Jonatan Lassa
Sat, 28 May 2005 08:42:50 -0700
DISASTER RESEARCH 429
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1) Law Includes Strengthening of U.S. Tsunami Warning
Capabilities
2) FEMA Debuts Public Affairs News Desk Web Page
3) NOAA Seeks Members for Science Advisory Board
4) Call for Papers: "Natural Hazards Review"
5) New Quick Response Report from the Natural Hazards
Center
6) Reader Request: Wildfire Communication Processes
7) Common Alerting Protocol Version 1.1 Public Comment
Open
8) Twelve Days Of Hurricane Season Preparedness
9) Some New Web Resources
10) Conferences and Training
11) Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
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1)----------
Law Includes Strengthening of U.S. Tsunami Warning
Capabilities
On Wednesday, May 11, 2005, the president signed into
law the
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense,
the Global War
on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (Public Law
109-13), which
includes $17.24 million for the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) to support the expansion and
enhancement of NOAA
tsunami warning capabilities and $8.1 million for the
U.S. Geological
Survey to accelerate improvements of its seismic
monitoring
capabilities and information delivery systems.
Additionally, the new
law provides $656 million for tsunami recovery and
rehabilitation
efforts in the Indian Ocean. The complete text of
Public Law 109-13 is
available in any federal repository library and on the
Library of
Congress Web site at http://thomas.loc.gov/.
2)----------
FEMA Debuts Public Affairs News Desk Web Page
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has
launched a new Web
page for its Public Affairs News Desk. "In the News"
features facts on
emerging issues, official statements, background
material, and
downloadable high-resolution photos. The Web page
provides the latest
information on what FEMA is doing in the areas of
mitigation,
preparedness, response, and recovery. Visit "In the
News" at
http://www.fema.gov/media/. For more information,
contact
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
3)----------
NOAA Seeks Members for Science Advisory Board
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) is
soliciting nominations for members of the NOAA Science
Advisory Board
(SAB). The SAB is the only federal advisory committee
with the
responsibility to advise the under secretary of
Commerce for Oceans
and Atmosphere and the NOAA administrator on long- and
short-range
strategies for research, education, and application of
science to
resource management and environmental assessment and
prediction. The
SAB consists of 15 members reflecting the full breadth
of NOAA's areas
of responsibility and assists NOAA in maintaining a
complete and
accurate understanding of scientific issues critical
to the agency's
missions. As a federal advisory committee, the SAB's
membership is
required to be balanced in terms of viewpoints
represented and the
functions to be performed as well as including the
interests of
geographic regions of the country and the diverse
sectors of our
society (business and industry, science, academia, and
the public at
large).
The SAB meets at least twice each year, exclusive of
subcommittee,
task force, and working group meetings. Panel members
must be willing
to participate in periodic reviews of the conduct,
support, and use of
science in NOAA laboratories and programs. Panel
members are appointed
for a three-year term. Nominees, if accepted, will be
appointed as
special government employees and will be required to
complete
confidential financial disclosure forms.
Nominations must be received electronically by June 8,
2005, and
should be submitted electronically to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nominations should include (1) the nominee's full
name, title,
institutional affiliation, and contact information;
(2) the nominee's
area(s) of expertise; and (3) a short description of
the nominee's
qualifications relative to the kinds of advice being
solicited.
Inclusion of a resume is desirable. For more
information, contact Dr.
Michael Uhart at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or (301)
713-9121 x159.
4)----------
Call for Papers: "Natural Hazards Review"
The "Natural Hazards Review" provides innovative and
practical
solutions to the problems and challenges faced by all
sectors of the
hazards community, including government, academia, the
private sector,
and nongovernmental organizations. The journal
publishes original,
peer-reviewed papers on every aspect of loss
reduction. Articles
containing detailed case studies are complemented by
ones reporting
original research findings to describe both practical
projects and the
latest cutting-edge knowledge on significant hazards
issues.
This is the first cross-disciplinary journal to bring
together
engineering, the regulatory and policy environments,
and the social,
behavioral, and physical sciences to natural hazards
loss and cost
reduction. Extending well beyond the boundaries of one
traditional
discipline, it serves as a forum for holistic
approaches to natural
hazards mitigation.
The "Natural Hazards Review" is a publication of the
American Society
of Civil Engineers and the Natural Hazards Research
and Applications
Information Center at the University of Colorado at
Boulder.
The editors are currently seeking submissions. Send
manuscript
submissions, editorial inquiries, comments, or
suggestions to the
American Society of Civil Engineers, Journals
Production Department,
1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA 20191. For more
information,
visit http://scitation.aip.org/nho/.
5)----------
New Quick Response Report from the Natural Hazards
Center
The following Quick Response report has been posted on
the Natural
Hazards Center's Web site at
http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/qr/qrrepts.html.
QR177 "Snowbirds and Senior Living Developments: An
Analysis of
Vulnerability Associated with Hurricane Charley," by
Burrell E. Montz
and Graham A. Tobin. 2005.
These researches studied senior living developments in
Florida
affected by Hurricane Charley to see how "snowbird"
(seasonal
resident) populations and manufactured housing
affected vulnerability
and recovery. Preliminary results indicate that
permanency of
residence, age of the population, and structural
characteristics do
have an effect on resilience and recovery and that
these socioeconomic
factors are as important as geophysical factors when
assessing
vulnerability.
6)----------
Reader Request: Wildfire Communication Processes
Michele Burns from the U.S. Geological Survey's Fort
Collins Science
Center submitted the following request:
We are preparing an article for publication about the
communication
processes before, during, and immediately following a
wildfire. We
discuss the importance of phone banks and would like
to add
information on how many phone lines are needed for a
given community
size. Our specific question is, how many phone lines
are needed during
an emergency for a given population? For instance, if
the community is
10,000 people, how many lines would be needed for a
phone bank to run
efficiently?
To respond to Michele, contact her at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or (970)
226-9441.
7)----------
Common Alerting Protocol Version 1.1 Public Comment
Open
The OASIS Emergency Management Technical Committee
(TC) has posted a
public review draft specification for Common Alerting
Protocol (CAP)
version 1.1. This draft will be open for public
comment between May,
16, 2005 and July 15, 2005. The draft specification is
available at
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/12649/CAPv1-1.pdf.
The CAP 1.0 OASIS Standard was approved in April 2004
to provide a
standard message format for emergency alert and
notifications to be
packaged and sent in an XML format. The TC is now
announcing the first
revision to the CAP. Several changes have been made as
a result of
real-world implementation by participating groups.
Public review from potential users, developers, and
stakeholders is an
important part of the OASIS process to assure
interoperability and
quality. Comments are solicited from all interested
parties. Comments
may be submitted to the TC via a Web form at
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/emergency/. Click
the "Send A
Comment" button at the top of the page. Submitted
comments will be
publicly archived for viewing at
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/emergency-comment/.
8)----------
Twelve Days Of Hurricane Season Preparedness
Florida's American Red Cross chapters have launched a
hurricane
preparedness campaign focused on preparing Floridians
for the 2005
hurricane season. Entitled the "Twelve Days of
Hurricane Season," the
campaign recommends the purchase of a different
disaster preparedness
or mitigation item each day over the first twelve days
of hurricane
season, June 1 through June 12. During this same time
period,
Florida's Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Exemption
will allow
individuals and families to purchase many of these
supplies without
paying sales tax. For more information, visit
http://www.FloridaPreparesNow.org/.
9)----------
Some New Web Resources
[Below are some new or updated Internet resources we
have discovered.
For an extensive list of useful Internet sites dealing
with hazards,
see http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/resources/.]
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/library/pfd.pdf
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/library/children.pdf
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/library/f&web.pdf
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/library/pfd_all.pdf
Four preparedness booklets supplement the Federal
Emergency Management
Agency's recently rereleased "Are You Ready." They are
"Preparing for
Disaster," "Helping Children Cope with Disaster,"
"Food and Water in
an Emergency," and "Preparing for Disaster for People
with
Disabilities and Other Special Needs." These guides
and more can be
found at
http://www.fema.gov/preparedness/prepare_guides_links.shtm.
http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/step/
The U.S. Geological Survey has launched this public
Web page that
shows the probability of earthquake shaking in the
next 24 hours in
California. These maps graphically illustrate the
change in earthquake
probability during aftershock and possible foreshock
sequences. They
are not intended to be used to predict an upcoming
earthquake;
however, based on previous earthquake sequences, an
increase in
probability will be seen before about half of
California's larger
earthquakes. The maps are updated at least once an
hour.
http://www.asce.org/files/pdf/Tsunami.pdf
This article from the American Society of Civil
Engineers' journal
"Civil Engineering" examines the possibility of a
tsunami, such as the
one that struck in the Indian Ocean in December, could
happen in the
United States, off the coast of Southern California in
particular.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32837.pdf
The report "Science and Technology Policy: Issues for
the 109th
Congress" was recently released by the Congressional
Research Service.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/RL32920.pdf
The report "Federal Counter-Terrorism Training: Issues
for
Congressional Oversight" was recently released by the
Congressional
Research Service.
http://nhss.cr.usgs.gov/
The U.S. Geological Survey's new Natural Hazards
Support System is a
Web-based tool that helps monitor, respond to, and
analyze natural
hazards events across the country and around the
world. The Web site
contains dynamic, near real-time natural hazards
information from a
wide range of sources.
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/jobmarket.asp
The April 2005 report "Emergency Management and
Related Labor Market
Data and Statistics, 2005," conducted for the Federal
Emergency
Management Agency's Emergency Management Higher
Education Project, is
available here. The report was in response to requests
from collegiate
academics and administrators interested in developing
emergency
management type programs on their campuses.
http://www.redcross.org/financialplanning/
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
(AICPA), the
AICPA Foundation, the National Endowment for Financial
Education, and
the American Red Cross have launched this new,
broad-based disaster
preparedness and planning guide to help consumers take
steps to
minimize financial loss before a disaster strikes.
http://www.pdc.org/perspectives/2004_hurricanes.pdf
The Pacific Disaster Center has released this report,
"2004 - Year of
the Storms or Typical Storm Year? A Warning Worth
Heeding," as part of
its Perspectives publications series.
http://www.pdc.org/atlas/html/atlas-init.jsp
The Pacific Disaster Center has redesigned and
enhanced its Web-based
hazards atlas to support disaster management and
humanitarian
assistance communities in the Asia-Pacific region and
Hawaii. The
updated atlas provides a geospatial framework through
which a wealth
of hazards-related information can be viewed,
including real-time and
historical tropical cyclone tracks, earthquake
locations, wildfires,
and tsunami runup zones.
http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/nps-cvi/
In 2001, the U.S. Geological Survey, in partnership
with the National
Park Service's (NPS) Geologic Resources Division,
began conducting
hazard assessments and creating map products to assist
the NPS in
managing its vulnerable coastal resources. The most
recent report,
"Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Cape Hatteras
National Seashore
(CAHA) to Sea-Level Rise," is available here along
with details about
the project and assessments of other national park
units.
http://www.disaster-timeline.com/ttl.html
The latest version of the "Terrorism Time Line" chart,
which includes
events and outcomes from 1993 through 2004 is now
available online and
for purchase. It shows major focusing events and the
influences each
event had on major outcomes - reports and analyses;
federal statutes,
regulations and executive orders; federal response
plans; and major
federal organizational changes.
10)----------
Conferences and Training
[Below are some recent announcements received by the
Natural Hazards
Center. A comprehensive list of upcoming
hazards-related meetings is
available on our Web site at
http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/conf.html.]
5th International Workshop On Remote Sensing and GIS
Applications to
Forest Fire Management: Fire Effects Assessment.
Organizers: EARSeL
Special Interest Group on Forest Fires, Global
Observation of Forest
and Land Cover Dynamics Fire Implementation Team.
Zaragoza, Spain:
June 16-18, 2005. The structure of this workshop will
be based on five
invited lectures, three poster sessions, and two
roundtable discussion
sessions. The lectures will deal with global burned
scar mapping
projects, atmospheric effects of fire, environmental
dynamics after
fire, new sensors for fire detection, and modeling
efforts for fire
danger estimation. Poster sessions will cover fire
prevention, fire
detection, and fire effects assessment. The
roundtables will encourage
the participation of end-users (fire managers, fire
ecologists, and
global change scientists) in remote sensing
developments. For more
information, contact Madeleine Godefroy, EARSeL
Secretariat, 2 avenue
Rapp, 75340 Paris cedex 07, France; (33) 145567360;
e-mail:
[EMAIL PROTECTED];
http://www.unizar.es/WorkshopForestFires/.
Roundtable Workshop 14: The Indian Ocean Tsunami
Disaster:
Implications for U.S. and Global Disaster Reduction
and Preparedness.
Sponsor: Disasters Roundtable of the National
Academies. Washington,
DC: June 21, 2005. Countries around the world and
international bodies
are determined to learn from the Indian Ocean tsunami
and are
currently reexamining their own needs as well as those
of other
at-risk-societies. This Disasters Roundtable workshop
will consider
(1) early knowledge gained by researchers
investigating various
aspects of the disaster and its implications for
implementing
effective tsunami mitigation, detection, warning, and
emergency
response systems; (2) emerging U.S. initiatives and
how they are
expected to tie into regional and global efforts to
reduce the impacts
of such disasters; and (3) implications of the
disaster for
multihazard mitigation and preparedness at the
national and
international scale. For more information, contact the
Disasters
Roundtable, The National Academies, 500 5th Street NW,
Keck 610,
Washington, DC 20001; (202) 334-1964;
http://dels.nas.edu/dr/f14.shtml.
23rd Annual Meeting Doctors for Disaster Preparedness
(DDP): Science
and Preparedness vs. Pseudo-Scientific Alarmism; The
Battle for the
Decade. Las Vegas, Nevada: July 16-17, 2005. For more
information,
contact the DDP, 1601 North Tucson Boulevard, Tucson,
AZ 85716; (520)
325-2680; http://www.oism.org/ddp/.
Emergency Readiness Conference and Expo 2005.
Organizers: University
of Texas at Dallas School of Management, CyberSecurity
and Emergency
Preparedness Institute. Richardson, Texas: August
10-12, 2005. This
year's plenary sessions' themes will be
interoperability of
information systems and preparedness. Sessions tracks
and workshops
will focus on interoperability in emergency management
information
management systems, school officials preparedness, an
and all-hazards
approach to disaster medicine. For more information,
visit
http://som.utdallas.edu/erc2005/.
Oceans 2005 MTS/IEEE. Sponsors: Marine Technology
Society (MTS), IEEE
Oceanic Engineering Society. Washington, DC: September
19-23, 2005.
This annual technical and professional conference is a
forum for ocean
scientists, engineers, industry end users and
suppliers,
technologists, educators and researchers,
policymakers, and the public
around the world to present their latest research
results,
state-of the-art technologies, future concepts, and
innovative ideas
as they pertain to the future of our oceans. Plenary
themes are
homeland maritime security; global observation and
exploration;
emerging ocean science, technology, and engineering;
ocean education
and outreach; and proactive global cooperation and
engagement. For
more information, visit http://www.oceans2005.org/.
Tall Timbers 23rd Fire Ecology Conference: Fire in
Grassland and
Shrubland Ecosystems. Host: Tall Timbers Research
Station.
Bartelsville, Oklahoma: October 17-20, 2005. The
purpose of this
conference is to provide an international forum for
discussion of
research and research needs in the area of fire
ecology. It will
present the current state-of-the art research and
management efforts
and bring to light areas where new research and
management information
is needed in grassland, shrubland, and
grassland-woodland ecosystems.
Abstracts are due July 1, 2005. For more information,
contact Kaye
Gainey, Tall Timbers Research Station, 13093 Henry
Beadel Drive,
Tallahassee, FL 32312; (850) 893-4153; e-mail:
[EMAIL PROTECTED];
http://www.ttrs.org/23FEconference/.
World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR): Focus
on Corporate
Sector Role and Responsibility. Organizer: Global
Forum for Disaster
Reduction (GFDR). Mumbai, India: November 16-18, 2005.
The objective
of this conference is to connect government agencies,
relief
organizations, and the corporate world to better
mitigate the human
suffering caused by disasters. It is a follow up to
the WCDR
conference held in Kobe, Japan, in January, where the
need to involve
all stakeholders in the disaster mitigation process
was identified and
enforced. This conference aims to identify sectors'
strengths and
highlight the areas where they can make a difference.
Abstracts are
due June 30, 2005. For more information, contact the
GFDR Secretariat,
B-302, Twin Arcade, Military Road, Marol, Andheri
(East), Mumbai-400
059, India; + 91 22 28516690;
http://www.wcdr.gfdr.org/.
Cities on Volcanoes 4. Hosts: The Geophysical
Institute of the Escuela
Politecnica Nacional, Cities on Volcanoes Commission
of the
International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry
of the Earth's
Interior, Distrito Metropolitano de Quito, Institut de
Recherche pour
le Developpement of France. Quito, Ecuador: January
23-27, 2006. This
meeting provides a forum where volcanologists, urban
planners, civil
defenders, community authorities, and business and
health specialists
can meet to discuss ways to mitigate the effects of
volcanic eruptions
and minimize their impact upon humanity through better
science,
technology, communication, and education. Symposia
include new
computational techniques for mitigating volcanic
hazards, volcano
studies and monitoring, risk management, emergency
management, and
human health impacts of volcanism. Workshops, field
trips, and other
scientific activities will also be offered. Abstracts
are due August
1, 2005. For more information, e-mail
[EMAIL PROTECTED];
http://www.citiesonvolcanoes4.com/.
11)----------
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
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Marketing Coordinator (who's not afraid of phone
calls)
Disaster Recovery Journal, Brookline, Massachusetts
Reporting directly to the president, the successful
candidate will be
responsible for helping to identify and implement
partnerships,
customizing/designing brochures, and increasing
sales/awareness in the
disaster recovery/business continuity industry.
Essential duties and responsibilities:
* Identifying new opportunities for sales and
partnerships
(associations, trade shows, previously overlooked
industries)
* Customizing fliers, brochures, and sell sheets for
marketing efforts
(must be proficient in Photoshop, Quark, etc.)
* Contacting new prospects and building relationships
with partners
Qualifications:
* Bachelor's degree in business, marketing,
journalism, or
communications
* Minimum two years marketing and/or business
development experience,
preferably with high proficiency in
business-to-business marketing,
public relations, business development, and written
and verbal
communications
* Creative marketing skills (Photoshop, Quark, Web
site updates, etc.)
* Teamwork and creative problem solving skills
* Excellent project management and time management
skills
* Excellent written communications
* Strong organization and analytic skills
* Excel skills
* Start-up minded (wear many hats if needed)
* Disaster recovery experience of any kind is a plus
Salary: $35,000 plus incentive and bonus
Reply to Doug Tanger, Edwards Information, Edwards
Disaster Recovery
Directory, PO Box 1600, Brookline, MA 02446; (617)
264-2300, (800)
990-9936; fax: (617) 264-2323;
http://www.EdwardsInformation.com/.
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Hurricane Relief Caseworker
The Guatemalan Maya Center, Lake Worth, Florida
Position description: Must be bilingual in Spanish and
English;
perform case management in a caring and professional
manner; attend
county long-term recovery meetings; and network with
member agencies
to assist Palm Beach County victims in meeting unmet
needs from the
September 2004 hurricanes. Also, must have computer
skills to enter
all information in several databases on weekly basis.
To be eligible,
applicants must have been unemployed for 15 out of the
last 26 weeks.
How to apply for the position: Mail or fax resume with
a cover letter
specifying the position and applicable qualifications
to the
Guatemalan Maya Center, 110 North "F" Street, Lake
Worth, FL 33460;
fax: (561) 586-6446. No phone calls please.
Questions for the readership and contributions to this
e-newsletter
are encouraged. Questions and messages should be
indicated as such and
sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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