联邦紧急事务管理局（FEMA）的副管理人里奇·塞里诺（Rich Serino）最近宣布了一项新的在线计划，旨在提高创意思想，以加强紧急管理领域并提高国家为灾难做准备，应对和恢复的能力。Serino在国际急诊管理协会（IAEM）第59届年度会议上与全国各地的一组州和地方经理交谈时，公布了该倡议。
“All disasters are local and more often than not, the best ways for addressing the challenges that we face every day in emergencies are found with you at the local level,” Serino said. “You are on the front lines. You know the problems. And more importantly, you know the solutions to these problems. We want to hear your creative ideas and suggestions for how, as a team, we can continue to strengthen our work as emergency managers and best serve our communities.”
正如Serino所解释的那样，这项新计划“ FEMA智囊团”将帮助我们的合作伙伴参与，促进创新，并促进有关紧急管理领域的解决方案的讨论。智囊团将包括两个主要组成部分：一个在线论坛，利益相关者可以提交想法并参与有关创新解决方案的对话；以及与利益相关者的每月讨论，讨论在线论坛产生的现实生活解决方案和想法。
Anyone interested in participating in the Think Tank can do it several ways, via their smartphones or online. Visitwww.fema.gov/thinktank有关更多信息，并使用#femathinktank标签在Twitter上加入对话。
During his remarks, Serino, who previously served for decades as a local emergency management official in Boston, also talked about how recent disasters, from the tornadoes in the southeast to Hurricane Irene, highlighted how communities managed their immediate response and recovery efforts using state and local teams. Serino acknowledged that state and local teams have spent years building up their capacities, from using federal grants to make key investments in preparedness and resiliency to developing and enhancing their emergency plans. He reinforced FEMA’s commitment to supporting its state and local partners and explained that the new FEMA Think Tank is another tool that will help the agency and the entire emergency management team better meet that goal.
Understanding and supporting the needs of state and local emergency management officials has been a top priority for the Obama administration. The agency’s top leadership, appointed by President Obama, all came from backgrounds in emergency management at the state and local level. Promoting and generating new and innovative ways to engage the entire community in preparing for disasters – and using new technologies to do so – has also been a top priority for FEMA under its current leadership. Under the leadership of FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, FEMA has launched several new online tools to better support state and local emergency managers, other stakeholders and the public, including a mobile website (m.fema.gov), a blog launched last year (www.fema.gov/blog) and the first-ever FEMA App, which is now available for Android and iPhone devices.
