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Leik, R. K.; Carter, T. M.; Clark, J. P.; Kendal, S. D.; Gifford, G. A.
Community Response to Natural Hazard Warnings.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Office of Planning and Resources Management.; Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC.; National Weather Service, Washington, DC., April 1981, 79 p.
Keywords: Emergency preparedness; Hurricanes; Attitudes; Disaster preparedness; Public opinion; Disasters; Floods; Hazards; Responses; Surveys; Warning systems; Communities; EarthquakesBates, F. L.
Recovery, Change and Development: A Longitudinal Study of the 1976 Guatemalan Earthquake; Final Report Volume 2.
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., September 1982, 398 p.
Keywords: Guatemala; Housing studies; Construction; Disasters; Disaster relief; Disaster recovery; Households; Economic impact; Comparison; Shelters; Local government; Temporary housing; REcovery; Social change; Communities; EarthquakesMultiple Hazard Mitigation: Report of a Workshop on Mitigation Strategies for Communities Prone to Multiple Natural Hazards, July 6-8, 1983, Snowmass, Colorado.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., December 1983, 73 p.
Keywords: Planning; Emergency preparedness; California; Landslides; Meeting; Disasters; Floods; Tornadoes; Tsunamis; Storms; Management; Hawaii; Missouri; Communities; EarthquakesRubin, C. B.; Saperstein, M. D.; Barbee, D. G.
Community Recovery from a Major Natural Disaster. Program on Environment and Behavior.
National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1985, 298 p.
Keywords: Emergency preparedness; Emergency planning; Hurricanes; Landslides; Blizzards; Disasters; Floods; Tornadoes; Storms; Intergovernmental relationships; NFIP (National Flood Insurance Program); Case studies; Runoff; Community planning; Recovery; Local government; Communities; Mudflows; Snowmelt; Surveys; Dam failure; EarthquakesBolin, R.
Household and Community Recovery After Earthquakes. Program on Environment and Behavior.
National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA., cJanuary 1994, 122 p.
Identifying Number(s): ISBN-1-877943-11-8
Keywords: Emergency response; Ethnic groups; Whittier Narrows Earthquake; Families; Earthquake damage; Community planning; Recovery; Social effect; Economic impact; Households; Disaster relief; Local planning; Social psychology; Human behavior; Local government; Southern region (California); Communities; EarthquakesUrban Search and Rescue in the Santa Cruz Area Following the Loma Prieta Earthquake.
November 1992, 31 p.
Identifying Number(s): FA-124
Keywords: Damage assessment; Loma Prieta Earthquake; California; Emergency services; Santa Cruz County (California); US FEMA; Earthquake damage; Disaster relief; Urban areas; Search and rescue; Communities; EarthquakesAmerica Burning, Recommissioned. America at Risk: Findings and Recommendations on the Role of the Fire Service in the Prevention and Control of Risks in America.
October 2000, 66 p.
Keywords: ; Fire prevention; Risks; Controls; Roles; United States; Fire services; Communities; RecommendationsSeismic Retrofit Incentive Programs. A Handbook for Local Governments.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., August 1994, 246 p.
Identifying Number(s): FEMA-254
Keywords: ; Masonry; Emergency plans; California; Retrofitting; Local government; Land use; Cities; Financing; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Hazards; Legislation; Case studies; Seismic effects; CommunitiesStambaugh, H.; Sensenig, D.
Special Report. Fire Department Preparedness for Extreme Weather Emergencies and Natural Disasters.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., April 2008, 39 p.
Keywords: ; Emergency preparedness; Fire prevention; Natural disasters; Emergency communications; Weather; Arson; Fire fighting; Buildings; Crimes; First responders; Public safety; Communities; Fire departmentsWood, N.; Soulard, C.
Variations in Community Exposure and Sensitivity to Tsunami Hazards on the Open-Ocean and Strait of Juan de Fuca Coasts of Washington.
January 2008, 44 p.
Identifying Number(s): USGS-SIR-2008-5004
Keywords: Statistical analysis; Tsunamis; Washington (State); Vulnerability assessments; Economic data; Coastal areas; Land cover data; Figures; Composite indices; Hazards; Tables (Data); Sensitivity; Strait of Juan de Fuca; Natural disasters; Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) earthquake; Exposure; Communities; Economic assests; Critical facilities data; Geographic information system tools; Population data; Earthquakes