Looking for Information on the Effects of a "Big One" on the Great Lakes
Does anyone know of any studies that identify the effects of an 8+ MMevent on the New Madrid earthquake fault line that may or may notproduce a seiche or tsunami on Lake Michigan, or any of the Great Lakes? Information received will be passed on to our Detroit District EmergencyManagement Office. Thanks for your help and assistance.Please send responses to bbarbier@spd.usace.army.mil
Brian Barbier
Emergency Management Specialist
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
South Pacific Division
San Francisco, CA
From Australia: Looking for Information on Swiftwater Rescue
I have had a request from John McMahon from the State Emergency Servicefor information about Swiftwater Rescue. He is preparing a trainingpackage for SES volunteers to enhance the skills already acquiredthrough the current Flood Rescue Boat Training package. He is seeking tomake the Swiftwater Rescue package as comprehensive as possible, so islooking for information from all possible sources. Any information canbe e-mailed to me at robf@vifp.monash.edu.au
Many thanks,
Paul Bladen
Information and Research Centre
Australian Emergency Management Institute
Mt. Macedon Victoria AUSTRALIA 3441
ph: (+6154) 261 205 fax: (+6154) 262 479
email: robf@vifp.monash.edu.au
From the U.K.: On Communication of Science, Technology and Risk to the Public: What to Say and How to Say It
Involved in direct communication with the public? Particularly thecommunication of scientific/technical ideas or information? I would likeyour views and experiences on the problems, difficulties or successes ofcommunication with the public.
I am a public communication consultant currently working on, andresearching, information presented to the public during an emergency. When an incident occurs, from a sewage leak in a river to the explosionof a nuclear power plant, the public wants information. As an advisor toan Emergency Planning team, I am working to gather qualitativeexperiences and quantitative data on the effectiveness of publicinformation during an emergency. The results will be presented atinternational level for discussion.
My project is in the early stages of development, and I wouldcollaborate with other researchers or those willing to fund such work.
Public understanding of science is a growth field for professionalcommunicators working in an increasingly technologically advanced world. As this technology touches people's lives, the issues of risk becomemore important. Risk communication is a special area of communication. Iwould like to contact anyone involved with public reaction to riskcommunication, public perception of risk, public perception of scienceand technology or risk assessment and 'publicly acceptable' risks.
Simon Chambers
c/o Emergency Planning Service
Isle of Wight
U.K.
epo@iowep.demon.co.uk
A Gopher Site to Check Out
The Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture - the federalpartner in the Cooperative Extension Service - maintains agopher/almanac server that includes extensive information on disasterpreparedness, response, recovery, and relief. The information is locatedin the "Disaster Relief Information" section of the Cooperative StateResearch, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) gopher site:
esusda.gov
The information available covers a wide range of topics from flood andearthquake preparedness to stress management and health concernsfollowing disasters. The site now also includes information aboutwildfire preparedness and management.
This information is also available via e-mail from the USDA ExtensionService's almanac server. If you would like a guide to the documentsavailable, send the following one-line message to almanac@esusda.gov:
send catalog
If you would like further instructions for using Almanac, send thefollowing one-line message to almanac@esusda.gov:
send guide
If you have questions concerning this almanac service, please contact
almanac-admin@esusda.gov
Voice phone: (202) 720-8155 (ask for help with "almanac")
And a Plug for the NCEER Gopher
As we mentioned a while back (DR145), the National Center for EarthquakeEngineering Research (NCEER) has established a gopher server on theInternet to provide the earthquake hazard mitigation community with easyaccess to the many resources that the center has available. The NCEERgopher address is:
nceer.eng.buffalo.edu
The root menu provides access to numerous other menus or documents thatcan be viewed and downloaded, including information about earthquakes,about NCEER and the NCEER gopher, upcoming meetings, NCEER informationresources, and a list of individual and organization contacts. Inaddition, netfolk can use the gopher to connect to NCEER's FTP site,connect to other gophers, learn about state, federal, and localprograms, access other earthquake-related FTP sites, reach NCEER'sQUAKELINE data base, or conduct searches in gopher space. Finally, thesite also includes related information on wind engineering.
EmerTel - All the Disaster BBS News You Could Ever Want . . .
[The following announcement is excerpted from a much longer blurb fromsysop@emertel.gn.apc.org. It will be of particular interest to readers inSwitzerland and the rest of Europe.]
EmerTel is a free of charge information server, dedicated to EmergencyTelecommunications, Relief, Disaster Preparedness, NGO, Environment,Engineering, Data Networks and Computers.
How to Contact EmerTel BBS:
Using your computer and modem (set to no parity, 8 bits, 1 stop bit),
dial:+ 41 22 774 43 28
Enter your user number (or your full name) and your password if you arealready registered, or type NEW if you want to register, and then followthe procedure, which includes answering to a short questionnaire.
EmerTel is linked to the Internet and is part of FIDONET - the largestworldwide BBS network; SAFNET - a network dedicated to emergencyservices; and Virtualnet. Most conferences are in English, but some arein French, German or Spanish. For more information and/or a list of themany emergency/disaster conferences available, contact Sysop@emertel.gn.apc.org (Internet), sysop@2:301/341 (Fidonet), or directly on theEmerTel BBS (+ 41 22 774 43 28) in a message to the SysOp.
A New Internet List for Emergency Medicine Educators
We are pleased to announce the establishment of EMS-EDU-L, the EmergencyMedical Services Educators List. This is an open, unmoderated forum forthose with a role or an interest in the education of prehospital carepractitioners. This includes, but is not limited to: paramedic, EMT,first responder or CPR educators. It is our feeling that this is anoptimal way of discussing issues and problems that pertain to EMSeducation on a global level.
To subscribe send an e-mail message to:
Listserv@informatics.sunysb.edu
with the single command in the body of the message:
subscribe EMS-EDU-L Owner: Paul A. Werfel, EMT-P
Director, Paramedic Program
University Medical Center
Stony Brook, New York
516-444-7887
pwerfel@epo.som.sunysb.edu
Another URL to Peruse
[The following message appeared on the Networks in Emergency Managementlist - nets@hoshi.cic.sfu.ca]
While browsing the Web recently, I came across for the first time a WWWpage for The North American Center For Emergency Communications,(NACEC), at
http://www.winternet.com/~nacec/index.html
They describe their organization and mission as:
The North American Center for Emergency Communications, (NACEC), wasformed in July of 1992. As a non-profit organization, our purpose is toreduce human loss of life, suffering, injury and stress through ourmission of providing emergency radio and electronic communicationsservices into two areas.
To assist in providing logistical communications support and informationservices to Disaster Relief Operations throughout North America.
To assist in providing U.S. Military Families with health, welfare andmorale communications worldwide.
Their site claims they only respond to State Level disasters, which theysay included the Northridge Earthquake as a reference, assisting the RedCross and others on that occasion. [The menu of services is extensive.]
A Second Call for Authors with Lessons from Kobe
"Disaster Prevention and Management Journal" is preparing a specialissue: "Learning from Kobe." The editors invite topical papers on allaspects of management, mitigation, and planning relevant to Kobe andfuture similar disasters. Drafts of papers are required by August 1,1995. Proposals and requests for further information can be obtainedfrom A.Z. Keller - A.Z.Keller@bradford.ac.uk; or from Guest Editor,Professor H. Granot, Disaster Prevention and Limitation Unit (DPLU),University of Bradford, Bradford, W. Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, U.K.
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