On July 9, 2009 The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) released a white paper on titled “Recommendations for an Effective National Mitigation Effort,” outlining the importance of mitigation efforts aimed at building disaster resiliency across the nation.  The white paper is a result of months of collaborative work of many organizations, including CUSEC.   “NEMA […]

FEMA announced the availability of HAZUS-MH MR3 Patch 3 recently.  The new patch allows for several enhancements and updates to the earthquake model, including new calculations for relocation losses and user supplied liquefaction maps.  HAZUS-MH is FEMA’s multi-hazard loss estimation software that is used for both mitigation and emergency response planning.  More on the patch […]

CUSEC is pleased to announce that Kansas has been voted in as the tenth associate member state by the CUSEC Board of Directors. This addition comes at the request of Major General, Tod Bunting, State Director of the Kansas Division of Emergency Management (KEM). In a letter to the CUSEC Board of Directors, Director Bunting […]

President Barack Obama on Wednesday tapped Florida emergency manager Craig Fugate to head the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Prior to the nomination, Fugate has been the Florida Division of Emergency Management Director since 2001.  Fugate’s department was held up as a national model after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. He said then that the […]

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced this month that it will award up to $7 million in grants and cooperative agreements for earthquake research in 2010.   Interested researchers can apply online at GRANTS.GOV under the funding opportunity number 10HQPA0001.  Applications are due May 13, 2009.  The USGS awards approximately 90 research grants annually to universities, […]