behalf of IAEM Oceania member Steve Glassey. For more information and dates, please see the attachment.

Personal Security & Communications
27-29 June 2010 Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand

As you drive around the corner there is a group of armed militia...
One points a rifle at you.... What is your plan?

Out of courtesy for our colleagues in IAEM Asia, we're passing on this Internship opportunity.

Job Opening: IAEM Asia Internship, July – October 2010, Singapore

The International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) is a worldwide non-profit professional association for emergency managers (EM) and allied professions (business continuity, crisis management, risk management and security). The Asia Council of the IAEM needs someone to replace our current intern who is returning to his home country. The job description is very simple:

Passing this job offer on as a courtesy to our members.

I am an independent recruiter retained by international development organizations and am sending you this position announcement in the hope that you may know someone who has the international development experience in post-disaster, or post-conflict, massive short-term employment projects. Please feel free to forward.

I am seeking candidates for the position below on behalf of Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) of Washington, DC, whose program in Haiti continues to change to meet the evolving needs currently faced by Haitians. Please note that French language fluency is a requirement.

Title: Recovery Program Manager

Location: Haiti
Start Date and duration: Must be available for immediate deployment for at least 3 months with availability of approximately 9-12 months or longer.

I'm passing on details of competition in Australia that is being run by the Attorney-General's Department along a theme of Emergency Management Volunteers. Details quoted below and in the attachment.

IAEM Oceania member, Steve Glassey, has provided the following report entitled "Recommendations to enhance companion animal emergency management in New Zealand". This report was developed to partially fulfil the requirements of the Charles Sturt University Master of Emergency Management.

For more information about the report, please contact Steve:
M +64 21 0278 8930
E steve.glassey at mercalli.co.nz

The full report can be downloaded below.

In this Issue:
WCDM – Two weeks to go
WCDM – IAEM Oceania events planned!
Student Council Elections
Membership Renewal
Oceania Scholarship Basket
Pacific Earthquakes / Tsunami – Oceania Web Updates

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WCDM Sydney, 13 and 14 October, 2009
IAEM Oceania Members, Register and Save with Association Discount Code: IAEM09
2009 World Conference on Disaster Management (WCDM), Australia
13 and 14 October, 2009, Sofitel Sydney Wentworth

Source: Stuff.co.nz

Traffic cameras have been used to monitor the impact of the tsunami on Christchurch coastlines. Christchurch City Council civil defence staff used a traffic camera on Humphreys Drive to check water levels in the Estuary when the first wave – triggered by an earthquake near Samoa – reached Christchurch shores about 11.30am. A mobile traffic camera has also been positioned in Moncks Bay to record water levels in the Estuary throughout the day. Council civil defence manager Murray Sinclair said the water levels did not rise dramatically when the first wave hit.

The MCDEM Samoa Tsunami Releases are available from this page.