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>Almost Solstice News from Disaster Research - December 16, 1999
>
> DISASTER RESEARCH 309
> TABLE OF CONTENTS:
>
>1) Newest "Natural Hazards Informer" Now Available on the Web
>2) Appropriations Bills Passed and Signed
>3) FEMA Redesigns Public Assistance Program
>4) Congress and President Make 911 Official
>5) New High-Speed HAZUS Released
>6) NIST-MEP Y2K Help Center to Offer Around-the-Clock Help
> to Small Businesses
>7) On the Net
>8) The EENET Schedule for January-April 2000
>9) IIASA Announces Young Scientists Summer Program 2000:
> Summer Fellowship in Austria for Advanced Doctoral Students
>10) AGI Offers Congressional Fellowship
>11) A Couple of Recently Awarded Grants
>12) Conferences and Training
>
>1)----------
> Newest "Natural Hazards Informer"
> Now Available on the Web
>
>Teaching the public about earthquake hazards is much more complicated
>than simply telling folks to duck, cover, and hold. Many organizations
>have struggled to develop programs that address seismic hazards,
>although little knowledge was available concerning what works and what
>hinders successful teaching about these risks. The latest issue of the
>"Natural Hazards Informer" contains the collective wisdom of some of
>the top earthquake educators in the U.S. "Public Education for
>Earthquake Hazards," by Sarah Nathe, Paula Gori, Marjorie Greene,
>Elizabeth Lemersal, and Dennis Mileti, discusses why it is important
>to educate the public about earthquakes, why people pay attention to
>earthquake preparedness information and why they don't, what
>activities have worked in educating the public, windows of opportunity
>for creating "educable moments," how to prepare effective messages,
>and how to disseminate those messages for the greatest effect. It also
>lists resources for further guidance. This second issue in the new
>"Informer" series from the Natural Hazards Center is now available on-
>line and in downloadable PDF format from the center Web page:
>http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/informer/.
>
>2)----------
> Appropriations Bills Passed and Signed
>
>The annual tussle between Congress and the president has become a rite
>of autumn, as both branches of government debate who gets what money
>and how much. Although threats to shut down the federal government
>have become commonplace, as have continuing budget resolutions to keep
>it open, this year both sides managed to avoid much of the rancor and
>agree on funding for federal programs.
>
>Of interest to DR readers is Public Law 106-74, the "Departments of
>Veterans Affairs and Housing and Housing and Urban Development, and
>Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000," signed into law by the
>president on October 18, 1999. This law appropriates funds for the
>operation of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which
>received:
> - $300 million for emergency management planning and assistance under
> the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
> Act, including:
> - $2 million for a pilot project of seismic retrofit technology at
> California State University-San Bernardino;
> - $6 million for a seismic retrofit project at Loma Linda
> University Hospital;
> - $2 million for a seismic retrofit project at the University of
> Redlands in California;
> - $1 million for a hurricane protection project at the
> St. Petersburg campus of South Florida University;
> - $2.5 million for a windstorm simulation project at Florida
> International University in Miami;
> - $1 million to the state of North Carolina for a logistical
> staging demonstration project involving warehouse facilities at
> the Stanley County airport; and
> - $500,000 to the state of Louisiana for wave monitoring buoys in
> the Gulf of Mexico.
> - $2.48 billion for disaster relief;
> - $1.3 million under the Stafford Act for the disaster assistance
> direct loan program;
> - $180 million for FEMA salaries and expenses;
> - $267 million for carrying out activities under the National Flood
> Insurance Act of 1968, the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973,
> the Stafford Act, the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act, and other
> emergency planning and assistance programs, including the provision
> to states by the FEMA director of multihazard preparedness and
> mitigation grants;
> - $110 million for the emergency food and shelter program;
> - $5 million for the flood map modernization fund of the National
> Flood Insurance Program;
> - $24.3 million for salaries and expenses related to the National
> Flood Insurance Program and $79 million for flood mitigation
> activities;
> - a transfer of $20 million from the National Flood Insurance Fund to
> the National Flood Mitigation Fund for activities designed to
> reduce the risk of flood damage to structures; and
> - $15 million to the Environmental Protection Agency for oil spill
> response.
>
>Under Public Law 106-60, Congress appropriated the following to the
>U.S. Army Corps of Engineers:
> - $162 million for the "collection and study of basic information
> pertaining to river and harbor, flood control, shore protection,
> and related projects";
> - $1.4 billion for construction projects related to river and harbor,
> flood control, shore protection, and related projects; and
> - $309 million for flood control on the Mississippi River and its
> tributaries.
>
>Public Law 106-79, the "Department of Defense Appropriations Act,
>2000," provides:
> - unspecified funds for the Pacific Disaster Center to carry out
> disaster information management and related support of a global
> disaster information network;
> - $5 million to the American Red Cross for Armed Forces Emergency
> Services; and
> - unspecified funds for the Center of Excellence for Disaster
> Management and Humanitarian Assistance for education and training
> for appropriate military and civilian personnel of foreign
> countries.
>
>For the complete text of these public laws, contact any federal
>repository library or access the Library of Congress via the World
>Wide Web: http://thomas.loc.gov.
>
>3)----------
> FEMA Redesigns Public Assistance Program
>
>In an effort to provide money to applicants more quickly and to make
>the application process simpler, this fall FEMA redesigned its Public
>Assistance Grant Program. The changes are outlined in the October 12,
>1999, issue of the Federal Register (Vol. 64, No. 196, pp.
>55158-55161).
>
>The Public Assistance Program provides grants to state and local
>governments and certain nonprofit organizations, enabling them to
>respond to disasters, recover from disaster impacts, and mitigate the
>effects of future disasters. The redesigned program emphasizes better,
>more personal customer service, improved communications, reallocated
>responsibilities, more efficient and consistent program delivery, and
>a more efficient system for obtaining funding than under previous
>regulations.
>
>The final rule that appears in the Federal Register outlines specific
>changes to regulations that rename documents, define terms, adjust
>responsibilities, and amend the rule in ways the agency hopes will
>make it easier to understand. It took effect on November 12, 1999. The
>complete text of the final rule can be found in your federal
>repository library or on the World Wide Web at
>http://www.access.gpo.gov. Information about the Public Assistance
>Program in general can be found on the FEMA Web site:
>http://www.fema.gov/r-n-r.
>
>4)----------
> Congress and President Make 911 Official
>
>Although it is universally known in the United States as the phone
>number to dial when a person needs emergency assistance, 911 has never
>been officially declared as such. However, on October 28, 1999,
>President Clinton signed into law the "Wireless Communications and
>Public Safety Act of 1999" (Public Law 106-81), making 911 the
>official universal telephone phone number within the U.S. for
>reporting an emergency to appropriate authorities and requesting
>assistance.
>
>In addition, this new law requires the Federal Communications
>Commission (FCC) to support efforts by individual states to develop
>comprehensive emergency communications infrastructure and programs
>based on coordinated statewide plans. In an effort to assist emergency
>responders in overcoming prior limitations in wireless service, the
>legislation also authorizes telecommunications carriers to provide
>call location information concerning a user of a commercial mobile
>service to emergency dispatchers and emergency service personnel to
>help them respond to the user's call; to the user's legal guardian or
>family member in an emergency situation that involves the risk of
>death or serious injury; and to others solely responsible for
>assisting in the delivery of emergency services. Finally, it requires
>telephone exchange service providers to provide both listed and
>unlisted subscriber information to providers of emergency services.
>
>Again, the full text of the legislation can be found at any federal
>repository library or on-line: http://thomas.loc.gov.
>
>5)----------
> New High-Speed HAZUS Released
>
>Immediately following an earthquake, individuals involved in
>earthquake preparedness, planning, and response will now be able to
>save valuable time when assessing damage and determining appropriate
>response as the result of work just completed for FEMA under a
>cooperative agreement with the National Institute of Building Sciences
>(NIBS).
>
>HAZUS (short for "Hazards U.S.), a state-of-the-art computer program
>developed by NIBS to provide loss estimations following an earthquake,
>has been upgraded and is now significantly faster and can provide more
>detailed information in just minutes following a quake. The new
>edition - HAZUS99 - is available from FEMA and NIBS and is free of
>charge to all federal, state, and local agencies and other public and
>private organizations.
>
>The program is designed to aid not only response and recovery, but
>also preparedness and mitigation, through the creation of earthquake
>scenarios. HAZUS99 is a nationally applicable, standardized method for
>estimating earthquake losses at the community or regional level. It is
>available on CD-ROM in three editions: Eastern U.S., Central U.S., and
>Western U.S. Each CD includes a tutorial and an "Inventory Collection
>Tool." The program will be available to work with either MapInfo or
>ArcView GIS software.
>
>CD ROMs containing data for earthquake, wind, and flood exposure
>analysis are being prepared for each state. FEMA is expanding the
>capabilities of HAZUS by developing loss estimation models for flood
>and hurricane hazards, and preview versions of these models are being
>prepared for release in 2002.
>
>For more information, contact Philip Schneider, NIBS Multihazard Loss
>Estimation Program, NIBS, 1090 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Suite 700,
>Washington, DC 20005-4905; (202) 289-7800; fax: (202) 289-1092;
>e-mail: pschn...@nibs.org; WWW: http://www.nibs.org;
> -or-
>Claire Drury, FEMA HAZUS Project Manager, FEMA, 500 C Street, S.W.,
>Washington, DC 20472; (202) 646-2884; e-mail: claire...@fema.gov.
>
>6)----------
> NIST-MEP Y2K Help Center to Offer
> Around-the-Clock Help
> to Small Businesses
>
>The Y2K Help Center for Small Business will be open 24 hours a day
>December 30, 1999 through January 7, 2000 to provide free Y2K
>assistance to small businesses. The center, managed by the
>Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a program of the U.S.
>Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology
>(NIST), can be reached at 1-800-925-7557 or by e-mail at
>y2k...@nist.gov. Until December 29, the center's hours are 8 a.m. to
>8 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. The center offers a wide
>variety of free information and tools to help small business owners
>deal with the Y2K problem; these resources can also be downloaded from
>the center's Web site: http://www.y2khelp.nist.gov.
>
>7)----------
> On the Net
>
>[Here are a few of the latest and more useful Internet resources we've
>discovered. For an extended list of selected Internet sites dealing
>with hazards and disaster management, see
>http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/sites/sites.html]
>
>http://www.floods.org
> The Web site of the Association of State Floodplain Managers
>(ASFPM) now includes "Mitigation Success Stories in the United
>States.ş As the authors state, "The purpose of this document is
>twofold: to showcase examples of natural hazard mitigation activities
>and to publicize the benefits of mitigation successes across our
>country. Hopefully, these examples can serve as models for others to
>use and provide decision-makers with valuable information about how to
>formulate, undertake and ultimately achieve natural hazard reduction
>in our communities."
>
>http://www.egs.uct.ac.za/dimp
> The Disaster Mitigation for Sustainable Livelihoods Programme
>(DiMP), at the Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences,
>University of Cape Town, South Africa, promotes disaster mitigation as
>a strategy to achieve sustainable development. The unit encourages the
>integration of disaster mitigation with development programs,
>particularly those targeted at economically vulnerable communities.
>DiMP carries out its mission in three principal areas: collaborative
>research, policy advocacy, and education and training.
> In 1997, the Overseas Development Administration of the British
>Government funded DiMP to establish a regional network of
>organizations committed to strengthening disaster mitigation research,
>training, education, and practice. The initial work resulted in the
>establishment of "Periperi" (partners enhancing resilience for people
>exposed to risks) - a network of organizations and institutions
>committed to risk reduction in southern Africa. Periperi allows a
>diverse range of organizations to work together across disciplines and
>national borders to further disaster mitigation through sustainable
>development and the integration of risk reduction principles and
>technologies into ongoing development practice and policy. Periperi,
>the Southern African Risk Reduction Network, is now supported by the
>Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, United States Agency for
>International Development (OFDA/USAID) and the Department for
>International Development of the British Government.
> The new DiMP Web site provides a description, history, much
>background information, and details about current areas of interest of
>the program; more information about Periperi; a list of DiMP
>publications; and links to related regional and international
>organizations. For more information about DiMP, contact the Disaster
>Mitigation for Sustainable Livelihoods Programme, Department of
>Environmental and Geographical Sciences, University of Cape Town,
>Rondebosch 7701, South Africa; tel: 27 (0)21 650-2987, 27 (0)21
>650-4115, 27 (0)21 650-4116; fax: 27 (0)21 689-1217; e-mail:
>no...@enviro.uct.ac.za.
>
>http://isis.uwimona.edu.jm/index.html
> The new Web site of the Unit for Disaster Studies, Department of
>Geography and Geology, University of the West Indies offers scientific
>information, data, and references to promote better understanding of
>natural hazards in the Caribbean and the relation of people to those
>risks. The site has sections entitled Natural Hazards and Disasters
>(showing the various hazards to which the islands of the region are
>vulnerable), Caribbean Geology, Jamaica, Other Islands, Organizations,
>Bibliography, Maps, Announcements, Miscellaneous, and News.
>
>8)----------
> The EENET Schedule for January-April 2000
>
>The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Emergency Education Network
>(EENET), which regularly broadcasts programs on various aspects of
>emergency management via satellite, has recently announced a partial
>schedule of its upcoming programs for the first part of the year 2000.
>They include:
>
>Date & Time Topic
>(All times Eastern)
>
>January 5 Classroom Connection - "Community Emergency Response
>2:00-3:30 pm Team (C.E.R.T.) Training"
>
>January 12 Disaster Resistant Homes
>2:00-4:00 pm
>
>January 19 National Alert Broadcast
>2:00-3:30 pm FEMA's monthly video magazine on emergency
> management activities and issues
>
>January 26 Gems from EENET - "Recruiting and Retaining
>2:00-4:00 pm Volunteers: Preserving A National Resource"
>
>February 2 Special Y2K Wrap-up
>2:00-3:00 pm
>
>February 9 Exercising
>2:00-4:00 pm
>
>February 16 National Alert Broadcast
>2:00-3:00 pm
>
>February 23 Gems from EENET - "Even The Smallest Community
>2:00-4:00 pm Can Manage Fire Prevention"
>
>March 1 Learning Again - "Safe Room"
>2:00-3:00 pm
>
>March 8 A Case Study of Critical Incident Stress Management
>2:00-4:00 pm
>
>March 15 National Alert Broadcast
>2:00-3:00 pm
>
>March 22 National Fire Information Council - Part I
>2:00-4:00 pm
>
>March 29 "Around the Table" in Emmitsburg
>2:00-3:00 pm A new series of programs that brings together the
> talents of the staff, faculty, and students at the
> National Emergency Training Center.
>
>April 5 Learning Again - program TBA
>2:00-3:00 pm
>
>April 12 National Fire Information Council - Part II
>2:00-4:00 pm
>
>April 19 National Alert Broadcast
>2:00-3:00 pm
>
>April 26 Living with Grief: Children, Adolescents, and Loss
>1:30-4:00 pm
>
>All programs will be aired on the following satellites:
>C-Band Ku-Band
>Galaxy 6 SBS 6
>Transponder 24 Transponder 4
>Downlink Freq: 4180 MHz Downlink Freq: 11798.5 MHz
>Audio Freq: 6.2/6.8 MHz Audio Freq: 6.2/6.8 MHz
>Location: 99( West Location: 74( West
>Polarity: Vertical Polarity: Vertical
>
>Additional broadcasts will be added to the schedule. For the most
>current listing of programs and satellite information, check EENET's
>Web Page: http:www.fema.gov/emi/eenet.htm.
>
>9)----------
> IIASA Announces Young Scientists Summer Program 2000:
> Summer Fellowship in Austria for Advanced Doctoral Students
>
>Each summer, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
>(IIASA) near Vienna, Austria, hosts a selected group of advanced
>doctoral students from around the world in its Young Scientist's
>Summer Program (YSSP). These students work closely with IIASA's senior
>scientists on projects within the institute's three theme areas of
>Natural Resources and Environment, Population and Society, and Energy
>and Technology. The U.S. Committee for IIASA provides airfare and a
>modest living allowance for the applicants from American institutions
>who are selected to participate.
>
>IIASA is an international institution, supported by the U.S. and
>thirteen other governments, that engages in scientific research aimed
>at providing policy insight on issues of regional and global
>importance. Its suite of projects presently covers a wide range of
>issues (see the IIASA Web site: http://www.iiasa.ac.at), including
>"Natural Catastrophes and Developing Countries" - a project involving
>a partnership with the World Bank and reinsurance companies to
>estimate the vulnerability of countries to natural catastrophes and
>create policy options to prevent or mitigate that vulnerability.
>
>Individuals should consider applying for the summer program if they
>are an advanced graduate student at a U.S. university; their field is
>compatible with ongoing research at IIASA; their research and career
>would profit from interactions with scientists from all over the
>world; and they would like to investigate the policy implications of
>their work.
>
>Each applicant must send application forms, a CV, two references, and
>a 500-word essay explaining how his or her skills and interests relate
>to the project with which he or she would most like to work. Selection
>of participants is done by IIASA to insure a match with an IIASA
>researcher. Details and application forms are available at the IIASA
>Web site: http://www.iiasa.ac.at/.
>
>The application deadline is January 17, 2000.
>
>Interested persons can also contact Margaret Goud Collins, Program
>Director for the U.S. Committee for IIASA, American Academy of Arts
>and Sciences, 136 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA 02138; (617) 576-5019;
>fax: (617) 576-5050; e-mail: mcol...@amacad.org.
>
>10)----------
> AGI Offers Congressional Fellowship
>
>The American Geological Institute (AGI) is offering a Congressional
>Science Fellowship in the geosciences for 12-16 months beginning
>September 2000. The recipient will work with a staff member of a
>member of Congress or a congressional committee. The fellowship is a
>unique opportunity to gain first-hand experience with the legislative
>process and to contribute to the effective use of geoscientific
>knowledge in the formation of environmental, resource, natural
>hazards, and other science policy. Prospective applicants should have
>at least a master's degree with three years of post-degree work
>experience or a Ph.D. at the time of appointment. Interested
>candidates should submit a cover letter and a curriculum vitae with
>three letters of reference to AGI Congressional Science Fellowship,
>4220 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22302-1502. For further details, see
>the AGI Web site: http://www.agiweb.org, or call (703) 379-2480; or
>e-mail: go...@agiweb.org. Applications are due February 1, 2000.
>
>11)----------
> A Couple of Recently Awarded Grants
>
>[These are some recently awarded contracts and grants for the study of
>hazards and disasters. An inventory of contracts and grants awarded
>from 1995 to the present (primarily those funded by the National
>Science Foundation) is available on the Hazards Center Web site:
>http://www.colorado.edu/grants.html.
>
>"Statistical Methods to Enhance Site-Specific Tornado Hazards
>Analysis." Funding: National Science Foundation, $100,000, six months.
>Principal Investigator: Kenneth R. Nixon, CGI, 330 West Gray, Suite
>500, Norman, OK 73069; (405) 360-0472; e-mail: com...@telepath.com.
> This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will
>explore the feasibility of developing innovative spatial/temporal
>statistical techniques to improve site-specific tornado hazard
>analysis for any location in the conterminous United States.
>
>"Midwestern Wild Weather Project." Funding: National Science
>Foundation, $1,621,716, 36 months. Principal Investigators: Olivia
>Diaz and Sarah Wolf, Science and Technology Interactive Center, 18
>West Benton Street, Aurora, IL 60506-6013; (708) 859-8112.
> Midwestern Wild Weather is a traveling exhibit designed to reach
>audiences in small, rural communities and in science centers and
>museums in Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, and Michigan.
>
>12)----------
> Conferences and Training
>
>[Below are some recent announcements received by the Natural Hazards
>Center. A comprehensive list of upcoming hazards-related meetings and
>training is available from our World Wide Web site:
> http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/conf.html]
>
>Spring 2000 Courses in Emergency Preparedness and Continuity Planning.
>Offered by: University of California-Berkeley Extension.
> - Introduction to Emergency Management February 10-11, 2000
> - Strategic Planning and Implementation
> in Emergency Management February 28-March 3, 2000
> - Corporate/Public Agency Coordination
> and Interdependence April 11-14, 2000
> - Communication Essentials for
> Environmental Managers June 1-2 and 8-9, 2000
>All courses are conducted in San Francisco, California.
>For more information, contact: Environmental Management/Continuing
>Education in Engineering, University Extension, University of
>California, Berkeley, CA 94720; (510) 643-7143; WWW:
>http://www.unex.berkeley/edu.
>
>Critical Elements of Business/Service Continuity Planning. Offered by:
>Strohl Systems, Educational Division.
> Tampa Bay, Florida: February 14-16, 2000
> Chicago, Illinois: May 2000
> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: June 2000
> Houston, Texas: October 2000
>Contact: Strohl Systems, Education Division, 500 North Gulph Road,
>King of Prussia, PA 19406; (800) 634-2016 or (610) 768-4120; fax:
>(610) 768-4135.
>
>Virginia Emergency Management Annual Conference. Sponsored by the
>Virginia Department of Emergency Services (VDES) and Virginia
>Emergency Management Association. Williamsburg, Virginia: March 20-22,
>2000. Contact: VDES, 10501 Trade Court, Richmond, VA 23236-3713; (757)
>474-3096; e-mail: mary....@gte.net; WWW:
>http://www.vdes.state.va.us/confrnce/2000conf.htm.
>
>Second U.S. Weather Research Program Science Symposium. Boulder,
>Colorado: March 27-28, 2000. Abstracts due February 4, 2000. Contact:
>Carey Bousquet, e-mail: bous...@ucar.edu.
>
>American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Forensics 2000 Conference.
>San Juan, Puerto Rico: May 21-24, 2000. On the World Wide Web, see:
>http://www.asce.org/conferences/forensics, or contact ASCE World
>Headquarters, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA 20191-4400; (800)
>548-2723 or (703) 295-6300 [outside the US]; fax: (703) 295-6144.
>
>In the Aftermath of Hurricane Floyd: Recovery in the Coastal Plain.
>Presented by: East Carolina University. Greenville, North Carolina:
>May 24-26, 2000. Contact: John R. Maiolo, Conference Chair, A-421
>Brewster Building, Department of Sociology, East Carolina University,
>Greenville, NC 27858-4353; (252) 328-4838; e-mail:
>mai...@mail.ecu.edu.
>
>American Geophysical Union (AGU) Spring Meeting. Washington, D.C.: May
>30-June 3, 2000. Contact: AGU Meeting Department, 2000 Florida Avenue,
>N.W., Washington, DC 20009; (202) 462-6900; fax: (202) 328-0566;
>e-mail: meeti...@agu.org; WWW: http://www.agu.org/meetings.
>
>Multihazard Building Design Summer Institute. Offered by: Federal
>Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Management Institute.
>Emmitsburg, Maryland: July 24-28, 2000 (Flood and Wind Mitigation
>Design); July 31-August 4, 2000 (Earthquake Mitigation Design and Fire
>Safety Design). For more information, see
>http://www.fema.gov/emi/mbdsi3.htm or contact the course manager, Joe
>Bills, c/o FEMA, Emergency Management Institute, 16825 South Seton
>Avenue, Emmitsburg, MD 21727; e-mail: joe....@fema.gov.
>
>American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. San Francisco,
>California: December 15-19, 2000. Contact: AGU Meeting Department,
>2000 Florida Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20009; (202) 462-6900; fax:
>(202) 328-0566; e-mail: meeti...@agu.org; WWW:
>http://www.agu.org/meetings.
>
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