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The Emergency Management Network Podcast
This podcast features strategies and advice from today’s leaders and experts in emergency management. Its purpose is to empower and enrich current and future leaders.
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49 min
AI, Emergency Management, and the AIDE Initiative
Show notes
EMN Media Podcast | Featuring Jeremy Greenberg
Artificial intelligence is changing how we prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. But with all the excitement surrounding AI, one important question remains: Are we solving real emergency management problems, or are we simply chasing the latest technology?
In this episode of EMN Media, host Todd T. DeVoe, CEM, sits down with Jeremy Greenberg, President of Provincial Strategies, Senior Advisor to Aspen Digital, and former FEMA Director of Response Operations and Chief of the National Response Coordination Center, to explore AI's evolving role in emergency management.
The conversation centers on the AI for Disasters and Emergencies (AIDE) Initiative, a collaborative effort involving the Markle Foundation, Aspen Digital, and RAND that examined approximately 1,800 technologies to better understand how AI can support disaster operations.
Todd and Jeremy discuss the opportunities and challenges of bringing AI into emergency management, from improving situational awareness and processing large amounts of information to overcoming organizational barriers and ensuring technology serves the people making critical decisions.
They also explore the growing demands placed on emergency managers as disasters become more complex and technology advances at an unprecedented pace.
But one message stands above the rest: AI may help us make faster, better-informed decisions, but it cannot replace an emergency manager's experience, judgment, and leadership.
This episode goes beyond the hype to examine what AI can realistically deliver, where its limitations remain, and how emergency management professionals can prepare for a future in which technology and human judgment must work together.
Because at the end of the day, technology is a tool. People make the difference.
Links
AIDE Website:
https://www.aideinitiative.org/
AIDE Playbook: https://www.aideinitiative.org/playbook/
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36 min
How Everyday Places Solve Big Social Challenges
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Episode Description
What if the key to building stronger, safer, and more resilient communities isn’t another seawall, a bigger emergency operations center, or more concrete, but the relationships we build in everyday places?
In this episode of EMM Hope, hosts Todd DeVoe and Andrew Boyarsky welcome Dr. Daniel P. Aldrich, author of the new book Beyond Common Ground: How Everyday Places Solve Big Social Challenges, published by the University of California Press.
Dr. Aldrich challenges conventional thinking about how communities prepare for and respond to crises. Rather than focusing exclusively on physical infrastructure, he explores the power of social infrastructure—libraries, parks, community centers, neighborhood gathering spaces, and even radio programs—to strengthen social connections, build trust, and help communities confront some of society’s most difficult challenges.
Drawing on examples from Japan, Philadelphia, and Africa’s Sahel region, Dr. Aldrich demonstrates how investments in relationships and shared spaces can help reduce disaster vulnerability, prevent crime, and counter violent extremism.
For emergency managers, community leaders, and anyone interested in resilience, this conversation raises a fundamental question:
Are we investing enough in the people and places that hold communities together before disaster strikes?
Because when disaster happens, the first person to help you probably won’t be a government official. It will be someone who knows your name.
Show Notes
The Power of Social Infrastructure
In this conversation, Todd DeVoe, Andrew Boyarsky, and Dr. Daniel P. Aldrich explore the often-overlooked connections between everyday community spaces, social capital, and resilience.
Topics We Explore
1. Beyond Concrete and Steel
Why social infrastructure deserves as much attention as traditional investments in physical infrastructure, and why stronger communities require more than buildings, roads, and emergency equipment.
2. The Importance of Social Capital
How trust, relationships, and community networks influence disaster survival, emergency response, and long-term recovery.
3. Japan’s Ibasho Centers
How elder-led community spaces demonstrate the importance of social connections, particularly among older adults living in communities exposed to tsunami hazards.
4. Greener Neighborhoods, Safer Communities
What Philadelphia’s neighborhood greening initiatives reveal about the relationship between shared spaces, neighborhood investment, and crime reduction.
5. Radio as a Resilience Tool
How community broadcasting in Africa’s Sahel region can help counter extremist recruitment, strengthen local relationships, and create opportunities for community engagement.
6. A Polysolution Approach to Complex Problems
How a single investment in social infrastructure can help address multiple challenges, including climate change, public safety, social isolation, and disaster resilience.
7. Lessons for Emergency Managers
Why building relationships before a disaster may be just as important as developing response capabilities, and how emergency managers can incorporate social infrastructure into preparedness and mitigation strategies.
Questions for the Conversation
* What exactly is social infrastructure, and why should emergency managers care about it?
* How does social infrastructure differ from social capital?
* Are we spending too much on physical infrastructure while overlooking the relationships that help communities survive?
* Can a library, park, community center, or radio program actually save lives during a disaster?
* What can American communities learn from Japan’s Ibasho centers?
* How do we measure trust and relationships when our profession is accustomed to measuring equipment, staffing, and capabilities?
* What can local governments do today to strengthen social infrastructure without significant new funding?
* What is the one thing emergency managers should reconsider after reading Beyond Common Ground?
About Our Guest
Dr. Daniel P. Aldrich is a professor, researcher, and internationally recognized scholar whose work focuses on social capital, disaster resilience, and community recovery.
His research examines why some communities recover more effectively than others following disasters and how social relationships influence survival, recovery, and long-term resilience.
His latest book, Beyond Common Ground, expands this conversation by examining how everyday gathering places help societies address challenges extending far beyond natural disasters.
Featured Book
Beyond Common Ground: How Everyday Places Solve Big Social Challenges
* Author: Daniel P. Aldrich
* Publisher: University of California Press
* Release Date: October 13, 2026
* Length: 280 pages
* ISBN-13: 9780520429765
Closing Thoughts
We spend a great deal of time in emergency management talking about infrastructure, capabilities, equipment, and plans. All of those things matter.
But resilience is also built over coffee, in neighborhood parks, at community meetings, and through conversations between people who might otherwise never meet.
The strongest communities aren’t necessarily those with the most resources. They may be the ones where people know, trust, and care for one another.
Join Todd DeVoe, Andrew Boyarsky, and Dr. Daniel P. Aldrich for a conversation about the places that bring us together and why those connections may be among our greatest tools for confronting the challenges ahead.
EMM Hope — Exploring the people, ideas, and connections that make communities stronger.
Hashtags
#EMMHope #DanielAldrich #SocialInfrastructure #CommunityResilience #EmergencyManagement
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6 min
Flood watches across Texas and Oklahoma; FY27 starts on a CR
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THE EMN DAILY NEWS | Thursday, 1 October 2026
The Overview
Flood watches across Texas and Oklahoma; FY27 starts on a CR
Flood watches cover southern Oklahoma and much of north and central Texas today as the remnants of Hurricane Polo move across the region, with flash flood warnings overnight around Wichita Falls and a watch running through Friday evening over the Hill Country counties still in Public Assistance recovery from the July floods. Fiscal year 2027 opens on a continuing resolution that runs through December 11, holding agencies at fiscal 2026 levels and permitting up to $26.37 billion for the Disaster Relief Fund. The national preparedness level holds at 2 with 58 incidents and 4,826 personnel, down 574 in a day, with no new large fires. Year-to-date fire counts were adjusted sharply upward to 62,218, moving the season from 124 to 134 percent of the ten-year average. Dome in Yosemite National Park reached 39 percent contained as a second California team mobilizes.
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KEY TAKEAWAYS
Oklahoma and north Texas: The Norman forecast office holds a flood watch until 1 p.m. today for 25 Oklahoma counties and five northern Texas counties, with 2 to 4 inches likely and local amounts to 6 inches. Flash flood warnings ran overnight for Wichita Falls, Burkburnett, Iowa Park and Sheppard Air Force Base after 1 to 3 inches fell in short order.
Central Texas: The Fort Worth office carries a flood watch through Friday morning across north central Texas, including Dallas, Denton, Collin and McLennan counties, with 2 to 3 inches widespread and localized totals to 5 inches. The Austin and San Antonio office holds a watch until 7 p.m. Friday for Hill Country counties including Kerr, Bandera, Uvalde, Real, Edwards, Gillespie and Kendall, all of which carry open Public Assistance from the July declaration.
Fiscal year: Agencies begin fiscal 2027 under the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, signed September 2, which funds the government through December 11 at prior-year levels. The measure permits up to $26.37 billion for the Disaster Relief Fund, with obligations charged against fiscal 2027 appropriations rather than treated as supplemental. Under a continuing resolution, agencies cannot start programs, projects or activities that were not already funded and active, which constrains new grant starts until a full-year bill passes.
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Wildfire posture: Preparedness Level 2 with 58 incidents, 14 uncontained large fires, 1,641,606 acres and 4,826 personnel, a drop of 574, per the Wednesday situation report. Initial attack was light, with 91 fires and no new large incidents; one large fire was contained, and five complex teams were committed. The Northwest, Northern California and Southern Area each released more than 220 people in a single operational period.
Reporting adjustment: Year-to-date fires rose from 57,521 to 62,218 in one reporting cycle, almost entirely in the Southern Area, which moved from 28,661 to 33,302. That shifts the season from 124 to 134 percent of the ten-year average for fire counts. The situation report attributes such changes to mapping or reporting adjustments rather than new activity, and a similar acreage swing last week reversed within days.
California: Dome in Yosemite National Park grew 151 acres to 5,410 and jumped to 39 percent contained, up from 31, with 932 personnel and California Team 4 mobilizing. Costs stand at $24 million. Plaskett on the Los Padres National Forest is fully contained, and Timber holds at 88 percent with numerous structures still threatened.
Northwest: Eight uncontained large fires and 2,186 personnel, down 239. Command on Little Giant transfers from Northwest Team 13 to Northwest Team 12 today, with the fire at 93 percent contained and structures still threatened. Sisi near Stehekin nearly doubled containment to 29 percent, with residences threatened.
Recovery calendar: SBA physical damage deadlines for the September 1 public assistance declarations close November 1 in Colorado and South Dakota and November 2 in Missouri and Texas, with economic injury applications open to June 1, 2027. Texas recently added Grimes, Live Oak, McMullen and Schleicher counties for Public Assistance, and its Individual Assistance request covering 30 counties remains pending.
Fire weather: Breezy northerly winds in the Sacramento Valley and southern California ease this morning, but relative humidity of 10 to 15 percent persists with above-normal temperatures. In the southern Plains, breezy south winds of 10 to 18 miles per hour and minimum humidity of 25 to 35 percent create locally elevated conditions.
SOURCES
Texas and Oklahoma flooding
NWS Norman: Flood Watch for 25 Oklahoma counties and five northern Texas counties, issued Oct 1 at 1:41 a.m. CDT until 1 p.m. CDT
https://govonestop.com/nws/oklahoma-texas-severe-flood-watch-effective-09302026-2341
NWS Norman: Flash Flood Warning for Wichita County, Texas, issued Oct 1 at 2:57 a.m. CDT
https://govonestop.com/nws/texas-severe-flash-flood-warning-effective-10012026-0057
NWS Norman: Flash Flood Warning for southeastern Archer and southern Clay counties, issued Oct 1 at 1:45 a.m. CDT
NWS Fort Worth: Flood Watch through Friday morning for north central Texas, issued Sept 30 at 2:26 p.m. CDT
https://govonestop.com/nws/texas-severe-flood-watch-effective-09302026-1226
NWS Austin/San Antonio: Flood Watch until 7 p.m. Oct 2 for Hill Country counties, issued Sept 30 at 9:52 p.m. CDT
https://govonestop.com/nws/texas-severe-flood-watch-effective-09302026-1952
Federal funding
White House: H.R. 6500, Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027, signed Sept 2, funding agencies through Dec 11
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2026/09/congressional-bill-h-r-6500-signed-into-law/
Congressional Research Service summary via Legis1: $26.37 billion permitted for the Disaster Relief Fund under the continuing resolution
https://legis1.com/news/fy2027-continuing-resolution-funds-agencies
Office of the Texas Governor: four additional counties approved for Public Assistance, Individual Assistance request pending
Wildfire, national
NICC Incident Management Situation Report and Predictive Services discussion: Wednesday, Sept 30, 2026, 0730 MDT (live PDF, overwritten daily). Source for all fire figures and the California, Northwest and fire weather items.
https://www.nifc.gov/nicc-files/sitreprt.pdf
IMSR archive
https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/incident-information/imsr
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6 min
Assistance caps rise to $44,800 as FEMA redefines the field
Show notes
FEMA has issued a formal definition of emergency management, calling it the strategic coordination of emergency services to protect life, property, and continuity of operations, and paired it with 12 coordination responsibilities that every FEMA component must now align its doctrine, training and publications to. Three Federal Register notices published yesterday reset the annual assistance numbers: Individuals and Households Program maximums rise to $44,800 each for housing and other needs, Serious Needs Assistance goes to $790, and the Public Assistance simplified procedures threshold moves to $1,093,800. Texas added four more counties for Public Assistance, while its Individual Assistance request for 30 counties remains pending. The national preparedness level holds at 2 with 62 incidents and 5,400 personnel, down 297, and three new large fires in the Southern Area. Moisture from decaying Hurricane Polo brings wetting rain and localized flooding to the Southwest and Colorado today.
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KEY TAKEAWAYS
FEMA doctrine: The definition came in a September memorandum from Administrator Cameron Hamilton, released September 22 during National Preparedness Month. It sets 12 coordination responsibilities running from capacity building through continuous improvement, alongside professional skills covering command and coordination, consequence analysis, planning, decision-making under pressure, technical writing and after-action analysis. FEMA says the standard applies regardless of sector, and all components will update doctrine, policy, guidance, training, workforce materials and exercise products to match.
Assistance thresholds: The new figures took effect with yesterday’s Federal Register notices and are indexed to a 2.9 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for the 12 months ending August 2025. The Individuals and Households Program caps at $44,800 for housing assistance and $44,800 for other needs assistance. Serious Needs Assistance is set at $790. The Public Assistance simplified procedures threshold rises to $1,093,800.
Texas: The major disaster declaration for the July storms and flooding now includes Grimes, Live Oak, McMullen and Schleicher counties for Public Assistance, in addition to the 19 counties approved earlier. The state’s request for Individual Assistance covering 30 counties remains pending.
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Wildfire posture: Preparedness Level 2 with 62 incidents, 15 uncontained large fires, 1,690,313 acres and 5,400 personnel, a drop of 297, per the Tuesday situation report. Initial attack was light, with 90 fires, three new large incidents, two large fires contained and five complex teams committed. Year to date, the country is at 57,521 fires and 8,565,689 acres, 124 and 141 percent of the ten-year averages.
Southern Area: Fifty-five new fires and three new large incidents. Honey, nine miles southwest of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, on Bureau of Indian Affairs protection, is 333 acres and 80 percent contained, with active fire behavior and structures threatened. 3 Alpha Sierra, five miles west of Weston, Florida, is 330 acres and 16 percent contained. Stone Bridge near Wilburton, Oklahoma, grew to 45 acres with residences threatened.
California: Timber on the Los Padres National Forest jumped to 88 percent contained, up from 77, with numerous structures still threatened and costs at $171.6 million. Dome in Yosemite National Park grew 178 acres to 5,259 acres, at 31 percent contained. Command on Plaskett transfers back to the local unit today.
Northwest: Eight uncontained large fires and 2,425 personnel, down 163. Little Giant on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest rose to 91 percent contained with structures still threatened, and Northwest Team 12 is mobilizing. Three Queens holds at 33 percent contained with numerous residences and critical infrastructure threatened.
Recovery calendar: SBA physical damage deadlines for the September 1 declarations close November 1 in Colorado and South Dakota and November 2 in Missouri and Texas, with economic injury applications open to June 1, 2027.
Fire weather: Breezy northerly winds develop in parts of the Sacramento Valley and southern California with relative humidity of 10 to 15 percent, creating elevated conditions. Downslope westerly winds are expected in north-central Montana east of the Divide. Moisture from decaying Hurricane Polo persists over the Southwest and Colorado with widespread wetting rain and local amounts near 3 inches, bringing areas of flooding.
SOURCES
FEMA doctrine
FEMA, Administrator’s Corner: We Must Return to the Basics, A Definition of Emergency Management and Professional Framework, released Sept 22 (page could not be retrieved in this sweep; text supplied by the editor)
https://www.fema.gov/about/administrators-corner/emergency-management-framework
Federal assistance
Federal Register: Notice of Maximum Amount of Assistance Under the Individuals and Households Program, published Sept 29
Federal Register: Notice of Award Amount Adjustment for Serious Needs Assistance, published Sept 29
Federal Register: Notice of Adjustment of Disaster Grant Amounts, published Sept 29
Federal Register: Notices of Emergency and Major Disaster Declarations and Related Amendments, March through August 2026, published Sept 29
Office of the Texas Governor: federal disaster assistance approved for four additional counties, Individual Assistance request pending
Wildfire, national
NICC Incident Management Situation Report and Predictive Services discussion: Tuesday, Sept 29, 2026, 0730 MDT (live PDF, overwritten daily). Source for all fire figures and the Southern Area, California and Northwest items.
https://www.nifc.gov/nicc-files/sitreprt.pdf
IMSR archive
https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/incident-information/imsr
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6 min
Hawaii shifts to damage assessment; Northeast power restored
Show notes
THE EMN NEWS DAILY BRIEF | Tuesday, 29 September 2026
Hawaii County has shifted from response to damage assessment after Hurricane Nolo and is asking residents and businesses to file damage reports through separate residential and commercial forms. Governor Josh Green has identified roughly $686 million in damage and recovery costs from the state’s first four disasters of 2026, before Nolo, which was the season’s seventh tropical cyclone. In the Northeast, Rhode Island Energy restored all 50,000 customers it lost in under 48 hours, and PSEG Long Island reported more than 128,000 cumulative outages, with more than 99 percent restored by late Monday. The nor’easter produced an 81-mile-per-hour gust at Montauk Point and 6.3 inches of rain in southeastern Massachusetts. The national preparedness level holds at 2 with 64 incidents and 5,697 personnel, down 306, while the Southern Area reported 63 new fires. CISA released nine industrial control system advisories last week. The EMN NEWS Daily Brief is your concise daily update on national and state-by-state emergency management news.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Hawaii assessment: Mayor Kimo Alameda said flooding remains the county’s biggest concern, particularly in Kau, where roads closed after overnight rain. Naalehu, Waiohinu and Pahala took the brunt of the rain and wind, the same communities Hurricane Lala hit in August. The three shelters opened in Naalehu, Pahala and Ocean View held 10 people Sunday morning and have since closed.
Hawaii water system: Department of Water Supply crews are assessing the system for damage and connecting backup generators, and will notify customers when normal use may resume. Customers may see low pressure or intermittent service while conditions stabilize. The essential-use request remains in effect.
Kauai deadlines: Hurricane Lowell recovery continues, with the Koloa hurricane resource center open today and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Households that lost food to power outages may be eligible for replacement SNAP benefits. Real property tax exemption applications close tomorrow with no extensions. Owners of storm-damaged property have until June 30, 2027, to file for disaster tax relief.
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Nor’easter restoration: Rhode Island Energy deployed more than 270 crew members and field personnel, responded to more than 270 vegetation-related outages and over 150 wires-down 911 calls, and replaced 20 broken poles. Scituate, South Kingstown, Cumberland and Coventry were hardest hit. PSEG Long Island ran 16-hour shifts against more than 1,000 downed trees and 530 large branches.
Coastal damage: Long Island is assessing steep erosion at Gilgo Beach, where the Army Corps of Engineers was already mobilized for sand replenishment. The stairs to the surf at Smith Point Park were destroyed, part of the Jones Beach fishing pier was knocked down, and the Jones Beach theater took significant damage with water reaching the orchestra seats. In Lindenhurst, floodwater surrounded homes for three days. Measured coastal inundation in New York City topped 2.6 feet.
Wildfire posture: Preparedness Level 2 with 64 incidents, 17 uncontained large fires, 1,681,161 acres and 5,697 personnel, a drop of 306, per the Monday situation report. Initial attack was light at 89 fires, with one new large incident and five complex teams committed. Year to date, the country is at 57,339 fires and 8,563,287 acres, 124 and 142 percent of the ten-year averages.
Southern Area: Sixty-three new fires, the most of any region by a wide margin, and one new large incident. Rafter 4B southeast of Eldorado, Texas grew 850 acres to 2,100 and rose to 50 percent contained, adding 114 personnel. Grover Bend, southeast of Benjamin, Texas, is 320 acres and 60 percent contained.
California: Dome in Yosemite National Park grew 475 acres to 5,081, holding at 30 percent contained with costs at $19.9 million. Timber on the Los Padres National Forest rose to 77 percent contained, with numerous structures still threatened. Command on Plaskett, at 99 percent contained, transfers back to the local unit today.
Cyber: CISA released nine industrial control system advisories on September 22, ICSA-26-265-01 through 09. The set covers the lwIP TCP/IP stack, Siemens Siveillance Control, Desigo CC, Industrial Edge Management, and OpenPLC Runtime v3.
Fire weather: Abundant moisture from Hurricane Polo moves into the Southwest with widespread showers, scattered thunderstorms and localized flooding. Dry conditions and below-normal temperatures return to California, the western Great Basin, the Northwest and the northern Rockies.
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SOURCES
Wildfire, national
NICC Incident Management Situation Report and Predictive Services discussion: Monday, Sept 28, 2026, 0730 MDT (live PDF, overwritten daily). Source for all fire figures, the Southern Area and California items.
https://www.nifc.gov/nicc-files/sitreprt.pdf
IMSR archive
https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/incident-information/imsr
Hawaii
Hawaii News Now: Hawaii County shifts to damage assessment, Mayor Alameda comments, shelter counts, Sept 27
Hawaii News Now: county asking residents and businesses to report storm damage, separate residential and commercial forms, Sept 29
Big Island Now: Department of Water Supply assessment and generators, shelter closures, Sept 28
Honolulu Star-Advertiser: Governor Green’s $686 million accounting across the first four 2026 disasters, Sept 24
Honolulu Star-Advertiser: federal assistance approved, Nolo as the season’s seventh tropical cyclone, Sept 26
The Garden Island: Kauai County Lowell recovery, resource center hours, SNAP replacement, tax deadlines, Sept 27
https://www.thegardenisland.com/2026/09/27/hawaii-news/county-update-nolo-next/
East Coast
Rhode Island Energy: restoration complete, crew counts, outage and pole figures, Sept 28
The Watchers: PSEG Long Island cumulative outages and restoration, Montauk gust, southeastern Massachusetts rainfall, New York City inundation, storm position Monday, Sept 29
CBS New York: Long Island damage assessment, Gilgo Beach erosion, Smith Point, Jones Beach and Lindenhurst, Sept 28
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/noreaster-long-island-south-shore-lindenhurst-flooding/
ABC7 New York: PSEG Long Island crew shifts, downed trees and branches, Sept 27
CISA
CISA Releases Nine Industrial Control Systems Advisories: ICSA-26-265-01 through 09, Sept 22
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCISA/bulletins/42bfaa9
CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog: CVE-2026-7273, Sept 21; no later additions located in this sweep
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6 min
Federal declaration for Hawaii as Nolo passes; deadly nor'easter floods the Northeast
Show notes
Hurricane Nolo passed farther south than forecast and spared Hawaii Island the worst case, but flooded roads on the Big Island, prompted five high-water rescues Sunday and knocked out power on Oahu and Maui. A pre-landfall Presidential Emergency Declaration approved Friday covers four counties at a 75 percent federal cost share. On the East Coast, the nor’easter killed a New York City Housing Authority worker struck by a falling tree Saturday in Brooklyn, drove outages past 100,000 customers at their peak, and produced the worst coastal flooding since Sandy at two Jersey Shore tide gauges. New Jersey and New York both declared states of emergency before landfall. The national preparedness level holds at 2 with 69 incidents and 6,003 personnel, down 305, and three new large fires, including one near Benton City, Washington, that destroyed seven structures. The EMN NEWS Daily Brief is your concise daily update on national and state-by-state emergency management news.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Hawaii outcome: Nolo tracked south of the main islands, with rainfall above 14 inches at the Big Island's highest elevations. Crews worked through Sunday on flooding, debris, high surf and wind. Highway 11 in Kau closed in multiple locations between Pahala and Waiohinu. Hawaii County Civil Defense is asking residents and businesses to report storm damage so agencies and nonprofit partners can assess unmet needs.
Hawaii infrastructure: The Hawaii County Department of Water Supply asked customers in affected service areas to limit water to essential health and safety needs, citing power outages and possible damage to water system infrastructure. County solid waste transfer stations in Kauai stayed closed, and the Hele-On Route 90 run to Kona was canceled.
Federal declaration: The pre-landfall declaration approved September 25 provides federal assistance for emergency protective measures in the City and County of Honolulu and Hawaii, Maui and Kauai counties, including direct federal assistance, at a 75 percent federal cost share. The State Emergency Operations Center remains at Level 1 full activation with 24-hour staffing, coordinating with FEMA Region IX, the counties and utilities.
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Nor’easter toll: Outages ran past 100,000 customers across the Northeast at times Sunday, concentrated from New Jersey through Long Island and coastal Connecticut, and were down to roughly 40,000 by this morning. Major coastal flooding was reported at tide gauges from Delaware to Long Island, with two Jersey Shore locations reaching their highest levels since Hurricane Sandy.
State declarations: New Jersey Executive Order 25 declared a state of emergency effective 5 p.m. Friday for Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and Salem counties, activating the State Emergency Operations Center. New York declared a state of emergency for the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester.
Federal posture: FEMA reported that response coordination centers in the affected regions operated at an enhanced posture through the weekend, with teams on standby in New England in case of widespread outages.
Wildfire posture: Preparedness Level 2 with 69 incidents, 16 uncontained large fires, 1,707,048 acres and 6,003 personnel, a drop of 305, per the Sunday situation report. Initial attack was light at 55 fires, with three new large incidents and five complex teams committed. Year to date, the country is at 57,223 fires and 8,562,096 acres, 124 and 142 percent of the ten-year averages.
New large fires: Second Street, one mile southeast of Benton City, Washington, is 1,151 acres and 60 percent contained, with seven structures lost, extreme fire behavior and wind-driven runs, and threatened residences and energy infrastructure. Rafter 4B, southeast of Eldorado, Texas, is 1,250 acres with no containment. Stone Bridge, northeast of Wilburton, Oklahoma, is 130 acres and 60 percent contained with one structure lost.
California: Dome in Yosemite National Park grew 245 acres to 4,606 but nearly doubled containment to 30 percent, with estimated containment pushed to October 17. Timber on the Los Padres National Forest rose to 71 percent contained, with numerous structures still threatened.
Fire weather: Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms develop across the Southwest as moisture from Hurricane Polo moves north from off the Mexican coast. Heavy rain continues today in much of southern and eastern New England with strong northeast winds and coastal flooding. Winds slowly weaken in Hawaii as Nolo moves west away from the islands.
SOURCES
Wildfire, national
NICC Incident Management Situation Report and Predictive Services discussion: Sunday, Sept 27, 2026, 0730 MDT (live PDF, overwritten daily). Source for all fire figures, the new large fires and the California items.
https://www.nifc.gov/nicc-files/sitreprt.pdf
IMSR archive
https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/incident-information/imsr
Hawaii
Office of the Governor: approval of pre-landfall Presidential Declaration for Hurricane Nolo, 75 percent cost share, State EOC at Level 1, Sept 25
Honolulu Star-Advertiser: Nolo spares Big Island, outages on Oahu and Maui, five high-water rescues, damage reporting through Hawaii County Civil Defense, Sept 28
Big Island Now: Department of Water Supply essential-use request, Highway 11 closure, transfer stations and Hele-On Route 90, Sept 27
The Weather Channel: Nolo intensity west of the islands and Big Island rainfall totals, Sept 28
https://weather.com/2026/09/28/storms/hurricane/hawaii-hurricane-nolo-flooding-wind-forecast
Maui News: federal declaration detail and Maui County emergency proclamation, Sept 26
East Coast
Office of the Governor of New Jersey: Executive Order 25, state of emergency for eight counties effective 5 p.m. Sept 25
https://www.nj.gov/governor/news/2026/20260925a.shtml
New Jersey Executive Order No. 25 (full text)
https://nj.gov/infobank/eo/057sherrill/pdf/EO-25.pdf
Associated Press via NBC News: storm death, outage totals, FEMA enhanced posture and standby teams, updated Sept 28
https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/storms/noreaster-flooding-death-toll-rcna600078
FOX Weather live updates: major coastal flooding gauges from Delaware to Long Island, two Jersey Shore locations at worst since Sandy, current outage count, Sept 28
The Hill: New York and New Jersey emergency declarations, Hochul counties, Sept 25
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/6112822-ny-nj-noreaster-declare-emergency/
CISA
CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog: CVE-2026-7273, Sept 21; no later additions located in this sweep
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7 min
Hurricane Nolo nears Hawaii Island; nor'easter warnings from Virginia to Massachusetts
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THE EMN DAILY NEWS BRIEF | Friday, 25 September 2026
Nolo became a hurricane Thursday night and is closing on Hawaii Island with 80-mile-per-hour winds, a tropical storm warning and hurricane watch for Hawaii County, a tropical storm watch for Maui County, and forecast rainfall of 15 to 30 inches on the eastern and southern Big Island. Hawaii County opens five more shelters this morning, and state and county offices, public schools and University of Hawaii facilities on the island are closed today. High wind warnings took effect at 8 a.m. for coastal Massachusetts and most of Rhode Island as the nor’easter strengthens, with coastal flood warnings up in southeastern Virginia. The national preparedness level holds at 2 with 74 incidents and 6,824 personnel, down 520, and Northern California now reports no uncontained large fires. Correction: Thursday’s issue reported year-to-date acreage revised down to 8,096,338; today’s report puts it at 8,559,888, or 145 percent of average, so that drop was a reporting lag rather than a revision. The EMN NEWS Daily Brief is your concise daily update on national and state-by-state emergency management news.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Hurricane Nolo: The Central Pacific Hurricane Center put Nolo at 80 miles per hour at 11 p.m. Thursday, centered 240 miles south of South Point and moving north-northeast at 5 miles per hour. Hurricane-force winds extend 40 miles from the center. Forecasters expect rapid intensification to a major hurricane Saturday, with a sharp turn west near the Big Island. Tropical storm conditions begin late Friday in the warning area, with hurricane conditions possible early Saturday.
Hawaii operations: Hawaii County is opening five additional shelters this morning. Governor Josh Green closed state and county offices, Department of Education schools and University of Hawaii campuses on Hawaii Island Thursday and Friday. This is the state’s fourth tropical system of the season, after Lala in August and Lowell earlier this month, and Green put combined damage and planned resilience costs from the run of disasters above $1 billion.
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Nor’easter: The Boston forecast office issued high wind warnings for coastal and southeastern Massachusetts and all of Rhode Island except northwestern Providence County, running from 8 a.m. today to 2 a.m. Sunday, with northeast gusts of 45 to 60 miles per hour and 65 to 70 possible on the islands. Coastal flood warnings remain in southeastern Virginia with 2 to 3 feet of inundation forecast. Reporting from Norfolk describes repeated high tide cycles flooding roads and disrupting city operations, and Saturday’s full moon raises each successive tide.
Wildfire posture: Preparedness Level 2 with 74 incidents, 26 uncontained large fires, 1,783,567 acres and 6,824 personnel, a drop of 520, per the Friday situation report. Initial attack was light, with 70 fires, one new large incident, two large fires contained and six complex teams committed. Year to date, the country is at 57,087 fires and 8,559,888 acres, 125 and 145 percent of the ten-year averages.
California: Floriston near Truckee is fully contained, leaving Northern California with no uncontained large fires. Timber on the Los Padres National Forest gained 241 personnel to 920 with moderate fire behavior and uphill runs, and numerous structures and communication infrastructure remain threatened. Dome in Yosemite National Park grew 144 acres to 4,133 at 16 percent contained, with costs now at $13.8 million.
Northwest: Thirteen uncontained large fires and 3,115 personnel, down 209, with precipitation over most of the Oregon and Washington incidents yesterday. Three Queens hold 9,551 acres and are 31 percent contained, with numerous residences and critical infrastructure threatened.
Southern Area: Thirty-one new fires and one new large incident. Lake Ranch, northwest of McAlester, Oklahoma, is 390 acres and 74 percent contained after wind-driven runs and torching.
Fire weather: Southwesterly gusts to 40 miles per hour develop across northeast California, the northern Great Basin and southwest to central Montana, with minimum humidity of 10 to 20 percent from northern Nevada into central Montana and areas of elevated conditions. Wetting rain is expected from northern Idaho into western Montana.
Federal assistance: SBA physical damage deadlines for the September 1 public assistance declarations close November 1 in Colorado and South Dakota and November 2 in Missouri and Texas. Economic injury applications stay open to June 1, 2027.
Cyber: No Known Exploited Vulnerabilities additions were located after Monday’s Zyxel GS1900 switch entry, CVE-2026-7273.
SOURCES
Wildfire, national
NICC Incident Management Situation Report and Predictive Services discussion: Friday, Sept 25, 2026, 0730 MDT (live PDF, overwritten daily). Source for all fire figures, the Northwest, California and Southern Area items.
https://www.nifc.gov/nicc-files/sitreprt.pdf
IMSR archive
https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/incident-information/imsr
Hawaii
Hawaii News Now: Nolo now a hurricane, CPHC 11 p.m. Thursday position and intensity, warnings and watches, Sept 25
Hawaii Tribune-Herald: Hawaii County to open five more shelters, Sept 25
The Garden Island: Governor Green closures for Hawaii Island, NWS Bravender comments, combined damage figure, Sept 25
https://www.thegardenisland.com/2026/09/25/hawaii-news/tropical-storm-nolo-poses-hurricane-threat/
Honolulu Star-Advertiser: watches, warnings and offshore hurricane warning, Sept 25
CBS News: rainfall forecast and major hurricane timing, Sept 25
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/storm-nolo-hurricane-hawaii/
East Coast
The Watchers: NWS Boston/Norton high wind warnings 0800 EDT Sept 25 to 0200 EDT Sept 27, southeastern Virginia coastal flood warnings, Norfolk impacts, Sept 25
The Weather Channel: nor’easter timeline and wind detail, Sept 25
NBC News: coastal flooding 1 to 3 feet above high tide, wave heights, full moon Saturday, Sept 25
https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/storms/rare-september-noreaster-set-to-slam-east-coast-rcna599592
AccuWeather: mid-Atlantic to New England outlook, updated Sept 25
CISA
CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog: CVE-2026-7273, Sept 21; no later additions located in this sweep
Federal assistance
Federal Register: SBA notice, Texas, FEMA-4935-DR amendment, published Sept 14
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6 min
Hurricane watch for Hawaii Island; nor'easter floods the East Coast
Show notes
THE EMN NEWS DAILY BRIEF | Thursday, 24 September 2026
Tropical Storm Nolo formed south of Hawaii on Wednesday, and a hurricane watch is in effect for Hawaii County, with a flood watch covering the Big Island and Maui County through Saturday evening. Forecast rainfall is 15 to 20 inches on Hawaii Island, with isolated totals to 35 inches, on ground already damaged by Hurricane Lala in August. A strengthening nor’easter is driving coastal flooding and gale-force marine winds from North Carolina to southern New England, with a wind advisory posted for the Atlantic coasts of New Jersey and Delaware through Friday evening. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine declared a state of emergency Tuesday for 19 counties hit by flooding. The national preparedness level holds at 2 with 87 incidents and 8,523 personnel, down 1,178 in a day. Year-to-date acreage was revised down to 8,096,338, or 137 percent of average, from 146 percent. The EMN NEWS Daily Brief is your concise daily update on national and state-by-state emergency management news.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Hawaii: Nolo was centered about 285 miles south of South Point late Wednesday with 50-mile-per-hour winds, crawling north at 2 miles per hour. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center forecasts hurricane strength by Thursday night and possibly a major hurricane by the weekend, with the closest approach to the Big Island Friday into Saturday. A hurricane watch means hurricane conditions are possible within 48 hours.
Hawaii impacts: The state emergency management agency forecasts widespread totals of 15 to 20 inches on Hawaii Island, with isolated totals of 35 inches in the southeast; catastrophic flooding is possible Friday and Saturday, with life-threatening landslides in steep terrain. Maui could see 5 to 10 inches, with isolated totals of 20. Molokai, Lanai and Oahu could see up to 4 inches and Kauai up to 2. Peak storm surge of 1 to 3 feet above ground is possible on Hawaii Island at high tide.
Nor’easter: The Mount Holly forecast office reports persistent northeast winds through at least Friday, sustained 25 to 35 miles per hour with gusts to 50 on the New Jersey and Delaware Atlantic coasts, inland gusts to 35, gale-force winds across all coastal waters, and seas of 8 to 15 feet. A coastal flood advisory runs through tonight and a wind advisory through 6 p.m. Friday. The storm coincides with the full moon this weekend, which raises tide levels through successive cycles.
Ohio: The state of emergency signed September 22 covers Athens, Clermont, Gallia, Greene, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Meigs, Mercer, Montgomery, Morgan, Muskingum, Perry, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Van Wert and Vinton counties. The proclamation directs state departments to provide services, equipment, supplies and personnel for cleanup.
Wildfire posture: Preparedness Level 2 with 87 incidents, 30 uncontained large fires, 1,824,164 acres and 8,523 personnel, a drop of 1,178, per the Wednesday situation report. Initial attack was light, with 93 fires, one new large incident and six complex teams committed. The Northwest dropped to Preparedness Level 2.
Acreage revision: Year-to-date acres fell from 8,554,955 to 8,096,338 in one reporting cycle, moving the season from 146 to 137 percent of the ten-year average. The change is a mapping and reporting adjustment, concentrated in Northwest Bureau of Land Management acres, not a correction to any single fire.
Northwest: Thirteen uncontained large fires and 4,290 personnel, down 366, with no new fires. Wednesday’s report lists only area, road and trail closures on Three Queens, without the evacuations carried Monday and Tuesday. Sisi near Stehekin added 85 acres at 15 percent contained, with residences and energy infrastructure threatened.
California: Northern California released 701 people in a day. Floriston near Truckee reached 96 percent contained, and Chileno in Marin County 85 percent. Dome in Yosemite National Park grew 263 acres to 3,683, holds at 15 percent contained, and carries 840 personnel and $8.4 million in costs.
Southwest: Deep tropical moisture continues over eastern Arizona, New Mexico and southern Colorado with widespread showers and scattered thunderstorms. Predictive Services expects flooding near and east of the New Mexico central mountains today.
Fire weather: Above-normal temperatures continue from the southern Plains to the lower Mississippi Valley, less extreme than recent weeks, with humidity near 30 percent in northeast Texas. A weak cold front brings scattered showers and thunderstorms to the northern Plains.
Federal assistance: SBA physical damage deadlines for the September 1 public assistance declarations close November 1 in Colorado and South Dakota and November 2 in Missouri and Texas. Economic injury applications stay open to June 1, 2027.
Cyber: No Known Exploited Vulnerabilities additions were located after Monday’s Zyxel GS1900 switch entry, CVE-2026-7273. The most recent industrial control system batch remains the eight advisories of September 17.
SOURCES
Wildfire, national
NICC Incident Management Situation Report and Predictive Services discussion: Wednesday, Sept 23, 2026, 0730 MDT (live PDF, overwritten daily)
https://www.nifc.gov/nicc-files/sitreprt.pdf
IMSR archive
https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/incident-information/imsr
Hawaii
Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, Tropical Storm Nolo updates: key messages and recommended actions, Sept 23
https://dod.hawaii.gov/hiema/tropical-storm-nolo-updates/
Hawaii News Now: hurricane watch for Hawaii County, flood watch through 6 p.m. Saturday, CPHC 8 p.m. HST position, Sept 24
Honolulu Star-Advertiser: CPHC forecast track and intensity, Sept 24
CBS News: Nolo forms, Big Island under hurricane watch, Sept 24
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/storm-nolo-hurricane-hawaii/
East Coast
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly briefing: coastal flood advisory, wind advisory, marine conditions, 6:30 AM EDT Sept 24 (live PDF)
https://www.weather.gov/media/phi/current_briefing.pdf
The Weather Channel: nor’easter timeline from North Carolina to New England, Sept 24
AccuWeather: full moon tide amplification and New England wind threat, updated Sept 24
Ohio
Office of Governor Mike DeWine: state of emergency for 19 counties, signed Sept 22
CISA
CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog: CVE-2026-7273, Sept 21; no later additions located in this sweep
CISA Releases Eight Industrial Control Systems Advisories: ICSA-26-260-01 through 07, Sept 17
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCISA/bulletins/42b3c27
Federal assistance
Federal Register: SBA notice, Texas, FEMA-4935-DR amendment, published Sept 14
Washington, California, New Mexico and Colorado
NICC situation report: Three Queens, Sisi, Dome, Floriston, Chileno and the Predictive Services discussion, Sept 23
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7 min
Two pilots killed on the Dome fire; Hawaii flood watch
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THE EMN NEWS DAILY BRIEF | Wednesday, 23 September 2026
Two pilots were killed Sunday when a helicopter under contract to the Forest Service crashed on the Dome fire in Yosemite National Park. The national preparedness level dropped to 2 with 92 incidents, 31 uncontained large fires and 9,701 personnel, down 588 in a day. A flood watch runs from this afternoon through Saturday afternoon for Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Kahoolawe and Hawaii Island as the remnants of Tropical Depression Fifteen-E organize southeast of the state; the next central Pacific name is Nolo. Hurricane Polo is a Category 4 off southwestern Mexico with 150-mile-per-hour winds and outer rainbands reaching the coast. The Southern Area reported 43 new fires and one new large incident near Bastrop, Louisiana. Two to five inches of rain is forecast today across New Mexico and eastern Arizona. The EMN NEWS Daily Brief is your concise daily update on national and state-by-state emergency management news.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Yosemite: The situation report opened with notice that both pilots aboard a Forest Service contract helicopter were fatally injured in an accident on the Dome fire on September 20. The fire grew from 373 acres to 3,420, remains 15 percent contained, and personnel rose by 203 to 784, with a California team assigned.
Hawaii watch: The National Weather Service flood watch covers Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Kahoolawe and Hawaii Island from Wednesday afternoon through Saturday afternoon. Forecast totals vary widely by outlet, with the Fox Forecast Center putting localized amounts on the eastern Big Island at 12 to 18 inches and gusts of 30 to 40 miles per hour on a close approach. The system is still a remnant low, and the track will not settle until it closes off.
Hurricane Polo: The 1200 UTC intermediate advisory put Polo at 150 miles per hour and 922 millibars, drifting north at 2 miles per hour about 165 miles off Zihuatanejo. Winds peaked near 180 miles per hour Tuesday. Hurricane-force winds extend 40 miles from the center and tropical storm-force winds 105 miles. The core is forecast to stay offshore while turning northwest.
Wildfire posture: National Preparedness Level 2, down from 3, with 92 incidents, 31 uncontained large fires, 1,923,544 acres and 9,701 personnel, a drop of 588, per the Tuesday situation report. Six complex incident management teams remain committed, down from nine on Saturday. Year to date, the country is at 56,794 fires and 8,554,955 acres, 125 and 146 percent of the ten-year averages.
Northwest: Thirteen uncontained large fires and 4,656 personnel, down 352. Three Queens near Snoqualmie Pass moved to 31 percent contained and released 110 people, and evacuations remain in effect with numerous residences and critical infrastructure threatened. Border 2 in North Cascades National Park grew to 401 acres, reaching 9,108, and Sisi near Stehekin added 177 acres at 15 percent contained, with residences and energy infrastructure threatened.
California: Floriston near Truckee is 85 percent contained, and 283 people were released. Chileno in Marin County is 75 percent contained at 341 acres, with structures threatened and estimated containment today. Timber, in the Los Padres National Forest, is 59 percent contained, with numerous structures and communication infrastructure threatened and $171.6 million in costs.
Southern Area: Forty-three new fires, the most of any region. Round Prairie, eight miles northwest of Bastrop, Louisiana, is a new large incident at 739 acres and 60 percent contained after wind-driven and short crown runs. Gracemont in Oklahoma reached 90 percent contained with 31 structures lost. Mud Bayou in Texas is fully contained.
Southwest monsoon: Southerly flow around the repositioned ridge draws another round of monsoonal moisture into New Mexico and eastern Arizona, with 2 to 5 inches of rain expected today. Burn scar drainages are exposed.
Federal assistance: SBA physical damage deadlines for the September 1 public assistance declarations close November 1 in Colorado and South Dakota and November 2 in Missouri and Texas. Economic injury applications stay open to June 1, 2027.
Water systems: West Columbia, South Carolina, lifted its main break boil water advisory Tuesday evening. The Mississippi State Department of Health lists boil water notices issued September 21 in Lamar and Forrest counties, with several others rescinded September 22.
Fire weather: Relative humidity falls to 35 to 40 percent across the lower Mississippi Valley with temperatures back into the low to mid 90s. West winds gust to 35 miles per hour through the Cascade gaps and the Columbia Gorge this afternoon. Northern California drops to 10 to 20 percent with poor overnight recovery.
Cyber: No Known Exploited Vulnerabilities additions were located after Monday’s Zyxel GS1900 switch entry, CVE-2026-7273. The most recent industrial control system batch remains the eight advisories of September 17.
SOURCES
Wildfire, national
NICC Incident Management Situation Report and Predictive Services discussion: Tuesday, Sept 22, 2026, 0730 MDT (live PDF, overwritten daily). Source for the Yosemite helicopter accident notice and all fire figures.
https://www.nifc.gov/nicc-files/sitreprt.pdf
IMSR archive
https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/incident-information/imsr
Hawaii
Hawaii Emergency Management Agency flood watch, quoted by FOX Weather: Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Kahoolawe and Hawaii Island, Wednesday afternoon through Saturday afternoon, Sept 23
Honolulu Star-Advertiser: Hawaii island and Maui County under flood watch as system nears, Sept 23
The Garden Island: news briefs, formation chances and the name Nolo, Sept 23
https://www.thegardenisland.com/2026/09/23/hawaii-news/news-briefs-for-wednesday-september-23-2026/
Eastern Pacific
Hurricane Polo Intermediate Advisory Number 11A: NHC, 1200 UTC Sept 23, NHC text via Cape Weather mirror
https://capeweather.com/hurricane-polo-public-advisory-number-11a/
Hurricane Polo Advisory Number 11: NHC, 0900 UTC Sept 23
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/mobile/text/refresh/MIATCPEP2+html/212339.shtml
CBS News: Polo peak intensity near 180 mph, tropical storm warning Tecpan de Galeana to Punta San Telmo, Sept 23
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-polo-category-5-mexico-life-threatening-flooding/
CISA
CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog: CVE-2026-7273, Sept 21
CISA Releases Eight Industrial Control Systems Advisories: ICSA-26-260-01 through 07, Sept 17
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCISA/bulletins/42b3c27
Federal assistance
Federal Register: SBA notice, Texas, FEMA-4935-DR amendment, published Sept 14
South Carolina
City of West Columbia: boil water advisory lifted, Sept 22
https://westcolumbiasc.gov/boil-water-advisory-9-22-2026-lifted/
Mississippi
Mississippi State Department of Health water safety notices: Lamar and Forrest counties issued Sept 21, several rescinded Sept 22
https://msdh.ms.gov/page/23,0,148.html
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6 min
THE EMN DAILY NEWS | Monday, 21 September 2026
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THE EMN DAILY NEWS | Monday, 21 September 2026
Tropical Storm Fay peaked at 70 miles per hour overnight, just short of hurricane strength, and is now weakening about 405 miles southwest of the Azores with no hazards to land. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center gives the remnants of Tropical Depression Fifteen-E a 60 percent chance of becoming a depression within seven days, possibly south or southeast of Hawaii later this week. National Preparedness Level 3 holds with 96 incidents and 10,886 personnel, down 437 in a day, and uncontained large fires fell from 46 to 34. The Southern Area carries more incidents than any other region, 36, as hot and dry conditions persist across the Lower Mississippi Valley. Boil water advisories are in effect in three states, including all of Monroe County, Indiana, and most of Kalamazoo, Michigan. The EMN NEWS Daily Brief is your concise daily update on national and state-by-state emergency management news.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Hawai’i watch: As of Sunday’s outlook, the Central Pacific Hurricane Center puts formation chances for the remnants of Tropical Depression Fifteen-E near zero through 48 hours and at 60 percent over seven days as the system moves west to west-southwest. A depression could form south or southeast of the Hawaiian Islands once conditions improve. No watches are posted, keeping the first half of the week as the preparation window.
Atlantic: Fay reached 70 miles per hour at the 0300 UTC advisory, then weakened to 65 miles per hour and 997 millibars by 0900 UTC, drifting south-southeast at 2 miles per hour. The National Hurricane Center expects Fay to become post-tropical in a day or two and to dissipate by Saturday. No hazards affect land.
Wildfire posture: Preparedness Level 3 holds with 96 incidents, 34 uncontained large fires, 1,999,381 acres and 10,886 personnel, a drop of 437, per the Sunday situation report. Initial attack was light, with 60 fires and no new large incidents, and eight complex incident management teams remain committed. Year to date, the country is at 56,525 fires and 8,541,715 acres, 125 percent and 146 percent of the ten-year averages.
Southern Area: Thirty-six incidents and 1,038 personnel, down 157, after 26 new fires. Dry River near Sonora, Texas, is 8,939 acres and 85 percent contained, with energy infrastructure threatened. Gracemont near Binger, Oklahoma, has destroyed 31 structures on 2,665 acres and is 60 percent contained. Relative humidity of 20 to 30 percent persists across the Lower Mississippi Valley.
Northwest: Fourteen uncontained large fires, 5,050 personnel and five complex teams. The situation report no longer lists evacuations on Three Queens or Goat; Three Queens, near Snoqualmie Pass, is 9,566 acres and 23 percent contained, with numerous residences and critical infrastructure threatened. Border 2 in North Cascades National Park grew 345 acres, and Sisi near Stehekin is 15 percent contained, with residences and energy infrastructure threatened.
California: The dome in Yosemite National Park grew 198 acres to 2,384 and remains 15 percent contained, with 525 personnel. Command on Timber was set to pass Sunday from Southwest Team 1 to California Team 6, with the fire at 25,435 acres, 59 percent contained and $169.9 million in costs. Floriston near Truckee moved from 25 to 45 percent contained and released 100 personnel.
Rocky Mountains: Moonshine near Wheatland, Wyoming, is 7,325 acres and 61 percent contained, with residences threatened. Swiss Roll near Pagosa Springs, Colorado, is 36 percent contained, with energy infrastructure threatened. Rain fell Saturday over Davis Coulee and Sand Creek in Montana, where Sand Creek is 58 percent contained.
Water systems: City of Bloomington Utilities issued a precautionary boil water advisory for all of Monroe County, Indiana, early Sunday after turbidity exceeded the permitted maximum, running through 3 p.m. today. Kalamazoo, Michigan, expects to lift its advisory today if Monday samples come back clean; it covers 19 of 22 city neighborhoods and Portage north of Interstate 94. Salemburg, North Carolina, restored service Saturday evening, but its advisory remains in effect.
Federal assistance: SBA physical damage deadlines for the September 1 public assistance declarations close November 1 in Colorado and South Dakota and November 2 in Missouri and Texas. Economic injury applications stay open to June 1, 2027.
Cyber: The most recent Known Exploited Vulnerabilities additions, posted this morning, are Friday’s three Linux kernel entries, remediated by federal civilian agencies under Binding Operational Directive 26-04.
Fire weather: Wet thunderstorms bring up to about an inch of rain to eastern Montana, Wyoming and the High Plains. Relative humidity drops to 7 to 18 percent across Nevada, the Mojave Desert and the Central Valley, with light winds; gusts of 25 to 30 miles per hour are likely along the Front Range and eastern Sierra.
Tropical weather
Tropical Storm Fay Public Advisory Number 7: NHC, 0300 UTC Sept 21
Tropical Storm Fay Public Advisory Number 8: NHC, 0900 UTC Sept 21
Tropical Storm Fay Forecast/Advisory Number 8: NHC, 0900 UTC Sept 21
Central Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook: CPHC, 200 AM HST Sept 20, formation chance 60 percent in 7 days
Central Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook: CPHC, 800 AM HST Sept 20
Wildfire, national
NICC Incident Management Situation Report: Sunday, Sept 20, 2026, 0730 MDT
NICC Predictive Services discussion: Sept 20
CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: CVE-2025-39682, CVE-2025-39964 and CVE-2026-53266 added Sept 18; no later additions located in this sweep
Binding Operational Directive 26-04: Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk
Federal assistance
Federal Register: SBA notice, Texas, FEMA-4935-DR, amended incident period July 12 through August 4, published Sept 14
Federal Register: SBA notices for Colorado FEMA-4944-DR, South Dakota FEMA-4938-DR and Missouri FEMA-4939-DR, published Sept 9 to Sept 14
Texas and Oklahoma
NICC situation report: Dry River, Hydra, Gracemont and Calvary Creek, Sept 20
Washington and Oregon
NICC situation report: Three Queens, Goat, Sisi, Border 2 and Little Giant, Sept 20
California
NICC situation report: Dome, Timber, Plaskett and Floriston, Sept 20
Wyoming, Colorado and Montana
NICC situation report: Moonshine, Swiss Roll, Davis Coulee and Sand Creek, Sept 20
Indiana
The Bloomingtonian: City of Bloomington Utilities countywide boil water advisory, Sept 20
Indiana Public Media: precautionary boil advisory for Monroe County, Sept 20
Michigan
The Detroit News: Kalamazoo boil water advisory could end Monday, Sept. 20
North Carolina
WRAL: Salemburg boil water advisory remains in effect, updated Sept. 20
Links that need a note:
* Advisory 8 has no NHC link. Both Fay advisory 8 products came through news-site mirrors of the NHC bulletin text, not nhc.noaa.gov, so I’ve marked them.
* Two links are live pages. The situation report and one Central Pacific outlook link are overwritten with each new issue. After today they will show newer content than what the brief cites.
* The CISA links are lost. I pulled the September 18 CISA alerts yesterday, but those links didn’t carry over. A search just now couldn’t recover them.
* Three Federal Register links are lost. The same happened to the Colorado, South Dakota and Missouri notices. I’ve marked all of these as missing rather than rebuild addresses from memory.
Tropical weather
* Fay Public Advisory 7, NHC: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT1+shtml/200841.shtml
* Fay Public Advisory 8, NHC text via Index-Journal mirror: https://www.indexjournal.com/news/hurricane/tropical-storm-fay-public-advisory-number-8/article_9a48d4f1-d16c-5f75-923d-febd44f298cf.html
* Fay Forecast/Advisory 8, NHC text via Cape Weather mirror: https://capeweather.com/tropical-storm-fay-forecast-advisory-number-8/
* Central Pacific outlook, 200 AM HST Sept 20 (live page, overwritten): https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/HFOTWOCP.shtml
* Central Pacific outlook, 800 AM HST Sept 20: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/mobile/text/refresh/HFOTWOCP+html/171133_HFOTWOCP.html
Wildfire, national (covers every NICC line in the state sections too)
* Situation report and Predictive Services discussion (live PDF, overwritten daily): https://www.nifc.gov/nicc-files/sitreprt.pdf
* Archive page for past situation reports: https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/incident-information/imsr
CISA
* KEV additions, Sept 18: link not recovered
* Binding Operational Directive 26-04: link not recovered
Federal assistance
* Texas, FEMA-4935-DR amendment, published Sept 14: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/14/2026-18756/presidential-declaration-amendment-of-a-major-disaster-for-public-assistance-only-for-the-state-of
* Texas, FEMA-4935-DR original notice, published Sept 9: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/09/2026-18354/presidential-declaration-of-a-major-disaster-for-public-assistance-only-for-the-state-of-texas
* Colorado, South Dakota and Missouri notices: links not recovered
Indiana
* The Bloomingtonian: https://bloomingtonian.com/2026/09/20/bloomington-utilities-issues-countywide-boil-water-advisory-after-turbidity-spike/
* Indiana Public Media: https://www.ipm.org/news/2026-09-20/precautionary-boil-advisory-issued-for-monroe-county
Michigan
* The Detroit News: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2026/09/20/kalamazoo-boil-water-advisory-could-end-monday/91781476007/
North Carolina
* WRAL: https://www.wral.com/news/local/boil-water-advisory-salemburg-september-2026/
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7 min
THE EMN NEWS DAILY BRIEF | Tuesday, 22 September 2026
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THE EMN NEWS DAILY | Tuesday, 22 September 2026
The remnants of Tropical Depression Fifteen-E southeast of Hawaii are now likely to become a tropical depression within a day or two, up from a medium chance over the weekend. In the eastern Pacific, Hurricane Polo reached Category 4 overnight with 130-mile-per-hour winds, and the Associated Press reports it reached Category 5 Tuesday, with a tropical storm watch posted from Tecpan de Galeana to Manzanillo, Mexico. Fay has lost its deep convection 570 miles southwest of the Azores and is expected to become post-tropical today. National Preparedness Level 3 holds with 95 incidents and 10,289 personnel, down 597, and three new large fires, including Chileno in Marin County with structures threatened. Evacuations are again listed as in effect for the Three Queens fire in Washington. The EMN NEWS Daily Brief is your concise daily update on national and state-by-state emergency management news.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Hawaii watch: The Central Pacific Hurricane Center’s 0200 HST outlook says the remnants of Fifteen-E, several hundred miles southeast of the islands, produced an increase in showers and thunderstorms overnight, and a depression is likely in the next day or two as the system moves west-northwest or northwest slowly. Sunday’s outlook carried a 60 percent chance over seven days. The system is not yet under advisories.
Hurricane Polo: The 0600 UTC intermediate advisory put Polo at 130 miles per hour and 955 millibars, 330 miles south-southeast of Manzanillo. The National Hurricane Center forecasts 4 to 8 inches of rain, with isolated totals of 12 inches, across coastal Guerrero and Michoacán through Thursday, with life-threatening flooding and mudslides possible. The core is forecast to stay offshore.
Atlantic: Fay weakened to 40 miles per hour and 1009 millibars at the 0900 UTC advisory, moving southwest at 9 miles per hour. It peaked at 70 miles per hour Sunday night without reaching hurricane strength and has no hazards to land.
Wildfire posture: Preparedness Level 3 holds with 95 incidents, 33 uncontained large fires, 1,968,316 acres and 10,289 personnel, a drop of 597, per the Monday situation report. Initial attack was light, with 46 fires, three new large incidents and seven complex incident management teams committed. Northern California dropped to Preparedness Level 2. Year to date: 56,651 fires and 8,542,800 acres, 125 and 146 percent of the ten-year averages.
New large fires: Chileno, nine miles east of Tomales in Marin County, California, is 341 acres and 5 percent contained, with structures threatened and 110 personnel. Mud Bayou on McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge near High Island, Texas, is 10,550 acres and 80 percent contained. Tabor on the Mark Twain National Forest near Pomona, Missouri, is 130 acres and 4 percent contained.
Northwest, clarification: Monday’s issue noted that Sunday’s situation report did not list evacuations on Three Queens. Monday’s report lists evacuations in effect again, along with numerous residences and critical infrastructure threatened. The fire is 9,566 acres and 23 percent contained, and command transfers from Northwest Team 2 back to the local unit today.
California: Dome in Yosemite National Park grew 663 acres to 3,047 and holds at 15 percent contained with 581 personnel. Floriston near Truckee rose to 65 percent contained and released 338 personnel. Lucas is fully contained, and California Team 6 now manages both Timber and Plaskett.
Water systems: Kalamazoo, Michigan, lifted its boil water advisory at 7 a.m. Monday after negative tests for E. coli and coliform. Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo Public Schools are staying on bottled water while flushing systems. At Monday’s council meeting, the public services director said the city received many comments on its communications and is working with the state on its public alert systems.
Cyber: CISA added one vulnerability to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Monday, CVE-2026-7273, a stack-based buffer overflow in Zyxel GS1900 series switches, remediated by federal civilian agencies under Binding Operational Directive 26-04.
Federal assistance: SBA physical damage deadlines for the September 1 declarations close November 1 in Colorado and South Dakota and November 2 in Missouri and Texas. Economic injury applications stay open to June 1, 2027.
Fire weather: Highs in the mid to upper 90s from the lower Mississippi Valley through Tennessee with relative humidity near 25 to 30 percent. East of the Cascades, humidity falls to 15 to 30 percent with gusts to 25 miles per hour in the gaps, and northern California drops to 10 to 20 percent with poor overnight recovery. Isolated wet and dry thunderstorms in southern and western Nevada and along the Sierra Front. Today is the driest day of the week on the southern Front Range, with humidity in the teens.
SOURCES
Tropical weather
Central Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook: CPHC, 200 AM HST Sept 22
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/mobile/text/refresh/HFOTWOCP+html/082337_HFOTWOCP.html
Central Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook: CPHC, 200 PM HST Sept 21
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/HFOTWOCP+shtml/211137_HFOTWOCP.shtml
Hurricane Polo Intermediate Advisory Number 6A: NHC, 0600 UTC Sept 22
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPEP2+shtml/220540.shtml
Associated Press via KSAT: Polo strengthens to Category 5, Sept 22
Tropical Storm Fay Discussion Number 11: NHC, 0300 UTC Sept 22
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/mobile/text/refresh/MIATCDAT1+html/212036.shtml
Tropical Storm Fay Public Advisory Number 12: NHC text via Cape Weather mirror, 0900 UTC Sept 22
https://capeweather.com/tropical-storm-fay-public-advisory-number-12/
Wildfire, national
NICC Incident Management Situation Report and Predictive Services discussion: Monday, Sept 21, 2026, 0730 MDT (live PDF, overwritten daily)
https://www.nifc.gov/nicc-files/sitreprt.pdf
IMSR archive
https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/incident-information/imsr
CISA
CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog: CVE-2026-7273, Sept 21
Binding Operational Directive 26-04: Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk
Federal assistance
Federal Register: SBA notice, Texas, FEMA-4935-DR amendment, published Sept 14
Federal Register: SBA notices for Colorado FEMA-4944-DR, South Dakota FEMA-4938-DR and Missouri FEMA-4939-DR, published Sept 9 to Sept 14 (links not recovered)
California, Texas and Missouri
NICC situation report: Chileno, Mud Bayou, Tabor, Dome, Floriston, Lucas, Timber and Plaskett, Sept 21
Washington
NICC situation report: Three Queens, evacuations in effect, Sept 21
Michigan
WMUK: boil water advisory lifted for affected Kalamazoo customers, Sept 21
WOOD TV: Kalamazoo lifts citywide boil water advisory, Sept 21
https://www.woodtv.com/news/kalamazoo-county/kalamazoo-lifts-citywide-boil-water-advisory/
WOOD TV via Yahoo: Kalamazoo schools still using bottled water; council comments on communications, Sept 22
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kalamazoo-schools-still-using-bottled-005006449.html
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31 min
September 11: The Recovery That Never Really Ended
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September 11: The Recovery That Never Really Ended
Twenty-five years after the attacks of September 11, 2001, the skyline of Lower Manhattan has been rebuilt—but recovery is about far more than buildings.
In this episode of Emergency Management Network, Todd DeVoe examines the long aftermath of 9/11: rebuilding Ground Zero, caring for responders and survivors, confronting World Trade Center-related illnesses, preserving memory, and understanding why the emotional wounds of that morning remain so powerful a quarter-century later.
Recent confrontations near Ground Zero during the 25th anniversary observances remind us that disaster memory does not follow an emergency manager’s recovery timeline. Places become symbols. Grief becomes generational. Anger can survive long after debris has been removed.
The episode also explores a sobering reality of long-term recovery: more FDNY members have now died from World Trade Center-related illnesses than were killed in the attacks themselves. Thousands of responders and survivors continue to receive monitoring and treatment, while researchers are still examining health consequences that may span generations.
September 11 challenges the way emergency managers think about recovery. Infrastructure can be restored. Businesses can reopen. Memorials can be built. But how do we measure the recovery of people?
Perhaps the lesson 25 years later is that we need to add something to “Never Forget.”
Never stop recovering.
Show Notes
Emergency Management Network
Episode: September 11: The Recovery That Never Really EndedSubtitle: 25 Years of Rebuilding, Recovery, Memory, and HealingHost: Todd DeVoe
Twenty-five years after September 11, 2001, this episode looks beyond the attacks themselves and examines what happened afterward.
The World Trade Center site has been rebuilt. Lower Manhattan has transformed. Transportation, businesses, residences, and public spaces returned. The 9/11 Memorial and Museum now preserve the physical memory of what happened there.
But rebuilding a place and recovering from a disaster are not necessarily the same thing.
In This Episode
Todd examines September 11 through the lens of long-term disaster recovery, including the physical reconstruction of Lower Manhattan and the much longer process of human recovery.
The episode explores the continuing health consequences facing firefighters, police officers, construction workers, volunteers, survivors, residents, and others exposed to the World Trade Center disaster environment.
It also considers the idea of the long disaster—that deaths and consequences associated with a catastrophic event may continue years or even decades after the response phase has ended.
The 25th anniversary also demonstrated how powerful disaster memory remains. Confrontations near Ground Zero during anniversary demonstrations showed that the site is more than a geographic location. For many Americans, responders, survivors, and families, it remains sacred ground connected to grief, sacrifice, anger, and national memory.
That raises an important question for emergency managers:
When does recovery actually end?
Key Themes
Recovery is not reconstruction.Rebuilding roads, buildings, transportation systems, businesses, and infrastructure is essential, but physical reconstruction represents only one dimension of recovery.
Disaster mortality can continue for decades.World Trade Center-related illnesses demonstrate that the human consequences of a disaster may emerge long after debris removal and official recovery operations have ended.
Responder health is a recovery responsibility.The obligation to responders cannot end when an incident is demobilized. Occupational exposure monitoring, healthcare, mental health support, and long-term research must be considered part of catastrophic-disaster planning.
Memory has geography.Places such as Ground Zero, Pearl Harbor, Gettysburg, Oklahoma City, Shanksville, and the Pentagon become connected to collective memory. Emergency managers should recognize that communities may attach meaning, grief, identity, and trauma to physical locations for generations.
Social recovery matters.Disasters can create fear, anger, mistrust, discrimination, and division. Restoring social cohesion can be every bit as important—and considerably more difficult—than restoring infrastructure.
Recovery belongs to survivors, not our planning calendar.Emergency managers work with recovery frameworks, timelines, objectives, and milestones. Human beings do not necessarily recover according to those schedules.
The Question for Emergency Managers
September 11 forces us to reconsider what we mean when we say a community has “recovered.”
Is recovery complete when the debris is removed?
When businesses reopen?
When infrastructure is restored?
When a replacement building opens?
Or does recovery continue as long as responders are becoming sick, families are grieving, survivors are seeking treatment, and another generation is learning what happened?
Twenty-five years after September 11, perhaps the answer is clear:
The response ended. The recovery did not.
Final Thought
Every September we say:
Never Forget.
Perhaps the emergency management profession should add another promise:
Never stop recovering.
Never stop studying what happened. Never stop caring for responders. Never stop supporting survivors and families. Never stop examining the long-term consequences. Never stop learning.
Because rebuilding a skyline is difficult.
Rebuilding people is harder.
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35 min
You’re It: Character, Trust, and Leading When It Matters Most
Season 6, Episode 1000
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Show Description
A crisis reveals the character of the people leading through it. Have they earned trust? Can they hear uncomfortable truths? Have they taken care of the team they are about to ask everything of?
In this episode of the Emergency Management Network Podcast, Todd DeVoe welcomes Eric McNulty, co-author of You’re It: Crisis, Change, and How to Lead When It Matters Most, for a conversation about character, meta-leadership, and the human side of emergency management.
They explore the new edition’s emphasis on character, balancing workforce expectations with disaster demands, and creating teams where people can speak honestly and support one another. The conversation also tackles one of the profession’s toughest challenges: making consequential decisions with incomplete information while maintaining public trust.
From protecting downtime on blue-sky days to explaining evacuation decisions, this episode examines the everyday leadership practices that prepare people to perform when their communities need them most.
Show Notes
Podcast: Emergency Management NetworkHost: Todd DeVoeGuest: Eric McNulty, co-author of You’re It: Crisis, Change, and How to Lead When It Matters Most
In This Episode
Todd and Eric discuss why effective crisis leadership begins long before an emergency. Character, honest communication, and relationships shape whether teams and communities will trust a leader when decisions become difficult.
Their conversation explores:
* Character before crisis: Integrity, listening, and putting the mission and people first.
* Leading across generations: Setting clear expectations while respecting boundaries, family responsibilities, and time away.
* Team resilience: Creating a workplace where colleagues support each other and can ask for help.
* Hearing truth to power: Why leaders need to welcome difficult information to avoid operational blind spots.
* Perspective and shared understanding: Bringing together what agencies, frontline personnel, and community members see.
* Public trust and transparency: Explaining what is known, what remains uncertain, and why decisions are being made.
* Evacuation decisions: Balancing competing risks and documenting the information available at the time.
* Community engagement: Building relationships and understanding public expectations before disaster strikes.
Episode Chapters
00:00 — Welcome to the EMN Podcast00:21 — Introducing Eric McNulty and You’re It01:47 — The new edition’s focus on character04:01 — Workforce expectations, boundaries, and the mission09:02 — Supporting team well-being and resilience11:25 — Truth, trust, and listening as a leader15:58 — Transparency and the Boston Marathon bombing response17:11 — Different perspectives and a shared understanding20:04 — Deepwater Horizon: uncertainty and response decisions21:21 — Evacuations, public criticism, and leadership23:56 — Explaining and documenting decisions under uncertainty26:16 — Community participation in emergency planning27:30 — Evacuation behavior and competing risks29:11 — How people interpret emergency messages31:30 — The new edition and supporting future emergency managers33:00 — A closing message of appreciation for the profession
Key Takeaway
The work of crisis leadership starts on ordinary days: earn trust, welcome difficult conversations, care for your team, and help the community understand how decisions are made.
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You’re It: Crisis, Change, and How to Lead When It Matters Most— book information
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37 min
Nepal’s Flood Disaster: Cascading Hazards, and the Emergency Management Issues
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When a disaster begins high in the mountains, its consequences can reach communities far downstream before people understand what is coming.
In this episode of the Emergency Management Network podcast, we examine Nepal’s devastating August 26 flash flood and debris flow, the unfolding humanitarian emergency, and the operational challenges facing responders. Preliminary USGS findings describe a rapid slope failure involving a glacier that sent destructive debris and floodwaters nearly 100 kilometers downstream. USGS
Amid the destruction, a last-minute warning helped a school leader evacuate more than 900 students—a powerful starting point for discussing warning systems, decision authority, and protective action. Reuters
We explore the immediate response priorities, the consequences of damaged infrastructure, and the responsibilities that continue long after the initial flood. For emergency management professionals, this episode asks: What does this disaster reveal about our own readiness, and what should we do with those lessons?
Show Notes
Briefing Script — Situation as of August 31, 2026
Nepal is confronting a major flash-flood and debris-flow disaster along its northern border with Tibet. The event began on August 26, when a rapid slope failure involving a glacier in Langtang National Park likely sent rock, mud, ice, and water into the Lende Khola and Trishuli river systems. The destructive flow traveled nearly 100 kilometers downstream. The precise initiating mechanism remains preliminary and requires continued scientific assessment. USGS
The humanitarian consequences are severe. According to the cited reporting, Nepalese authorities have reported more than 900 deaths, over 4,200 people missing—including hundreds of foreign nationals—and more than 10,000 rescues. The Nepal Red Cross estimates that more than 90,000 people have been affected. These figures are provisional; access constraints, debris burial, displacement, and disrupted communications complicate accountability. NBC News
This is a compound mountain disaster, with flooding, debris movement, isolation, and infrastructure failures creating overlapping response challenges. Buildings and a vital highway connecting Nepal and China have reportedly been buried or destroyed. USGS Reports also indicate that hundreds of workers may be trapped or unaccounted for at damaged hydropower projects in Rasuwa and Nuwakot. Associated Press
So What? Now What for the Emergency Management Professional?
The following priorities frame our operational discussion:
* Sustain lifesaving operations. Support search and rescue, missing-person accounting, and family reunification, particularly in isolated valleys and at damaged hydropower sites.
* Restore safe access. Assess and establish ground and air access to communities isolated by road and bridge failures, while accounting for responder safety and changing conditions.
* Meet immediate humanitarian needs. Coordinate emergency shelter, safe water, food, trauma care, and continuity of essential health services.
* Rebuild situational awareness. Restore communications and conduct rapid damage, needs, and infrastructure assessments.
* Monitor secondary hazards. Maintain downstream monitoring and public warning while assessing unstable slopes, river blockages, rainfall, and glacial hazards.
* Plan for sustained displacement and recovery. Incorporate education, protection, psychosocial support, and safer reconstruction into early recovery discussions.
According to the cited UN report, the United Nations has released an initial $2 million in emergency funding, while WHO has deployed emergency health supplies sufficient to support basic health services for up to 10,000 people. UNICEF reports that at least 17,000 children have been affected, facing risks associated with disease, malnutrition, disrupted education, violence, and exploitation. UN News
Nepal’s emergency requires simultaneous attention to immediate life safety and prolonged needs involving access, shelter, health, infrastructure, and recovery. Our discussion considers how government-led coordination, local capacity, and international support can address those demands while continuing to monitor cascading hazards.
Lifesaving Warnings: The School Evacuation
Reuters reports that a last-minute warning helped save more than 900 students at Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School. We use that account to examine the connection between receiving information and initiating protective action. Reuters
Discussion questions include:
* Who can authorize an immediate evacuation without waiting for additional approval?
* Can warnings reach schools through multiple, trusted communication channels?
* Do evacuation plans address arriving buses, accessible transportation, accountability, and family reunification?
* How do local emergency managers receive information about threats originating upstream or across borders?
* How can recovery decisions reduce exposure to future disasters?
Additional Reading
NPR: Nepal floods, climate change, and the Himalayas
Information reflects reporting available as of August 31, 2026. Casualty figures, missing-person totals, humanitarian estimates, and scientific findings are provisional and should be checked before recording or publication.
Nepal Flash Flood: Top-Rated Charities Providing Relief
https://blog.charitywatch.org/nepal-flash-flood-top-rated-charities-providing-relief/
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33 min
Grid Vulnerabilities
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Episode Description
The storm passes. The rain stops. The winds die down. And sometimes, that is when the real emergency begins.
Electricity is the backbone of nearly every system modern communities depend upon. Communications, water and wastewater systems, hospitals, fuel distribution, traffic control, grocery stores, banking, transportation, emergency operations, and even our ability to receive warnings depend in some way on reliable power.
In this episode of the Emergency Management Network Podcast, we examine the vulnerability of the American electrical grid following major storms and extreme weather events. The problem is bigger than a few downed power lines. Hurricanes, tornadoes, derechos, ice storms, flooding, wildfires, and extreme temperatures can damage generation, transmission, substations, and local distribution systems simultaneously.
More importantly, we explore what happens next.
What does a 24-hour outage mean for a community? What changes at 72 hours? What happens when backup generators begin running low on fuel, cellular sites lose power, medically vulnerable residents need assistance, grocery stores cannot refrigerate food, traffic signals stop working, and public safety agencies are operating on emergency power?
For emergency managers, the electrical grid isn’t simply another piece of critical infrastructure. It is the infrastructure upon which much of the rest of our response system depends.
We discuss where the vulnerabilities exist, why severe storms continue to expose them, and what emergency managers should be doing now to prepare for prolonged and cascading power failures.
The question isn’t simply whether the lights will come back on.
The question is: What can your community continue to do until they do?
Show Notes
This episode explores the intersection between extreme weather, electrical-grid reliability, critical infrastructure, and emergency management.
We examine how severe storms can damage transmission and distribution infrastructure and why the consequences extend far beyond homes losing electricity. Major outages can quickly become cascading incidents affecting communications, healthcare, transportation, water systems, fuel supplies, businesses, food distribution, and government operations.
Topics include:
* Why severe weather remains one of the greatest threats to electrical reliability
* The difference between generation, transmission, and distribution failures
* How damaged substations, transmission lines, poles, transformers, and vegetation can complicate restoration
* Why undergrounding electrical lines can help in some circumstances but is not a universal solution
* The growing importance of microgrids, distributed generation, battery storage, and backup power
* Generator dependence and the challenge of maintaining fuel supplies during prolonged outages
* Telecommunications and cellular-system vulnerabilities when commercial power fails
* The consequences of simultaneous power and communications failures
* Impacts on hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, pharmacies, dialysis centers, and medically dependent populations
* Water and wastewater system dependencies on electricity
* Traffic signals, transportation networks, fuel stations, and supply-chain disruptions
* The role of utilities inside the Emergency Operations Center
* Identifying critical facilities and prioritizing restoration
* Community Lifelines and cascading infrastructure failures
* Planning for outages lasting 24, 48, 72 hours—or longer
* Why continuity planning must assume that commercial electricity may not be immediately available after a major disaster
The Emergency Management Question
Emergency managers cannot rebuild the nation’s electrical grid, but we can understand our dependencies on it.
Every jurisdiction should be asking:
What stops working when the power goes out?
Then:
What stops working when it stays out for three days?
Those two questions can reveal vulnerabilities that may never appear in a traditional hazard assessment.
Electrical resilience isn’t simply a utility problem. It is a community resilience problem.
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33 min
Island Math: What Hawai’i’ Storm season Teaches Every Emergency Manager
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Episode Description
What can emergency managers learn when disasters strike very different communities at nearly the same time?
In this episode of the Emergency Management Network Podcast, Todd DeVoe and Andrew Boyarsky return from the IAEM Region 9 Symposium in Honolulu with a fresh perspective on preparedness, logistics, resilience, and the power of community.
The conversation begins in Hawaii, where geography changes nearly every assumption emergency managers make about mutual aid and logistics. When help, equipment, food, and personnel may be thousands of miles away, “leaning forward” isn’t simply good practice—it can be essential.
Todd and Andrew then turn to the severe storms, flooding, and tornadoes affecting Indiana and other parts of the country. Different hazards. Different geography. But many of the same lessons.
Emergency managers cannot afford to plan only for what happened last time. Wildfires can create tomorrow’s debris-flow problem. Extreme rainfall can overwhelm places that have never flooded before. And communities that wait until disaster strikes to build relationships have already lost valuable time.
The most important lesson may also be the simplest: preparedness begins with people.
From involving residents in emergency planning to knowing the people who live next door, resilience is built long before the EOC activates. Government can facilitate the process, but it cannot create resilient communities by itself.
Two storms. Two very different places. One lesson: know your community, understand your vulnerabilities, build relationships before the disaster, and prepare for the events everyone says could never happen here.
Two Storms, One Lesson
Community, Preparedness, and the Paradox of Paradise
Hosts: Todd DeVoe and Andrew BoyarskyPodcast: Emergency Management Network Podcast
In This Episode
Todd and Andrew reflect on their time at the IAEM Region 9 Symposium in Honolulu and the lessons that Hawaii offers emergency managers everywhere.
Hawaii’s beauty comes with significant vulnerabilities. Distance from the mainland, separation between islands, limited transportation routes, and dependence on imported resources mean emergency managers must think differently about logistics and mutual aid.
The discussion then moves to severe weather affecting Indiana and other parts of the United States, including flooding, tornadoes, high winds, and the challenge of preparing for hazards in places where people may believe, “That doesn’t happen here.”
Todd and Andrew explore what these events mean for emergency managers preparing for the next disaster—and why yesterday’s assumptions may no longer be enough.
Topics Discussed
* Lessons from the IAEM Region 9 Symposium in Honolulu
* Hawaii’s unique emergency management challenges
* The logistics of supporting remote and island communities
* The importance of pre-positioning resources and leaning forward
* Severe storms, tornadoes, flooding, and changing hazard conditions
* Wildfires and the secondary threat of debris flows and land movement
* Normalcy bias and the danger of saying, “That never happens here”
* Thinking about the unthinkable
* Community Lifelines and community preparedness
* Bringing residents into the emergency planning process
* Building relationships before disaster strikes
* Knowing your neighbors as a preparedness strategy
* CERT, VOAD, COAD, nonprofits, and volunteer organizations as force multipliers
* Government’s role as a facilitator rather than the sole source of solutions
* Hawaii’s “paradox of paradise”
* The spirit of Ohana and what it can teach emergency managers about resilience
Two Storms, One Lesson
The hazards may be different, but the lesson is remarkably similar.
Emergency managers must understand the communities they serve—not simply their hazards, infrastructure, and response capabilities, but their people, relationships, vulnerabilities, strengths, and culture.
Preparedness cannot begin when the warning is issued.
It begins when neighbors meet one another. It happens when residents participate in emergency planning. It grows when government, nonprofits, volunteers, businesses, and community organizations build relationships before anyone needs them.
As Todd observes in the episode, government doesn’t always have the answer to every problem. But it can help create the conversations, partnerships, and conditions that allow a community to become stronger.
Key Takeaway
Understand where you live. Know your vulnerabilities. Listen to your community. Build relationships before the emergency.
Because when disaster strikes, resilience isn’t something we suddenly create.
It’s something we discover we have already built.
Stay safe. Stay hydrated.
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12 min
Manufacturing Quiet Tuesdays
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Manufacturing Quiet Tuesdays
National Emergency Management Awareness Month, and a Confirmed Administrator at Last
Host: Todd T. DeVoe, CEM Runtime: 11:45 Recorded: August 8, 2026
SHOW NOTES
August is National Emergency Management Awareness Month, and this year it arrives alongside news the field has waited two years to hear. On Friday, August 7, the Senate confirmed Cameron Hamilton as Administrator of FEMA, part of a block of 74 nominations. After two years of acting titles and senior officials performing the duties of, there is a name on the door that stays there.
Todd DeVoe uses the occasion for something other than policy analysis. This one is a thank you. Not the conference kind. The real one.
He works through the profession person by person. The one-person department that also serves as the planning section, the logistics section, and the PIO. The planner who has read the same evacuation annex forty times, looking for the change that will matter, and who will never be told it worked. The duty officer at two in the morning, with the full picture assembled by four. The recovery specialist is still sitting at a kitchen table over a three-year-old declaration. The exercise designer who wrote a scenario meant enough to embarrass people, because an exercise that everybody passes taught nobody anything. The FEMA staff who stayed through the uncertainty. And the twenty-six-year-old, at their first activation, convinced everyone else in the room that they knew something they did not. They do not. Everybody is reading the same situation report.
Then the harder part. This profession’s best work is invisible by design. The evacuation goes smoothly, and there is no story. The warning goes out early and the numbers stay low. Success is indistinguishable from a quiet Tuesday. Todd reaches for Marcus Aurelius on the vine that produces grapes and does not go looking for applause, and lands on what Awareness Month is actually for: not asking for credit, but explaining what the quiet costs and who pays for it, so the October budget conversation goes a little easier.
The last thank you goes to the families. The empty chair at dinner. The eleven-word activation text that reorganizes a week. The skill of falling back asleep after the duty phone rings at three. And the thing most people miss entirely is being the first responder to the responder who came home from a bad one and could not yet talk about it. There is no ICS position for that. Maybe there should be.
CHAPTERS
00:51 The Senate confirms Cameron Hamilton as FEMA Administrator
02:56 Doc, welcome back. Why a permanent name on the door matters
03:07 Awareness Month, year two, and the traction it has built
04:08 Thank you, department by department
06:13 To the ones who are new: stay
06:40 When you do your best work, nothing happens
07:05 Marcus Aurelius and the business of manufacturing quiet Tuesdays
07:58 To the spouses, partners, and kids
09:26 A wildland firefighter son, and both sides of that door
09:42 Not a profession in decline. A profession that took a hit and stayed on its feet
10:52 Your assignment for the rest of August
YOUR ASSIGNMENT
It takes about four minutes. Find one person in this field whose work you have benefited from and tell them. Not on social media. Call them, and name the specific thing they did. Then find one family member, yours or someone else’s, and thank them for the hours that got taken from them.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
IAEM launched National Emergency Management Awareness Month in August 2025.
Auburn, Washington signed its proclamation on August 3.
San Bernardino County is running a campaign called Behind the Ready.
Senate confirmation of Cameron Hamilton, August 7, 2026, in a block of 74 nominations, 51 to 47.
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41 min
National Emergency Management Advocacy Month: Why Our Voice Matters
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Episode Description
August is National Emergency Management Advocacy Month, a time to recognize the importance of speaking up for the emergency management profession and the communities we serve.
In this episode, Todd DeVoe and Andrew Boyarsky discuss why advocacy is essential to the future of emergency management. From educating elected officials and building partnerships to securing resources and strengthening community resilience, advocacy isn’t about politics—it’s about ensuring emergency managers have a seat at the table before decisions are made.
Todd and Andrew share practical ways emergency managers at every level can become advocates, explain the difference between advocacy and lobbying, and discuss how small conversations can lead to meaningful change. Whether you’re a student, practitioner, volunteer, or executive, this episode will inspire you to help advance the profession and better prepare the communities you serve.
Show Notes
In This Episode
Emergency management has never been more important, yet many people—including policymakers—still don’t fully understand what emergency managers do. National Emergency Management Advocacy Month provides an opportunity to change that.
Todd and Andrew discuss:
* What National Emergency Management Advocacy Month is and why it exists
* Why advocacy is a professional responsibility
* The difference between advocacy and lobbying
* How emergency managers can educate elected officials and community leaders
* Why relationships built before disasters matter
* The importance of telling the emergency management story
* How advocacy can improve funding, staffing, planning, and preparedness
* The role of professional organizations like IAEM and NEMA
* Practical advocacy ideas for emergency managers at the local, state, tribal, territorial, federal, private-sector, and nonprofit levels
* How every emergency manager can make a difference—even without holding a leadership position
Key Takeaways
* Advocacy is about education, not politics.
* Emergency management deserves a voice wherever public policy is discussed.
* Strong relationships built today strengthen disaster response tomorrow.
* Every emergency manager is an ambassador for the profession.
* Advocacy helps build safer, more resilient communities.
Challenge for Listeners
During National Emergency Management Advocacy Month:
* Schedule a meeting with a local elected official.
* Invite community leaders to tour your Emergency Operations Center.
* Share your emergency management story on social media.
* Mentor someone entering the profession.
* Participate in advocacy efforts through your professional association.
* Take time to explain what emergency management really does to someone outside the field.
Quote of the Episode
“Advocacy isn’t about asking for more. It’s about helping people understand the value emergency management brings before, during, and after disaster.”
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42 min
The Most Beautiful Game: Managing the FIFA World Cup 2026 from the JTOC
Show notes
EMN Podcast Episode Description
The Most Beautiful Game: Managing the FIFA World Cup 2026 from the JTOC
What does it take to keep one of the largest sporting events in history running safely behind the scenes?
In this special episode of the Emergency Management Network Podcast, host Todd DeVoe takes listeners inside the Joint Tournament Operations Center (JTOC) during the FIFA World Cup 2026, offering a rare, first-hand look at the emergency management professionals who worked around the clock to support one of the world’s most complex events.
While billions of fans watched the action unfold on the pitch, another team was monitoring weather, coordinating intelligence, tracking team movements, managing rumors, preparing for protests, supporting public safety, and solving problems before the public ever knew they existed. From the Planning Section to logistics, communications, technology, and multi-agency coordination, this episode explores what it really means to operate at the center of a global event.
Todd shares stories from more than a month inside the JTOC, lessons learned from building an interagency team under pressure, and the leadership principles that transformed a room full of professionals into a family. You’ll hear about the challenges no one saw, the victories no one celebrated on television, and why success in emergency management is often measured by what doesn’t happen.
Whether you’re an emergency manager, first responder, public safety professional, or simply curious about what happens behind the curtain of a mega-event, this episode provides an inside look at the planning, coordination, and resilience required to support the most beautiful game.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
* How a Joint Tournament Operations Center functions during a global sporting event.
* The role of emergency management in supporting FIFA World Cup operations.
* Lessons in leadership, planning, and multi-agency coordination.
* How situational awareness, information sharing, and decision-making work in real time.
* Why relationships—not technology—remain the most important resource during complex incidents.
Join us as we pull back the curtain on one of the most ambitious emergency management operations ever undertaken and discover how thousands of hours of preparation made the extraordinary look effortless. The FIFA Tournament Operations Center serves as the central hub connecting host cities, venue operations, security, communications, and tournament leadership to ensure seamless coordination across the competition.
Because in emergency management, the best stories are often the ones the public never hears.
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7 min
Magnitude 7.8 Philippines quake triggers tsunami advisory for Guam and the CNMI; NIFC holds at PL 2 with ten uncontained large fires and evacuations near Chelan
Season 1, Episode 187
Show notes
Today’s brief leads with a magnitude 7.8 earthquake off the southern Philippines that prompted a Pacific Tsunami Warning Center advisory for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, with no threat to Hawaii or the U.S. West Coast. We cover national wildfire operations at Preparedness Level 2, including active fires threatening structures and infrastructure in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, New Mexico, Florida, North Carolina, and Alaska, plus a multi-day Storm Prediction Center severe weather threat, two Pacific tropical depressions, a paused Kilauea eruption, and approaching FEMA assistance deadlines in Washington and Hawaii. EM Morning Brief is your concise daily update on national and state-by-state emergency management news. Produced by Sitch Radio, an EOC Voices podcast.
Key Takeaways
· Tsunami advisory (Guam and CNMI): A magnitude 7.8 Philippines earthquake prompted a Pacific Tsunami Warning Center advisory for hazardous currents and sea level fluctuations; effects expected from about 12:45 p.m. ChST Monday, no full-scale evacuation called.
· No threat to Hawaii or the West Coast: The Warning Center assessed no tsunami threat to Hawaii or the U.S. mainland Pacific coast.
· Wildfire posture: NIFC remains at Preparedness Level 2 with ten uncontained large fires; the Chestnut Fire near Chelan, Washington has evacuations in effect, and the Michaud Creek Fire near Pocatello, Idaho shows extreme behavior threatening structures and energy infrastructure.
· Seven Cabins Fire (New Mexico): Largest active incident at 31,870 acres, now 90 percent contained, with closures still in effect.
· Severe weather: A multi-day SPC threat spans the Northern High Plains, Central Plains, Mississippi and Ohio Valleys, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast, with damaging wind, large hail, and isolated tornadoes possible.
· FEMA deadlines: Washington December-storm applicants have until June 10; Maui and Honolulu Kona Low applicants have until June 14.
· Kilauea: Summit eruption paused at ADVISORY; next fountaining episode forecast June 12 to 15.
Sponsors
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Sources
Seismic and tsunami
· U.S. Tsunami Warning Centers: official tsunami messaging portal
· USGS: Significant earthquakes, 2026
· Hawaii News Now: M7.8 earthquake strikes Philippines, no tsunami threat to Hawaii
Wildfire operations
Severe weather
· NWS Storm Prediction Center: Day 1 Convective Outlook
Tropical weather
· NHC: Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook
· NOAA: NOAA predicts below-normal 2026 Atlantic hurricane season
Volcano
· USGS: Kilauea volcano updates
FEMA assistance deadlines
· FEMA: One month remains to apply for FEMA assistance in Washington (deadline June 10)
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