DISASTER RESEARCH 305

1. FEMA Offers Hazard Mitigation Planning Fellowship


2. ITCM Seeks Comments on Plans for an Enabling Technology Center in Crises Management


3. Asia Red Cross Seeking Health Course Information


4. A Request for Participation in Nepal Earthquake Safety Day


5. Seeking Software for Fire Equipment Maintenance


6. World Weather Research Program Seeks Demonstration and Research Projects


7. Introducing the IPCC Data Distribution Center


8. The Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Program


9. New Stuff on the Net


10. Something for Your Library?


11. Help Wanted: Coastal Engineers and Scientists, Dewberry & Davis


12. Help Wanted: Flood Hazard Mitigation Specialist, FEMA


13. Help Wanted: Director, Fire and Emergency Training Institute, LSU


14. Help Wanted: Information Manager, ADPC


15. November '99 Schedule for the EIIP Virtual Forum


16. Correction


17. Conferences and Training

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FEMA Offers Hazard Mitigation Planning Fellowship

• To foster the integration of hazard mitigation principles into the graduate-level curricula of urban, regional, and environmental planning schools;
• To continue to encourage the use and application of planning policies, tools, and techniques in reducing the impact of natural hazards in the U.S.;
• To determine how FEMA can best assist communities, regional organizations, and states in developing and maintaining effective hazard mitigation planning programs; and
• To determine how FEMA can best integrate planning principles and approaches into its operations, including ongoing mitigation initiatives as well as postdisaster mitigation and recovery initiatives.

A 1993 study conducted by the Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center revealed that only a very small percentage of graduate planning departments incorporate hazard mitigation into their curricula. To prevent ill-informed local development policies and decisions, students of urban planning must understand how natural hazards impact the social, economic, and physical aspects of communities. Clearly, planning theory and practice must incorporate hazard mitigation into traditional planning.

The objective of the fellowship is to provide up to two graduate students with support for one year of field research and documentation of local and state mitigation planning. The program includes:

Summer 2000: student(s) will be based in Washington, D.C. at FEMA headquarters for approximately eight weeks to study FEMA's missions and structure, focusing on Mitigation Directorate initiatives and programs; they will also begin work within the subject community(ies).

The student(s) will spend the summer preparing for and implementing two-day mitigation planning workshop in one or more communities. The following two semesters of the 2000-2001 school year will be spent doing follow-up work with the communities, which will consist of assisting the community(ies) in dealing with specific issues brought out during the summer workshop and developing a mitigation plan.

Fall 2000-Spring 2001: student(s) will continue follow-up work with the subject community(ies) for both semesters of the 2000-2001 academic year, under the direction of the sponsoring faculty member. Each student will be required to produce a paper (co-authored by the sponsoring faculty member) that, based upon his/her field experience, will provide FEMA with information on how to assist states and communities in developing and maintaining effective mitigation plans and how to incorporate hazard mitigation into local government planning programs. The paper will also provide recommendations and observations for incorporating hazard mitigation into graduate planning programs.

FEMA will provide each student with up to $25,000 to cover salary and expenses for the summer in Washington, D.C., stipend for two semesters of work, and the costs of tuition and fees for the two in-school semesters. Travel costs and other expenses incurred for fieldwork will also be covered by FEMA. The student(s) will work under the supervision of the Chief of the Program Planning Branch, with assistance from branch staff.

All applicants must:

• By the time the fellowship begins, have completed at least one year of graduate study in an accredited planning school, where most core courses required for a Masters degree in urban, regional, or environmental planning have been completed;
• Be articulate and comfortable with speaking in public settings in front of a wide variety of groups;
• Be able to work with decision makers, federal, state, and local government officials, and citizens;
• Be a U.S. citizen, or hold permanent resident status;
• Demonstrate an understanding of and interest in FEMA's role in dealing with natural hazards; the physical nature of natural hazards and how hazards and disasters affect communities; the importance of planners and the field of urban planning in hazard mitigation;
• Have the support of a faculty advisor who has an equal interest in the role of planning in hazard mitigation, as well as an interest in the development of elements of planning curricula that focus on hazard mitigation;
• Not receive other research support, assistance, or financial awards during the academic year except GI bill benefits for education;
• Complete a draft and final paper for submission to the MMC (co- authored by sponsoring professor), write a shortened version of final paper for use in future articles, and present research findings at an all-hands meeting of the FEMA Mitigation Directorate.

Applicants must submit the following by January 10, 2000:

• Completed application form;
• Academic transcripts covering the junior and senior years of undergraduate work and all graduate work;
• Statement (not exceeding three typed pages) of educational and career goals, and reason for pursuing this fellowship, including why he/she would make a good candidate, and how his/her involvement in this fellowship will contribute to the practice of planning;
• Letter of nomination by faculty sponsor named on application: letter must certify that the applicant is a full-time (or will be a full-time) graduate student for the duration of the fellowship; must address the strengths of the applicant and how his/her background and future goals will contribute to advancing the field of planning; must also address the nature of the faculty sponsor's interest in hazard mitigation and in the integration of mitigation into the education and practice of urban planners.

Complete details and an application form are available from the FEMA Web site: http://www.fema.gov/mit/hazmit1026.htm. Applications and supporting material should be sent (via e-mail or U.S. Post) to:
Thomas Hollenbach
National Institute of Building Sciences
Multihazard Mitigation Council
1090 Vermont Avenue, N.W.
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20005-4905
E-mail: thollenbach@nibs.org
Tel: (202) 289-7800, ext. 131

Deadline for submission is January 10, 2000.

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ITCM Seeks Comments on Plans for an Enabling Technology Center in Crises Management

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From Malaysia . . .

Asia Red Cross Seeking Health Course Information

The compilation is expected to be released in the first quarter of 2000. Thus we invite you to share brochures, pamphlets, and information on the courses you are offering in the next two years. To enable us to present your courses adequately, please provide the following information:

• brief description of each course, including key topics and contents
• duration, tentative dates and venue
• course fees and related costs
• average accommodation and living costs for foreign participants/ students
• qualification requirements
• deadline for application
• contact persons, e-mail, contact addresses, and numbers
• scholarships, grants, and financial aid available (or suggested agencies that could be approached for the same)

The regional delegation would like to receive materials by December 1999. Please send pertinent information by e-mail to: jimcat@pd.jaring.my
or by regular mail to:
Health Department
Regional Delegation - Kuala Lumpur
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
32 Jalan Nipah, off Jalan Ampang
55000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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From Nepal . . .

A Request for Participation in Nepal Earthquake Safety Day

Earthquake Safety Day is organized by the Earthquake Safety Day National Committee located within the Ministry of Science and Technology. The national program includes participation by various government and other agencies. The National Society for Earthquake Technology-Nepal (NSET-Nepal) is one of the active participants.

In 1999, the Earthquake Safety Day program included airing of public messages by the Prime Minister and the Minister for Science and Technology, a march through the streets of Kathmandu City, a ceremonial public meeting with the Prime Minister, a children's essay/painting competition, publication of awareness posters, street drama on earthquake safety, and a three-day Earthquake Safety Exhibition. Several national and international institutions participated in the exhibition, displaying their works and achievements. International participants included the U.S. Geological Survey/OFDA, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, OYO Corporation, and GeoHazards International.

The main objectives of the program and exhibition are to raise awareness concerning the affordability of earthquake risk reduction measures to save lives and properties, to educate the Nepalese public on successful measures implemented in other countries, to demonstrate safe construction for typical Nepalese buildings, and, ultimately, to develop synergy among individuals and institutions in reducing the extremely high level of earthquake risk in Nepal.

NSET plans to celebrate Earthquake Safety Day 2000 by organizing a week-long program including an Earthquake Risk Management Symposium, Earthquake Safety Exhibition, a shake table demonstration with models of traditional buildings with and without seismic safety elements, exhibitions of paintings, historical photographs, etc. NSET will also organize a public meeting and a press conference on the occasion to report the achievements of the implementation of the Kathmandu Valley Earthquake Risk Management Action Plan [see DR #279].

All interested institutions and individuals are cordially invited to participate in the Earthquake Safety Day programs. Further details can be obtained from Amod Mani Dixit, Secretary General, NSET-Nepal, GPO Box 13775, Kha 2-731, Mahadevsthan, Baneshwor, Kathmandu-10, Nepal; tel: +977-1-474 192; fax: +977-1-490 943; e-mail: adixit@mos.com.np -or- nset@mos.com.np.

Details on the National Society for Earthquake Technology-Nepal or the Kathmandu Valley Earthquake Risk Management Project can also be obtained from: http://www.adpc.ait.ac.th/audmp/nepal/nepal.html -or- http://www.geohaz.org/kvermp.html.

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From Argentina . . .

Seeking Software for Fire Equipment Maintenance

1. the general fire facilities with their system of room of pumps, where there exist two electro-bombs (worked by electric motor) and a motor-pump (worked by diesel motor) with the systems of automatic electric boards
2. the fire equipment that is used in the practice (extinguishers, nozzles, discharge monitors, etc)
3. the clothing that students use (suits, helmets, boots, etc)
4. the autonomous breathing apparatus
5. the rope elements for practice, etc.

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World Weather Research Program Seeks Demonstration and Research Projects

In June 1998 at the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO's) fiftieth session, the World Weather Research Program (WWRP) was endorsed to develop improved and cost-effective forecasting techniques, with emphasis on high-impact weather, and to promote application among member states. A Science Steering Committee (SSC) was established, with Dr. Richard Carbone as its chairman. Forecast demonstration projects (FDPs) and research and development projects (RDPs) form an essential part of the WWRP and serve to measure the benefits to be derived from improved understanding and enabling technologies. Active participation of all WMO members, particularly developing countries, is strongly encouraged. Detailed information on the selection criteria for FDPs and RDPs can be obtained from the SSC. A written proposal of about ten pages, containing information on scientific background, proposed project structure, international coordination, and socioeconomic impacts should be submitted for consideration by the SSC to Dr. Richard Carbone, National Center for Atmospheric Research, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000, USA; tel: (303) 497-8926; fax: (303) 497-8181; e-mail: carbone@ucar.edu.

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Introducing the IPCC Data Distribution Center

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has created a Data Distribution Center (DDC) to provide consistent and timely data relating to climate change scenarios and socioeconomic factors for application to climate change assessments. The DDC is operated by the Climatic Research Unit in the United Kingdom and the Deutsches Klimarchenzentrum in Germany. It will distribute the most current information on climate change to scientists, with the hope that by providing up-to-date data, impact assessments will be more accurate. Information will be categorized as: 1) observed global climate data sets; 2) socioeconomic scenario information; 3) results from global climate experiments; and 4) guidance material. For more information, contact Dr. Mike Hulme, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, U.K.; tel: 44-1603-507784; fax: 44-1603-593162; e-mail: m.hulme@uea.ac.uk; or contact Dr. Michael Lautenschlager, DKRZ 55 Bundestrasse, Hamburg, Germany; tel: 49-404-1173-400; fax: 49-404-1173-297; e-mail: lautenschlager@dkrz.de.

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The Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Program

The NOAA-sponsored Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Program, managed by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), pairs recently graduated doctoral students with host scientists at U.S. institutions to work in an area of mutual interest. The objective of the program is to help create the next generation of researchers needed for climate studies. Advanced contact with potential host(s) is encouraged. The program offers two-year visiting research appointments, reviewed annually. Fellows receive a fixed annual salary and a relocation and travel allowance. Deadline for applications is February 1, 2000. For further information, contact UCAR/Visiting Scientist Programs, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000, USA; (303) 497-8649; e-mail: vsp@ncar.ucar.edu; WWW: http://www.vsp.ucar.edu.

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New Stuff on the Net

http://www.fema.gov/home/EMI/ishome.htm
http://www.fema.gov/emi/is394.htm
FEMA is now offering an independent study course for home and small business owners on how to reduce losses from natural disasters. The course, titled IS 394-Mitigation for Homeowners is free and available for downloading from the FEMA Web site above. Mitigation for Homeowners is intended to help residents:

• Identify which natural hazards affect their community
• Determine which natural hazards are most likely to affect them personally
• Locate specific risks unique to their particular home or business
• Formulate a targeted plan of action to reduce risks to their property, family, and home.

http://www.ibhs.org
http://www.ibhs.org/html/county_perils/county_perils_homepage.asp
The Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) has created a prototype database that demonstrates the natural hazards faced by those who live in the counties of the New Madrid seismic region. The database contains hazard information for 884 counties in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. After picking one of these counties from a list or map, the user receives information on what damage that county might experience in an 8.6 magnitude earthquake. The database will also return information on the number of flood/flash flood, hailstorm, hurricane, tornado, and wildfire events, if any, the county experienced between January 1993, and July 1999. Finally, the user is presented with information on steps he or she can take to protect a home or business from these hazards. In addition, users will find critical information on building codes and land-use planning efforts in the given state. Among other goals, the database is intended to demonstrate that natural hazards are more common than one might think.

http://www.udel.edu/DRC/
http://www.udel.edu/DRC/projectreports.html
The Web site for the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware - the nation's oldest academic center dedicated the study of the social impacts of disasters - provides background information about the center, overviews of current projects, and a publications list that includes hundreds of works. A few of these publications are now available on-line, including, Executive Summary: Disaster Resistant Communities Initiative: Evaluation of the Pilot Phase, Year 1 by Joanne M. Nigg, Jasmin K. Riad, Tricia Wachtendorf, Angela Tweedy, and Lisa Reshaur. These researchers found that, overall, in its first year, the objectives of FEMA's Project Impact were being met in local communities, although several problems and issues warranted attention.

http://www.orau.gov/emi/glossary.pdf
From this Web page, one can download the Glossary and Acronyms of Emergency Management Terms. Third Edition. May 1999 prepared by the Training Resources and Data Exchange, Emergency Management Issues Special Interest Group for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Emergency Management. The 80-page report includes many terms used in DOE documents and cites specific sources for many items. It focuses on toxic and radioactive emergencies.

http://www.dir.ucar.edu/esig/biblio
[Taken from Weatherzine - the on-line newsletter of the Environmental and Societal Impacts Group (ESIG), National Center for Atmospheric Research - on the World Wide Web, see http://www.dir.ucar.edu/esig/socasp/zine; for an e-mail subscription, contact: thunder@ucar.edu.]

ESIG has released a new bibliography on the use and value of weather and climate forecasts that is available from the URL above. With this bibliography ESIG is beginning to develop a single resource for published, peer-reviewed articles on the use and value of weather and climate forecasts. This subject is a subset of the broader area of forecasting in the earth sciences, which interested persons can learn more about through another section of the ESIG Web site: http://www.dir.ucar.edu/esig/prediction/ - "Prediction in the Earth Sciences." The authors solicit feedback and welcome suggestions for additions.

http://www.beyonddiscovery.org
Beyond Discovery: The Path from Research to Human Benefit, a project of the National Academy of Sciences, is a series of case studies that trace the origins of important recent technological and medical advances. Each study reveals the crucial role played by basic science, the application of which could not have been anticipated at the time the original research was conducted. Each on-line article is enhanced with a rich collection of links that provide additional details. The series currently includes When the Earth Moves: Seafloor Spreading and Plate Tectonics - a review of geophysics, plate tectonics, and seismology breakthroughs in the last century. Hard copies of the articles posted at this site are available in limited numbers by e-mailing bsi@nas.edu or faxing (202) 334-1690, attn: Beyond Discovery Project. Downloadable PDF files of each article are also available from the Web site's summaries page. Additional topics will be presented on-line four to six times per year.

http://www.state.gov/www/issues/relief/gdin.html
The Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN) is a U.S. initiative the purpose of which is to make the information needed to conduct effective disaster relief operations available when and where needed via the Internet (see DRs #247 and #290). For persons interested in the progress of the development of the GDIN, this U.S. Department of State Web page provides information about past and future international meetings devoted to the creation this network. Included are the proceedings of the May 1999 GDIN meeting in Mexico City and several background papers.

http://www.fema.gov/y2k/y2k1101.htm
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has made the President's Council on Y2K Conversion's guide to dealing with the Y2K issue - Y2K and You - available on-line in PDF format. The booklet offers background information as well as specific suggestions on how individuals and families can prepare for potential Y2K problems. Specific sections address important Y2K-related issues in areas such as utilities, personal finance, food and fuel, health, and travel.

listserv@listserv.buffalo.edu
The Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER), in partnership with the Northwest States Emergency Consortium (NESEC) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), has established a listserve for discussion of issues related to the use and application of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS)/ FEMA loss estimation software, HAZUS. To join the list send the command "sub HAZUSNET-USA-LIST [your name]" to the address above (leave the subject line blank). This listserve will be regularly archived and moderated for content.

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Something for Your Library?

I have a large collection of spare copies of publications on disasters which some of you might be interested in. The documents are free, but we will have to make a charge for postage and packing (the amount is indicated below, against each item or set). Please send cheques in pounds sterling only, made out to "University College London," to me at the address below.

The items are (cost in pounds sterling):

1. Development at Risk? Natural Disasters and the Third World. 24 pp. U.K. IDNDR Committee, 1998. An introduction to disasters and vulnerability, with a look at what can be done to address the problem. Useful for public information or education work. (1.50 U.K., 2.50 overseas).
2. Living with Disaster. 20 pp. ITDG, 1998. Ten people from five developing countries describe the impact of natural hazards on their lives and explain the measures they are taking to make themselves more secure in future. (1.50 U.K., 2.50 overseas)
3. South Asian Series on Vulnerability Reduction. Nine booklets (around 16 pp. each) with case studies. Disaster Mitigation Institute/Duryog Nivaran, 1997-9. (4.00, the set, U.K.; overseas, 5.00) Authors/titles are:
   1. RS Ariyabandu, S Dharmalingam, Harvesting Rainwater: a means of water security in rural Sri Lanka
   2. L Tyabji, Craft in the Aftermath of Disaster: generating independence as well as incomes
   3. P Wickremarachchi, Food Security Strategies for Dealing with Drought: a case study of Milamperumawa village
   4. V Hidellage, J Menike, Impact of Drought on Livelihood and Food Security of Farmers in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka
   5. KS Gopal, M Shashikumar, Fallows and Village Food Security in Rainfed Areas: a case study
   6. M Baloch, Food and Water Security in Times of Malaria Emergency
   7. G Paul, Floods and Desert: a case study from Rajasthan
   8. R Zabwala, The Vulnerability of Invisible Workers
   9. VK Sharma, Strengthening Vulnerable Communities for Natural Disaster Reduction
4. J Scobie, ed., Mitigating the Millennium. ITDG, 1997. 74 pp. Proceedings of conference on community participation in disaster mitigation programmes. (3.50 U.K.; 4.50 overseas).
5. Duryog Nivaran, Seeing Disasters Differently. Visions and suggestions. 48 pp. 1999. Different views of disasters and vulnerability in a South Asian context, intended for public education and the media. (1.50 U.K.; overseas 2.50).
6. Duryog Nivaran, Defeating Disasters: ideas for action. 48 pp. Position paper for international conference in Delhi, 1999. (1.50 U.K.; overseas 2.50).

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Help Wanted: Coastal Engineers and Scientists, Dewberry & Davis

Candidates should have knowledge of storm surge, wave height, wave runup, and storm-induced erosion analyses, and a general understanding of Federal Emergency Management Agency coastal flood study methodologies. Familiarity with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's Shore Protection Manual and ACES is also required. Candidates must also have strong oral and written communication skills. Knowledge of general water resources engineering practices, such as riverine hydrology, hydraulics, open channel flow characteristics, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's HEC-2 model is a plus.

For more information about Dewberry & Davis, on the World Wide Web see: http://www.dewberry.com. To apply, please send resume and a copy of college transcripts to:
Dewberry & Davis
Attn: Department of Human Resources
Mary Kitson
8401 Arlington Boulevard
Fairfax, VA 22031
Fax: (attn: Mary Kitson) (703) 849-0185

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Help Wanted: Flood Hazard Mitigation Specialist, FEMA

Recruitment closes: November 19,1999
Position: Hazard Mitigation Specialist, GS-301-11/12
Salary Range: $40,714.00-63,436.00
Location: FEMA, Mitigation Directorate, Program Support Division, Program Delivery Branch
Duty Station: Washington, DC
Duties: The incumbent participates in the development of policy, procedures and guidance for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and for the State Management concept. This includes developing guidance and training to enhance state capabilities to prepare states to take on the role that regions currently have in areas of project eligibility review. Assesses program needs and capabilities for federal, state, and local government. Identifies the need for and initiates, monitors, and evaluates the results of special studies and research on technical aspects of hazards and mitigation program practices. Provides advisory services to organizations, planning groups, engineering and scientific communities, and private industry on program procedures, techniques, and standards involving mitigation. Provides technical assistance in the areas of eligibility determinations, environmental and historic review, and benefit-cost analysis. Serves as a team member in the development of plans, policies, programs, and procedures for implementing mitigation authorities for providing assistance to state and local government. Writes required directives and drafts policy papers to implement approved recommendations.

Qualification Requirements: Applicants must meet the qualification requirements as contained in the OPM Qualification Operating Manual. The standard for this position requires at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience in emergency management, emergency planning, and disaster assistance responsibility.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA's): Applicants should address the appropriate KSA's in their application/resume:

1. Knowledge of fundamental concepts of hazard mitigation, community planning and land use issues, and federal grant program processes.
2. Knowledge and skill in identifying programmatic problem areas and synthesizing diverse sources of information in order to modify existing policies and procedures to meet customer needs.
3. Knowledge of federal, state, and local government organizational structures and relationships, especially as related to hazard mitigation.
4. Oral and written communication skills to deal with government officials and the public, often on controversial issue; and to brief managers on pertinent issues or findings.

How to Apply: Applicants must submit an SF-171, OF-612 or resume to: Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW, Room 816, Washington, DC 20472; attn: Carolyn Robinson. For more information about this vacancy, contact Carolyn Robinson at (202) 646-3244.

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Help Wanted: Director Fire and Emergency Training Institute, LSU

Applicants must possess a bachelors degree or equivalent (4-year) professional/administrative officer-level experience. Five years service in a major segment of the fire service, fire fighting training and management is required. Experience in the environment of a university-based training program related to fire and emergency training is highly desirable, along with ability in leadership, innovation, organization, finance, and management, preferably in subject areas related to fire and emergency training. Applicants should have demonstrated ability to work with other persons internal and external to the organization.

Application deadline is November 15, or until a director is selected. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications. Please submit nominations or letters of application and resumes to: Jim Fernandez, Search Committee Chair, Office of Academic Affairs, Louisiana State University, 146 Thomas Boyd Hall, Ref. #007640, Baton Rouge, LA 70803.

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Help Wanted: Information Manager, ADPC

The Urban Information and Organizational Networking Manager will be responsible for developing, strengthening, and managing networks and associations of professionals involved in disaster reduction; developing information products such as a newsletter, technical reports, event summaries, etc. S/he will also be responsible for managing regional networking events, such as regional policy workshops, regional urban disaster management conferences, working group meetings, etc. S/he should have more than five years of relevant experience, demonstrated research and information analysis skills, excellent desktop publishing skills with good knowledge of the Internet, excellent English writing and communication skills, a team-oriented work style, a minimum of two years of international work experience, and an ability to work in a multicultural environment. Preference will be given to Asian citizens.

Academic qualifications: Masters degree or equivalent in information systems, mass communication, disaster management/mitigation, international development, or related fields. The position is for a period of two years. The salary will be commensurate with experience, and benefits include a housing and resettlement allowance, education allowance for dependent children, medical care, and insurance.

Applications along with a curriculum vitae should be sent to AUDMP/ADPC, Asian Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand; fax: 66-2-524-5350/524-5360; e-mail: adpc@ait.ac.th. Applications are due before November 10, 1999. Visit the ADPC Web site - http://www.adpc.ait.ac.th - for more information. Note: Only short-listed candidates will be notified.

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November '99 Schedule for the EIIP Virtual Forum

November Partner-led Round Table Discussions

• November 2: IAEM, follow-up session on delegation to Italy. Observations, experiences, and photos with IAEM members who traveled to Italy recently for a 6-day exchange program with Italian counterparts.
• November 9: Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA), Emergency Management in the School Setting - Georgia Style.
• November 16: TBA
• November 23: Greater Philadelphia Search and Rescue (GPSAR).
• November 30: Lake County (IN) LEPC and U.S. Department of Energy: POPEYE exercise in which the LEPC performed a leadership role in partnership with the DOE Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program (TEPP).

November 1999 Formal Sessions

• November 3: Virtual Library: The Debris Management Cycle: An Overview by author, Robert C. Swan, Debris Management Consultant, Dewberry & Davis.
• November 10: Virtual Forum: Impact of Emergencies and Disasters on the African-American Community. Speakers: Kay Goss, CEM, Associate Director, FEMA Preparedness Directorate, and Dr. Oliver Jones, Professor of Political Science, Florida A&M University.
• November 17: Virtual Classroom: (Hazard Series) Dam Safety, with Rita Henry, FEMA Mitigation Directorate, Dam Safety Program.
• November 24: Tech Arena: Amy Sebring, EIIP Technical Projects Coordinator, Virtual Communities with TeamWave Workplace.

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Conferences and Training

Technical Briefings on the Taiwan Earthquake of September 21, 1999. Sponsor: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI). Cost: $20.00 EERI members/$35.00 nonmembers. San Francisco, California: November 9, 1999; Los Angeles, California: November 10, 1999. Contact: EERI, 499 14th Street, Suite 320, Oakland, CA 94612-1934; (510) 451-0905; fax: (510) 451-5411; e-mail: eeri@eeri.org; WWW: http://www.eeri.org.

Special Public Policy Symposium: Reducing Losses from Windstorms - Hidden Dangers in New and Existing Construction. Sponsor: American Association for Wind Engineering in cooperation with the Wind Science and Engineering Research Center, Texas Tech University. Washington, D.C.: November 18-19, 1999. Contact: Dr. Michael P. Gaus, Department of Civil Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-4300; (716) 645-2114, ext. 2410; fax: (716) 645- 3733; e-mail: gaus@eng.buffalo.edu; -or- Dr. Kishor C. Mehta, Wind Science and Engineering Research Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1023; (806) 742-3479, ext. 323; fax: (806) 742-3446; e-mail: kishor.mehta@coe.ttu.edu.

Workshop on Seismic Safety of Existing Buildings: Using Federal Emergency Management Agency/National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program Handbooks in Local Programs. Sponsors: Nevada Earthquake Safety Council, FEMA, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, and others. In addition to the workshop, there will be a demonstration of HAZUS, FEMA's geographic information system-based model used to estimate losses from future earthquakes. Reno, Nevada: November 18, 1999; Las Vegas, Nevada: November 20, 1999. To register, contact Terri Garside, e-mail: tgarside@unr.edu; (775) 784-6691, ext. 126; fax: (775) 784-1709.

The ABC of Business Continuity Planning. Offered by the Survive Business Continuity Group. San Francisco: November 22-24, 1999; New York: December 13-15, 1999; Philadelphia: February 14-16, 2000; Toronto: March 13-15, 2000. Additional dates and locations are available. The Survive group offers many other training programs in crisis and continuity management. For more information contact: Survive Secretariat, The Chapel, Royal Victoria Patriotic Building, Fitzhugh Grove, London SW18 3SX, U.K.; tel: 020-8874 6266; fax: 020- 8874 6446; e-mail: survive@survive.com; WWW: http://www.survive.com.

American Meteorological Society 80th Annual Meeting: "Applying Environmental Science to Societal Needs in the New Millennium." Long Beach, California: January 9-14, 2000. Includes fifteen conferences and symposia, five short courses, and a large commercial exhibit. Contact: AMS Meeting Registration, 45 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108; fax: (617) 742-8718; WWW: http://www.ametsoc.org/AMS/meet/index.html.

International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) Seventh International Conference: "Emergency Management in the Third Millennium." Orlando, Florida: May 16-19, 2000. Papers are currently being solicited. Contact Suleyman Tufekci, University of Florida, Industrial and Systems Engineering, P.O. Box 116595, Gainesville, FL 32611-6595; e-mail: tufekci@ise.ufl.edu.

The Coastal Society 17th Annual Conference: "Coasts at the Millennium." Portland, Oregon: July 9-12, 2000. Includes section on "Reducing Coastal Hazards." Abstracts due December 1, 1999. Contact: Laurie Jodice, TCS 17 Office, c/o Marine Resource Management, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 104 Ocean Administration Building, Corvallis, OR 97331-5503; fax: (541) 737-2064; e-mail: jodicel@oce.orst.edu; WWW: http://www.oce.orst.edu/mrm/tcs17/confhome.html.

Meteorology at the Millennium. Cambridge, U.K.: July 10-14, 2000. Contact: Royal Meteorological Society, 104 Oxford Road, Reading, Berkshire RG1 7LL, U.K.; fax: 44-118-9568571; e-mail: execsec@royal- met-soc.org.uk .

Images and Reconstructions of Weather and Climate Over the Last Millennium. Sponsors: Jagiellonian University, Insitute of Meteorology and Water Management, and the Polish National Committee of the IGBP. Krakow, Poland: September 20-22, 2000. Includes sessions on natural hazards. Contact: Barbara Starkel, Department of Climatology, Institute of Geography, Jagiellonian University, ul. Grodzka 64, PL- 31-044 Krakow, Poland; e-mail: bstrakel@grodzki.phils.uj.edu.pl; WWW: http://www.geo.uj.edu.pl/klimat2000/.

Seventh Annual Congress of the Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS). Newport, Rhode Island: September 13-15, 2000. Contact: IBHS, 175 Federal Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110-2222; (617) 292-2003; fax: (617) 292-2022; e-mail: info@ibhs.org; WWW: http://www.ibhs.org.

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