Rhode Island Association of Emergency Managers
Public Safety, Public Trust
The deadline for 2018-19 membership renewals has been extended to December 31, 2018. Please visit http://www.riaem.org/membership/ to download the membership form and payment voucher if your organization prefers to pay by check. We’ve also added a new option to pay online…
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For those who may not have seen it, BOATLIFT is an outstanding story of resilience in the face of disaster. Narrated by Tom Hanks, this award-winning video tells the story of the countless boats who evacuated Lower Manhattan on 9/11…
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The Rhode Island Public Works Association, a partner organization of the Rhode Island Association of Emergency Managers, has a number of upcoming training opportunities and meetings: Winter Maintenance Training (Oct 31) RIPWA Annual Meeting (Nov 7) Forestland Damage Assessment &…
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The Rhode Island Association of Emergency Managers congratulates RIEMA Director Peter Gaynor on his appointment as the new Deputy Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Mr. Gaynor will be heading to Washington soon to take up his new role…
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Good Afternoon Directors – (Courtesy NEMA via RIEMA Director Peter Gaynor) The Disaster Recovery Reform Act (DRRA) was first discussed in detail during the Mid-Year. Since that time, you’ve seen updates from the NEMA-DC office and heard Brock mention it…
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Before Snowstorms and Extreme Cold Make a Family Communications Plan. Your family may not be together when disaster strikes, so it is important to know how you will contact one another, how you will get back together and what you will…
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2017 Leadership Symposium – Do you see what I see? Strategic Leadership in Emergency Management. “The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there” (John Buchan, 1875-1940). This…
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HOW TO HELP DISASTER SURVIVORS IN TEXAS WASHINGTON – The compassion and generosity of the American people is never more evident than during and after a disaster. It is individuals, non-profits, faith- and community-based organizations, private sector partners, and governmental…
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