We have great news!
Many of you have been waiting for a long time to hear anything about your IPEM renewals. COVID has created a large back-log of people awaiting there renewals and not being able to have meetings has only made the matter worse. The IESMA IPEM Committee and President Rick Grah have been working with IEMA to find a solution to this issue and one has been found.
President Rick Grah has signed the necessary paperwork and IEMA should be reviewing IPEM renewals over the next few months. With a little luck everyone who met the renewal requirements should be getting the renewal stickers sometime this fall. Once IEMA is caught up with the 2021 renewals, IESMA and IEMA will be returning to the normal IPEM schedule and requirements for 2022 renewals.

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Friday, August 13, 2021

IESMA Training Summit Update

During the IESMA Summit Committee Meeting held on July 30, 2021, this committee reviewed the updated guidance concerning the COVID-19 Pandemic, as well as the ever increasing number of cases reported. The current guidance from the CDC and from IDPH was increasing restrictions that would have an effect on public gatherings.
The concern of the committee was:

Reviewing the questions towards IESMA being able to hold the September Summit with the possibility of greater Covid-19 restrictions;
The possible liabilities IESMA could face should we continue to hold the Summit and becoming a super spreader;
Whether we would even have people able to attend it.
To prevent the committee or IESMA from the possibility of having to cancel it at the last minute, the IESMA Committee has made unanimous recommendation to IESMA President Rick Grah to postpone the IESMA Summit until April 26-29 2022.
The Summit Committee has laid extensive ground work that can be continued in preparing for the April 2022 Summit. The committee members agreed to continue their weekly meetings and to focus on a more robust summit.
Therefore, in the interest of the safety of our IESMA Members and guests, who would be attending, I am postponing the September 27-29 IESMA Summit.

The 2022 IESMA Summit will be scheduled for April 26-28 2022 at the Northfield Inn in Springfield, IL.
Thank you to the Summit Committee for all of their hard work and to all of you for your understanding during these trying times.



Rick Grah
IESMA President

Wednesday, August 04, 2021

Please see the attached document that outlines the proposal being submitted to the membership for consideration at our next IESMA general membership meeting.

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Thursday, January 23, 2020

Click here to view the new video.

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Friday, September 30, 2016

IESMA has joined with the IEMA Strategic Planning Cell to announce the availability of additional resources for local emergency management. Click on the story to learn more!

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Tuesday, March 24, 2015