See: How Israel Became a World Leader in Disaster Assistance, Emergency Medical Care
The source of this piece is The Tower, an organization I am not familiar with. I thought some of the descriptive details in the article were interesting, and I am concerned with leadership rankings in the field.
As always, comments are invited. See comments below.
Scientists Find a Way to Predict U.S. Heat Waves Weeks in Advance
New forecasting capability would give emergency managers more time to prepare for a heat wave.
United States Government Accountability Office. Highlights of GAO 16338SP.
DHS Has Strengthened Management, but Execution and Affordability Concerns Endure.
See: Displacements Due to Natural Disasters; Spending and Solutions
Thanks to Chris Jones for sharing this link.
ASCE is the American Society of Civil Engineers, and an old friend, Richard Wright, is an active volunteer at the association. Recently, mentioned some of the work ASCE has been doing, and I thought I would share it with readers.
ASCE work on Adapting Infrastructure and Civil Engineering Practice to a Changing Climate is described in a freely available webinar: The webinar is available at http://www.asce.org/continuing-education/past-elearning-webinars/
Another product is Adapting Infrastructure and Civil Engineering Practice to a Changing Climate on September 1, 2015.
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If you would like more information, contact the Diva and she will put you in touch directly with Dick Wright.
See the five slides on this site for potentially useful apps.
Thanks to Franklin McDonald for calling this to my attention.
Posting from Guest Blogger, AJ Early
As the start of hurricane season approaches, here is some advice for personal preparedness measures. See: What to do Before, During, and After a Hurricane.
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News Release from the University of Colorado Denver:
Today we launched a new guide and website on hazard mitigation planning “Planning for Hazards: Land Use Solutions for Colorado.” The guide and site were funded by the CDBG-DR program and developed by the Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Clarion Associates, and a team of subject matter experts and land-use planners concerned with disaster risk reduction and community resilience. The University of Colorado Denver was part of the advisory team and will be maintaining the site and guide moving forward.
I think these are great resources – besides a general overview of hazard mitigation planning and the hazards that most impact the Mountain West, they include profiles of various land-use tools to reduce losses and avoid hazards, sample code language for many of those tools, interviews with communities of different sizes and capacities, and more. Though the guide and site are focused on Colorado, the content and tools are much more broadly relevant.
From the Washington Post, this article about a new type of earthquake risk. See: 7 million Americans at risk of man-made earthquakes, USGS says
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