The Awards in Excellence are given every year by the Western States Seismic Policy Council. Every fourth year the award nominations are solicited nationally in partnership with the Northeast States Emergency Consortium (NESEC), the Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC), and the Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup (CREW). The 2012 National Awards in Excellence will be awarded for exemplary programs, projects, and products that have significantly contributed to addressing earthquake risk reduction through demonstrated achievements in earthquake mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.
The purpose of the Awards in Excellence is to acknowledge and facilitate the exchange of programs, projects or products that have significantly contributed to addressing earthquake risk reduction through demonstrated achievements in earthquake mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. The WSSPC 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award will be given to recognize an outstanding leader in earthquake risk reduction who is still practicing in his or her profession. The recipient will have demonstrated throughout his or her career an extraordinary commitment, level of service, and contribution to earthquake risk reduction.
All Awards will be presented at the 2012 National Earthquake Conference, which is being held April 10-14, 2012 at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. Award nominations are due December 30, 2011. Nomination forms and information on the submission process are available at the WSSPC website at http://www.wsspc.org/awards/nominations.shtml
