IAEM-USA Region 2

The IAEM Region 2 Conference is on schedule to be a fantastic gathering and learning opportunity for our Region 2 members. IAEM Region 2 is happy to announce the Call for Presentations is now open for the 2025 IAEM Region 2 Conference at Paul Smith's College, happening July 23-25, 2025!   The conference theme is "Wicked Problems in Emergency Management". We are looking for presentations or panels on any topics that reflect the special and unique challenges that professional emergency managers are facing. There will also be a focus track for Sports and Special Events Management.   Please submit your application by January 31st, 2025! If you have any questions or issues, please email [email protected]. We hope to see you next July!   The direct link is https://lnkd.in/eiPqkMqK to bring you to the application form 

Reese Martin CEM®, an IAEM member from San Marcos, TX is working on a research paper where he is surveying folks on communities' capability to prepare for, respond to and recovery from an active attack/mass shooting. The anonymous survey can  be found here: https://lnkd.in/esujVhYJ #EMBeyondES #IAEMstrong

New Free Virtual Session Dates Added! Live Virtual Presentations on Targeted Violence Prevention from the SECRET SERVICE US (USSS) The USSS' National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) is pleased to offer new opportunities to attend live virtual presentations on preventing targeted violence. In these presentations, expert researchers will share findings and implications from decades of research on targeted violence and offer strategies for preventing acts of violence impacting the places where we work, learn, worship, and otherwise live our daily lives. This list of available virtual training events is regularly updated, and presentation topics change from month to month. To learn more about this series of live virtual presentations, or to register for one or more of these events, please follow the link below. https://lnkd.in/eJH8TkZK

All, Our annual fundraising campaign for the IAEM-USA Scholarship Fund has kicked off. Anyone (not just IAEM members!) can help our Scholarship Commission raise funds for both undergraduate and graduate scholarships for Emergency Managers. Please visit https://lnkd.in/eKfrmShU to donate online. You can also use the unique QR code below. Every donation updates the running total and allows anyone to see our progress in real time at https://lnkd.in/d4JhNu4s. If you have questions about the scholarship fund, or have any technical issues with the giving site, please contact Barbara Russo ([email protected]) or Dawn Shiley ([email protected]). Thank you for helping us make a difference!

IAEM-USA Region 2 congratulates our regional member state on reaccredidation this year (their fourth - originally accredited in 2007)! NYS Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services FEMA Region 2 Jackie Bray

Congratulations fellow Region 2 member, to the US Virgin Islands and the VIRGIN ISLANDS TERRITORIAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (VITEMA) on becoming accredited through the Emergency Management Accreditation Program!

Please check out Marc C. Baker, MS, CEM's review in the Emergency Management Network's Substack on IAEM-USA Region 2's own Andrew Boyarsky's book 'Riding The Wave: Applying Project Management Science in the Field of Emergency Management https://lnkd.in/emYG8WuJ #EMJoy

Congrats to Jason Casale, IAEM-USA R2 member... #IAEMStrong https://lnkd.in/d6Nn5PjP