IAEM 2008 AWARDs competition Winners

• IAEM News Release: IAEM Announces Winners of the 2008 IAEM Awards Competition
• Awards were presented at the IAEM 58th Annual Conference & EMEX 2008, Kansas City (Overland Park), Kansas.

The Career Excellence Award recognizes a national/international leader who has made significant contributions throughout his/her career to promote and improve the emergency management profession. The 2008 recipient of the IAEM Career Excellence Award is Albert H. Fluman, Supervisory Senior Exercise Program Specialist of the Emergency Management Institute (EMI), Federal Emergency Management Agency, for his significant contributions throughout his career to promote and improve the emergency management profession. IAEM particularly recognizes Mr. Fluman for his role in development and training for thousands of emergency managers, elected and appointed officials, and first responders through EMI, including his development of the Integrated Emergency Management curriculum and individual training courses provided at EMI.

• Nomination of Albert H. Fluman, currently the Supervisory Senior Exercise Program Specialist of the Emergency Management Institute, Federal Emergency Management Agency for the IAEM Career Excellence Award.
  entry form | required essay | Campbell Group reference letter | McCain reference letter | McLellan reference letter

The Academic Recognition Award recognizes an academic leader or institution that has made a significant contribution to the formal education of students pursuing a career in emergency management or through research and development of paradigms or standards that have helped shape the broader field of emergency and disaster management. The 2008 recipient of the IAEM Academic Recognition Award is Professor Jim Cole for his significant contributions to the formal education of students pursuing careers in emergency management. After nearly twenty years of teaching at Victoria University in Wellington, Professor Cole was appointed to his present position as Professor of Geology in the Department of Geological Sciences, University of Canterbury, where he serves as Director of the Natural Hazards Research Centre. IAEM also recognized Professor Cole for his outstanding research career, which includes programs that discovered new volcanic centers and have significantly increased our understanding of what triggers super-eruptions from highly active volcanic centers in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, and around the world.

• Nomination of Professor Jim Cole, Director of the Natural Hazards Research Centre and Professor of Geology at the University of Canterbury, for the Academic Recognition Award.
  entry form | essay | support letter 1 | support letter 2

The Business & Industry Preparedness Award is 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. This year’s winner is The George Washington University’s Office of Public Safety & Emergency Management for its Planning Guidance and “SafeTea” Plan Sessions.

• John N. Petrie, Assistant Vice President for Public Safety and Emergency Management, The George Washington University Office of Public Safety & Emergency Management, Washington, DC. Nomination of Planning Guidance and "Safe Tea" Plan Sessions.
  entry form | supporting document 1 | supporting document 2

The Partners in Preparedness Awards recognize 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. The 2008 winner of the Partners in Preparedness Award was the partnership between the Chinese Information & Service Center, Seattle, Washington, and the Seattle Office of Emergency Management, who teamed up to provide emergency preparedness information to Chinese and Vietnamese communities in Seattle.

• Barb Graff, Director, Seattle Office of Emergency Management. Nomination of Chinese Information & Service Center. entry form

The Interagency Disaster Preparedness Award, co-sponsored by Homeland1.com, recognizes pro­grams that involve an ongoing multi-agency effort whose mission is primarily disaster and/or terrorism mitigation, prevention, response and/or recovery. Entry is open to emergency response, emergency management and emergency support agencies (such as public health and public works) and their municipal, county, tribal, state, pro­vincial, military or federal jurisdictions or parent agencies. The 2008 recipient is the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health for its “Schools’ Pandemic Influenza and Infectious Disease/Public Health Emergency Toolkit,” that provides a means for improved communication and collaboration between the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and the more than 80 LA County school districts that serve more than 1.8 million children.

• Kim Guevara, Corporate Philanthropy Officer & Director of Emergency Management, MedWeb, San Francisco, CA. Nomination of Schools’ Pandemic Influenza and Infectious Disease/Public Health Emergency Toolkit, Sponsored by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
  entry form | supporting document 1 | supporting document 2

An IAEM Certificate of Merit also was presented in the Interagency Disaster Preparedness Award category to New Jersey’s Emergency Medical Services – USCG Sector NY, for its Port Security EMS Response Plan.

• Henry P. Cortacans and Devin Kerins, State Planners, EMS Task Force – State of New Jersey. Nomination of Port Security EMS Response Plan for New Jersey's Emergency Medical Services -USCG Sector NY.
  entry form

The IAEM Public Awareness Awards recognize outstanding public awareness programs or public education products related to emergency management, homeland security, and/or disaster preparedness. The 2008 award recipients include:

Public Awareness Award (Division 1, Local Emergency Management Agency)

• First Place: City of Bellevue, Washington, for its multi-language emergency preparedness videos.
  • Steven P. Thomas, Battalion Chief, Commander of the Emergency Preparedness Division, City of Bellevue Fire Dept., Bellevue, WA. Nomination of multi-language emergency preparedness videos.
    entry form | URL link to videos (also included in entry form)
• Second Place: Seattle Parks & Recreation and Seattle Office of Emergency Management for the STEP (Student Training Employment Program) job readiness program.
  • Barb Graff, Director, Seattle Office of Emergency Management. Nomination of STEP - (Student Training Employment Program) Job Readiness Program.
    entry form | supporting document 1 | supporting document 2
• Third Place: City of Everett, Washington, for its Emergency Preparedness Public Education Campaign "Who Depends On You?" (WDOY).
  • Dave DeHaan and Lyn Gross, CEM. Nomination of Mary Schoenfeldt, City of Everett Emergency Management Public Education Coordinator, for her Emergency Preparedness Public Education Campaign "Who Depends On You?" (WDOY) .
    entry form | sample 1 | sample 2
   

Public Awareness Award (Division 2, State/Regional National Government, International, or Non-Profit Organization)

• First Place: City of Houston, Texas, for “Are You Ready,” a community preparedness campaign for the Greater Houston region.
  • Sharon Nalls, Emergency Management Coordinator, City of Houston Emergency Management, Houston, TX. Nomination of "Are You Ready? A Community Preparedness Campaign for the Greater Houston Region."
    entry form | sample print ad | sample radio spot (MP3)
    

    Note: The Web address as mentioned in the entry form is www.readyhoustontx.gov.  All versions of the 15 minutes preparedness video can be viewed on the Web site. The DVD that is distributed has all versions on a single DVD format.

    To view a sampling of the local PSAs:
    http://www.vt2.com/approval
    This screen will prompt you to "Enter"
    Enter your pass code in the pop-up window: disasterpsa (one word: no spaces, or caps) and click OK.

• Second Place: The Golden Gate Regional Center, San Francisco, California, for its disaster preparedness video series.
  • Lucian Canton, Emergency Management Consultant. Nomination of Golden Gate Regional Center Disaster Preparedness Video Series.
    entry form | supporting document 1 | supporting document 2
• Honorable Mention: Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, for its “SMU Aware 2008 Calendar.”
  • Lisa W. Morris, Emergency Management Specialist, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX. Nomination of SMU Aware 2008 Calendar. entry form
   

Public Awareness Award (Division 3, Commercial or Other For-Profit Organizations)

• First Place: Emergency Management & Safety Solutions, Inc., San Francisco, California, for its “Advanced Pandemic Planning for Critical Infrastructure - A Roundtable and Whitepaper Series for U.S. Critical Infrastructure.”
  • Regina Phelps, President & Founder, Emergency Management & Safety Solutions, Inc. Nomination of Advanced Pandemic Planning for Critical Infrastructure - A Roundtable and Whitepaper Series for U.S. Critical Infrastructure.
    entry form | energy whitepaper | financial whitepaper | food and agriculture whitepaper
   

The IAEM Technology & Innovation Awards recognize the development of technology and innovation to improve emergency management operations, public education, or the emergency management/homeland security field. The 2008 award recipients include:

Technology & Innovation Award (Division 1, Local Emergency Management Agency)

• First Place: Sarasota County Office of Emergency Management, Sarasota, Florida, for development of the People with Special Needs (PSN) registration "WebPSN" database software.
• Robert Day, EM Operations Chief, Sarasota County Government, Sarasota, FL. Nomination of  People with Special Needs (PSN) registration "WebPSN" database software. entry form | sample screens and reports
  Note: A link could not be provided to the online version of "WebPSN," as it is inside their firewalls and over fiber-optic to the evacuation shelters on their Intranet for security/confidentiality reasons.

Technology & Innovation Award (Division 2, State/Regional National Government, International, or Non-Profit Organization)

• First Place: The U.S. Geological Survey for its Shakecast Program.
  • Bob Spears, Director of Emergency Service, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, California. Nomination of United States Geological Survey’s Shakecast Program.
    entry form | URL to view networks producing Shakemaps
• Second Place: The New South Wales State Emergency Service, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, for its Business FloodSafe Online Toolkit.
  • Andrew Edwards, Chief Information Officer, NSW State Emergency Service, Wollongong NSW Australia. Nomination of Business FloodSafe Online Toolkit.
    entry form | supporting document 1 | supporting document 2
    URL to view online toolkit