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Displaying 24 of about 24 resultsJoin us for a webinar on Buildings, Communities and Resilience on October 14th, 2020 at 10:00 AM EST. This webinar will explore resilience from both the community and component aspects, as well as help answer some questions about how codes and standards are helping to mitigate the risks associated with extreme weather events.
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America’s PrepareAthon! is a campaign encouraging people across the nation to practice preparedness actions before a disaster or emergency strikes.
This is an opportunity for individuals, organizations and communities to prepare for specific hazards through drills, group discussions and exercises.
The campaign focuses on two National Days of Action. T…
Each year the conference highlights best practices in emergency management, thereby offering conference attendees valuable insight into what works and does not work in mitigating, planning, responding and recovering from disasters and emergencies in Minnesota. This year, the "Best Practices" session focuses on the two major natural disasters affecting t…
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Bangladesh is most vulnerable to several natural disasters and every year natural calamities upset people's lives in some part of the country. The major disasters concerned here are the occurrences of flood, cyclone and storm, flash flood, drought, tornado, riverbank erosion etc. As it is true in many parts of the world, microfinance service…
This guide highlights key disability concerns to officials and experts responsible for emergency planning in their communities. It seeks to assist them in developing plans that will take into account the needs and insights of people with disabilities before, during, and after emergencies. It also is designed to help emergency managers, planners, and res…
In 1996, the Governor recognized the state’s vulnerability to future severe weather events and declared an annual statewide Severe Weather Awareness Week. Using this campaign as a focal point, the Mitigation and Public Affairs Team (composed of staff from FEMA Region VI and ADEM) created a public education campaign with the goal to protect the lives and…
Brookings will be launching its annual review of natural disasters for 2011 on Wednesday, March 28. The review draws out some of the particular characteristics of disaster response and recovery which developed countries experienced, such as widespread flooding in Australia, a terrible earthquake in Christchurch, the Japanese earthquake/tsunami/nuclear a…
NOAA’s National Weather Service released its final assessment report on the May 22 tornado that struck Joplin, Mo. The report identifies best practices and makes recommendations to help save more lives during future violent tornadoes. Most importantly, the assessment emphasizes that people must be prepared to take immediate action when a warning is issu…
Recently, more than 100 tornadoes hit the Midwest. This has prompted the News Star to investigate the reasons why there is no early warning system in place in the Sterlington and Ouachita Parish, even though officials have been exploring the possibility of installing a siren system. However, as the federal hazard mitigation grant is not available anymor…