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July’s been
a somewhat tedious month although we did have some excitement with Alberto
splashing his way through the Gulf didn’t we?
For your
reading pleasure this month, we have assembled a collection of Florida SART
updates on training requirements, posted documents, and trivia contest winners.
Many thanks again to those whose submissions were received for the trivia
contest.
Also
included are some newly discovered Internet resources.
Keep moving
on your preparedness plans (it’s not too late to put your kits and plans
together!) and we shall see you in August!
Advisory Board June 2006 Meeting Minutes Available
Online
The minutes
of the last quarterly Advisory Board meeting have been posted to the Florida
SART Web page.
To access
the minutes, log in to your SART Member account and look under Member Only
Information.
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FL
SART Field Responder Training Requirements
An
important stride was made by SART toward becoming NIMS compliant. Following a
discussion and recommendation from the Curriculum Committee at June’s Advisory
Board meeting, a vote was conducted among board members to determine whether or
not to require successful completion of ICS 100, ICS 200, and IS 700 incident
command system courses.
The vote
unanimously supported requiring all field responders to show proof of
successful passage of the abovenamed three incident command system courses.
There are several course variations and prefixes that are available: FEMA,
Division of Forestry, USDA, etc. There is no current stipulation on whose
course is preferred. FEMA courses are convenient, self-paced, and online.
Forestry courses are more hands on. FEMA courses can be accessed at http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/crslist.asp.
USDA courses are available through the FL SART Web site at http://www.flsart.org/library/atm_sart.htm.
The Florida Division of Forestry course calendar is online at http://www.fl-dof.com/training_education/training_schedule.html.
Proof of
successful completion includes a copy of the completion certificate or a letter
from the granting agency/organization stating completion was successful and a
certificate will be mailed.
This
training requirement is effective immediately, so do not delay in completing
your coursework.
NIMS, or
the National Incident Management System, has set forth year-by-year compliance
requirements for states who wish to be reimbursed with federal emergency funds.
For more
information on this field responder requirement, you may contact Dr. Greg
Christy, Emergency Coordinating Officer for ESF17 and SART Advisory Board
Co-Chair.
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Tropical Cyclone Advisory Mailing Lists
Ten
tropical cyclone advisory lists are available by email from the National
Hurricane Center (NHC). The lists are arranged by region with the choice of
receiving just the public advisories, forecasts, and advisories; the Tropical
Weather Outlook; or both.
To sign up
visit the NHC Web site at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/signup.shtml.
-- As
reported in Disaster Research, 454, Natural Hazards
Center, University
of Colorado, Boulder
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.NEMA
2006 Annual Conference
To be held
in Orange Beach, Alabama September 18-22, 2006. Organized by
the National Emergency Management Association (NEMA), this conference provides
an opportunity for emergency managers to come together to discuss the many
challenges that face the community today, share solutions, grow professionally,
and network with peers. Attendees will hear from those involved in shaping the
future of homeland security and emergency management, strengthen relationships
with partner organizations, and discuss NEMA’s views on all-hazards emergency
preparedness with the leadership in Washington.
To learn more about this year’s conference visit http://www.nemaweb.org/?1590.
-- As
reported in Disaster Research, 455,
Natural
Hazards
Center
,
University
of
Colorado
,
Boulder
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Firewise
Learning
Center
The
Firewise Communities program has created the Web-based Firewise Learning
Center to encourage self-paced
learning on a variety of topics. The site will offer free courses that feature
video, lectures, and interactive quizzes and tests. Two courses are currently
available, Firefighter Safety and Firewise Landscaping.
Check out
the
Learning
Center
at http://www.firewise.org/fw_youcanuse/learningcenter/.
-- As
reported in Disaster Research, 454,
Natural
Hazards
Center
,
University
of
Colorado
,
Boulder
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New
NASA Hurricane Posters Available Online
Two new
informative hurricane posters are now online at the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA) Web site. One poster features Hurricane Katrina and
the other, titled “Spin Cycle: Hurricane Energetics,?highlights the various
components of a hurricane as observed by NASA satellites. Follow http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/hurricane_posters.html
to directly access the posters.
-- As
reported in Disaster Research, 453,
Natural
Hazards
Center
,
University
of
Colorado
,
Boulder
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June
Trivia Contest Winners
Two entries
into June’s trivia contest sported correct answers. Being that only two had
correct answers (and that we were feeling generous J), we have decided to award authors
of the two entries SART goodie bags.
Congratulations
to Ms. Alexandra Taylor of Milton and Mr. Martin Allen of
North
Port
for successfully solving the quiz!
For those
who missed the question, readers were challenged to name three of the five
hurricane names retired at the conclusion of the 2005 hurricane season. Answers
could be selected from Dennis, Katrina, Wilma, Stan, and Rita. These storms,
all players in the historic 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, were retired by the
international hurricane committee of the World Meteorological Organization.
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About
the SART Sentinel
Editor: Elizabeth
Wang, SART Coordinator, Florida
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Animal Industry
Associate Editor:
Gregory S. Christy, DVM, State ESF-17 Coordinator, Florida Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Animal Industry
The SART SENTINEL is an e-mail newsletter prepared
monthly by Elizabeth Wang and the staff of the Florida State Agricultural
Response Team. Past issues of the Sentinel are archived on the Florida SART Web
Site, www.flsart.org.
If you have
a story or photo that you would like to have considered for publication in The SART SENTINEL, contact the Editors.
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Tip
of the Month!
Do 1 Thing
 Do
1 Thing is a 12-month preparedness program developed by a collaboration of
governments and nongovernmental organizations in three counties in
Michigan
. It focuses on
a different area of emergency preparedness each month and provides a range of
preparedness options for each topic. It is designed to improve community
disaster resiliency by moving individuals through the process of disaster
preparedness from awareness to intention to action.
Find out
more at www.do1thing.us/.
-- As
reported in Disaster Research, 451,
Natural
Hazards
Center
,
University
of
Colorado
,
Boulder
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