Maine Association of Local Emergency Managers (MALEM)
By Emily Kaster, Cumberland County EMA, Deputy Director COVID-19 has been a disaster of catastrophic proportions that will re-write emergency management textbooks. Emergency managers rose to the challenge and responded to COVID-19. Emergency managers developed innovative, just-in-time solutions to challenges…
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The past year and a half has been a very busy one for emergency managers. The Covid19 National Emergency Declaration is not only the first true “National” scale active emergency since the formation of Civil Defense in 1950 and the…
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The following are current bills before the Maine State Legislature that have a connection to Emergency Management: LD 12: An Act To Require Annual Information Reporting by the Maine Information and Analysis Center LD 14: An Act To Require…
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The MALEM Board met in February to continue planning for greater involvement in the Maine Partners in Preparedness Conference slated for May 2020. We were hoping to host a Member’s Breakfast, host a breakout panel with some special guests and…
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Andrew Sankey, CEM-ME, Hancock County EMA Are you familiar with the oft-repeated adage that “all disasters are local?” If one considers the disasters that have occurred throughout these United States, or elsewhere for that matter, it is easy to recognize…
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On Wednesday, August 21, 2019 the third in a series of annual online emergency management exercises will be open for participation. The exercise is sponsored and conducted by the Electrical Infrastructure Security (EIS) Council and is titled “The Emergency All-sectors…
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Recording Now Available for ASPR TRACIE Webinar: Hospital-Based Incident Command Systems: Small and Rural Hospitals. The title page of the presentation includes a link to the recording, bios, and additional webinar handouts. Enter your name and email address prior to…
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Ray Sisk, Director, Knox County EMA Is your jurisdiction ready to continue essential services if an event or disaster interrupts your normal way of doing business? How would you continue normal governmental services if…
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Bill Baker, Owner Information Station Specialist BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WA: Just a stone’s throw across the water from Seattle, Bainbridge Islanders are fully cognizant that when it all goes south someday, help may be a very long time in coming. The…
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We know that it will make a huge difference in the overall impact to our communities, if we have the plans, procedures, equipment and supplies in place and ready to go before a natural or manmade hazard occurs. However, one…
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