Project Name: Automated Medical Countermeasures Screening Project

Issue Date: 09/03/2015 Due Date/Time: 09/25/2015, 4:00 PM Eastern

Phone: 703-792-5869 E-mail: Patrick.Ashley@vdh.virginia.gov

Project Manager: Patrick Ashley

Overview:

We are pleased to announce and welcome the new NVERS Program Director, Walt Kaplan.  Walt’s official start date will be September 14, 2015.

We are pleased to announce NVERS' IRS 1023 application for 501(c)3 status was approved by the IRS (April 2015).  Based on guidance from the IRS and the experience of our advisors, we were prepared for this process to take up to 2 years and consist of multiple back-and-forth question/answer sessions with the IRS.  Apparently, the application was detailed and clear enough the IRS was able to approve it in 47 days.  This is the fastest approval turn-around anyone we have spoken with has ever heard of.

A look at how the response unfolded to the city’s worst train disaster in decades.

Tuesday night's fatal derailment was the worst Philadelphia train disaster in decades. The timing seemed chillingly prophetic: Just one day before the crash, the city's Office of Emergency Management had held a "mass casualty workshop" with police, fire and health personnel.

NVERS is now taking applications for the position of Regional Vulnerable Populations Preparedness Coordinator.  Interested individuals should refer to the attached document for more information on the position.

A report found that close to half of all Americans are threatened by shaking from earthquakes strong enough to cause damage.
http://www.emergencymgmt.com/disaster/US-Earthquake-Damage-Risk-Beyond-California.html

NVERS is now taking applications for the position of Regional Vulnerable Populations Preparedness Coordinator.  Interested individuals should refer to the attached document for more information on the position.

NVERS Vulnerable Populations Preparedness Coordinator Description 4 28 15 Final

http://www.emergencymgmt.com/disaster/Maine-Search-Rescue-Groups-Drone-U...

http://www.ready.gov/blackouts

http://www.cdc.gov/climateandhealth/pubs/adaptation-in-action.pdf