The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced a new web-based, independent study training course, IS-325—Earthquake Basics: Science, Risk, and Mitigation. This interactive, 30-minute course presents basic information on earthquake science, the risks posed by earthquakes, and the mitigation activities that individuals can take to prepare for earthquakes and increase their community’s earthquake resilience.

In partnership with the Commonwealth of Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, the Federal Emergency Emergency Management Agency, National Park Service, and US Geological Survey, CUSEC is pleased have a leadership role in a press conference scheduled for August 23, 2012 in Washington, D.C.  The press conference will mark the one year anniversary of the […]

The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has recently announced the release of “The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program: FEMA Accomplishments in Fiscal Year 2011“.

In less than three months, individuals and communities throughout five states and the District of Columbia will practice “Drop, Cover, and Hold On”, the recommended response in the event of an earthquake, during the first ever Great SouthEast ShakeOut earthquake drill on Thursday, October 18,  2012 at 10:18 a.m. EDT.