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FEMA Updates its Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program and Policy Guide

Recovery Diva

From the HSDL: Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program and Policy Guide Released. FEMA has released the 2023 Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program and Policy Guide (HMA Guide). This is an updated version of an existing document.

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The 2019 Global Assessment Report (GAR)

Emergency Planning

Unofficial voices have suggested that the 'cure to damage ratio' for natural hazards is 1:43. In putting individuals at the centre of a diagram of actions we see people either crushed between the rock of hazards and the hard place of risk-informed sustainable development or as protagonists in combatting the former with the latter.

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Washington State Emergency Management

Disaster Zone Podcast

Washington State is one of the most high hazard states here in the United States. In this podcast we review what the state’s hazards are, how emergency management at the state level is organized and then get Robert’s take on a number of issues facing the State and how it is responding.

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Rebroadcast: Space Weather Warnings

Disaster Zone Podcast

The podcast guest is Mr. Shawn Dahl, a physical scientist who has worked at the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) since 2015 as a space weather forecaster. The podcast guest is Mr. Shawn Dahl, a physical scientist who has worked at the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) since 2015 as a space weather forecaster.

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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Emergency Planning

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 15: 931-945. Natural Hazards 109: 161-200. Natural Hazards 109: 161-200. Select Bibliography of Sources on Turkish R/C Construction Practices Cogurcu, M.T. Construction and design defects in the residential buildings and observed earthquake damage types in Turkey. Ecemis, S.Z.

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Space Weather Warnings

Disaster Zone Podcast

The podcast guest is Mr. Shawn Dahl, a physical scientist who has worked at the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) since 2015 as a space weather forecaster. The podcast guest is Mr. Shawn Dahl, a physical scientist who has worked at the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) since 2015 as a space weather forecaster.

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Litigating Insurance Claims After a Disaster

Disaster Zone Podcast

Since 2015, he has represented people with personal injury and property damage claims and insurance disputes. Since 2015, he has represented people with personal injury and property damage claims and insurance disputes. Walker is a La Jolla, California attorney who has practiced law since 2008.

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