Ever More Internet Resources
These are some of the latest Internet resources we've discovered. For a list of selected Internet/Web sites dealing with hazards/disaster management, see http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/sites/sites.html.
http://www.bbsr.edu/rpi/rpihome.html
The Risk Prediction Initiative (RPI) is a research and
educational program within the Atlantic Global Change Institute (AGCI)
of the Bermuda Biological Station for Research. Its overall goal is to
bring the international science and business communities closer
together. Initially, RPI is concentrating on insurance and reinsurance
on the business side and climate research on the science side, because
the insurance industry is affected at all levels by climate
variability and extremes, and because the international science
community is becoming more and more capable of realistic climate
forecasts for some parts of the climate system.
The RPI Web site includes background information about the initiative; frequently asked questions about the reinsurance industry; explanations of climate processes; forecasts of ENSO events, hurricanes, and climate change; a climate and hazard bibliography; and, of particular note, a recently published document entitled, "Tropical Cyclones and Climate Variability: A Research Agenda for the Next Century." A short booklet summarizing this latter publication and additional information about RPI is available from the Risk Prediction Initiative, Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Ferry Reach GE 01, Bermuda; tel: (441) 297-1880; fax: (441) 297-2890; e-mail: rpimail@bbsr.edu.
http://www.uwo.ca/emerg/list.html
emerg-univ@julian.uwo.ca
emerg-univ-request@julian.uwo.ca
The University and College Emergency Planning List (EMERG-UNIV)
is an e-mail discussion list for persons concerned about emergency
planning and management at institutions of higher education. By simply
sending a note to the list address -
emerg-univ@julian.uwo.ca - anyone
can communicate with peers involved in campus emergency planning. This
is a manual process, not controlled by listserve software. The list
managers ask that anyone participating please post an introduction
note when subscribing; to subscribe, simply send a note to
emerg-univ-request@julian.uwo.ca, with the subject:
"subscribe," and a short note stating your full name and signature
information in the body of the message. Complete details about this new
campus emergency management list are available from
http://www.uwo.ca/emerg/list.html.
http://www.ci.fort-collins.co.us/C_SAFETY/OEM/index.htm
The new Fort Collins, Colorado, emergency preparedness Web site
could serve as a model for any local emergency office site. It
includes information about current events and developments, emergency
preparedness generally, the development of a family disaster plan, all
the various local hazards, and current local weather. It provides many
useful Internet links and a concise bibliography on local hazards and
disasters. In addition, it has information on the July 1997 flash
flood that caused extensive damage to Colorado State University and
the surrounding community.
http://www.disastercenter.com/home.htm
The Disaster Center Web site is a ganglion of Web links, bulletin
boards, and forums of all kinds dealing with disasters. Its Webmaster
recently announced that he had uploaded over 83 bulletin boards - one
for every state plus special boards for disaster-related topics - and
invited interested persons to post messages as appropriate, including
notices of upcoming events, training, and related items.
http://tlacaelel.igeofcu.unam.mx/~relact/
majordomo@tlacaelel.igeofcu.unam.mx
relact-list@tlacaelel.igeofcu.unam.mx
The Latin American Network for the Earth Sciences invites
interested persons to join their bulletin board, through which you may
reach the earth science community of Latin America. To join, send the
message "subscribe relact-list" to
majordomo@tlacaelel.igeofcu.
unam.mx. To send a message to all members, use the address
relact-list@tlacaelel.igeofcu.unam.mx. Finally, The
network's Web page is now available at
http://tlacaelel.igeofcu.unam.mx/~relact/.
The National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (NCEER)
Information Service recently added "Express News" (ENews) to the NCEER
Web site. ENews is a customized electronic service that, based on a
reader's self-defined interest profile, alerts readers to
earthquake/hazards information selected from the most recent issue of
the service's newsletter, "NCEER Information Service News." ENews will
provide e-mail notification when the latest newsletter is posted on
the Web; present a list of article titles, publications, and meetings
from the newsletter that pertain to the reader's interests; and create
and update a personal ENews Web page for each subscriber. The ENews
personal page will contain the full text of the selected news items.
Persons with questions or comments on this new service should e-mail
the NCEER Webmaster, Michael Kukla at
nceeris@acsu.buffalo.edu. To subscribe to ENews, just go to the Web
address above.
Open Competitive - Position Exam
Additional information is available from
http://www.colorado.edu/HumRes/Staffpers.
The National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (NCEER) is
searching for a deputy director. The focus of the center is the
development of advanced technologies for earthquake loss reduction.
The deputy director will be a full-time tenured faculty member in the
Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering at the
State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY-Buffalo). The deputy
director will develop and coordinate research projects and technical
activities in interdisciplinary areas of engineering and science. She
or he is also expected to teach related courses at graduate and
undergraduate levels. For a full job description and additional
information, contact: Prof. G.C. Lee, Director, NCEER, Chair of the
Search Committee, or Prof. A.M. Reinhorn, Chair, Department of Civil,
Structural, and Environmental Engineering, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
14260; e-mail:
reinhorn@civil.eng.buffalo.edu; WWW:
http://www.civil.buffalo.edu.
In a December 1997 interim report, "Red River Flooding: Short-Term
Measures," to the governments of Canada and U.S., the International
Joint Commission (IJC), a binational Canada-U.S. organization that
assists the governments in managing waters shared by the two
countries, made 40 recommendations for short-term measures to ensure
better preparedness for potential flooding in the next two years. The
commission is seeking written comments on the recommendations and on a
draft plan of study for the remaining work of the task force. Comments
should be sent by February 27 to either the IJC Canadian Section, 100
Metcalfe Street, 18th Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5M1, Canada; fax:
(613) 993-5583; e-mail:
trippg@achilles.net - or - IJC U.S. Section, 1250 23rd Street, N.W.,
Suite 100, Washington, DC 20440; fax: (202) 736-9015; e-mail:
bevacquaf@ijc.org.inter.net.
The complete text of the two interim reports is available on the IJC's
Web site: http://www.ijc.org, or from the
commission's offices.
The Emergency Information Infrastructure Partnership (EIIP) is
scheduling more and more on-line discussions covering virtually all
aspects of emergency management. The partnership's goal is to enable
emergency managers anywhere to participate in discussions on cutting
edge issues and to learn about the latest advances in the discipline.
The one-hour events take place on Wednesday at noon eastern time.
Persons interested in participating should login to
http://www.emforum.org/vforum/formchat.htm. Upcoming
discussions include:
February 18 - EIIP Panel Room
February 25 - Technology Area
For details and background material on these discussions, please see
the EIIP Virtual Forum Web site -
http://www.emforum.org - prior to
the talks. In addition, edited and unedited versions of the
transcripts of these discussions are also available from the site. For
additional information, contact Avagene Moore, CEM, EIIP Coordinator
at amoore@emforum.org.
[The following information recently appeared on America Online's city
and county emergency management coordinators' discussion list -
EMERGENCY-MANAGEMENT@ZIPCODE1.OFFICE.AOL.COM]
Second Annual Cold Water/Ice Rescue Conference. Sponsors:
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency and others. Natick,
Massachusetts: February 21, 1998. Contact: Helen Rapport; (508)
820-1425.
PPP 2000 Forum #4: "National Lessons from the Development and
Implementation of the California Earthquake Loss Reduction Plan 1997-
2001." Washington, D.C.: February 23, 1998. For more information on
this forum or the PPP 2000 project generally, contact: Matthew
Gentile, Institute for Business and Home Safety, 73 Tremont Street,
Suite 510, Boston, MA 02108-3910; (617) 722-0200, ext. 208; fax: (617)
722-0202; e-mail:
mgentile@ibhs.org; WWW:
http://www.ibhs.org.
Business and Industry Council for Emergency Planning and Preparedness
(BICEPP) Earthquake Campaign Planning '98 Workshop. Los Angeles,
California: February 26, 1998. Contact: BICEPP, c/o ARCO Corporate
Office Safety and Emergency Planning, 515 South Flower Street, Los
Angeles, CA 90071-2201.
National Coordinating Council on Emergency Management (NCCEM) Mid-Year
Meeting. Emmitsburg, Maryland: March 14-17, 1998. Contact: NCCEM, 111
Park Place, Falls Church, VA 22046-4513; (703) 538-1795; fax: (703)
241-5603; e-mail: nccem@aol.com.
Critical Incident Stress Management Workshops. Offered by:
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) and Permian
Basin CISM Team. Midland, Texas: March 19-22, 1998. Contact: ICISF,
10176 Baltimore National Pike, Suite 201, Ellicott City, MD 21042;
(410) 750-9600; fax: (410) 750-9601.
Lessons from the 1997 Colorado State University Flood: Emergency
Preparedness at Colleges and Universities. Colorado Springs, Colorado:
March 20, 1998. Contact: Eve Gruntfest, Department of Geography, 1420
Austin Bluffs Parkway, P.O. Box 7150, University of Colorado, Colorado
Springs, CO 80933-7150; e-mail:
ecg@mail.uccs.edu; WWW:
http://www.uccs.edu/~geogenvs/conference.html.
INTER COMM 98. Toronto, Canada: March 30-April 2, 1998. Includes
numerous sessions on various aspects of the use of Intranets and the
Internet in emergency management. Contact: Gregg Linde, Conference
Manager, INTER COMM 98, 685 Canton Street, Norwood, MA 02062; (781)
769-9750, ext 2813; fax: (781) 255-9211.
Watershed Management: Moving from Theory to Implementation. Sponsor:
Water Environment Federation (WEF). Denver, Colorado: May 3-8, 1998.
Abstracts due June 16, 1997. Contact: WEF, 601 Wythe Street,
Alexandria, VA 22314; 1-800-666-0206 - or - (703) 684-2400; e-mail:
confinfo@wef.org.
"Women in Disasters: Exploring the Issues" - Seminar for Practitioners
and Women's Services. Sponsor: Justice Institute of British Columbia.
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada: May 5-6 1998. Contact: Ross
McIntyre, (604) 528-5793 - or - Elaine Enarson, Visiting Scholar,
Disaster Preparedness Resources Centre, University of British
Columbia, 4225 Glenhaven Crescent, North Vancouver, BC, Canada V7G
1B8; (604) 929-6062; fax: (604) 929-4535; e-mail:
enarson@unixg.ubc.ca.
1998 Wisconsin Emergency Management Association Annual Meeting.
Keshena, Wisconsin: May 20-21, 1998. Contact: Wisconsin Emergency
Management, P.O. Box 7865, 2400 Wright Street, Madison, WI 53707-7865.
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
(AIC) 26th Annual Meeting: "Disaster Preparedness, Response, and
Recovery." Arlington, Virginia: June 1-7, 1998. Contact: AIC, 1717 K
Street, N.W., Suite 301, Washington, DC 20006; (202) 452-9545; fax:
(202) 452-9328; e-mail:
infoaic@aol.com; WWW:
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/aic/.
Space Technologies for Disaster Mitigation and Global Health. Sponsor:
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - United States of
America (IEEE-USA). Washington, D.C.: June 2-3, 1998. Contact:
Bernadette Concepcion, IEEE-USA, 1828 L Street, N.W., Suite 1202
Washington, DC 20036-5104; (202) 785-0017, ext. 335; fax: (202) 785-
0835 e-mail:
b.concepcion@ieee.org; WWW:
http://www.ieee.org/usab/CONFERENCES/techpol98.html.
GCIP Mississippi River Climate Conference. Sponsors: The GEWEX
Continental-Scale International Project (GCIP), together with the NOAA
Office of Global Programs, the Department of Energy, the American
Geophysical Union, and the American Meteorological Society. St. Louis,
Missouri: June 8-12, 1998. Papers are being invited from scientists
doing work in hydrology, meteorology, climatology, water resource and
agricultural applications, paleoclimatology, remote sensing and GIS
applications with a focus or relevance to the Mississippi River Basin.
One conference focus is societal and environmental responses to
climate variability and predictions. For details, see
http://www.ogp.noaa.gov/gcip/miss/missceleb.html. Please submit
abstracts electronically via
http://www.ogp.noaa.gov/gcip/miss/CALL4PAPR.html,
or by following the alternate submission procedures listed on the home
page. Questions may also be directed to Rick Lawford, NOAA Office of
Global Programs, Silver Spring, MD;
lawford@ogp.noaa.gov - or - John Roads, Scripps Institute of
Oceanography, San Diego, CA
Intergovernmental Conference on Emergency Telecommunications (ICET-
98). Sponsors: Government of Finland and others. Tampere, Finland:
June 16-18, 1998. This conference is expected to adopt a "Convention
on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitiga-
tion and Relief Operations" - a follow-up to the Tampere Declaration
of 1991. The complete text of the proposed document is available at
http://www.unog.ch/freq. Contact:
Secretariat of the Working Group on Emergency Telecommunications, United
Nations (OCHA), Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland; tel:
(41 22) 917-1455/3516; fax: (41 22) 917-0208/0023; e-mail:
goli.farrell@itu.int; WWW:
http://www.itu.int/newsroom/projects/ICET/index.html.
Western United States Earthquake Insurance Summit. Sponsors: Western
States Seismic Policy Council (WSSPC) and Council of State
Governments-West. Sacramento, California: June 25-26, 1998. Contact:
WSSPC, 121 Second Street, Fourth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105; (415)
974-6435; fax: (415) 974-1747; e-mail:
wsspc@wsspc.org.
Second Annual Search and Rescue/Disaster Response Conference and Expo
- SR/DR 98. Nashville, Tennessee: June 25-28, 1998. Contact SR/DR 98,
2413 West Algonquin Road, Suite 411, Algonquin, IL 60102; (888)
633-6674; fax: (847) 458-0421; e-mail:
support@srdr.com; WWW: http://srdr.com.
Summer Colloquium on Hurricanes at Landfall. Offered by: The Advanced
Study Program and Mesoscale, Microscale Meteorology Division of the
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), and the Hurricane
Research Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA). Boulder, Colorado, and Miami, Florida: July 13-
24, 1998. Applications are due March 16. Contact: Barbara Hansford,
Advanced Study Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research, P.O.
Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000; e-mail:
barbm@ucar.edu.
Multihazard Building Design Summer Institute. Offered by: Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Management Institute (EMI).
Emmitsburg, Maryland: July 27-31 (flood and wind mitigation) and
August 3-7 (earthquake mitigation and fire safety), 1998. Contact:
Joseph K. Bills, EMI, 16825 South Seton Avenue, Emmitsburg, MD 21727;
(301) 447-1356; e-mail:
joe.bills@fema.gov; WWW:
http://www.fema.gov/emi/mbdsi3.htm.
American Public Works Association (APWA) Annual Congress and
Exposition. Las Vegas, Nevada: September 14-17, 1998. Including
several sessions on emergency management. Contact APWA, 2345 Grand
Boulevard, Suite 500, Kansas City, MO 64108-2625; (816) 472-6100; fax:
(816) 472-1610; e-mail:
apwa@mail.pubworks.org; WWW:
http://www.pubworks.org.
Western States Seismic Policy Council (WSSPC) 20th Annual Conference.
Pasadena, California: September 15-18, 1998. Contact: WSSPC, 121
Second Street, Fourth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105; (415) 974-6435;
fax: (415) 974-1747; e-mail:
wsspc@wsspc.org.
DMIT'98 - International Conference on Information Technology and
Disaster Management. Sponsors: University College London and others.
London, England: September 21-24, 1998. Contact: C.R.J. Kilburn,
Benfield Grieg Hazard Research Centre, Department of Geological
Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6B,
U.K.; WWW:
http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/S.Sorensen/DMIT98.htm.
Earthquake Prognostics World Forum on the Seismic Safety of Big
Cities: Program of Action Against the Impact of Impending Earthquakes.
Sponsors: International Commission on Earthquake Prognostics and the
Turkish Earthquake Foundation. Istanbul, Turkey: September 21-25,
1998. Abstracts due April 30. Contact: Prof. M. Hasan Boduroglu,
Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Civil Engineering, 80626
Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey; tel: +90-212-285-3797; fax: +90-212-285-
6656; e-mail:
bodurogl@sariyer.cc.itu.edu.tr; WWW:
http://www.ins.itu.edu.tr/eaee/bigcities98.html.
National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies
(NAFSMA) 20th Anniversary Annual Meeting and Workshops. Denver,
Colorado: September 22-26, 1998. Contact: NAFSMA, 1401 Eye Street,
N.W., Suite 900, Washington, DC 20005; (202) 218-4122.
Earthquake Resistant Engineering Structures (ERES) '99. Catania,
Italy: May 1999. Organizers are currently accepting abstracts.
Contact: Liz Kerr, Conference Secretariat, ERES99, Wessex Institute of
Technology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton, SO40 7AA, U.K.; tel:
44 (0) 1703 293223; fax: 44 (0) 1703 292853; e-mail:
liz@wessex.ac.uk.
Third International Conference on Seismology and Earthquake
Engineering. Sponsor: International Institute of Earthquake
Engineering and Seismology (IIEES). Tehran, Iran: May 17-19, 1999.
Abstracts due June 15, 1998. Contact: The International Institute of
Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, P.O. Box 19395/3913, Tehran,
I.R. Iran; tel: (98 21) 229 5085; fax: (98 21) 229 9479; e-mail:
see3@dena.iiees.ac.ir.
Custom News Available from NCEER:
http://nceer.eng.buffalo.edu/enews
Help Wanted: Emergency Manager, University of
Colorado-Boulder
ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRAM SPECIALIST III H1A4XX, Position #07847,
Paygrade 97 ($3463), 2/98 tcr.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Graduation from an accredited college or
university with a bachelor's degree in business administration, public
administration, behavioral science or a closely related field and
three years of professional experience in program management of
emergency preparedness and business recovery procedures in an academic
or institutional setting, or a governmental agency.
SPECIAL NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS: Must be a Colorado resident. Must
possess a valid State of Colorado driver's license. Must successfully
pass a background check.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: This position is on on-call status and
incumbent must wear a pager at all times.
HIGHLY DESIRABLE: Certification by the National Coordinating Council
on Emergency Management.
SUBSTITUTION: Work experience as described above which provided the
same kind, amount, and level of knowledge acquired in the required
education may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for the
bachelor's degree. This is an essential services position and is
required to be on duty to perform essential and/or emergency services
of the agency without delay and/or interruption.
NOTE: A transcript copy must be submitted by application deadline if
college coursework is used to meet minimum requirements. Must submit a
State of Colorado Application Form B.
EXAM SCHEDULE: Applicants will be notified by U.S. Mail of time, date,
place, and type of examination required. MUST APPLY BY FEBRUARY 25,
1998.
NATURE OF WORK: Position will facilitate the development, coordination
and implementation of emergency preparedness and business recovery
activities within the university community (academic departments,
administration and business support services). Also, will facilitate
the coordination of the University's response and preparedness plan
with Boulder County agencies and other governmental agencies.
Help Wanted: NCEER Deputy Director
International Joint Commission Seeks Comments on Red River
Basin Flood Report and Plan
Upcoming EIIP On-Line Events
A panel of experts will continue this quarter's discussion on
mitigation with an expanded discussion of "Project Impact: What's the
Impact for State and Local Programs?"
Albert Slap, Marketing Director, GeoSphere Emergency Response
Systems, demonstrates "PlantSafe" software that uses artificial
intelligence.
Training for Care of Animals in Disasters
Training For The Care Of Animals in Disasters
Tentative UAN-EARS training schedule for 1998
Feb 28---------Houston, TX
Mar 7----------Reno, NV
Mar 21---------Lebanon, TN (Nashville area)
Apr 18---------Buena Park, CA (Southern CA area)
Apr 25---------Anchorage, Alaska
May 16---------Tampa, FL
May 30---------Bloomington, MN (Minneapolis area)
Jun 6----------Seattle, WA
Jul 18---------Portsmouth, NH
Jul 25---------Baltimore, MD
Aug 8----------Kansas City, MO
Sep 26---------Detroit, MI
Oct 3----------Denver, CO
Oct 17---------New Orleans, LA
Oct 24---------St. Louis, MO
Nov 7----------Philadelphia, PA
For further information, contact: United Animal Nations, P.O. Box
188890, Sacramento, CA 95818; (916) 429-2457.
(Source - United Animal Nations Journal, Winter 1998)
Conferences and Training
jroads@ucsd.edu - or - Eric Wood,
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ;
efwood@pucc.princeton.edu.
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