In Little Rock, Arkansas, at the CUSEC Board of Directors meeting, the Board welcomed Robert Latham, newly appointed Executive Director of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, to the Board of Directors.  Director Latham formerly served as CUSEC Board Chairman during a previous tenure with MEMA, where he was director from 2000 to 2006.  Latham replaces […]

Dates: April 10-13, 2012 Location: Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tennessee Registration Fees: Early Bird Registration ends January 31: $395 January 15 to March 15: $450 After March 15: $550

Recently, the Great Central U.S. ShakeOut was awarded “Outstanding Exercise, Drill, or Event” as part of the 2011 FEMA Individual and Community Preparedness Awards.  CUSEC, the lead coordinating organization for the ShakeOut, accepted the award on behalf of our Member and Associate States in Washington, D.C. on January 18-19, 2012. 

Paul Parmenter, Director of Missouri State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) was elected CUSEC Board Chairman at a recent Board meeting in Biloxi, Mississippi.  Jonathon Monken, Illinois Emergency Management Agency(IEMA) Director was elected Vice-Chairman.  Parmenter was appointed as SEMA Director (SEMA) in March of 2009 and Monken as Director of IEMA in February of 2011.  Both […]

Two hundred years ago today, a major earthquake struck the New Madrid Seismic Zone.  This earthquake was the first of several major seismic events that rocked the central U.S. during the winter of 1811-12.   Were they to happen today, these earthquakes could cause widespread damage and disruption to the region. If a major earthquake were […]