DISASTER RESEARCH 342

March 21, 2001

TABLE OF CONTENTS:


  1. CRID Seeks Information on Gender and Disasters
  2. Seeking Information on Women in Disaster Management - Particularly in Bangladesh
  3. Seeking Information on Earthquake Reconstruction
  4. Seeking Information on Los Angeles Weather since 1980
  5. EC Humanitarian Office Seeks Help with Caribbean Disaster Preparedness Plan
  6. ISDR Seeking Examples of Volunteers in Disaster Reduction
  7. New Internet Resources
  8. And Four Sites Dealing with Climate Prediction
  9. Call for Letters of Intent or Pre-Proposals for Regional or National Assessment Projects on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations
  10. HRRC Offers Certificate in Environmental Hazard Management
  11. EERI Announces 2001-2002 Graduate Fellowship in Earthquake Hazard Reduction
  12. MCEER Offers Webcast Earthquake Engineering Seminars
  13. Conferences and Training


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CRID Seeks Information on Gender and Disasters

The Regional Disaster Information Center for Latin America and the Caribbean (CRID) recognizes that the topic of gender as it relates to disaster preparedness, prevention, and response is gaining increasing popularity internationally. CRID wants to strengthen its collection of information on this topic and would like to request your help. If you have reports, presentations or other material - in print or electronic format - on issues related to gender and disasters, please send it to CRID so that it can be shared with the center's users.

Print documents can be sent to: Centro Regional de Informacion sobre Desastres para America Latina y el Caribe, Apdo. 3745-1000, San Jose, Costa Rica. Electronic copies can be e-mailed to: crid@crid.or.cr

More information about CRID is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.crid.or.cr.


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Seeking Information on Women in Disaster Management
Particularly in Bangladesh

I am a DPhil student from the University of York, where I am researching the area of gender and disaster with the Centre for Women's Studies (Prof. Haleh Afshar) and the Post-War Reconstruction and Development Unit (Dr. Alpasan Ozerdem). In particular, I am concerned with the empowerment of women in disaster management with specific reference to Bangladesh. The general objectives of the project are to:

  1. Develop a theoretical understanding of the place of gender in disaster management in terms of vulnerability and mitigation.
  2. Investigate the current praxis of disaster management in relation to its integration and empowerment of grassroots women as they seek to serve their communities through examining secondary case study examples and addressing the issues of: organisational dilemmas; processual dilemmas; structural dilemmas.
  3. Investigate the potential for and the dynamics of the empowerment of women in disaster management.
  4. Analyse the findings from the fieldwork in order to form a basis for guidelines on the empowerment of women in disaster-affected areas.
Any help in terms of case-studies, methodologies/experiences, and contacts for field research would be very much appreciated.

Louisa Cox
E-mail: ljc116@york.ac.uk


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Seeking Information on Earthquake Reconstruction

I am a postgraduate student from Indonesia and am currently working on a paper about an advanced model of reconstruction processes for infrastructure facilities and the public sector after an earthquake disaster.

I am attempting to construct a decision making model on this topic, based on reconstruction management and some elements of mitigation. The paper must address the kind of earthquake disaster, the damage caused by the earthquake, human factors, the influence of government policy, cost, etc.

Could you help me with some relevant articles? Thank you for considering my inquiry.

Dian Pigafetta
E-mail: catherine_dy@yahoo.com


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Seeking Information on Los Angeles Weather since 1980

I am researching wind and rain conditions in Los Angeles County, California for the past twenty years. There has been a significant increase in real and personal property insurance claims for damage caused by falling trees during the months of November and December. Where can I find a history of high wind and heavy rain conditions during those months to compare each year since 1980. The courts are starting to disregard "Act of God" denial claims, but there are still insurees who are not receiving compensation for damages that were weather induced. Please let me know if there is a site or organization that can provide this information. Paying for it is not a problem - I just need it as soon as possible.

Thank you,
Patricia Weems
E-mail: tweemz@lycos.com or tweemz2@earthlink.net
Tel: (818) 341-4394


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EC Humanitarian Office Seeks Help
with Caribbean Disaster Preparedness Plan

Dear partner,
European Community Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) is in the process of preparing the third Dipecho Action Plan for disaster preparedness in the Caribbean. Could you kindly inform us of disaster preparedness projects that you are funding or plan to fund, or that you are aware of in the Caribbean Region. It would be appreciated if you could inform the other organisations represented in your country or sub-region, who are also involved in disaster preparedness activities, to forward to this office their ongoing disaster preparedness activities and plans for possible co-ordination and cooperation.

We thank you in advance for your time.
Best regards,
Daniel Urena Cot
Technical and Administrative Assistant
ECHO Regional Office
Frantz Felix Miranda #22, Ensanche Naco
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Tel: (809) 472-1615
Fax: (809) 472-3767
E-mail: dipecho@codetel.net.do
WWW: http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/echo/en/index_en.html


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ISDR Seeking Examples of Volunteers in Disaster Reduction

The United Nations Secretariat for the ISDR is currently organizing activities and preparing materials for the 2001 World Disaster Reduction Campaign on "Countering Disasters: Targeting Vulnerability" (see DR #340). Sub-themes will include: "The Role of Science and Technology in Disaster Reduction," "Building Disaster Resistant Infrastructure," and "Mobilizing Local Communities in Reducing Disasters." The secretariat welcomes suggestions for possible materials to incorporate into the campaign.

The secretariat is also preparing an exhibit for the Geneva-based U.N. Open Doors Day (October 2001), which will focus on the work of volunteers. Thus the secretariat is seeking examples of volunteer work in disaster reduction around the world. The exhibit will not only be used for the Geneva-based U.N. Open Doors Day but will also become a traveling exhibit to be used worldwide. Please send descriptions of volunteer work in disaster reduction by individuals or organizations to Nicole Appel, Promotion and Awareness Officer, ISDR Secretariat, United Nations, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland; tel: (41-22) 917-9706; fax: (41-22) 917-9098; e-mail: appeln@un.org.


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New Internet Resources

[Below are some new or updated Internet resources we've discovered. For an extended list of Internet sites dealing with hazards, see http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/sites/sites.html]

http://www.redcross.org.uk
(Click on "Our Work," then on "International Activities", then on "NGO Disaster Mitigation and Preparedness Project")
For the past two years, a team funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) and managed by the British Red Cross has been researching the work of NGOs in natural disaster mitigation and preparedness. The project's findings are now available on-line from this web site. They comprise:

  1. An overview paper that summarizes the research findings.
  2. A series of short case studies for project planners, illustrating the range and nature of NGO work in this area and highlighting key issues. When it is complete, the series will contain between 15 and 20 case studies.
  3. A research study of the mitigation/preparedness work of international relief and development NGOs based in the U.K. and the factors affecting this work.
  4. Similar research studies of NGOs in Bangladesh, Nicaragua, the Philippines, and Zimbabwe.
These documents can all be downloaded from the project's web page: http://www.redcross.org.uk; click on "Our Work," then on "International Activities," and finally on "NGO Disaster Mitigation and Preparedness Project" (for the research reports and overview paper) or "NGO Initiatives in Risk Reduction" (for the short case studies). Questions and comments can be directed to the project's e-mail address, dmp@redcross.org.uk, or the research team leader, John Twigg, j.twigg@ucl.ac.uk.

http://www.wa.gov/wsem
The Washington State Emergency Management Division web site offers an extensive section on the recent Washington (Nisqually) earthquake. It includes official government (federal, state, and local) announcements, details about damage, and abundant information for residents about recovery and recovery resources.

http://www.eeri.org
The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) has posted preliminary reports and photos from the EERI reconnaissance team that examined the Bhuj earthquake that devastated the state of Gujarat, India, on January 26. The site also offers observations and information about the recent Washington State earthquake and the two El Salvador earthquakes earlier this year.

http://geoinfo.usc.edu/gees/
Similarly, the Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Server - a project/service supported by the National Science Foundation - has published the "Preliminary Report of the India-US Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Reconnaissance Team" that examined the Bhuj, India, quake. The team was sponsored by NSF in collaboration with EERI (see above) and the Mid America Earthquake Center.

http://www.nicee.org/NICEE/Gujarat/iaeemanual.htm
http://64.177.169.147/NICEE/Gujarat/iaeemanual.htm
In response to the catastrophic Indian earthquake, the National Information Center for Earthquake Engineering (NICEE) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, India, has made the International Association for Earthquake Engineering (IAEE) manual "Guidelines for Earthquake Resistant Non-Engineered Construction" available via the NICEE web site. Non-engineered buildings are defined as those that are spontaneously and informally constructed using traditional techniques without the aid of an architect or engineer but that may follow a set of recommendations derived from observed behavior of such buildings in past earthquakes and trained engineering judgment. Questions or comments about these guidelines can be directed to NICEE via e-mail: nicee@iitk.ac.in.

http://www.cepal.org.mx
At the request of the Government of the Republic of El Salvador, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has carried out a study of the socioeconomic impact of the January 13 earthquake that struck El Salvador. According to the study, the total losses were approximately $1,255.4 million (US). The full text of the study and a description of study methodology are available in Spanish, with an executive summary in English, from the ECLAC web page at the URL above. After a second earthquake struck El Salvador on February 13, a new evaluation mission was organized, and the results of the second evaluation will be available soon. For further information, contact Ricardo Zapata, ECLAC, e-mail: rzapata@un.org.mx.

http://www.fema.gov/emi/edu
The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Higher Education Project is a major agency effort to promote emergency management training in colleges and universities across the U.S. The project's web site offers details about this program as well as much information about and extensive indexes of available training. For example, the project maintains a list of all colleges offering (or even considering) emergency management/disaster courses, indexed in various ways. In addition to the current listings (by degree offered) it is adding:

The program now also offers on-line a compilation of college syllabi from hazards and emergency management courses.

http://www.pep.bc.ca
(Click on "Tools for Change: Emergency Management for Women's Services)
or go directly to:
http://www.pep.bc.ca/management/Women_in_Disaster_Workbook.pdf
The British Columbia Provincial Emergency Program (PEP) web site (see DR #338) has made this entire workbook on disaster preparedness and response among women's services available on-line. "It Can Happen to Your Agency - Tools for Change: Emergency Management for Women's Services," prepared by the B.C. Association of Specialized Victim Assistance and Counselling Programs, focuses on how women's service agencies can prepare to meet the problems and increased demands for services that will accompany any disaster.

http://aic.stanford.edu/disaster/
The American Institute for Conservation (AIC) Web site offers an entire section on disaster recovery. It includes tips for the care of water-damaged objects of all kinds - from family heirlooms to books, textiles, and photographs - as well as links to other resources and information on the protection and conservation of valuable and/or historic artifacts.

http://www.crid.or.cr/crid/Indexen.htm
The second edition of the regional disaster preparedness and management newsletter/magazine, "ISDR Informs-Latin America and the Caribbean," is now available on the Regional Disaster Information Center (CRID) web site above.


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And Four Sites Dealing with Climate Prediction
and Human Aspects of Climate Change

http://iri.ldeo.columbia.edu
Web site of the International Research Institute for Climate Prediction ("Linking Science to Society"), Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
http://www.iges.org
Web site of the Institute of Global Environment and Society, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies.
http://ecpc.ucsd.edu
Web site of the Experimental Climate Prediction Center, Climate Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov
National Water and Climate Center, Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
We discovered these sites in a recent issue of "Weatherzine" ( http://www.esig.ucar.edu/socasp/zine/index.html) - a newsletter available on-line from the Environmental and Societal Impacts Group at the National Center for Atmospheric Research - http://www.esig.ucar.edu and http://www.esig.ucar.edu/socasp (one of our favorite sites on this topic).

Besides an abundance of data and information on the societal aspects of climate and weather and "Weatherzine," the ESIG site offers other periodicals including ESIG's "Network Newsletter" for people involved in climate impact assessment, and "ENSO Signal" - for persons interested in the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle and its impacts on society (for either newsletter, see: http://www.esig.ucar.edu/pubs.html).


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Call for Letters of Intent or Pre-Proposals
for Regional or National Assessment Projects
on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations

[The following summarizes a lengthy announcement from the START (Global Change SysTem for Analysis, Research, and Training) Program]

START is inviting pre-proposals from qualified persons from developing countries in Africa, Asia, Central/South America, and Small Island States for potential research projects on "Assessments of Impacts of and Adaptations to Climate Change in Multiple Regions and Sectors." Projects will typically range from $20,000-$75,000 per year and extend up to three years. The overall GEF Project Document that describes this effort can be accessed via Internet: http://www.start.org (under the heading "Cross-Cutting Projects").

The research projects to be funded will be targeted research proposals focusing on regional/national climate scenarios and assessing vulnerability to climate change in key socioeconomic and environmental sectors, including: water resources, food, human health, coastal areas, and infrastructure. In addition, research will address a number of cross-cutting factors that are important for assessing vulnerability, including: changes in baseline socioeconomic conditions; adaptive capacity; assessment of effectiveness, feasibility, and costs of proactive adaptation.

The project executing agencies are now accepting expressions of interest/ pre-proposals from prospective investigators. Pre-proposals will be evaluated by an expert committee against criteria that include both required and desired elements (see the project Web site for details).

Expressions of interest/pre-proposals should be submitted to: AIACC, c/o International START Secretariat, 2000 Florida Avenue, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20009, USA; fax: (202) 457-5859; e-mail: aiacc@agu.org.

The deadline for submission is April 15, 2001. Full proposals will be due July 2001.

Interested persons and organizations should obtain complete details from Amy Freise, Program Coordinator, International START Secretariat, e-mail: afreise@agu.org; (202) 462-2213, fax: (202) 457-5859; WWW: http://www.start.org.


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HRRC Offers Certificate in Environmental Hazard Management

The Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, offers a certificate in Environmental Hazard Management (EHM) for graduate students in the Departments of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Construction Science, and Architecture. Graduate students in other departments (for example, Geography, Chemical Engineering, Public Health) can receive the certificate when approved by the EHM Certificate Council. The EHM program is cross-disciplinary and was designed to provide students with an understanding of the relationship between the built environment and extreme events in the natural environment.

For more information about this program, contact Michael K. Lindell, Director, Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3137; (979) 862-3970; fax: (979) 845-5121; email: mlindell@archone.tamu.edu.


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EERI Announces 2001-2002 Graduate Fellowship
in Earthquake Hazard Reduction

The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) is pleased to announce its graduate fellowship for the 2001-2002 academic year, which will support one full-time student in a discipline contributing to the science and practice of earthquake hazard mitigation. The fellowship, underwritten by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, promotes participation of capable individuals in working toward goals and activities of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program. It provides a nine-month stipend of $12,000 with an additional $8,000 for tuition, fees, and research expenses. Applicants must be enrolled in a graduate degree program at an accredited U.S. college or university and must hold U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status.

Applications should be submitted by a faculty sponsor at the host institution, together with a letter of nomination. All applications must include an academic transcript and a statement of the applicant's educational and career goals. Two additional letters of reference, evaluating the applicant's recent academic performance and potential to contribute to the field, should be submitted directly to EERI.

Candidates can obtain application forms from their college or university departments, from EERI's web site (http://www.eeri.org), or upon request from EERI, 499 14th Street, Suite 320, Oakland, CA 94612-1934; (510) 451-0905; fax: (510) 451-5411; e-mail: eeri@eeri.org. The application deadline is May 14, 2001.


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MCEER Offers Webcasts of Earthquake Engineering Seminars

Earlier this year the State University of New York at Buffalo (home of the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research - MCEER) "webcast" seminars featuring Tom D. O'Rourke of Cornell University who spoke on "Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Water Supply Lifelines," and William J. Petak of the University of Southern California, who discussed "Mitigation: A Framework for Analysis." These seminars were simultaneously broadcast live and on the web at http://civil.eng.buffalo.edu/webcast/. These and other archived presentations are available at this site, as is information about upcoming webcasts. Suggestions for future presentations and speakers are welcomed and should be directed to Andrea Dargush at MCEER, e-mail: dargush@acsu.buffalo.edu.


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Conferences and Training

[Below are some recent announcements received by the Natural Hazards Center. A comprehensive list of upcoming hazards-related meetings and training is available from our World Wide web site: http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/conf.html]

Technical Briefings for the Bhuj, India, Earthquake of January 26, 2001, and the Nisqually, Washington, Earthquake of February 28, 2001. Hosted by: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI).

A briefing flyer is available from
http://www.eeri.org/Timely/briefings.html.
Bhuj information is available from
http://www.eeri.org/Reconn/bhuj_India/gujarat_india0101.html.
Nisqually information is available from
http://www.eeri.org/Reconn/Nisqually_Wa_2001/Nisqually.html.
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.

Southern Region FIREWISE Workshop. Sponsors: Florida Division of Forestry and others. Jacksonville, Florida: April 4-5, 2001. See: http://www.tallytown.com/redcross (click on the Southern Region FIREWISE Workshop icon in the blue left-hand boarder).

Emerging Disaster Mitigation Solutions in the 21st Century: The First Annual Northeast Asia Disaster Mitigation Forum. Sponsors: Korean Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, World Bank, and others. Seoul, Korea: April 12-13, 2001. Contact: Northeast Asia Disaster Mitigation Forum, 1188 Bishop Street, Suite 2006, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA; tel: (808) 536-1539; fax: (808) 536-1931; e-mail: kjhawaii@pixi.com

Sixth Annual Emergencies 2001 Conference. Offered by IBC Conferences. Sydney, Australia: May 2-4, 2001. Contact: IBC Conferences, GPO Box 2728, Sydney, NSW 2001, Australia; tel: (02) 8235 5359; fax: (02) 9290 3844; e-mail: registration@informa.com.au; WWW: http://www.ibcoz.com.au/emergencies.

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Short Course: Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering. Atlanta, Georgia: May 3-4, 2001. Contact: ASCE Continuing Education, P.O. Box 79536, Baltimore, MD 21279-0536; 1-800-548-2723; fax: (703) 295-6144; e-mail: conted@acse.org; WWW: http://www.asce.org.
NOTE: ASCE offers numerous short courses throughout the year and across the country on various engineering aspects of hazard management. Contact ASCE at the address above for a complete list of upcoming events.

AEG Short Course: Understanding and Applying Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California: May 18, 2001. See: http://www.scec.org/instanet/01news/news010313c.html.

Eighth Mallet-Milne Lecture: "Learn to Live with Earthquakes: Know Your Faults." Cambridge, U.K.: May 23, 2001. Contact: Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics, Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3AA, U.K.; tel: 020-7222-7722; fax: 020-7222-7500; -or- Liz Marwood, Secretary; tel: 020-7665-2238; fax: 020-7799-1325; e-mail: liz.marwood@ice.org.uk; WWW: http://www.seced.org.uk.

Americas Conference on Wind Engineering. Sponsors: American Association for Wind Engineering and others. Clemson, South Carolina: June 3-6, 2001. Contact: Scott D. Schiff, Department of Civil Engineering, Lowry Hall - Box 340911, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0911; (864) 656-0456; fax: (864) 656-2670; e-mail: scott.schiff@ces.clemson.edu; WWW: http://www.ce.clemson.edu/acwe.

International Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance (IDHA 8). Offered by: Center for International Health and Cooperation (CIHC).

Future programs:

See: http://www.idha.ch. Applications should be submitted to Michel Veuthey, Academic Director, CIHC, e-mail: michel.veuthey@ties.itu.int.

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) and Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Third Summer Institute on Interdisciplinary Science in the Americas. In cooperation with UNESCO's Regional Office of Science and Technology for Latin America and the Caribbean. Miami, Florida: July 15-August 3, 2001. Applications due April 6, 2001. See: http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/IAIUM, or contact: Dr. Guillermo Podesta, Summer Institute Coordinator; e-mail: gpodesta@rsmas.miami.edu.

First Annual Meeting on Integrated Disaster Risk Management: Reducing Socio-Economic Vulnerability. Sponsor: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and Kyoto University's Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI). Laxenburg, Austria: August 1-4, 2001. One-page abstracts, due April 15, 2001, should be e-mailed to idrm@iiasa.ac.at. Additional information and registration: http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/RMP/dpri2001/; or contact: Helene Pankl, Conference Secretariat, IIASA, A-2361, Laxenburg, Austria; tel: 43-2236-807-456; fax: 43-2236-807-466; e-mail: pankl@iiasa.ac.at; -or- Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer, IIASA, A-2361, Laxenburg, Austria; tel: 43-2236-807-308; fax: 43-2236-807-466; e-mail: idrm@iiasa.ac.at.

Workshop on Vulnerability Assessment Techniques (VAT) II. Host: Organization of American States (OAS) and the NOAA Coastal Services Center. Charleston, South Carolina: August 13-15, 2001. Contact: Lacy Johnson, NOAA Coastal Services Center, 2234 South Hobson Avenue, Charleston, SC 29405-2413; (843) 740-1213; fax: (843) 740-1313; e-mail: lacy.johnson@noaa.gov.

"E-Health" - The Use of Information Technology and Telematics in Emergency Management and Education. Sponsored by: Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Kuopio, Finland, and others. Kuopio, Finland: August 23-25, 2001. A call for abstracts has been issued. Contact: Conference Secretariat, University of Kuopio, Department of Health Policy and Management, P.O Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland; tel: +358 17 163 631; fax: +358 17 162 999; e-mail: aapo.immonen@uku.fi.

Fire-Rescue International. Host: International Association of Fire Chiefs. New Orleans, Louisiana: August 24-27, 2001. Contact: International Association of Fire Chiefs, 1995-2001, 4025 Fair Ridge Drive, Suite 300, Fairfax, VA 22033-2868; (703) 273-0911; fax: (703) 273-9363; WWW: http://www.ichiefs.org.

Managing Conflict during Humanitarian Operations: Improving Negotiation and Cross-Cultural Skills - A Professional Development Seminar for NGO Workers in Humanitarian Field Operations. Offered by: U.S. Institute of Peace. Washington, D.C. Area: September 10-13, 2001. Applications due July 15. Contact: Barbara Wien, Program Officer, Training Department, U.S. Institute of Peace, 1200 17th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036; (202) 429-3823; e-mail: bwien@usip.org.

Joint Fall Conference of the Oklahoman Floodplain Management Association (OFMA) and the Oklahoma Emergency Managers Association. Tulsa, Oklahoma: September 23-27, 2001. Contact: OFMA, Box 8101, Tulsa, OK 74101-8101; WWW: http://www.okflood.org.

Fourth Annual Medical and Health Disaster Management Conferences: "Bioterrorism: Your Toolbox for Action!" Sponsors: California Department of Health Services, California Emergency Medical Services Authority, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, and others.

Contact: Cheryl Starling, California Emergency Medical Services Authority, 1930 9th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814; (916) 322-4336, ext. 463; fax: (916) 323-4898; e-mail: cheryl.starling@emsa.ca.gov; WWW: http://www.emsa.ca.gov.

International Erosion Control Association 33rd Annual Conference and Exposition. Orlando, Florida: February 25-March 1, 2002. Abstracts due April 20, 2001. Contact: International Erosion Control Association, P.O. Box 774904, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477-4904; (970) 879-3010; fax: (970) 879-8563; e-mail: ecinfo@ieca.org; WWW: http://www.ieca.org.

Seventh U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Host: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI). Boston, Massachusetts: July 21-25, 2002. A call for papers has been issued; abstracts are due May 1, 2001. Contact: EERI, 499 14th Street, Suite 320, Oakland, CA 94612-1934; (510) 451-0905; fax: (510) 451-5411; e-mail: 7ncee@eeri.org; WWW: http://www.eeri.org/Meetings/7ncee.html


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