SAVE THE DATE! The 2020 VCOS Symposium in the Sun will be held 12 - 15 November 2020 in Clearwater, Florida. Each fall, the Volunteer & Combination Officers Section (VCOS) Symposium addresses the unique needs of volunteer and combination fire departments including transitioning from a volunteer to a combination department, recruitment and retention, leadership and management,
The IAEM 2020 Reimagined Virtual Conference will be held November 16 – 18, 2020. Select conference topics and sessions highlighted by the CBRNE Central team include: U.S. Northern Command’s CBRN Response Enterprise: Partnering with Local Authorities The Need for a National Disaster Safety Act Crowd-Sourced Active Threat Mapping Disaster Resilience - Emerging Trends and Future
This open session of the study on Radioactive Sources: Applications and Alternative Technologies will focus on the uses and risk of Americium and on policy related to alpha emitters. The study is being conducted to assist the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Radiological Security (ORS) program to reduce the use of high-risk radiological materials in commercial
The second meeting of the Committee on Emerging Areas of Science, Engineering, and Medicine for the Courts: Identifying Chapters for a Fourth Edition of The Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence will be held on December 1, 2020. This meeting is expected to be closed in its entirety. The committee will review the contents of the
How are passenger rail planners and operators adapting in the time of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19)? TRB will host a webinar on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 from 1:00-2:30 PM Eastern that will feature case studies from the public and private sectors. Representatives from each organization will discuss how COVID-19 has (or has not) affected their
A committee of the National Academies will hold a virtual meeting December 7-8, 2020 on the "Merits and Viability of Different Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Technology Options and the Waste Aspects of Advanced Nuclear". This study responds to a congressional mandate in the FY2020 Appropriations Act's Conference Report in the subsection titled “Used Nuclear Fuel Disposition
A closed meeting of the National Academies' committee on Safe Transportation of Liquefied Natural Gas by Railroad Tank Car will be held December 8, 2020. The charge of this NASEM ad hoc committee is to review plans and activities to inform government and industry decisions about the transportation of liquefied natural gas by rail and
A closed meeting of the Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board (NRSB) will be held December 9-10, 2020. The mission of the Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board is to (1) provide an open forum for discussion, and (2) organize and oversee studies on safety, security, technical efficacy, and other policy and societal issues arising from the
The third meeting of the Committee on Emerging Areas of Science, Engineering, and Medicine for the Courts: Identifying Chapters for a Fourth Edition of The Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence will be held on December 14, 2020. This meeting is expected to be closed in its entirety. The committee will review the contents of the
