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Next quarterly meeting tentatively scheduled for January 20, 2011 in Portland Oregon

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:40:49 +0000

Washington DNR Science Topics

bfreitag — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:08:23 +0000

Tsunamis

Earthquakes in Washington

Geologic Hazards

Geology & Earth Resources

How rural and remote Northwest Pacific coastal are addressing Tsunami Risk: Results of Tsunami Symposium (Tsunami Symposium June 8, 2010: Sidney Canada)

bfreitag — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:27:39 +0000

http://www.sfu.ca/tsunami/

Summer Quarterly Meeting – 8/26/2010

admin — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 06:36:43 +0000

Title: Summer Quarterly Meeting – 8/26/2010
Location: FEMA Region 10 Lynnwood Facility, 20700 44^th Ave West; Lynnwood, WA

Description:

Board Business Meeting (10:00a)

Welcome: Kenneth B. Murphy, FEMA 10 Regional Director
Call to order – Andre Le Duc
Approval of minutes – Steve Charvat
Financial Report –Tim Walsh
Committee reports:
1. Education and Outreach subcommittee reports
2. Grants & Projects Development – Andre Le Duc, Chair
3. Governance subcommittee reports
4. Nominating committee — Steve Charvat, Chair
5. Program Support subcommittee report
Next Quarterly Meeting Program
Liaisons Reports:
1. NEHRP Liaison – Yumei Wang, Liaison
2. WSSPC Liaison – Open
New Business: Election of CREW Board Directors (11:00a)

Afternoon Program (1:30p)

Seismic Engineering in Afghanistan – Jeff Hepler, Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)

Update on Chilean Earthquake – Joan Gomberg, USGS

Start 2010-08-26 (10:00 AM)
End 2010-08-26 (3:00 PM

Federal, Private and Educational Organizations with Earthquake Related Sites

CREW Admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:44:25 +0000

Federal Government
State/Provincial Government (British Columbia , Oregon, Washington)
Local Government
Non-profit Organizations (Regional, British Columbia, Washington)
Private Organizations (British Columbia , Washington)
Universities

Federal Government

Information on emergency preparedness for people with disabilities
http://www.disability.gov

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) mitigation site
http://www.fema.gov/MIT/eqmit.htm

National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program is at:
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami-hazard/

The Gateway to USGS Earthquake Information is at the
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

State/Provincial Government

British Columbia

British Columbia Provincial Emergency Program (PEP)
http://www.pep.bc.ca

Greater Vancouver Regional District
http://www.gvrd.bc.ca/

Oregon

Oregon Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI)
http://sarvis.dogami.state.or.us

The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development’s website is at:
http://www.lcd.state.or.us
They are presently upgrading the natural hazards planning site

Oregon Emergency Management
http://www.osp.state.or.us/oem/

Washington

State of Washington Military Department Emergency Management Division
http://www.wa.gov/mil/wsem/

Washington City of Bellevue http://www.ci.bellevue.wa.us/fire/emerprep/prep05.htm

Seattle Emergency Management Program
http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/eoc/emsprg.htm

King County Emergency Management web site:
http://www.metrokc.gov/prepare/hiva/earthquakes.htm


Institute for Business and Home Safety
http://www.ibhs.org: is an initiative of the insurance industry to reduce deaths, injuries, property damage, economic losses and human suffering caused by natural disasters.

Seattle Project Impact
http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/projectimpact/
is a public-private partnership whose overall goal is to make the community more resistant to the damaging effects of disasters, both natural and man-made.




Emergency Preparedness for Industry and Commerce Council http://www.epicc.org
The Association of Contingency Planners http://www.acp-wa-state.org: Project Impact Seattle
http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/projectimpact/
is a public-private partnership whose overall goal is to make our community more resistant to the damaging effects of disasters, both natural and man-made.


: BC Tel‘s site about emergency planning with respect to telecommunications
: http://www.bctel.com/disasterplanning/


Washington: SAFECO
http://www.safeco.com; Taylor Devices
http://www.shockandvibration.com

The University of Washington Geophysics Program has a wealth of information about seismology, as well as recent earthquakes http://www.geophys.washington.edu/SEIS/

Resources:

admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:42:44 +0000

Building a safer home?

CREW Admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:33:01 +0000

Visit IBHS Disaster Safety to learn more about how to make your home safer.

CREW is highlighted in the KUOW “On Shaky Ground” series

CREW Admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:30:54 +0000

CREW was recently highlighted on KUOW‘s “On Shaky Ground” series. Click here to listen to the broadcast.

Predicting the next Northwest mega-quake still a struggle for geologists

CREW Admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:28:41 +0000

Oregon Live recently wrote an interesting article regarding earthquakes in the northwest. Read it here.

Do we have the same earthquake risks as Haiti? As Chile?

CREW Admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:25:07 +0000

On March 23rd, CREW, PNSN, EERI and UDP discussed the lessons for the Pacific Northwest, and the local and global impacts and responses to the Haitian and Chilean earthquakes. Download the presentations below:

Degenkolb Engineers Chilean Earthquake Reconnaissance – David Gonzalez (Degenkolb Engineers)
Haitian and Chilean Earthquakes Compared – Lessons for the Pacific Northwest – Tim Walsh (WADNR)
Haitian and Chilean Earthquakes Compared – Lessons for the Pacific Northwest: The Events – Joan Gomberg (USGS)
Haiti Earthquake Briefing: Observations on Damage and Lessons for PNW – Mark R. Pierepiekarz (MRP Engineering)

Download the flyer (.pdf)
Read CREW’s editorial from the Seattle Times
Chilean and Haitian Earthquakes reminders of Cascadia’s ticking time bomb