The CUSEC Member States of Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee will be having varying earthquake awareness activities February 1-10, 2006. Indiana is holding several activities throughout the week, and Kentucky is holding an Earthquake Town Hall Meeting and having a training workshop that will teach attendees how to inspect buildings for potential seismic hazards.  Missouri […]

The CUSEC Board of Directors voted in Gatlinburg, Tennessee on December 5, 2005 to name Illinois Emergency Management Agency Director, William C. Burke as the new Chairman of the CUSEC Board.   Robert Latham, Director of Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has served as the Board Chairman since March of 2004.  Director Latham is the current longest […]

A new section of the CUSEC Website has been added, Earthquake Mitigation.  This section includes different types of mitigation examples and a detailed non-structural mitigation page with several projects for the average home-owner.  Visit today and learn more about earthquake mitigation!

The national earthquake Program Managers meeting was held August 16-17, 2005.  Held in Indianapolis, Indiana, this meeting was the first of it’s kind since 1995 and will help state earthquake Program Managers foster relationships with their state and federal counterparts.  CUSEC helped organize and facilitate this meeting.  There are already plans working to hold another […]

This new pamphlet, Faith Based Organizations, is now available in print and online.  The pamphlet gives an overview of earthquakes in the central United States and how they affect faith based organizations, and what these organizations can do before and after an earthquake.  To order a printed version, click here.