IAEM 2007 AWARD Winners

pre-conference announcements
 

IAEM News Release

• IAEM Announces Winners of 2007 Awards (news release, 10/19/07) Winners of the Public Awareness Awards, Technology & Innovation Awards, Partners in Preparedness Awards, the Business & Industry Preparedness Award, and the Membership Award are announced.
• Awards will be presented at the IAEM 55th Annual Conference & EMEX 2007, Nov. 11-14, 2007, Reno, Nevada, where the IAEM Awards & Recognition Committee also will announce the winners of the IAEM Career Excellence Award, the Academic Recognition Award, the Clayton R. Christopher Award, Executive Citations, and Presidential Citations.

IAEM 2007 Award Winners Announced on Oct. 19, 2007

• Public Awareness Award (newsletters, publications, public awareness campaigns, audiovisual products, public service announcements) - recognizes outstanding public awareness programs or public education products related to emergency management, homeland security, and/or disaster preparedness. (1st, 2nd, 3rd  places) 

  Public Awareness Award Divisions

  • Division 1: Local Emergency Management Agency
    • First Place: Region 5/6 Office of Emergency Management, Fremont, Nebraska for the local agency's public awareness education on EM issues entry form | link to newsletter archives | link to home magnet program
    • Second Place: The City of Leeds (UK) "Planning for Emergencies" booklet entry form | booklet in PDF format
    • Third Place: San Diego County Office of Emergency Services (OES) "Preparedness Starts With You" Campaign entry form | promotion through Web | Family Disaster Plan Personal Survival Guide
  • Division 2: State/Regional/National Government, International, or Non-Profit Organization
    • First Place: McReady Oklahoma Family Preparedness Program entry form
    • Second Place: North Central Texas Regional Public Education Subcommittee –Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Project entry form
    • Third Place: National Organization on Disability's Emergency Preparedness Initiative "Congregations Who Care - Prepare" Campaign
      entry form | supporting document: "How Congregations of All Faiths Can Prepare to Assist People with Disabilities During Man-made or Natural Disasters"
  • Division 3: Commercial or Other For-Profit Organizations
    • First Place: Theta Pro2Serve Management Company LLC (TPMC) Emergency Management (EM) Public Awareness Program, originated and developed by Steven D. Arnold entry form | Accountability Poster Series | E-mails and Bulletins
    • Second Place: U.S. Enrichment Corp., Paducah, KY, Community Calendar for Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Neighbors entry form
     
• Technology and Innovation Award (software/hardware, equipment, databases, freeware, Web sites) - recognizes the development of technology and innovation to improve emergency management operations, public education, or the emergency management/homeland security field (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)

  Technology and Innovation Award Divisions

• Division 1: Local Emergency Management Agency
  • First Place: Seattle OEM Web-based employee preparedness training program entry form | As stated at the end of the nomination, to view the nominated program, click here. At the log-in prompt, complete the registration, listing IAEM as your department. Once you have registered, you will be able to take the entire course and print your own certificate.
  • Second Place: Collier Co. EM Web site redesign
    entry form | link to supporting documents |

    link to video with media coverage on rollout of new Web site

  • Third Place: Orange Co. (FL) Office of Emergency Management, OC Alert. Net - "Keeping Our Citizens Alert" entry form
• Division 2: State/Regional/National Government, International, or Non-Profit Organization
  • First Place: Integrated Information Management System (IIMS) entry form
  • 2006 Influenza Control Exercise/Tabletop Exercise System Technology (ICE/TEST), Florida Dept. of Health entry form
   

• Partners in Preparedness Award (Public/Private Partnership). Recognizes programs or processes that demonstrate innovative, multi-participant involvement between local governments/governmental entities and private sector businesses, non-governmental organizations/non-profits, or individuals which have resulted in effective and efficient incident management, emergency management or homeland security processes. Two plaques are given, one for the local government agency and one for the supporting industry partner. Multiple awards may be granted at the discretion of the judging panel.
• Winner: Rapid Incident Scene Clearance Team
  entry form | Florida's Turnpike Enterprise: The Wrecker Support Component of the Hurricane Evacuation Operation Plan | Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, Hurricane Evacuation Plan: Support Component for the Transportation of Stranded Motorists
• Winner: San Diego County Office of Emergency Services' (OES) "Preparedness Starts With You" Campaign entry form | web site links | Family Disaster Plan and Personal Survival Guide Checklist

 

• Business and Industry Preparedness Award - based on excellence in implementing a program that plans for multiple hazards, sets implementation priorities, is cost effective, links all levels of the organization, and coordinates with local emergency response and management agencies. The program must be repeatable by similar organizations in business and industry. (Only the most outstanding nominee for each year will be given this award.)
  • Winner: The George Washington University’s Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management (OPSEM) for its Emergency Preparedness Exercise Program
    entry form and supporting documentation
     
• The IAEM Membership Award is given to those IAEM members who sponsor the most new members during the year. The winners this year are:
  • Ira Marks
  • George Nunez
  • Bradley Wilson