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Late last month, a top National Science Foundation (NSF) official described to a House subcommittee how the NSF plans to use information technology (IT) to establish a cyber "Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation" (NEES). Testifying before the House Committee on Science's Subcommittee on Basic Research, Joseph Bordogna, NSF acting deputy director, said that NEES "will change the face of earthquake engineering. . . . [It] will use IT to serve a critical national need (reducing and mitigating effects of earthquakes): to help save lives and money; and to make more efficient use of government's investment in science and engineering." His statement was part of testimony in favor of reauthorizing the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP).
NSF is seeking $7.7 million in its FY 2000 budget request for the first year of a planned five-year $81.9 million NEES program. Bordogna told the subcommittee that NEES, like NEHRP, was initiated in response to a mandate from Congress to take stock of the nation's experimental and testing capability in earthquake engineering.
"NEES will use a computer network to bring a complete collection of state-of-the-art facilities under one `virtual roof,'" Eugene Wong, NSF's assistant director for engineering, said. More than 30 U.S. institutions currently have some kind of experimental earthquake engineering facilities.
For more information on this proposed network, contact Priscilla Nelson, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230;; (703) 306-1361; e-mail: pnelson@nsf.gov.
[Adapted from ASFPM News and Views - a newsletter of the Association of State Floodplain Managers]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has issued a proposed rule setting forth the factors that FEMA takes into consideration when evaluating a governor's request for a major disaster declaration. A declaration must be based on a finding that the disaster is of such severity that effective response is beyond the capabilities of state and local governments. In recent years, several different agencies and groups have asked FEMA to outline the criteria it uses in evaluating such claims. The proposed rule only describes these guidelines; it would neither affect Presidential discretion nor alter published regulations and policies. The criteria cover factors for the implementation of both FEMA's Public Assistance Program and its Individual Assistance Program.
The proposed rule is posted in the Federal Register 64 (16): 3910- 3912 (January 26, 1999). Comments are due April 26, 1999 to the Rules Docket Clerk, Office of the General Counsel, FEMA, 500 C Street, S.W., Room 840, Washington, DC 20472; fax: (202) 646-4535; e-mail: rules@fema.gov.
On February 23, James L. Witt, the head of FEMA, announced the release of a federal action plan ordered by President Clinton for the long-term recovery of families and communities in Puerto Rico affected by Hurricane Georges. The strategy, developed by the President's Long-Term Recovery Task Force, concentrates on federal recovery efforts in five major areas: housing, mitigation, economic revitalization and sustainability, transportation, and infrastructure. The plan includes 57 specific actions that federal departments and agencies are implementing to facilitate a coordinated and rapid recovery. Copies of the The President's Long-Term Recovery Action Plan for Puerto Rico are available from the FEMA Web site - see http://www.fema.gov/nwz99/99045.htm; or from FEMA Publications at 1-800-480-2520.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) invite applications for the $25,000 Floodplain Management Graduate Fellowship for 1999-2000. The award will be made to a full-time post-baccalaureate student for one academic year. Applicants must present a research project proposal addressing any floodplain management or mitigation issue. Virtually any relevant discipline will be considered. The research must be conducted through an accredited U.S. college or university. Applications are due March 15. For more information, contact the Graduate Fellowship Advisory Committee, ASFPM, 4233 West Beltline Highway, Madison, WI 53711; (608) 274-0123; WWW: http://www.floods.org.
Penn State University has established a new Natural Hazards Center. Founded under the premise that natural hazards cut across social, cultural, and economic barriers to profoundly affect life on this planet, the center brings together a diverse group to develop and implement cross-disciplinary studies in hazard evaluation, forecasting, and mitigation. More information on the new center is available from the center Web site: http://www.essc.psu.edu/hazards, which includes historical regional disaster information, as well as lists of upcoming center colloquia and university disaster courses. Interested persons can also contact the center director, Kevin Furlong, e-mail: kevin@geodyn.psu.edu.
How much economic damage do natural disasters cause in the United States each year? What types of loss data are included in estimates of economic damage? How do different levels of government arrange for the collection of these data? Surprisingly, answers to these questions are not clear. There is currently no method or set of data consistently used to capture losses due to natural disasters. The lack of such information is a significant barrier to understanding the links between hazards, societies, and vulnerability.
To help improve efforts in estimating the economic losses due to natural disasters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) asked the National Research Council's (NRC's) Board on Natural Disasters (BOND) to assemble an expert committee to provide advice on compiling loss estimates. FEMA asked the committee to identify the cost components that, when combined, would most accurately reflect the total cost of a natural disaster. The committee recently released its report, The Impacts of Natural Disasters: A Framework for Loss Estimation, which is available from the National Academy Press. Copies of the report can be ordered by calling (800) 624-6242 or (202) 334-3313. It can also be viewed on the academy Web site: http://www.nap.edu.
The committee's report recommends that one agency of the federal government compile a comprehensive database on the losses of natural disasters, and that this responsibility be given to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) within the Department of Commerce. It also recommends that data gathering focus (at least initially) on direct losses for a variety of hazards that exceed a threshold dollar loss. In addition, it recommends that the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with FEMA and other relevant federal agencies, develop annual, comprehensive estimates of the payouts for disaster losses incurred by the federal agencies.
The report also provides a list of recommendations regarding further development of an indirect loss database and a microsimulation model to estimate indirect losses.
Though the losses from natural disasters in the U.S. appear to be increasing, there is no widely accepted method or statistic used to compile those loss estimates. It will be difficult to formulate cost-effective mitigation policies until the trends in disaster losses are better understood, and thus, efforts toward centralizing and standardizing data and estimates of losses in natural disasters must be improved. This report presents a framework that can improve knowledge in this arena. For more information on this study, contact Jeff Jacobs, Study Director, BOND, NRC, (202) 334-3422; e-mail: jjacobs@nas.edu.
The Philippine government has taken a major step to improve education, training, and research in disaster and risk management in that country. On February 16, Secretary of National Defense Orlando S. Mercado approved a "Memorandum of Cooperation in Disaster and Risk Management" to establish the Emergency Management Institute of the Philippines (EMIP), which will be located at the National Defense College of the Philippines. In addition to serving as the country's center of excellence on disaster and risk management training, EMIP will also enable the Philippines to improve cooperation in disaster reduction among ASEAN countries. EMIP is an initiative of the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP), and the Manila-based Asia Pacific Disaster Management Centre (APDMC). EMIP is set to offer in April its first course: "Reporting Disasters" - an NDCC workshop on the role of the media in early warning. The Philippines has also offered to host a seminar on Regional Cooperation in Early Warning for the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) later this year.
For more information, please contact John Barrett, Chief Executive Office, Asia Pacific Disaster Management Centre (APDMC), P.O. Box 1005 Makati Central Post Office, 1250 Makati City, Philippines; telefax: (632) 826-0389; e-mail: apdmc@nsclub.net.
Elsevier Science is about to launch a new journal, Global Environmental Change Part B: Environmental Hazards edited by Kenneth J. Mitchell of Rutgers University and Susan Cutter of the University of South Carolina. The journal will address the human and policy dimensions of threats to human safety and sustainability, such as geological, hydrological, atmospheric, and biological hazards. It will emphasize innovative thinking and interdisciplinary approaches to dealing with the effects of these events on people, property, and society. For further information or to submit manuscripts, contact James K. Mitchell or Susan L. Cutter, Environmental Hazards, Department of Geography, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. Authors should submit three copies of articles of between 4,000 and 6,000 words, although shorter pieces will be considered. Volume 1 will be issued in the summer of 1999.
[These are some of the latest and more useful Internet resources we've encountered. For an extended list of selected Internet sites dealing with hazards and disaster management, see http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/sites/sites.html.]
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elnino/
Public Broadcasting's NOVA Online site offers an excellent
section on El Nino/La Nina. It provides not only much information
about this global weather determinant, but also useful (and fun)
interactive links, such as a global map that a person can use (just
click on the region you are interested in) to determine El Nino
effects in a given area.
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/home.rxml
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/home.rxml
The Weather World 2010 Web site, created by the Department of
Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
hosts a wealth of information on weather. It integrates real-time and
archived data with instructional resources, using new, interactive
technologies. The site includes a multimedia Online Meteorology
Guide, with modules on such specific phenomena as clouds and
precipitation, forces and winds, air masses and fronts, weather
forecasting, severe storms, El Nino, and, at the second URL above,
(the newest module) hurricanes.
http://hops.wharton.upenn.edu/forecast
The goals of the Principles of Forecasting Project, headed by J.
Scott Armstrong of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, are
to develop sound principles, encourage further research, and
communicate findings regarding forecasting, primarily in the social
sciences. The main product of the project will be a volume entitled,
Principles of Forecasting: A Handbook for Researchers and
Practitioners, which is currently in the works. For more information,
see the site above, or contact J. Scott Armstrong, The Warton School,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; e-mail:
armstrong@wharton.upenn.edu.
http://www.fema.gov/mit/tsd
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has initiated a major
effort to modernize its Flood Hazard Mapping Program. This site,
devoted to that endeavor, offers separate sections with extensive
information for 1) homeowners, 2) engineers and surveyors, 3) insurers
and lenders, and 4) floodplain managers. In addition it provides an
on-line version of the modernization program's newsletter, Work in
Progress. The newsletter covers the latest mapping program changes
and improvements, as well as the new technologies used to achieve
these advancements.
http://www.ibhs.org
http://www.ibhs.org/ibhs1197/html/informationcenter.htm
The Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) Information
Center has a large collection of books, periodicals, videos, slides,
and other resources regarding the mitigation of natural hazard damage
to structures. These materials are available on loan to members,
associate members, and the general public. The subject areas of the
IBHS collection include: Insurance and Natural Disasters, Business
Interruption, Disaster Preparedness, Retrofitting Structures, Building
Codes, and Emergency Management. The information center can also
research questions concerning all of these areas and provide
information via e-mail, phone, fax, or mail. The site now includes a
searchable Annotated Planning and Hazards Bibliography at the second
URL above.
For more information, contact Karen Gahagan, IBHS Assistant Vice President-Information Services, e-mail: kgahagan@ibhs.org -or- Patricia Hatch, Librarian, e-mail: phatch@ibhs.org. The information center can also be reached by phone at (617) 292-2003, fax: (617) 292-2022, or by mail: Institute for Business and Home Safety, 175 Federal Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110-2222.
http://www.stormdisplay.com
Through a partnership with NASA and FEMA, NBC4 WRC-TV in
Washington, DC, has created this Storm Display Web site, a real-time
weather display system that shows all of the valid National Weather
Service watches, warnings, and advisories. Earthquakes are also
plotted when they occur. By April, the site will include highly
detailed hurricane and tropical tracking information directly from the
Tropical Prediction Center (TPC) in Miami.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/svrawar/svrwx.htm
The National Weather Service has created this Web page providing
information about Severe Weather Awareness Weeks around the country.
It includes links to preparedness materials as well as a list of the
dates of observances by state.
A Few "Animals in Disasters" Web sites:
Two new moderated cross-disciplinary e-mail groups have been started on the subject of wind hazard mitigation and engineering (see DR #281) and flood hazard mitigation and engineering. They are devoted to promoting effective hazard mitigation research, practice, and policy.
The flood hazard mitigation group is concerned with mitigation and
engineering issues related to flood mapping, ocean and riverine
flooding, scour, wave impact, waterborne debris, and related topics.
Sponsorship is provided by the Partners-In-Mitigation Fellowship
through a grant provided by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Members are welcomed from any and all concerned disciplines.
Additional groups will be formed shortly for winter (ice, snow, hail),
wildfire, and seismic hazards. There are two ways to join:
1. Users can add themselves by entering their e-mail addresses into
the membership form found with the group's messages on the
eGroups.com site.
2. Users can send an e-mail to wind_haz_mit-subscribe@egroups.com or
flood_haz_mit-subscribe@egroups.com as appropriate.
The messages of the group and other group information is found at http://www.egroups.com/list/wind_haz_mit/ and http://www.egroups.com/list/flood_haz_mit/.
Comments and suggestions are very welcome and may be sent to James Cohen, James Cohen Consulting, P.C., P.O. Box 130, Pennington, NJ 08534; (609) 730-0510; fax: (609) 730-0511; e-mail: jccpc@email.msn.com; WWW: http://expertpages.com/~jccpc.
[On its own Web site, the Natural Hazards Center lists Y2K sites that might be helpful for emergency managers: http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/sites/y2k.html]
http://www.fema.gov/y2k/ccmp.htm
Via this Web page, the Federal Emergency Management now offers,
in PDF format, a guide entitled Contingency and Consequence
Management Planning for Year 2000 Conversion: A Guide for State and
Local Emergency Managers. As FEMA director James Witt says in his
introduction, "Year 2000 (Y2K) conversion presents the emergency
management community with a unique challenge. . . . Based on current
assessments, Y2K need not result in major disruptions. . . . Yet, the
complexity and inter-relationships of the automated systems supporting
our daily life, the global reach of some systems, and the varying
rates at which Y2K repairs are being made, make it difficult to
accurately predict all the possible Y2K situations we may encounter. .
. . the emergency management community must prepare to minimize the
potential impacts of Y2K problems on public safety and health. This
Guide is intended to assist in that effort. . . . Emergency Operation
Plans, supplemented by the material suggested in this Guide, should
form an effective basis for Y2K contingency planning and consequence
management for States and local governments." The guide provides
information on: identifying potential problems and risk assessment;
keeping the emergency management organization operational; informing
and assisting the public; and developing and implementing Y2K
consequence management plans.
http://www.fema.gov/y2k/bltn00.htm
FEMA has also begun issuing a consumers guide on preparing for
Y2K - the Y2K Bulletin. The bulletin contains answers to questions
most commonly asked about Y2K, information concerning what to do about
consumer electronic products, including your personal computer, and
steps for small-business owners to take, as well as other topics.
Besides being available on-line, single and multiple copies of the
four-page newsletter are available at no cost from FEMA. To place an
order, call 1-888-261-6214.
http://www.metrokc.gov/prepare/y2k-1.htm
This site provides a brochure put together by the King County
(Washington) Office of Emergency Management. It provides basic
information for the public about Y2K and its potential consequences in
various sectors and about the county's efforts to mitigate those
problems, along with general preparedness information.
Arkansas Tech University
Arkansas Tech University invites applications for an assistant
professor, beginning August 15, 1999, for the baccalaureate degree
program in Emergency Administration and Management. A master's degree
is required with preference given to a discipline related to disaster
and crisis management. Candidates must have knowledge of, and
experience in, emergency management programs and disaster operations;
governmental processes; instruction or training related to natural and
manmade disasters; emergency planning and mitigation strategies; and
social, political, and economic dimensions of disasters. Candidates
must be able to utilize distance delivery of instruction, develop
Web-based course work, and have an applied knowledge of current
technology used in contingency and response procedures. Additional
information is available on the Web at
http://commed.atu.edu/Employment.htm.
Applications will be accepted through March 31 or until filled, and
should include a statement of qualifications, resume, copies of
transcripts, and contact information for three references. They should
be submitted to Dr.Mary Ann Rollans, Dean, Community Education, Dean
Hall 110, Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, AR 72801-2222.
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville State University has recently established an
Emergency Management Concentration within its existing Master of
Public Administration degree. The school is seeking a faculty member
for this new program. This position will provide excellent
professional growth potential. Jacksonville State University played a
key role in establishing the Center for Domestic Preparedness at Fort
McClellan, Alabama. This facility, to train for defense against
weapons of mass destruction, is located seven miles from the
Jacksonville campus and should provide contract/research opportunities
for an Emergency Management faculty member. The community is also a
chemical weapons storage site and has a chemical weapons incinerator
under construction. The Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Plan
(CSEPP) associated with this disposal/destruction process should also
provide research and education opportunities for faculty members.
Job Description:
Asst. Professor, Political Science, Job Number 20668
Duties: Primary teaching duties include graduate-level courses in the
Emergency Management concentration of the Master of Public
Administration degree. Principle nonteaching duties include curriculum
and program development, advisement, professional development
activities, and grant writing within the emergency management area.
Qualifications: Ph.D. in appropriate area. Appropriate experience
preferred.
A complete job description and application forms are available on the JSU Web site: http://www.jsu.edu/depart/personnel/personnel.html. For additional information contact Barry Cox, e-mail:bcox@jsucc.jsu.edu.
The Applied Technology Council (ATC) is seeking candidates to fill a newly established staff position entitled "Associate Director for Development." The position will be located in ATC's Washington, DC, area office, and will initially be half-time, with potential opportunities for full-time. The primary responsibilities of the Associate Director for Development are to perform client relations services, prepare conceptual and detailed technical proposals, and assist in the development of ATC technical reports and information. Salary for the position is negotiable and will be commensurate with qualifications and prior experience.
Qualifications for the position include: formal training in structural and/or civil engineering (professional license as a civil or structural engineer, and/or research experience in this field is a plus); demonstrated success in winning competitive technical proposals; ability to facilitate consensus among high-level technical specialists; substantial experience in preparing and publishing technical reports and papers; excellent verbal and writing skills; and demonstrated ability to work effectively with others.
Persons interested in applying for the position should send six copies of a letter summarizing their qualifications, along with a complete resume, to Applied Technology Council, 555 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 550, Redwood City, California 94065; (650) 595-1542; fax: (650) 593-2320). Applications are due April 1, 1999. A complete job description for the position can be obtained by contacting ATC. ATC is an equal opportunity employer.
[Adapted from Emergency Partner Postings - the newsletter of the Emergency Information Infrastructure Partnership (EIIP - see http://www.emforum.org)]
For March, the Emergency Information Infrastructure Partnership (EIIP) has planned the Internet activities listed below. To participate, go to http://www.emforum.org on the World Wide Web and follow the simple instructions to create a user account and monitor the discussions. If you have questions, contact Avagene Moore, e-mail: amoore@emforum.org -or- Amy Sebring, e-mail: asebring@emforum.org.
Round Tables, Tuesdays, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Presenters:
Formal Presentations, Wednesdays, 12:00 noon Eastern Time:
Louisiana faces a dual threat from Gulf of Mexico hurricanes and accidental releases of hazardous substances associated with chemical process operations in the state. The potential compound effects of these two risks could be severe, but they are not well understood. Beginning June 1, 1999, a team of faculty and graduate students at Louisiana State University will launch an Internet-based conference to address this issue. Additional information will soon be available on- line at http://hurricane.lsu.edu.
[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]
HAZUS: The FEMA Tool for Multi-Hazard Loss Estimation. Sponsor: New York Academy of Sciences, Section on Engineering. New York City: March 10, 1999. Contact: Bruce Soffer, (212) 838-0230, ext. 426; e-mail: bsoffer@nyas.org. For further information about section activities, contact Dr. Henry Moss, (212) 838-0230, ext. 410; e-mail: hmoss@nyas.org. Academy Web site: http://www.nyas.org.
Reporting Earthquake Gridlock: A Workshop on Communication Strategies for Post-Earthquake Transportation Response in the Bay Area. Sponsor: Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Earthquake Program. Oakland, California: March 25, 1999. Contact: ABAG Earthquake Program, P.O. Box 2050, Oakland, CA 94604-2050; fax: (512) 464-7970.
Bioterrorism: Panel Discussion Sponsored by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. New York City: March 30, 1999. Contact: Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 42 West 44th Street, New York City, NY 10036-6689; (212) 382-6600.
Twelfth Annual Texas Flood Conference. Laredo, Texas: April 6-9, 1999. Contact: Roy Sedwick; 1-800-776-5272, ext. 2805; e-mail: rsedwick@lcra.org.
60th National Conference of the American Society of Public Administration (ASPA). Orlando, Florida: April 10-14, 1999. (Includes sessions or workshops on Y2K contingency planning, human services and disaster relief, and other disaster-related topics.) Contact: ASPA, 1120 G Street, N.W., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20005; 1-888-751-3734; fax: (202) 638-4952; e-mail: info@aspanet.org; WWW: http://www.aspanet.org.
Fire-Rescue Med. Sponsor: International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). Las Vegas, Nevada: April 16-29, 1999. Contact: Professional Development Department, IAFC, 4025 Fair Ridge Drive, Fairfax, VA 22033-2868; (703) 273-0911; fax: (703) 273-9363; e-mail: education@iafc.org; WWW: http://www.iafc.org/conference.
Year 2000 Emergency Response Planning. Offered by: International Quality and Productivity Center. Chicago, Illinois: April 19-20, 1999. Contact: International Quality and Productivity Center, 150 Clove Road, P.O. Box 401, Little Falls, NJ 07424-0401; 1-800-882-8684 or (973) 256-0211; fax: (973) 256-0205; e-mail: info@iqpc.com; WWW: http://www.iqpc.com.
Floodplain Managers and Flood Insurance Workshop. Sponsor: Missouri State Emergency Management Agency and Missouri Association of State Floodplain Managers. Columbia, Missouri: April 20-21, 1999. Contact: George Riedel; (573) 526-9141.
Seventh Annual Conference of the New England Floodplain and Stormwater Managers Association. Portland, Maine: April 22-23, 1999. Contact: Peter Richardson; (781) 391-5757; e-mail: peter@seacoast.com; WWW: http://www.seacoast.com/~nefsma.
Annual Conference of the North Carolina Association for Floodplain Management. Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina: April 25-28, 1999. Contact: Dave Canaan; (704) 336-3736; e-mail: canaawd@co.mecklenburg.nc.us.
"Buyouts as Flood Mitigation: Building Partnerships in our Community. Sponsors: Bayou Preservation Association and others. Houston, Texas: April 29-30, 1999. Contact: Mary Ellen Whitworth, Buyout Conference, 3201 Allen Parkway, Suite 200, Houston, TX 77019; (713) 529-6443; fax: (713) 529-6481; e-mail: bpa@hic.net.
Critical Incident Stress Management Workshops. Offered by: International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF). San Jose, California: May 13-16, 1999. Contact: ICISF, 10176 Baltimore National Pike, Unit 201, Ellicott City, MD 21042; (410) 750-9600; fax: (410) 750-9601; WWW: http://www.icisf.org.
Emergency Response Planning for Y2K: Developing and Implementing Detailed Plans to Ensure Provision of Essential Services Over Key Y2K Impact Dates. Offered by: International Quality and Productivity Center. Sydney, Australia: May 24-25, 1999. Contact: International Quality and Productivity Center, Level 9, 70 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia; tel: (02) 9223 2600; fax: (02) 9223 2622; e-mail: info@iqpc.com; WWW: http://www.iqpc.com/sydney. [Note: IQPC offers a series of Y2K seminars around the world for various sectors - health, utilities, local government, business, etc. - see their Web site for details.]
Community and Family Preparedness Conference. Host: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Community and Family Preparedness Program. Mt. Weather, Virginia: June 8-11, 1999. The organizers are currently soliciting ideas for possible presentations. Contact: Ralph Swisher, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20472; (202) 646-3561; e-mail: ralph.swisher@fema.gov.
Second National Mitigation Banking Conference. Sponsors: The Conservation Fund, EPA, and others. Atlanta, Georgia: June 13-15, 1999. Contact: The Terrene Institute, 4 Herbert Street, Alexandria, VA 22305; (703) 548-5473; fax: (703) 548-6299.
Joint Fire Science Conference and Workshop: "Crossing the Millennium: Integrating Spatial Technologies and Ecological Principles for a New Age of Fire Management." Sponsors: University of Idaho, Missoula Intermountain Fire Sciences Lab, and the National Interagency Fire Center. Boise, Idaho: June 15-17, 1999. Abstracts and presentation proposals due March 26. Contact: Greg Gollberg, Conference Organizer, Department of Forest Resources, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-1133; (208) 885-5545; fax: (208) 885-6226; e-mail: goll9151@uidaho.edu; WWW: http://firescience.for.uidaho.edu.
Third Regional Training Course on "Community Based Approaches to Disaster Management" (CBDM-3). Offered by: Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC). Bangkok, Thailand; July 19-30, 1999. Contact ADPC, Asian Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand; tel: (66-2) 524-5378/5354; fax: (66-2) 524-5360; e-mail: adpc@ait.ac.th; WWW: http://www.adpc.ait.ac.th/Default.html.
First Regional Training Course on "Urban Flood Hazard Mitigation" (UFHM-1) (under the Asian Urban Disaster Mitigation Program). Offered by: Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC). Bangkok, Thailand; August 30-September 19, 1999. Contact ADPC, Asian Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand; tel: (66-2) 524-5378/5354; fax: (66-2) 524-5360; e-mail: adpc@ait.ac.th; WWW: http://www.adpc.ait.ac.th/Default.html.
Sixth Meeting of the International Geographical Union's (IGU's) Commission on Land Degradation and Desertification. Perth, Australia: September 20-28, 1999. Contact: Arthur Conacher, Department of Geography, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Perth, WA 6907, Australia; tel: 61-8-9380-2705; fax: 61-8-9380-1054; e-mail: ajconach@gis.uwa.edu.au.
International Conference on Dam Safety and Monitoring. Three Gorges Project Site, China: October 19-22, 1999. Contact: Cheng Kunhuang, Dam Safety and Monitoring Center, CWRC, 1155 Jeifan Avenue, Wuhan 430010, China; tel: 86-27-8282-8220; fax: 86-27-8241-6125; e-mail: jiangdj@mail.cjwrc.edu.cn.
1999 Hazardous Materials Advisory Council (HMAC) Semi-Annual Conference. St. Louis, Missouri: November 18, 1999. Contact: HMAC, 1101 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Suite 301, Washington DC 20005-3521; (202) 289-4550; fax: (202) 289-4074; e-mail: hmacinfo@hmac.org; WWW: http://www.hmac.org.
National Emergency Management Association (NEMA) Mid-Year Conference. Arlington, Virginia: February 25-March 2, 2000. Contact: National Emergency Management Association, P.O. Box 11910, Lexington, KY 40578-1910; fax: (606) 244-8239; e-mail: thembree@csg.com; WWW: http://www.nemaweb.org.
Ninth International Congress of the International Society Interpraevent: Interpraevent 2000. Villach, Austria: June 26-30, 2000. Conference topics: protection and control measures against natural hazards, especially floods, mudflows, erosion, landslides, and avalanches. Contact: Interpraevent 2000, P.O. Box 117, A-9020 Klagenfurt, Austria; tel: +43 463 536 31818; fax: +43 463 536 31828; e-mail: interpraevent@ktn.gv.at; WWW: http://www.ktn.gv.at/akl/abt18/interpraevent.htm.
2000 Hazardous Materials Advisory Council (HMAC) Semi-Annual Conference, Savannah, Georgia; November 9, 2000. Contact: HMAC, 1101 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Suite 301, Washington DC 20005-3521; (202) 289-4550; fax: (202) 289-4074; e-mail: hmacinfo@hmac.org; WWW: http://www.hmac.org.
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