Disaster Research 168

May 22, 1995

This newsletter is reprinted with the full knowledge and consent of the Natural HazardsResearch and Applications Information Center in Boulder, CO.

Table of contents

  1. Seeking Information on Fire Service Disaster Response Planning and Followup
  2. USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance Announces OFDA-L
  3. New Emergency WWW Site: A Guide to Emergency Services Worldwide
  4. The ADMIN WWW Server
  5. New WWW Page: Emotional Trauma Info Pages
  6. Meetings and Such

Seeking Information on Fire Service Disaster Response Planning and Followup

We are examining the development and use of disaster response plans byfire services and are particularly concerned about how services re-examine and modify their plans after a major disaster. We want to knowhow plans were developed, implemented, and whether or not they weresuccessful - i.e, where they succeeded and where they failed.

If you have information regarding these questions, please contact us:

David H. Hoover
Associate Professor
Fire Protection Technology
The Polsky Building 165B
Akron, OH 44325-4304
(216) 972-7789
Fax: (216) 972-5476
E-mail: DHoover@UAkron.edu

Nancy K. Grant
Associate Professor
Public Administration and Urban Studies
Olin Hall 101
Akron, OH 44325-1901
(216) 972-7880
Fax: (216) 972-7222/6990
E-mail: NGrant@UAkron.edu

USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance Announces OFDA-L

OFDA-L is an e-mail distribution list for reports produced by USAID'sOffice of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA). These publicdocuments provide information on a select group of major disasters andemergencies occurring outside the United States. The reports providesummary information on the disaster, based on reporting from the fieldand a compilation of sources, and provide a description and financialaccounting of how the United States Government is responding to thedisaster.

Three different types of reports will be posted:

  1. SITUATION REPORTS (sitreps) on long-term, complex emergencies (such as Rwanda, Former Yugoslavia, etc.). Sitreps are updated regularly, usually every eight to ten weeks.
  2. INFORMATION BULLETINS on fast-onset, natural disasters are updated bi-weekly, weekly, or daily.
  3. FACT SHEETS are shorter documents on disasters and complex emergencies, which eventually may warrant information bulletins or sitreps.

    OFDA-L is intended solely for the distribution of information pertainingto the activities of USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance.To SUBSCRIBE send an e-mail to LISTPROC@INFO.USAID.GOV and in the bodyof the e-mail type the following on one line:
    subscribe OFDA-L YOUR FULL NAME
    You should receive an e-mail confirming your subscription. If you haveany problems or questions you can contact clowe@usaid.gov orcraig@info.usaid.gov.

    Current copies of these reports can be found on the USAID Gopher(gopher.info.usaid.gov) or on the USAID Home Page, (http://www.info.usaid.gov)

    New Emergency WWW Site: A Guide to Emergency Services Worldwide

    http://www.catt.citri.edu.au/emergency/This new WWW site has information that will provide you with an insightinto the organisations from around the world which are there to help youduring an emergency.

    Contents :Worldwide emergency phone numbers

    • Large image library of dramatic emergency situations
    • Large image library of emergency vehicles and equipment
    • Large collection of emergency service patch images
    • A comprehensive list of other emergency services on the net
    • Documents about Emergency Issues, Stories & Events
    • A guest book to sign :-)
    • made in Australia ;)
    • many more things

    Hope you like it ....

    Justin Kibell jck@catt.citri.edu.auVICSES Volunteer Rescuer

    The ADMIN WWW Server

    ADMIN, the Australian Disaster Management Information Network, ispleased to announce the introduction of its new World Wide Web Servercomprising emergency management information from around Australia, withlinkages to a number of overseas Web sites.

    The ADMIN WWW Server also mirrors public emergency managementinformation from its extensive national telephone Bulletin BoardNetwork, comprising over 50 BBS's used by Australia's emergencyservices. The ADMIN URL:
    http://www.vifp.monash.edu.au/~davidt/admin.html
    Like most Web sites, it is constantly under construction and new additionswill be added as time permits. Web sites which currently have pointers toADMIN's Gopher system are requested to update their URL's to ADMINaccordingly.

    A WWW server for the Australian Emergency Management Institute, thetraining arm of Emergency Management Australia, has also beenestablished. Pointers to AEMI can go via ADMIN, or directly to the AEMIURL:
    http://www.vifp.monash.edu.au/~davidt/aemi.html

    Regards,
    David Tilson,
    davidt@vifp.monash.edu.au
    ADMIN Project Manager

    New WWW Page: Emotional Trauma Info Pages

    http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dvb/trauma.html

    The Trauma Info pages include 5 pages (topics) of information. There issome narrative text about trauma; trauma resources on the web that canbe read, joined, or searched; links to general supportive mental healthinformation; disaster handouts I've collected or been given; and weblinks to other interesting sites (most but not all of which havesomething to do with traumatic stress or disasters, psychology,neuroscience, etc.).

    Enjoy!
    David V. Baldwin, PhD
    Psychologist
    Eugene, Oregon USA
    dbaldwin@decoy.uoregon.edu

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