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By Tom Breen
UCONN OEM HOSTS TRAINING
UConn’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) recently hosted a Sport and Special Event Evacuation Training and Exercise course at the Storrs campus on March 8 and 9. The course was put on by TEEX, Texas A&M Engineering’s Extension Service. This branch of TEEX is federally funded by the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
“REAL” EMERGENCY MANAGERS CONCERNED OVER MICHIGAN’S MISUSE OF THE JOB TITLE
March 15, 2016 (Falls Church, Va.) – Members of the U.S. Council of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), the premier international professional association representing more than 5,000 professional emergency managers worldwide, including more than 4,200 in the United States, believe there is serious confusion and misunderstanding of the use of the term "emergency manager" in the press and public related to the Flint, Michigan, water situation. Traditional emergency managers focus on preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters or crisis situations. The term "emergency manager" has been used to describe those in the business of saving lives, protecting property, and restoring communities for more than 40 years.
DAILY CAMPUS ARTICLE: OVERNIGHT OUTAGE
Overnight outage affects four dorms across campus By Mike Tommins
NIMS AND ICS ADDED TO THE OEM WEBSITE
The Office of Emergency Management’s (OEM) website has been updated to incorporate essential training on the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the Incident Command System (ICS). This training, which is both a federal standard and best practice for incident management, will improve our University’s ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from emergency incidents. All UConn staff and faculty are encouraged to follow the links to FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute and take the online introductory courses. OEM is the central hub for tracking the University’s NIMS competency. If you are a faculty or staff member of the University of Connecticut, please forward your NIMS/ICS certificates to oem@uconn.edu.