The International Association of Emergency Manager (IAEM) has eliminated the enrollment fee to obtain the application for the Certified Emergency Manager® (CEM®) program. CEM® application forms may be downloaded for free at http://iaem.networkats.com/members_online/members/app_fee.asp.

IAEM now encourages emergency managers in Asia to see the application to self-assess and determine their qualifications without paying a fee. IAEM believes this transparent application process will encourage more applicants to apply for the CEM® credential.

The fee to apply for CEM® is $325 for IAEM members and $450 for non-members. The fee is collected only when the application is submitted.

For more information on the CEM®, visit http://www.iaem.com/certification/generalinfo/intro.htm.

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IAEM will hold its second Asia membership meeting in March, 2008, in Singapore. A representative from the U.S. IAEM will attend. At that meeting we plan to establish an Asia Council of the IAEM, to approve bylaws, to elect officers and to establish a dues structure for Asia.

As in the past, you will not need to be present to participate, as a conference call will be arranged. Contact IAEM Singapore representative Nathaniel Forbes for more information, or check this space later in February.

If you want to be an officer, stick up your hand by placing a comment on this post where everyone can see. Since most of us don’t know each other, please feel free to use the Comments to offer links to information about yourselves.

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Larry Gispert was elected President of IAEM at the 55th Annual Conference & EMEX Exhibit in Reno, Nevada, Nov. 11-14, 2007. The election results were announced at the Annual General Membership Meeting.

Russ Decker, CEM, moved up to First Vice President, and Mike Selves, CEM, became the Immediate Past President. Pamela L’Heureux, former Region 1 President, was elected as IAEM Second Vice President. Rick Cox, CEM, was re-elected as IAEM Treasurer. Here is the full IAEM Board of Directors, 2007-2008.

IAEM members approved proposed organizational changes to allow an international structure to become a reality. Members in Asia expect to form an Asia Council in 2008.

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IAEM National Representative in India Mr. Kailash Gupta (standing) introduces the IAEM to the 2nd Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Delhi in November. Six hundred government officials, disaster experts, academics and other representatives from 50 countries attended the conference.

IAEM now has a dozen members in India and 70 members in Asia. IAEM has international councils in Europe, Australia & New Zealand and Canada; we will form an IAEM Asia Council in 2008.

IAEM is Asia’s leading forum for knowledge-sharing and professional networking opportunities in emergency management. By Chinese New Year, the IAEM will announce its first-ever emergency management training schedule for Asia. Stay tuned.

Whether you’re in the public or private sector in Asia, sign up here to receive news from the IAEM in Asia. Read past issues of the IAEM’s members-only monthly newsletter. To find the National Representative for your country, download this list. If you want to join us, thank you!

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The World Conference on Disaster Management (WCDM) is the leading global gathering for emergency professionals from the public and private sectors. The speakers are from all over the world.  The networking opportunities are tremendous; 1,800 attendees are expected next year. And Toronto is a spectacular place to visit in the summer.

The theme of the 18^th WCDM from June 15-18, 2008 is “Resiliency - Individual, Community and Business.” If you live in Asia and work in emergency response or management, business continuity, risk management, security, disaster recovery, crisis management, WCDM is an opportunity to share what you’ve learned by making a presentation.

Submit your presentation idea by December 2, 2007. You can submit your proposal online: write up to 250 words to describe your presentation, then click on “Call For Papers.”

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At IAEM’s first meeting in Asia on August 30, current and future IAEM members in five countries learned how to earn the CEM® certification. Twenty people came to the dinner and meeting in Singapore (photo), and members in India, Hong Kong, Indonesia and the Philippines watched and heard the presentation online.

In his audio- and web conference, CEM® Commission Vice Chairman Nick Crossley explained the requirements to achieve CEM® certification. They include emergency experience, training, an essay, professional contributions and passing an examination. You can download and view Nick’s CEM presentation here.

Members have started a list of courses and training in Asia that could meet the 200 hours of training required to obtain the credential. You may send suggestions to any of the IAEM in Asia National Representatives.

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Tuan Haji Othman is the IAEM representative for Malaysia. Located in capital city Kuala Lumpur, Mr. Othman is Principal Consultant at Malaysia’s Occupational Health & Safety Academy. His email address is othman@osha.com.my  

Mr. David Gault (on right in this photo) is the IAEM representative for Hong Kong. David is Asia Regional Planning Manager for Kenyon International, the world’s largest disaster management company. His email address is gaultd@kenyoninternational.com 

Sheila Marie “Smac” Crespo-Cantos is the IAEM representative for the Philippine Islands. Smac is the Manager of Emergency Planning for Philippine Airlines. Her email address is Smac_Cantos@pal.com.ph. 

Hj. Othman, Smac Cantos and David Gault join Mr. Angus Wildie, General Manager of Lane Archive Technologies in Jakarta at IAEM Representative for Indonesia. His email address is angus.wildie@gmail.com 

Mr. Nathaniel Forbes (on left in this photo) is the IAEM Rep for Singapore.      

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InTERRAgate is a new, collaborative, online database for disaster management non-governmental organizations (NGO’s), humanitarian agencies and search-and-rescue teams responding to natural disasters.

IAEM members are invited to contribute.

Like Wikipedia and other online BIY (“build-it-yourselves”) sites, InTERRAgate invites interested parties to submit information, including country facts, maps and images, emergency contacts and first responder information (visas and inoculations required).
 
The objective: to prepare international response teams for likely disasters, to identify the most vulnerable countries and their most likely anticipated hazards, and to have worldwide online access to information about the host country.

Asia is home to nations in the InTERRAgate database most vulnerable to natural disasters, including Bangladesh, Indonesia and the Philippine Islands.

InTERRAgate is a joint project of the U.K.’s Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre and U.K. charity Search and Rescue Assistance in Disasters (SARAID).   Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre is sponsored by Benfield Group, reinsurance intermediaries and risk advisory consultants, and University College London (UCL).

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The new National Representative of the International Association of Emerergency Managers (IAEM) is Mr. Angus Wildie. Angus is General Manager of Lane Archive Technologies Indonesia in Jakarta. He can be reached at iaemindonesia@gmail.com 

To find the IAEM national representative for your country, download the International Contact List (right column). To join the IAEM in Asia for only US$50 per year, click our “Join IAEM” button (right column).      

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This is the program for the World Conference on Disaster Management (WCDM) in July (2007).  Held every year in Toronto, Canada, WCDM brings together business continuity planners and emergency managers from the public and private sectors for eighty (80) presentations and workshops.  

In its 17th year, WCDM is sponsored by the Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness (CCEP) with the U.S. Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII).

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