2010
Emergency management, business continuity, research and related conferences or activities in the US and internationally
March 5 - 10
NEMA Mid-Year Conference
Alexandria, VA
www.nemaweb.org
April 6 - 7
Partners In Emergency
Preparedness Conference
Tacoma, WA
http://conferences.wsu.edu/emergencyprep
May 26
EPICC Annual Forum
Vancouver, Canada
www.epicc.org
June 6 - 9
20th World Conference on Disaster
Management (WCDM)
Toronto Canada
www.wcdm.org/
July 10 - 13
Natural Hazards Workshop
Broomsfield, CO
www.colorado.edu/hazards
October 15 - 20
NEMA Annual Conference
Little Rock, AR
www.nemaweb.org
October 21
ShakeOut Drill
Across California
*After great success in 2008 & 2009 and becoming the nation’s largest public earthquake preparedness activity ever, the ShakeOut Drill is now for all Californians, including individuals, families, businesses, schools and organizations.
www.ShakeOut.org
October 30 - November 4
IAEM Annual Conference
San Antonio, TX
www.iaem.org
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LINKS & RESOURCES
DRB Toolkit™
The Disaster Resistant Business (DRB) Toolkit, an interactive application, is available NOW! Brought to you by the non-profit DRB Toolkit Workgroup - Visit the site to get your downloadable software. The DRB Toolkit Workgroup is looking for partners and sponsors to make this available to all small businesses in the U.S.! Join in!
Preparedness Global Partners
A NEW social network for Emergency Managers and Business Continuity professionals alike. Visit the site to see current disaster events, then join to share information and ideas, forums for open discussions, create groups for your local area or a particular disater, and let it help you. This is a great tool to help you, your organization and community!
2009 Great California ShakeOut
(Earthquake Country Alliance - partnership)
ShakeOut is now statewide and will be held on October 15, 2009, at 10:15am! Last year, it was a successful week of earthquake readiness activities in Southern CA that had over 5.5 million people in the largest public-participation drill in history. Just like last year, businesseses, schools, individuals, governments, groups, etc. can register on the web site and participate in the 2009 ShakeOut and also hear about local events such as the 20th Anniversary of the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake in San Francisco. Organiizations are encourage to take this opportunity to create their own activities and exercises to test people & plans. All of ShakeOut is based on the science behind a catastrophic earthquake(s) that would impact all of California, and regionally. Registration is OPEN NOW!
Business Civic Leadership Center
(U.S. Chamber of Commerce)
BCLC works with leaders from the business, government, and nonprofit sectors to address and act on shared goals. Our overarching goal is to help build good will, good relations, and good markets by focusing on issues that affect businesses from a social and economic standpoint. Currently, BCLC and PGP are working together on National Disater Help Desk for Businesses ( 1-888-MY-BIZ-HELP 1-888-MY-BIZ-HELP ), which have included disasters such as the California Wildfires & Iowa flooding business recovery.
Earthquake Country
(Earthquake Country Alliance)
This website, while designed to assist Southern California, has comprehensive solutions for anyone living with earthquakes. This can be used by homeowners, businesses, schools, or other organizations. The site is adding new sections almost every month, so visit repeatedly to see what's new. Some free materials online can be ordered for distribution (eg. Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country; the 7 Steps to an Earthquake Resilient Business). The "Shift Happens: Secure Your Space" includes how to "Secure Your Stuff" & "Secure Your Building". These pages are valuable by explaining how to protect people and property from injury or loss.
Terremotos (Earthquake Country website in Spanish - Earthquake Country Alliance)
Los residentes de habla hispana del sur de California encontrarán aquí información científica sobre los terremotos y consejos prácticos sobre cómo prepararse, como parte de la campaña "Dare to Prepare". Esta campaña está uniendo a la comunidad del sur de California para "hablar de nuestras fallas" y prepararnos juntos antes de futuros terremotos.
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These conferences, websites, organizations and tools can be of assistance. Let us know if you have something more to add.
OTHER TOOLS
Play "Beat the Quake!"
(Click at image & name on the home page)
Test your earthquake knowledge and skill. This interactive game is a fun way to make yourself safe before the earthquake actually hits the room - see how many points you can get before that happens! Can you Beat the Quake?
Drop, Cover, Hold On
(Earthquake Country Alliance - partnership)
Not sure what is the quake-safe action for you to take when the ground starts moving? See a quick animation that makes it clear. Take 3 simple steps - Drop, Cover, Hold On!
Stop Disaster
(Interactive Disaster-Simulation Game)
Stop Disasters Game, launched by the UN/ISDR secretariat, is a new educational tool to promote disaster risk reduction among children who are the most vulnerable when disasters occur. With three levels of difficulty, this game learns how to save lives and livelihoods by preparing for a tsunami, earthquake, hurricane, floods and wildfire. For example, within a budget and time limit, players have different upgrading options, like building more resilient houses, if not demolishing them for being in risky areas, together with setting up defences with trees, early warning systems and walls. Developed by Playerthree, targets children aged from 9 to 16.
Global Incident Map
An interesting map view of Terrorism Events & Other Suspicious Activities around the world. Mouse-over the icons to see details, or view the stories listed below the map to read more. (PGP cannot verify this info and is not recommending the other maps linked to this site. The Inicident Map is for interest sake.)
*COMING SOON
- More Children-Friendly Websites
- And more...
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