Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 12 Issue 5

Incident management systems in disaster management

Particularly since the 11 September terrorist attacks in the USA, much attention has been given to the development and implementation of incident management systems (IMS)…

Landslide damage and disaster management system in Nepal

Nepal is located in mountainous terrain in the Himalayan arc, where landslides are common and are the main cause of natural hazards. On 23 July 2002, daily rainfall of…

Major hazard control: the Malaysian experience

Malaysia plans to be a fully developed and industrialized country by year 2020. Malaysia has achieved good progress in the industrial sector. The industrial sector is…

Transportation in emergencies: an often neglected story

Looks at the way in which public transport is used for evacuation of personnel in the event of emergencies or disasters. Although the work of the emergency services is…

An Assessment of Natural Hazards and Disasters in Canada

Last Man Down: A Firefighter's Story of Survival and Escape from the World Trade Center

On The Practice of Safety (3rd edition)

Flood Problem and Management in South Asia

Planning and Engineering Guidelines for the Seismic Retrofit of Historic Adobe Structures

Redevelopment after Earthquakes

Emergency Management Plan for Public and Private Schools (K‐12) on CD‐ROM

America's Conference on Wind Engineering – 2001

CD‐ROM Version of the Disaster Recovery Yellow Pages

International calendar

Bomb in Jerusalem - coverage in the New York area Press

Corps of Engineers make changes to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery procedures

Treasury works to implement Terrorism Insurance Act

On the Web

Weather

Earthquake

Strategies for coordinating disaster responses

The Hazard Center announces two new quick-response reports

Safe to drink?

FEMA releases report on benefits of floodplains

National Child Traumatic Stress Network receives funding for Terrorism and Disaster Branch

Pollution