This message was sent to ##Email## December 12, 2019   |   Home  |   About  |   Membership  |   Education & Training  |   Resources  |        TOP NEWS California bans insurers from dropping customers because of wildfire risks Route Fifty Insurance companies in California have increasingly been dropping people who live in fire-damaged areas from home insurance policies, a practice that state regulators have now temporarily banned. The new state policy creates a one-year moratorium on the practice that will cover at least 800,000 homes across the state located in zip codes that have been affected by wildfires. Ricardo Lara, California’s insurance commissioner, said the state has also asked insurance companies to voluntarily stop dropping customers anywhere in the state because of fire risks for at least one year.  READ MORE    SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by Insurance Program Managers Group The most effective way to protect public safety employees How to use predictive data to reduce workers’ compensation claims Don’t fear your workers’ compensation audit — here’s what you need to know Minimizing claims costs by tackling core issues affecting workforce health The tools public entities need to mitigate risk and manage claims   3 ways to make government social media accessible to all Government Technology A few years ago, Government Technology asked a question about making social media more accessible during our Government Social Media Twitter chat. The quiet response from participating social media professionals was characterized by the GIF someone tweeted in response; you may have seen it — the one where Homer Simpson silently backs up into a hedge of bushes until he disappears completely. Accessibility has long been a requirement and a standard in the world of government websites.  READ MORE Bill would make co-ops and condos eligible for full disaster relief Habitat U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler – a New York Democrat who, as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is overseeing the presidential impeachment hearings – has somehow found the time to co-sponsor a piece of legislation that has nothing to do with Donald Trump but has huge implications for co-ops, condominiums, and homeowners’ associations (HOAs). The Disaster Assistance Equity Act (H.R. 5337) would make two significant changes to the existing Disaster Relief Act.  READ MORE Caught in the cycle of 'urgent over important'? This leadership strategy can help Route Fifty As a public leader, whether you’re an elected official or the head of an agency, it’s easy to spend all of your time consumed by the crisis of the week or of the day. It could be a negative newspaper article or a political fight or something else. But here’s the conundrum: To achieve important, enduring results for the people you serve, you, as the leader, need to provide focused attention on your organization’s long-term challenges and goals, the internal performance issues that drive better outcomes for residents and a better return on investment for taxpayers.  READ MORE Viewpoint: We really need to fix the federal budget process Government Executive What keeps Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy up at night? Things like not knowing, nearly one-quarter into the fiscal year, whether his service is going to be able to start new programs, or even keep civilian staff at work. “The reality of it, I think, is just the challenges of getting things done in Washington,” McCarthy said at the recent Reagan National Defense Forum. “We gotta be less partisan. We gotta work better together” to modernize the force.  READ MORE Cities begin delving into drone regulations for public safety Governing What should you do if someone is operating a drone near you? Where should you move? Should you be a certain number of feet away from the machine? These are the sort of questions that police, firefighters and other stakeholders hope to clarify as part of the Major Cities Working Group, a new initiative from the DRONERESPONDERS program. The Major Cities Working Group launched during the Drone Journalism Leadership Summit in New York last month.  READ MORE Millions of burnt trees and rusted cars: Post-disaster cleanup is expensive, time-consuming and wasteful GreenBiz The most destructive and costliest wildfire in California’s history, the Camp Fire, killed 85 people and destroyed nearly 19,000 structures in November 2018. A year later, crews were still collecting and carrying away piles of wood, metals, appliances, contaminated soil, toxic household chemicals and other debris and waste totaling more than 3.2 million metric tons — roughly the weight of 2 million cars. Hurricane Michael, which hit Florida in October 2018, left about 13 million cubic meters of debris.  READ MORE Emergency response providers rate benefits of using drones in disaster management missions CORDIS Preliminary results from a Design Thinking workshop organized within the scope of the international ResponDrone project, held in Thessaloniki last month, indicate that first responders view the constant provision of real-time information in crisis situations as one of the most valued benefits arising from the usage of drones in disaster management missions. The workshop, attended by representatives from first responder organizations and industry partners of the ResponDrone consortium, was held in order to assess the best possible system requirements.  READ MORE PRIMA Risk Watch Connect with PRIMA Recent Issues | Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Advertise | Web Version  Colby Horton, Vice President of Publishing, 469-420-2601 | Download media kit Bethanney Standerfer, Content Editor, 469-420-2688  | Contribute news Public Risk Management Association 700 S. Washington St., Suite 218 | Alexandria, VA, 22314 | 703-528-7701 | Contact Us  Learn how to add us to your safe sender list so our emails get to your inbox. 7701 Las Colinas Ridge, Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063