08/29/2024
The Rhode Island Emergency Management Community and our State lost a local hero and champion of equitable disaster assistance and a big advocate for community recovery!!!!
Rest in Peace Joe
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08/29/2024
Today we held our August meeting and annual BBQ at Goddard State Park in Warwick. We had a great turnout of members who enjoyed delicious food by Ming’s food truck!!!
Clara Decerbo was re-elected President and Courtney Yeaw was elected Treasurer, thank you Ray Laprad for serving as our treasurer.
Kevin Kugel is still Vice President
Rachel Gomes is still Secretary
We welcome our new member Rhode Island Health Centers Association.
Awards - Scott Kettelle (North Kingstown) Emergency Manager of the Year Award
Kingston Fire Dept for Partner of the Year Award
Dave McEnery (Scituate CERT) for Community Outreach Award
Kevin McCarthy (PEMA) for Volunteer of the Year Award
Congratulations to all our award winners and to our board for all the great work they do!
08/19/2023
EF 2 touches down in Rhode Island
Someone shared: Tornado brings down trees, power lines in Scituate
Tornado brings down trees, power lines in Scituate
A line of severe storms pushed through Southern New England on Friday morning.
06/24/2023
Another Great Conference in the Books!!!
06/10/2023
Don’t forget to sign up for the conference
05/08/2023
An incredible CERT Rodeo is in the books for 2023! Great job Courtney Yeaw RIEMA and Alexa Griffin PEMA for all your hard working putting this together!
To all the CERT volunteers and the many instructors who shared their craft THANK YOU for making our State and local communities bettter prepared for a disaster!
03/08/2023
New Leadership Board 2022-2024
President - Clara Decerbo
Vice President - Kevin Kugal
Secretary - VACANT
Treasuer - Ray Laprad
Past President - Dave Deloge
01/11/2023
https://www.riflood.org
Rhode Island Flood Mitigation Association Conference is at URI Kingston Campus on May 25th 2023
Please visit their website for further information!
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Rhode Island Flood Mitigation Association (RIFMA) is a network of floodplain managers who can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of all aspects of floodplain management in the State of Rhode Island