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FREE Disaster Preparedness Symposium for FMIT members Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Attention: City Managers, Finance Directors, Risk Managers, Public Works Directors, Parks & Recreation Directors or others who share the responsibility of protecting your insured assets... We invite you to join us at the upcoming disaster recovery preparedness symposium. Remember, waiting until after a disaster to understand insurance processes and FEMA requirements is too late.

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Free Seminars and Webinars from Florida DFF

The Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Workers’ Compensation has announced its 2013 Free Seminar and Webinar training schedule. The classes last for three hours; webinar sessions are one hour. MORE>

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Health Care Reform Update
Source: Clay Austin
The Health Care Reform Update was created to keep you informed of important updates to Florida's health care system, and learn how changes implemented may impact you. Additionally, the Florida League of Cities will facilitate webinars and workshops to keep all members engaged on this important issue. We will share these opportunities with you as they develop. Click here to read the latest Health Care Reform Update.
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ATTN: Members with Workers' Compensation Coverage - Medical Billing Procedural Change
Source: Jay Goldrick
Effective October 29, 2012, Florida League of Cities (FLC) will no longer receive medical billing directly from medical providers and all requests for payment must be sent to the following entity, which acts on behalf of FMIT for purposes of receipt and review of medical bills: CorVel/ FLC P.O. Box 953757 Lake Mary, Fl. 32795-3757 MORE>
Cooperation may not be the way to go.
Source: Scott Blaser
For many years, there was anecdotal information that if you cooperated with a gunman, he or she would likely let you go unharmed because the gunman’s main purpose was to rob you. However, during the last few years, there has been an increase in what are called “active shooters.” Active shooters have no other purpose but to kill as many people as possible, in as short a time frame as possible. Experts who analyze these incidents are beginning to find out that cooperating with an active shooter does not increase a person’s chance of survival. In most cases, cooperating decreases that chance.
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Outdoor Summer Exposures and Controls
Source: Scott Blaser
In the summer, Floridians are exposed to many hazards while working outside. Governments must reduce or eliminate as many exposures to potential hazards as possible to fulfill their obligation of service and to maintain their budgets. An employee, sick or injured because of an outside work-environment hazard, reduces the effective of service and increases costs. In this article, we will discuss some of the most prevalent outside hazards, along with controls that can be implemented to make working conditions better and safer.
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Heat: Another Summer Killer
Source: Scott Blaser
Believe it: According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) “heat is the number one weather-related killer. On average, more than 1,500 people in the U.S. die each year from excessive heat. This number is greater than the 30-year mean annual number of deaths due to tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and lightning combined. In the 40-year period from 1936 through 1975, nearly 20,000 people were killed in the United States by the effects of heat and solar radiation.”  It seems that we, in the deep south, can handle the heat better than our northern friends, but we usually don’t have as many loss of life cases because our buildings and homes are equipped with air-conditioning.  This means when we are outside, we are just as susceptible to heat stress as anyone else.
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