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The IAEM Bulletin, the official newsletter of the International Association of Emergency Managers, is published monthly by IAEM to keep members abreast of association news, government actions affecting emergency management, and research and information sources. The Bulletin – which is in its 41st year of continuous publication – is also intended to serve as a way for emergency management colleagues to exchange information on programs and ideas. The members-only IAEM Bulletin, generally 24-40 pages, moved from print to electronic publishing in 2014. Past issues are available in the members-only IAEM Bulletin Archives.
There are two complimentary issues of the IAEM Bulletin linked below. Please share this issue with your EM colleagues, and encourage them to join our association:
The Bulletin is distributed electronically via the members-only archives to more than 6,000 emergency management officials each month, representing all levels of government, industrial, commercial, educational, military, private, non-profit and volunteer organizations. The newsletter is also shared with allied organizations and legislative representatives with a role in emergency management issues.
Please read the Author's Guidelines before submitting an article for the IAEM Bulletin. For the issues that are not special focus issues, articles on any topic of interest to emergency management professionals are welcome. Feature article length should be 750-1,500 words, and articles should be emailed to the editor as attached Word documents (no PDF submissions, please). Photos or illustrations must be emailed as separate image attachments (JPG or PNG). Learn more here.
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Four times a year, the IAEM Bulletin includes a special focus section on a selected topic of interest to emergency management. The other eight issues of this monthly publication include articles on a wide variety of topics related to emergency management.
#EverydayReady In the March edition, the IAEM Bulletin will take a look at # EverydayReady and the practical preparedness messages that bring emergency management (including practices and the term itself) into every household in simple, actionable ways. In this issue, we’ll be examining:
NOTE: Articles received by the deadline will be considered for the March issue. Articles on this topic received after the deadline will be considered for a future issue.
Emergency Management Funding
In the May issue of the IAEM Bulletin, we’ll be examining creative funding solutions and mistakes in emergency management funding that should be avoided. Tell us about the creative funding solutions you have brought to your jurisdiction, what tips would you suggest to other emergency managers to successfully secure funding, and what pitfalls would you be sure to avoid when seeking funding in the future? NOTE: Articles received by the deadline will be considered for the May issue. Articles on this topic received after the deadline will be considered for a future issue.
International Emergency Management
Emergency Management can look very different around the world; in this edition, we highly encourage our international members to tell their stories. Tell us about how your response is different than what US-based members might experience, Tell us about the considerations you have to make when planning, and tell us about the framework and workflow differences that impact your practice. For our US-based members, we've not forgotten about you: Tell us about solutions in emergency management that can be applied to international emergency management efforts. IAEM would especially like to hear prospectives that cross borders—for example we would love to hear from those who have responded to international emergency management efforts.
NOTE: Articles received by the deadline will be considered for the August issue. Articles on this topic received after the deadline will be considered for a future issue.
IAEM 2025: Champions of Change
The last special focus issue in October 2024 will be based on the overall theme of the IAEM 2025 Annual Conference & EMEX, “IAEM 2024: Champions of Change.” Your article should be related in some way to the overall conference theme. The October 2025 IAEM Bulletin will be our “conference issue.” Those who will be presenting at the conference are highly encouraged to submit an article based on their session topic. This article should not be an advertorial for your session. This could be “bonus content” for your session if you are speaking at the Annual Conference. If you are a speaker who plans to submit an article:
Some of the topic areas for your consideration are listed below, but do not let this list limit you in your submission.
Emergency Management as Champions to our Global Citizens: Over the past several years we have witnessed unpredictable and unprecedented events that have drastically impacted the field of emergency management. We learned new technology and new ways of collaborating and have adapted the ways in which we lead. You, the profession of emergency management, along with all of our allied professionals are the champions to our citizens and our communities.
As we move to the next step in our collective journey, what actions are we doing in training, education, preparedness, and leadership to demonstrate the truly professional nature of our professions? How has your work environment changed? How are you approaching training and exercises? What planning activities have been of great value or need to be included or updated? What does recovery look like from the eyes of a champion, and from the eyes of our citizens? How are you addressing the latest concerns when it comes to our vulnerable populations and those most in need? How are you partnering with other champions in your community? What “best practices” in leadership are you using that the rest of us can learn from and implement?
Can you identify the opportunities for growth, development, change, and synergy as we move into this everchanging future world of emergency management? What are some of the best leadership practices you have encountered? How should emergency managers, both new and seasoned, prepare for the future of our profession?
The Diverse Nature of Emergency Management: We have experienced many benefits as the field of emergency management grows and becomes more diverse. We’ve made progress, but there is still more to do to encourage and sustain diversity. How do we perform like Champions in this most important area of our profession? What are the Championship practices around hiring and employee retention? What are the Championship practices for understanding and working with those with access and functional needs? How do we work with our communities, regardless of where we practice our profession? Is rural emergency management versus urban emergency management versus university emergency management or international emergency management really different? Are we not all Champions? How can we learn from the diversity of our world and members to make sure we are assisting all in their greatest times of need? What challenges do we face as we move to increase our knowledge base, experience, and expertise?
A Profession of Champions in Collaboration, Coordination, Communication, and Cooperation: The past few years have shown us that the importance of partnerships, collaboration, and best practices cannot be overstated. With limited resources, more global interconnections, and greater challenges, we must work efficiently and effectively.
How do we work within the confines of grant funding and subsequent requirements? What have you done to build successful partnerships with private industry and other important stakeholders in your communities? How do we collaborate to ascend from private sector competitor to private sector partner? Who are our stakeholders and allied partners? What do you wish you had known about collaborating with others that would have helped you solve problems in your community before, during, or after a disaster? Where do you find yourself being continually challenged? What are some innovative, outside-the-box, or throw away the box, ideas you want to share about collaboration, coordination, communication, or cooperation? Global Perspectives, Partnerships and Nuances in Emergency Management: In the past decade, as a profession, we have gone to great lengths to prepare and protect our communities. All around the world, we have encountered issues that have tested us at very high levels, increasing the stress load and mental health issues within our profession. We have had major disasters and technological disasters; civil unrest and community divide; and the list is endless. Disasters do not know borders. Around the world these events are putting us to greater and greater tests each year. Are you an international emergency manager? Have you worked with international emergency managers, or worked at global disasters? What is it that our global champions do that is the same as we do in the United States? What do you as a global emergency manager do differently? What issues do you have that will be great lessons for all emergency managers around the globe, who spend each day working at disasters, big and small?
NOTE: Articles received by the deadline will be considered for the October issue. Articles on this topic received after the deadline will be considered for a future issue.