When Colorado requested a Utah National Guard response to rebuild roads following severe flooding in 2013, the Guard nearly couldn’t go. They were willing. They had the manpower. But they didn’t have funding. Active duty military need to have funding dedicated to a specific mission, and the federal government was in the midst of a […]
Archive for 2016
Damaging earthquake probability in Utah is roughly 50 percent over the next 50 years
Today, the Utah Geological Survey and U.S. Geological Survey released a report (also posted to our Earthquake Program page) that says Utah has roughly a 50 percent chance of having a damaging earthquake in the next 50 years. The multiyear study of earthquake probabilities shows that for all faults in the Wasatch Front region, Utah […]
Postal Workers = Emergency Responders?
When disaster strikes, emergency responders have a few critical needs: Resources and information. A bill passed in the 2016 Legislative Session and signed into law by Gov. Gary Herbert aims to help with that. SB 57, sponsored by Sen. Karen Mayne, D-West Valley City, will give us the chance to conduct a feasibility study with […]
The Best Infrastructure is a Resilient Infrastructure
When you think of all the bad things that can happen and who you call for help, the normal list surfaces: Call 911 and police, fire and ambulances show up. But what if an incident is big… really big… so big that it affects utilities, transportation, telecommunications and government (the very people who are supposed […]
UEMA and Awards – 2016
Our hats go off to the great work done yet again by our partners at the Utah Emergency Management Association last month at the annual UEMA Conference, held again at the Viridian in West Jordan. Emergency managers come from across the state to take part in learning best practices and where all can improve. Plus, the […]
Utah DEM Pilots new TEEX Cybersecurity Course
Quick, when you think, cyber incident, what is the emergency operations center’s role? What is the IT department’s role? What about others who could help? Who should help? How do you find them? So many questions related to the emerging information on dealing with cyber incidents. The thing that makes them so different from floods […]