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Sun, 2012-01-22 04:47 — mdmcdonald
The Emergency Management Collaboratory is focused on improving emergency management in San Francisco.

The mission of the Emergency Management Collaboratory is to improve emergency management in San Francisco.

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Social Network for Emergencies to Launch in San Francisco

Tue, 2013-06-18 13:46 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Samuel Bendett

emergencymgmt.com - by Lauren Katims - May 7, 2013

Disasters are scary — there’s no question about it. But as much as they cause fear, they also bring people together, connecting communities in ways that few other incidents can. Focusing on those connections, rather than the catastrophe, is the theory behind the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management’s (SFDEM) new project SF72.org, created to enhance the city’s disaster preparedness.

Making Communities More Resilient to Climate-Induced Weather Disasters

Tue, 2013-02-26 23:44 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Samuel Bendett

homelandsecuritynewswire.com - February 18, 2013

Mounting scientific evidence indicates climate change will lead to more frequent and intense extreme weather that affects larger areas and lasts longer. We can reduce the risk of weather-related disasters, however, with a variety of measures. Experts say that a good strategy should include a variety of actions such as communicating risk and transferring it through vehicles such as insurance, taking a multi-hazard management approach, linking local and global management, and taking an iterative approach as opposed to starting with a master plan.

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This Drone Aircraft Could Save Lives

Mon, 2012-09-10 23:22 — Maeryn Obley

Submitted by Samuel Bendett

Gizmodo.com - September 7th, 2012 - Brent Rose

We generally hear about drone aircraft killing people in war zones. But there's a reverse side to that narrative—an autonomous copter can drop medicine and supplies to people stranded after a natural disaster even when roads have been demolished. A humanitarian group called Ideate recently tested drones' viability as a real-world delivery vehicle in one of the harshest, most brutal environments imaginable—Burning Man.

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Researchers Use GPS Data to Speed Up Tsunami Warnings

Sun, 2012-05-06 23:41 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

In this Jan. 2, 2005 file photo, a wide area of destruction is shown from an aerial view taken over Meulaboh, 250 kilometers (156 Miles) west of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Researchers in the United States are hoping to use GPS data to speed up current warnings. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

U.S. seismologists currently testing new warning system

by Andrew Pinsent - CBC News - May 5, 2012

Scientists in the United States have been testing an advanced tsunami warning system using GPS data, combined with traditional seismology networks, to attempt to detect the magnitude of an earthquake faster so warnings of potential tsunamis can get out to potentially affected areas sooner.

The prototype is called California Integrated Seismic Network (CISN), and is a collaboration between the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, whose focus is on environmental conservation.

San Francisco Earthquake Planners Developing Pet-Disaster Response

Fri, 2012-04-20 23:08 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Disaster planners are including pets in their disaster plans. // Source: emergencymgmt.com

submitted by Samuel Bendett

Homeland Security News Wire - April 20, 2012

San Francisco is preparing for the Big One in more ways than one: the latest addition to the city’s disaster preparedness plans is a legion of pet disaster responders, trained by city officials to rescue pet dogs, cats, rodents, birds, and reptiles in the event of a disaster, and transport them to one of 125 temporary shelters

San Franciscans have for years been planning for the Big One, and for smaller quakes as well, with enhanced building codes which require many new hospitals, schools, and municipal buildings to include base isolators in their construction. Base isolators act as shock absorbers that minimize the effect of ground shifting on the building. Now, the New York Times reports that the city’s disaster plans have expanded to include household pets.

Video - Earthquake Simulator Tests Put Calif. Buildings to the Test

Thu, 2012-04-19 18:08 — Kathy Gilbeaux

California Quake Test Shows Promise of New Building Code

Thu, 2012-04-19 18:02 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Samuel Bendett

Homeland Security News Wire - April 19, 2012

Researchers place a model hospital on a shake table to assess the structure’s ability to withstand earthquake; in accordance with California latest building code, base isolators, which are rubber bearings intended to absorb the shock of the motion, were installed underneath the structure; the hospital passed the 6.7-magnitude and 8.8-magnitude tests with flying colors.

Last Tuesday, engineers from the University of California, San Diego conducted an ambitious and successful earthquake simulation, with what some called “boring” results.

Engineered had constructed a 5-story building, complete with a hospital operating room, an elevator, a kitchen filled with glassware. They also added a heavy air-conditioning unit to the roof. The building, built to California’s top earthquake codes, was then placed on top of a shake table, a device for shaking structural models or building components with a wide range of simulated ground motions, including reproductions of recorded earthquake time-histories.

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California Struggling to Prepare Quake Early Warning System

Sat, 2012-03-24 15:55 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Samuel Bendett

      

Workers fix subway lines that were damaged after an earthquake was felt in Mexico City on Tuesday, March 20. (Associated Press / March 19, 2012)

By Hector Becerra and Sam Allen, Times Staff Writers - latimes.com - March 22, 2012

The state spends a fraction of what countries like Mexico and Japan spend on their systems. One reason for the lack of interest, experts say, is that California has not experienced a catastrophic quake in more than a century.

New FEMA-AmeriCorps Partnership Strengthens Response, Recovery Efforts Following Disasters

Tue, 2012-03-13 14:13 — Kathy Gilbeaux

March 13, 2012

WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) today announced an innovative new partnership designed to continue to strengthen the nation's ability to respond to and recover from disasters while expanding career opportunities for young people.

FEMA Corps is a historic collaboration which will create a new unit of AmeriCorps' National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) whose members will be devoted solely to FEMA disaster response, and recovery efforts. The five-year agreement provides for a full service corps of 1,600 members annually who will be an additional workforce in support of FEMA's current disaster reserve workforce.

“The initiative we're launching today underscores our commitment to shared responsibility and strong partnerships to help communities across the United States more effectively prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters of all kinds,” said Secretary Napolitano. “This new partnership will help us respond to disasters in a way that is cost-effective, and that draws on the strengths of our communities and our people.”

FEMA and AmeriCorps to Announce New Partnership to Strengthen Disaster Response, Recovery

Tue, 2012-03-13 09:26 — Kathy Gilbeaux

                                       

FEMA and AmeriCorps to Announce New Partnership to Strengthen Disaster Response, Recovery

Join the announcement by webstream: 11:00am EDT on Tuesday

On Tuesday, March 13, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate, Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) Acting CEO Robert Velasco, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Deputy Administrator Rich Serino, and Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council Cecilia Muñoz, joined by Tuscaloosa, AL Mayor Walter Maddox, will announce an innovative new partnership between FEMA and CNCS designed to strengthen the nation’s ability to respond and recover from disasters.

We welcome you to join the launch of this effort.  You are invited to view the official announcement of this partnership at FEMA Headquarters via webstream, at 11:00am EDT at the following link:

http://www.fema.gov/LiveVideo.

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