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Safety of Existing Dams: Evaluation and Improvement.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., cJanuary 1983, 408 p.
Identifying Number(s): ISBN-0-309-03387-X
Keywords: Evaluation; Risk assessment; Earthquake resistant structures; Failure; Structural design; Reservoirs; Safety; Soil properties; Foundations; Dams; Slope protection; Geological investigationsRecommended Post-Earthquake Evaluation and Repair Criteria for Welded Steel Moment-Frame Buildings: Program to Reduce the Earthquake Hazards of Steel Moment-Frame Structures.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., July 2000, 202 p.
Keywords: Structures; Steel structures; Recommendations; Damage assessment; Costs; Safety; Quality control; Welded joints; Economics; Regulations; Earthquake damage; State of the art; Evaluation and assessments; Buildings; Structural design criteria; Seismic effects; FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency); Building codes; Policy Guide to Steel Moment-Frame Construction (FEMA-354); Quality assurance; Documents; Earthquake engineering; Repair; EarthquakesEvaluation of Earthquake Damaged Concrete and Masonry Wall Buildings: Technical Resources.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., May 1999, 274 p.
Keywords: Masonry; Evaluation; Reinforced concrete; Damage; Walls; Technical resources; Concrete blocks; Buildings; Stability; Safety; Infilled frames; EarthquakesAtwater, B. F.; Cisternas, M.; Bourgeois, J.; Dudley, W. C.; Hendley, J. W.; Stauffer, O. H.
Surviving a Tsunami: Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan.
January 2002, 24 p.
Identifying Number(s): CIRC-1187
Keywords: Sources; Waves; Emergency preparedness; Coasts; Tsunami; Coastal areas; Lessons learned; Chile; Strategies; Safety; Credits; Ocean waves; Survival; EarthquakesLiepold, M.
Earthquakes: A Teacher's Package for K-6 (Revised Edition).
July 2002, 330 p.
Identifying Number(s): FEMA-159
Keywords: ; Education; Geology; Emergency planning; Preparedness; Children; Disasters; Buildings; Schools; Hazards; Meetings; Safety; Teachers; Curriculum; EarthquakesRisk Management Series. Design Guide for Improving School Safety in Earthquakes, Floods, and High Winds.
January 2004, 361 p.
Identifying Number(s): FEMA-424
Keywords: Education; Guide; School readiness; Education industry; Investment; Education policy; Floods; Schools; School safety; Safety; Management; Decision making; Education planning; Natural hazards; Protection; Earthquakes; High windsRisk Management Series: Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of Hospital Buildings. Providing Protection to People and Buildings.
December 2003, 91 p.
Identifying Number(s): FEMA-396
Keywords: ; Structural collapse; Wounds and injuries; Catastrophic conditions; Risk management; Death; Buildings; Impact damage; Hazards; Safety; Hospitals; Rehabilitation; Seismic effects; EarthquakesHolzer, T. L.; Wentworth, C. M.; Bakun, W. H.; Boatwright, J.; Brocher, T. E.
Comments on Potential Geologic and Seismic Hazards Affecting Mare Island, Solano County, California.
January 2002, 28 p.
Identifying Number(s): USGS/OFR-02-425
Keywords: Surface fault rupture; Geologic faults; Risk assessment; Seiche; Seismic events; Site selection; Tsunami; Solano County (California); Foundation conditions; Mare Island; Liquid natural gas; Safety; Hazards; Near-source ground motionProtecting Your Family from Earthquakes: The Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety.
January 2007, 48 p.
Identifying Number(s): ISBN-1-411-31251-1
Keywords: Korean; San Francisco Bay Area; Earthquake faults; Safety; Pacific Ocean; Vietnamese; Tsunamis; Maps; Protection; Earthquakes; ChineseFederal Guidelines for Dam Safety: Emergency Action Planning for Dam Owners.
April 2004, 40 p.
Identifying Number(s): FEMA-64
Keywords: ; Emergency plans; Design; Management planning and control; Floods; Federal agencies; Safety; Guidelines; Legislation; Dams; Earthquakes