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The Maine State Legislature has two joint committees that tend to focus on topics related to Emergency Management. These are the: State and Local Government Committee and the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee. If you click on the links,…
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The Maine Association of Local Emergency Managers (MALEM) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Emergency Management Scholarship. Chelsea Robbins. Master of Public Health – Biosecurity & Disaster Preparedness at St. Louis University. In addition to her studies,…
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by Emily Kaster I am proud to share my thesis, “Are We There Yet? Exploring Professionalization of Emergency Management in the State of Maine” which is now available in the Homeland Security Digital Library. You can access the thesis (and…
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Applications for the MALEM Emergency Management collage scholarship will be accepted from October 1, 2021 to December 1, 2021.MALEM Scholarship Application is available under the Resource Page. Completed applications must be submitted by email to malemorganization@gmail.com .Scholarship recipients will be…
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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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