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IAEM-USA REGION 1 2010 NEWS
 City of Providence (RI) Achieves National EM Accreditation (30 Oct 2010) The emergency preparedness and response systems of the City of Providence, Rhode Island, have been granted full accreditation by the Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP). Emergency management accreditation represents a significant achievement. To achieve EMAP accreditation, local and state programs must document compliance with a set of standards used in the accreditation process and undergo a peer review assessment by EMAP trained assessors. Download press release from Emergency Management Accreditation Program.
Results of Attendee Feedback Survey for IAEM-USA Region 1 and MAEMP's 2010 New England Emergency Managers Conference Published (06/07/10)
IAEM-USA Region 1 and the Massachusetts Association of Emergency Management Professionals Co-Produced the New England Emergency Managers Conference (05/10/10) Friday, Apr. 23, 2010, saw the gathering of 160  leading emergency managers at Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts for the IAEM-USA Region 1 and Massachusetts Association of Emergency Management Professionals (MAEMP) annual conference, “Neighbors United.” This was the first year that IAEM Region 1, New England, has collaborated with another organization on the annual conference, and it was an outstanding success both in overall attendance as well as vendor support.
Bruce Lockwood, CEM, IAEM-USA Region 1 President
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Bruce Lockwood, CEM, IAEM-USA Region 1 President, opened the conference with welcoming remarks and tribute to the Region 1 Conference founder of 2006, IAEM-USA President Pamela L’Heureux, CEM, who was also in attendance. Barry Wante, CEM, MAEMP Vice President, on behalf of Ron Reents, MAEMP President, extended a warm welcome to Old Sturbridge Village and to the State of Massachusetts.
Jason McNamara, Chief
of Staff, FEMA HQ
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Jason McNamara, Chief of Staff, FEMA Headquarters, delivered the opening keynote address ,with an emphasis on partnerships, coordination, collaboration and team building that is lasting. He noted that FEMA is not the team, but rather only part of the team. FEMA’s new mission statement is: “Support our citizens and first responders. Ensure as a nation we work together to build, sustain and improve our capability to prepare, protect, respond, recover and mitigate.”
Brad Blake, Director of New Media, Massachusetts Governor’s Office
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- "Use of Social Media for Notification and Information," by Brad Blake, Director of New Media, Massachusetts Governor’s Office and Valerie McKay, Massachusetts Governor’s Office, information Technology Division.
- "2010 Haiti Earthquake: An On-the-Ground Perspective," by Tom Hines, Administrative Officer, Massachusetts Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) MA-1.
- "Emergency Management in the 1800’s," by Tom Kelleher, Curator, Old Sturbridge Village.
- " 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Influenza: Lessons Learned," by Dr. Gregory Dworkin, Danbury Hospital.
- "2008 Massachusetts Ice Storm," by Chris Monteverdi, Deputy Emergency Management Director, City of Worcester, Massachusetts.
- "Public Private Partnerships: How We All Need to Work Together," by Robert Connors, Director of Emergency Management, Raytheon Corporation.
Ric Skinner, GISP, Owner/Consultant, The Stonybrook Group LLC, 2010 IAEM Region 1 Conference Planning Committee Chair
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Tom Hines, Administrative Officer, Massachusetts Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT), MA-1
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Robert Connors, EM Director, Raytheon Corporation, spoke on Public Private Partnerships. In the background is Suzanne Novak, President, ERUdyne, LLC and Conference Committee Member.
Door prizes donated from a variety of generous supporters were raffled to attendees, raising $700 towards the IAEM Scholarship Commission. The conference concluded with the directive by IAEM-USA Region 1 President Bruce Lockwood, CEM, asking all IAEM-USA Region 1 members to bring one more colleague into IAEM membership within the next year.
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