JSU-IAEM Student Chapter November 2024 Meeting Recording and Reminders

JSU-IAEM Student Chapter Meeting November 2024

Thanks to everyone who attended the Chapter Meeting last night. If you were unable to make it, DON'T WORRY! The meeting recording is available HERE!

Brad Pierce, CEM, is the External Affairs Officer for FEMA’s National Incident Management Assistance Team – Red. This includes managing response-related federal Emergency Support Function (ESF) 15: External Affairs elements during major disaster declarations. Brad has been deployed to Florida to respond to Hurricanes Helene and Milton and spoke to our Chapter about the situation there and some of the impacts of politics, misinformation, and special visits. 

Additionally, here are some JSU-IAEM Updates/Reminders:

• Please update your chapter membership form [SURVEY:90329]!
• Volunteer Opportunities:

  • Certification Training Program

    • What you’ll do: Volunteers will take FEMA IS Courses to ensure we answer the various exam questions correctly. Using these, we will create our question bank to base the curriculum. ​
    • Contact: Dr. Laura Olson lolson@jsu.edu ​​​​​​
  • JSU-IAEM Chapter Committees
    • Scholarship Committee
      • What you’ll do: Participate in discussions about the submission requirements and deadlines and determine recipients of Chapter Scholarships

      • Contact: John Harahus jharahus@stu.jsu.edu

    • ​​​Newsletter Committee
      • What you’ll do: Assist in the preparation/writing of articles and distribution of the Chapter’s quarterly newsletter, Cocky Squawk

      • Contact: Brad Pierce bpierce1@stu.jsu.edu

  • Crisis Cleanup Virtual Volunteers

    • What you’ll do: volunteers are needed to help register storm damage through Crisis Cleanup’s virtual platform, providing information to VOADs to deploy aid. 

    • Spanish speakers are especially needed, but all help is valuable.
    • Contact: Mikel Gordon mgordon9@stu.jsu.edu

Best regards,
Noah Maddox, MSEM
(He/Him/His)
Graduate Research Assistant
JSU-IAEM Student Chapter President
Department of Emergency Management
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