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Share the Wealth…
Industry Associations Bulletin Board
October 2007
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International Association of Emergency Managers
The International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting the goals of saving lives and protecting property during emergencies and disasters. The mission of IAEM is to serve its members by providing information, networking and professional opportunities, and to advance the emergency management profession. www.iaem.com
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International Association of Fire Chiefs
International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) is a powerful network of more than 12,000 chief fire and emergency officers. Their members are the world's leading experts in fire fighting, emergency medical services, terrorism response, hazardous materials spills, natural disasters, search & rescue, and public safety legislation. Their Mission is to provide leadership to career and volunteer chiefs, chief fire officers and managers of emergency service organizations throughout the international community through vision, information, education, services and representation to enhance their professionalism and capabilities. www.iafc.org
The Risk and Insurance Management Society
The Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the practice of risk management, a professional discipline that protects physical, financial and human resources. Founded in 1950, RIMS represents nearly 3,900 industrial, service, nonprofit, charitable, and governmental entities. The Society serves 9,900 risk management professionals around the world. The Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) serves its members by proactively providing the highest quality products, services and information to manage risk effectively. www.rims.org
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Association For Enterprise Integration
The Association for Enterprise Integration (AFEI) is a non-profit association for corporate and individual members whose common goal is to advance enterprise integration, network centric operations and world-class electronic business practices for industries and governments around the globe. AFEI builds government and industry inter-relationships that cut across national and organizational boundaries and promotes the development of a global information infrastructure. AFEI is a member of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) family of associations. www.afei.org
American Hospital Association
AHA’s mission is to advance the health of individuals and communities. The AHA leads, represents and serves hospitals, health systems and other related organizations that are accountable to the community and committed to health improvement. The American Hospital Association (AHA) is the national organization that represents and serves all types of hospitals, health care networks, and their patients and communities. Close to 5,000 institutional, and 37,000 personal members come together to form the AHA. www.aha.org
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
The mission of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners is to reduce the incidence of fraud and white-collar crime and to assist ACFE members in its detection and deterrence. The ACFE is a provider of anti-fraud training and education. Together with nearly 40,000 members, it is reducing business fraud worldwide and inspiring public confidence in the integrity and objectivity within the profession. www.cfenet.com
International Disaster Recovery Association
IDRA is an association of users, researchers, educators and vendors having a special interest in the Voice, Data, Image and Sensory Telecommunication aspects of Contingency Planning, Business Continuation, Disaster Recovery and Restoration. They refer to the domain of IDRA as Telecom DRP. IDRA is unique due to its focus on Telecom DRP. IDRA recognizes and addresses the importance telecommunications plays in national security, military operations, emergency management, public safety, infrastructure operation & protection, healthcare, finance and all aspects of business. www.idra.com
National Fire Protection Association
The mission of the international nonprofit NFPA is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating consensus codes and standards, research, training, and education. NFPA membership totals more than 81,000 individuals from around the world and more than 80 national trade and professional organizations. Established in 1896, NFPA serves as the world's leading advocate of fire prevention and is an authoritative source on public safety. In fact, NFPA's 300 codes and standards influence every building, process, service, design, and installation in the United States, as well as many of those used in other countries. NFPA's focus on true consensus has helped the association's code-development process earn accreditation from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). www.nfpa.org
Natural Hazards Center
The mission of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder is to advance and communicate knowledge on hazards mitigation and disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. Using an all-hazards and interdisciplinary framework, the Center fosters information sharing and integration of activities among researchers, practitioners, and policy makers from around the world; supports and conducts research; and provides educational opportunities for the next generation of hazards scholars and professionals. www.colorado.edu/hazards
Northeast States Emergency Consortium
The Northeast States Emergency Consortium (NESEC) is a not for profit all-hazards mitigation and emergency management organization, located in Wakefield, Massachusetts. NESEC is the only multi-hazard consortium of its kind in the country and is supported and funded by the Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). NESEC develops, promotes and coordinates "all-hazards" emergency management activities throughout the Northeast. This includes hazard risk evaluation and assessment, public awareness and education, hazard mitigation and information technology transfers. www.nesec.org
National Association of Catastrophe Adjusters
The National Association of Catastrophe Adjusters (NACA) was organized in 1976 by a group of highly qualified catastrophe adjusters. The association is dedicated to improving professional standards, insuring working relations with one another and promoting the general welfare of the individual members. There mission is to provide a professional organization focused on excellence in catastrophe insurance adjusting for members through education, shared resources, and technology. www.nacatadj.org
International Facility Management Association
IFMA is the largest and most widely recognized professional association for facility management, supporting more than 18,500 members. The Association's members are represented in 125 chapters, 15 councils and one Special Interest Group (SIG), in 60 countries worldwide. Globally, IFMA certifies facility managers, conducts research, provides educational programs, recognizes facility management degree and certificate programs and produces World Workplace, the largest facility management-related conference and exposition. www.ifma.org
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