Earthquakes - like terrorist attacks,
fires, floods, and power outages - can severely impact our homes,
businesses and communities.
How should you prepare for such an
event? Can you afford not to be ready? By working together
before earthquakes occur, we can reduce the social and economic
impacts.
Understand the research:
Develop a shared understanding
of the scientific, engineering, and social research that underlies
our ability to assess, mitigate, and respond to earthquakes
across the U.S. (California, Pacific NW, New Madrid, Northeast,
Southeast).
Exchange ideas about tools for earthquake hazard and risk
reduction:Exchange key information on the needs and state
of the art in technological and informational products meant
to facilitate earthquake hazard mitigation and response.
Showcase successful programs: Present and discuss successful
earthquake and other hazard mitigation and response programs
in the public and private sectors.
Learn from past disasters: Relate the lessons learned
from large-scale disasters to probable future earthquakes.
Build
resiliency:
Discover
and build on new approaches and solutions to achieving resiliency
to earthquakes.