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Hazard preparedness
Awareness of the consequences of hazards and actions to be taken before, during, or after hazards occur or are encountered.
Subtopics:
Earthquake preparedness (13 items)
Aviation safety (1 items)

Fire preparedness (3 items)
Flood preparedness (3 items)
Landslide preparedness (3 items)
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Eruption warning and real-time notifications [New Window]
Describes strategy of volcano warnings and the real-time detection of a sudden eruption or lahar and immediate notification of the activity to the public and local, state, and federal emergency-management officials.
Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination (GeoMAC) wildland fire support [New Window]
Description of the Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination (GeoMAC) project, online maps of current wildland fire locations using Netscape Communicator or Microsoft Internet Explorer, and user guide on how to use mapping application.
Hazards, disasters, and the National Map [New Window]
Fact sheet describing the value of The National Map designed as a network of digital databases that will provide a consistent national geographic data framework in responding to natural hazards and human-induced disasters.
Landslides learning & education [New Window]
A wide variety of explanatory and educational resources about landslides and their relationship with earthquakes and storms, and preparedness. Includes glossary and photos.
PDF The landslide handbook -- A guide to understanding landslides [New Window]
Basic information for homeowners, communities, emergency managers, and decisionmakers. Includes sections on landslide types, evaluation tools, and mitigation techniques.
Water resources of Virginia - floods [New Window]
Brief description of project for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to prepare and modify Flood Insurance Rate Maps based on flood frequency analysis, ground surveys, and flood profiles in Virginia.
Wildland fire research [New Window]
Thematic descriptions of research to meet the varied needs of the fire management community and to understand the role of fire in the landscape including fire management support, studies of postfire effects, and fire history and ecology.
Advanced National Seismic System (seismic network) [New Window]
A program of studies with instruments to provide accurate and timely data and information on seismic events, including their effects on buildings and structures, employing modern monitoring methods and technologies.
Danger to aircraft from volcanic eruption clouds [New Window]
Explanation of problems encountered by aircraft due to volcanic emissions.
Earthquakes [New Window]
Online booklet on earthquake history, earthquake occurrences, measuring earthquakes, causes, relationship of volcanoes and earthquakes and earthquake prediction.
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