The CUSEC Member States of Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, and Tennessee are holding various earthquake awareness activities from February 1-16, 2007.  As part of the campaign, the Central US Seismic Advisory Council will meet on February 1, in St. Louis, Missouri.  Other activities in each of the states include –

CUSEC participated in a conference of State Hazard Mitigation Officers and Earthquake Program Managers on November 6-9.  The conference was held at the FEMA Region IV Headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia and featured sessions on different hazard mitigation programs that have occurred in the different states.  Among highlighted programs was the Memphis, Light, Gas & Water […]

CUSEC has hired two new staff members recently. 

At the June 7 CUSEC Board Meeting, Director Robert Latham announced his retirement from the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, effective July 1, 2006.  Director Latham was the CUSEC Board Chairman from March 2004 to December 2005 and has played an active role in promoting earthquake mitigation, awareness, planning, and research in the CUSEC states since […]

A new webpage has recently been launched on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Emergency Preparedness and Response website that provides information on the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) and the EMAC Environmental Health Assistance Project. Currently, 49 states, two territories and the District of Columbia are signatories to EMAC, which was ratified […]