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From the USFA Learning Resource Center comes this browsable and searchable collection of research papers from the past 25 years: “This resource page allows you to search and explore our collection of nearly 7000 EFOP papers dating from 1986 to … Continue reading
Tsunami Imagery
From the Baylor College of Medicine, this page (aimed at teachers of Biology) offers an in-depth look at what it takes to create the imagery from which emergency planners do after-action analysis, resource allocation and focus recovery work. “To determine … Continue reading
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
Another timely bit… A great collection of information from the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency about the Japanese nuclear reactors: The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is a specialised agency within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental organisation … Continue reading
Earthquakes: Risk, Detection, Warning, and Research CRS Report
Talk about timely… here’s a new report, issued by CRS in early February, on various government programs relating to earthquake understanding and preparation in the US. (Report is available thanks to OpenCRS.) Did you know that four US Government agencies … Continue reading
Craig Fugate at CSIS
(Many moons ago, I was an intern here. Great place to be introduced to the world of work.) FEMA Administrator Fugate at CSIS At CSIS on February 17, FEMA administrator Craig Fugate described FEMA’s role as one of support and … Continue reading
Army Corps of Engineers Publications
I heard a report* the other day on the news that referenced a new publication from the Army Corps of Engineers. If you can find a report on your topic, these are fantastic resources for academic references. But that’s sometimes … Continue reading
2011 Hurricane Season Forecast
Just to prove my earlier post about forecasts growing longer, the 2011 Hurricane Season Forecast from the Colorado State University’s Tropical Meteorology Project is up, albeit with plenty of disclaimers: “We foresee an above-average Atlantic basin tropical cyclone season in … Continue reading
Definitions
I’ve got a ‘series’ on key journals in the field in my future, but while I was ruminating on that topic, I came across this resource, which I’d rather forgotten about: Looking for a good definition of “Business Continuity” for … Continue reading
Federal Evacuation Policy: Issues for Congress
I know I’ve written about Open CRS before, and here’s yet another example of a timely, comprehensive report which only the CRS could write. Federal Evacuation Policy: Issues for Congress April 29, 2010 Download Locations Open CRS (User submitted) Summary … Continue reading