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From: Tyachiv Goverment State Department
[mailto:tadm@univ.uzhgorod.ua]
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 1998 6:30 AM
Subject: HOPE!!!
Dear colleagues!
We need Your help.Our region (Tyachiv Distric,Zakarpatya, Ukrain)
injured from destractiv flood.Destroed roads,dam,electric and
telephone lines,buildings.More than 1000 individuals stay without
homes and 41000 persons suffered grea material loss(it's short least).
The situation is dificult - our region is mountain, and wether become cold.The goverment and non-gavermental organisation do all what they possibily/
If Your know oganization or individuals who can give help(all kind) pleas send for us this information.We open to collaboration in all aspects.
With best regads
Leonid Firsov
coordinater of international links
The Natural Hazards Information Center has recently published a new working paper (#101) - A Case Study of Re-establishing a Utah Seismic Safety Commission, by Elliott Mittler. The study is one of several undertaken in an NSF-funded assessment of state roles in disaster mitigation and management. The aims are to clarify why states have taken the initiative to develop in-state programs, to determine how other states can be encouraged to follow suit, and to determine an appropriate role of the federal government to support state initiatives.
This particular study examines why and how the state of Utah decided to re-establish a seismic safety commission. Mittler surveys the history of earthquake mitigation in the state and points out the political factors that deterred re-creation of such a commission and how those barriers were overcome.
Working Paper #101 is available from the Hazards Center Web site at: http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/wp/wp.html.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM), with support from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), has announced competition for a scholarship for graduate work in floodplain management and flood loss reduction. The association offers an award of up to $25,000 for a full-time graduate student for one academic year. For details and an application package, contact ASFPM, 4233 Beltline Highway, Madison, WI 53711; (608) 274-0123; fax: (608) 274- 0696; e-mail: asfpm@floods.org; WWW: http://www.floods.org. Applications are due March 1, 1999.
[These are a few of the latest and more useful Internet resources we've come across. For a list of selected Internet sites dealing with hazards and disaster management, see http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/sites/sites.html.]
http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com
Have you ever wondered what Yankee Stadium, or your back yard,
looks like from 100,000 feet? Cosponsored by Microsoft Corporation,
the U.S. Geological Survey, Aerial Images, and Compaq Computer, this
site offers a "World Imagery Database" - with aerial shots covering
much of the United States as well as many other parts of the world.
http://www.eeri.org
The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Web site
offers a wealth of information about the mitigation of seismic
hazards. It now includes an updated version of EERI's Earthquake
Spectra database, with searchable abstracts of Earthquake Spectra
(the EERI journal) articles, as well as links to other Web sites
offering databases of earthquake-related articles.
http://www.geohaz.org/kvermp.html
Speaking of seismic mitigation, GeoHazards International, a
company specializing in the evaluation and reduction of earthquake
hazards in developing nations, has undertaken a project - within the
framework of the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center's Asian Urban
Disaster Mitigation Program - to assess and mitigate earthquake risks
in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. The objectives of the Kathmandu
Valley Earthquake Risk Management Project include:
http://www.fema.gov/nwz98/y2k1216.htm
http://www.fema.gov/y2k/rpt1216.htm
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has completed an initial
assessment of Y2K preparedness in the emergency services sector and
forwarded the results to the President's Council on Year 2000
Conversion. The URLs above provide details.
A bunch of new e-mail lists:
Jeff Howell (JHowel@aol.com) recently announced via the City &
County Emergency Management Coordinators' Discussion List
(emergency-management@listserv.aol.com) that he had "developed e-mail
lists dealing with various areas of communications. To subscribe to
each list, simply go to the URL shown for each list." The lists
include:
The University of Maryland University College offers more than 300 courses through its distance education program, including several courses of interest to emergency managers and responders. Interested persons can complete their bachelor's degree, or take individual courses, without classroom attendance, beginning this January with a senior-level course in Disaster Planning. For more information, contact JoAnne Hildebrand at jhildebr@polaris.umuc.edu or by phone at (410) 586-9074.
Southern Cross University in Australia is developing an emergency management postgraduate program that will be available only on-line. The program will use an IBM product called "Learning Space" - highly interactive software that provides chat areas, resource areas, teaching areas, media, and communication. This graduate program is concerned with community development rather than response and is aimed at planners and policy makers and senior emergency management or community development personnel. It will be offered internationally as a "fee paying postgraduate award with three entry and exit points at the Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, and Master's levels." The program will use educational materials from multiple sites, including Federal Emergency Management Agency Higher Education Program materials (see http://www.fema.gov/EMI/edu). For more information, contact Stewart Hase, e-mail: shase@scu.edu.au.
The Victorian Department of Justice, in Australia, has agreed to provide a grant to the Victoria State Emergency Service that will allow the SES to install a computer, modem, printer, and software in each of its 145 volunteer rescue units across the state. For the first time, units will have access to a wide range of services, including real-time weather radar systems, multimedia-based training, as well as operational and administrative systems, etc. All units will have access to the Internet and electronic mail through the system. This is the first time that funding of this nature has been provided to any emergency service volunteer unit in Australia. It is expected that the project will be operational across the state by June '99. For more information, contact: David Tilson, Manager - Information Technology, Victoria State Emergency Service, Australia; tel: +61-3-9684-6666; fax: +61-3-9684-6659; e-mail: davidt@ses.vic.gov.au.
The Western States Seismic Policy Council (WSSPC) is currently seeking a program manager. The position will report to and be responsible for carrying out the directions of the WSSPC Executive Director and Board of Directors. Tasks include preparing newsletters, assisting with member relations, organizing and conducting conferences, and other assignments. Responsibilities fall into three broad areas.
The mission of the Western States Seismic Policy Council is to provide a forum to advance earthquake hazard reduction programs throughout the Western Region and to develop, recommend, and support seismic policies and programs for the region through information exchange, research, and education. WSSPC is currently a FEMA-funded regional organization that combines the emergency management and geoscience communities in the 13 western states, American Samoa, Northern Marianas, Guam, British Columbia, and the Yukon Territory.
Prospective candidates should send a resume, letter of interest, and the names and contact information of three references to: WSSPC, 121 Second Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105; fax: (415) 974-1747; e-mail: wsspc@wsspc.org
Tenure-Track Faculty Position: Associate/Assistant Professor: Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine is recruiting a full-time faculty member for a tenure-track position. The duties include developing and teaching courses in areas of specialization, in addition to participating in and developing funded research programs. Qualifications: Ph.D. in public health, social science, and/or M.D. At least one foreign language (preferably French or Spanish). International field experience in public health. Demonstrated record of scholarly productivity and ability to obtain extramural support. Preference will be given to applicants with one of the following specializations: Substantive areas: HIV/AIDS/STDs, MCH/child survival, public health emergencies. Technical expertise: clinical training, information technology/evaluation methods, program design, behavioral science/qualitative methods. Responses should include a letter describing professional career objectives, an updated curriculum vitae, and a list of five references. Although the university expects to hire at the associate professor level, exceptional candidates at the full or assistant level will be considered. This search will remain open until the position is filled. Send all materials to: Search Committee, Department of International Health and Development, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1440 Tulane Avenue, Suite 2200, New Orleans, LA 70112. Tulane University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, and qualified women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
The American Society of Professional Emergency Planners (ASPEP) is an organization of certified emergency managers dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about disasters and to the improvement of the practice of emergency management. ASPEP works toward these goals through continuing education, professional development and exchange, and the publication of the Journal of the American Society of Professional Emergency Planners. ASPEP is soliciting papers for the 1999 journal, which will be published in November.
The journal is committed to the sharing of ideas, research, lessons, practice, and opinion and serves as a forum for all disciplines involved in emergency management. Submissions are due July 31, 1999. For details, on the World Wide Web see: http://www.aspep.org; or contact Thomas M. Heath, Gamewell Emergency Management Services; (905) 844-6597; fax: (905) 849-9715; e-mail: tmheath@globalserve.net.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Emergency Education Network (EENET) has announced that beginning January 1999, every Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern time) the network will broadcast a variety of shows for the public safety community. These will include:
[Below are some recent announcements received by the Natural Hazards Center. A comprehensive list of upcoming disaster-related meetings and training is available from our World Wide Web site: http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/conf.html]
NOTE: The Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) now maintains a list of upcoming flood and floodplain management meetings at http://www.floods.org/calendar.htm.
National Emergency Management Association (NEMA) Mid-Year Meeting. Washington, D.C.: February 5-10, 1999. Contact: Maria Hensley, NEMA, Council of State Governments, P.O. Box 11910, 2760 Research Park Drive, Lexington, KY 40578-1910; (606) 244-8162; fax: (606) 244-8239 or (606) 244-8001; e-mail: mhensley@csg.org.
RESCHEDULED - NOTE NEW DATES
Interagency Workshop to Analyze Health Sector Response to the Major
1998 Hurricanes Georges and Mitch. Organizers: Pan American Health
Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO). Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic: February 16-19, 1999. All information about
this meeting, including the agenda and registration forms, is now
available from the PAHO Web site:
http://www.paho.org/english/ped/pedeval.htm. If you prefer, text
versions of the material can be sent by e-mail; contact:
disaster-meeting@paho.org.
Business Continuity Workshops. Offered by Survive! Business Continuity Group. Old Windsor, Berkshire, U.K.: March 1-11, 1999. Contact: Survive! Secretariat, The Chapel, Royal Victoria Patriotic Building, Fitzhugh Grove, London SW18 3SX, U.K.; tel: 0181-874 6266; fax: 0181-874 6446; e-mail: survive@survive.com; WWW: http://www.survive.com.
38th Annual Texas Emergency Management Conference. Presented by: Texas Governor's Division of Emergency Management. San Antonio, Texas: March 7-10, 1999. Contact: Jo Schweikhard Moss, Public Information Officer, Texas Division of Emergency Management, P.O. Box 4733, Austin, TX 78765; (512) 424-2138; WWW: http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/DEM.
Workshop on Recent Earthquakes and Disaster Prevention Management. Sponsors: Earthquake Disaster Prevention Research Center Project and Disaster Management Implementation and Research Center, Middle East Technical University. Ankara, Turkey: March 10-12, 1999. Contact: Adem Somer, General Directorate of Disaster Affairs, Earthquake Research Department, P.O.B.: 763 Kizilay, Ankara, Turkey; tel: (90) 312- 2873642; fax: (90) 312-2875304; e-mail: somer@deprem.gov.tr; WWW; http://www.deprem.gov.tr/wshop99.html.
Workshop on "Basic Education in Emergencies and Transition Situations: A First Sharing of Program Lessons." Washington, D.C.: March 15-16, 1999. Hosts: Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children, InterWorks, and The Congressional Hunger Center. Contact: Margaret Zeigler, Congressional Hunger Center; e-mail: mmzchc@aol.com; or Jane Lowicki, Women's Commission on Refugee Women and Children; e-mail: JLowicki@aol.com.
The ABC of Business Continuity Planning. Offered by Survive! Business Continuity Group. Old Windsor, Berkshire, U.K.: March 15-17, 1999. Contact: Survive! Secretariat, The Chapel, Royal Victoria Patriotic Building, Fitzhugh Grove, London SW18 3SX, U.K.; tel: 0181-874 6266; fax: 0181-874 6446; e-mail: survive@survive.com; WWW: http://www.survive.com.
First U.S. Weather Research Program Science Symposium. Host: National
Center for Atmospheric Research. Boulder, Colorado: March 29-31, 1999.
The focus of this symposium will be hurricanes and precipitation, and
it is open to both physical and social scientists. A letter of
invitation is available on the World Wide Web at
http://www.dir.ucar.edu/esig/socasp/zine/13_invite.html, and an agenda
is available at
http://uswrp.mmm.ucar.edu/uswrp/meetings/0329-31_99.html.
For additional information, contact the Environmental and Societal
Impacts Group, National Center for Atmospheric Research, P.O. Box
3000, Boulder, CO 80307; (303) 497-8117; fax: (303) 497-8125; e-mail:
jan@ucar.edu.
26th Annual Water Resources Planning and Management Conference: "Preparing for the 21st Century." Sponsor: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Tempe, Arizona: June 6-9, 1999. Contact: ASCE Conferences, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA 20191-4400; 1-800- 548-2723 or (703) 295-6300; fax: (703) 295-6144; e-mail: conf@asce.org.
Humanity and the World Ocean: Interdependence at the Dawn of the New
Millennium (PACON 99). Moscow, Russia: June 22-25, 1999. Includes
session on "Oceanic Hazardous Events." Deadline for abstracts is
January 15, 1999. For details about this session, contact: Prof. Efim
Pelinovsky, Laboratory of Applied Hydrodynamics and Nonlinear
Acoustics, Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences,
46 Uljanov Str., Nizhny Novgorod, 603600 Russia; tel: +7-8312-384339;
fax: +7-8312-365976; e-mail: enpeli@appl.sci-nnov.ru.
For information about the conference, contact: PACON 99, Attention:
Richelle Tashima, P.O. Box 11568, Honolulu, HI 96828-0568; (808) 956-
6163; fax: (808) 956-2580; e-mail: pacon@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu; WWW:
http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/~pmp/paconwww.
First IAI/UM Summer Institute on Interdisciplinary Global Change Science in the Americas: "Interactions between Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate Variability and Human Systems." Sponsors: Inter-American Institute (IAI) and the University of Miami. Miami, Florida: July 11-30, 1999. See: WWW: http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/IAI/index.html, or contact: Dr. Guillermo Podesta, Science Coordinator of the Institute; e-mail: gpodesta@rsmas.miami.edu.
International Symposium on High Altitude and Sensitive Ecological Environmental Geotechnology (includes sessions on desertification, landslides, debris flow, avalanches, and other environmental hazards). Sponsors: Advanced Computational Engineering Institute for Earth Environment, Nanjing University; Center for Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; and others. Nanjing, People's Republic of China: August 24-27, 1999. Abstracts due January 15, 1999. Contact: Eleanor Nothelfer, Fritz Engineering Laboratory, Lehigh University, 13 East Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015-3176; (610) 758-3520; fax: (610) 758-6405; e-mail: esn0@lehigh.edu -or- Baojun Wang, Department of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093 China; tel: 86-25-3596220; fax: 86-25-3302728; e-mail: shibin@public1.ptt.js.cn.
Ninth International Conference and Field Workshop on Landslides (9th ICFL). Southern England: September 5-16, 1999. Abstracts due March 31, 1999. Contact: R.G. Thomas, 6 The Esplanade, Plymouth PL1 2PJ, England; tel: +44-1752-674291; fax: +44-1752-233117; e-mail: rgthomas@eurobell.co.uk -or- J. Griffiths, Geology Department, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, England; tel: +44-1752- 233101; e-mail: jlgriffiths@plymouth.ac.uk.
Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention (CEPP) Conference. Washington, D.C.: September 20-23, 1999. Contact: Al Brown, Conference Director, EPA Region III (3HS33), 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029; (215) 814-3302; fax: (215) 814-3254; e-mail: brown.alan@epa.gov.
First Due Fire and Rescue Conference and Exposition. Sponsor: "Fire Rescue" Magazine. Las Vegas, Nevada: October 20-23, 1999. Contact: Jems Communications, P.O. Box 2789, Carlsbad, CA 92018; (760) 431-9797; fax: (760) 431-8176; WWW: http://www.jems.com; e-mail: kevin.flanagan@mosby.com.
International Symposium on Slope Stability Engineering: Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Aspects (IS-Shikoku '99). Sponsors: Japanese Geotechnical Society and other. Matsuyama City, Shikoku, Japan: November 8-11, 1999. Contact: T. Yamagami, General Secretary of IS-Shikoku '99, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tokushima, 2-1 Minami-josanjima-cho, Tokushima 770, Japan; tel: +81- 886-56-7345; fax: +81-886-56-7319; e-mail: takuo@ce.tokushima-u.ac.jp; WWW: http://www.ce.tokushima-u.ac.jp/www/jiban/is-99/indexj.html.
31st International Geological Congress (includes sessions on global monitoring to minimize effects of natural hazards). Rio De Janeiro, Brazil: August 6-17, 2000. Contact: Executive Office for the 31st International Geological Congress, Av. Pasteur, 404, Anexo 31 IGC, Urca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ CEP 22.290-240, Brazil; tel: +55-21-295-5847; fax: +55-21-295-8094; e-mail: 31IGC@31IGC.org; WWW: http://www.31IGC.org.
Fifth International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development. Sponsoring Host: Escola de Engenharia da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil. Belo Hoizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil: August 17-21, 2000. Includes sessions on geohazards analysis, GIS, and other hazards-related topics. Abstracts are due November 15, 1999. Contact: Prof. Terezinha Cassia de Brito Galvao, Fifth International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development, Departamento de Engenharia de Transportes e Geotecnia, Escola De Engenharia da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida do Contorno, 842 sala 104, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, CEP 30 110-060 - Brazil; tel: +55 31 2381742; fax: +55 31 2381793; e-mail: cassia@etg.ufmg.br; WWW: http://www.5iseggsd.eng.ufmg.br.
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