HazNet site links

Other Sites that Contain Hazard Preparedness Information - Data Information Sources and Hazard Policies

• American Meteorological Society
  
  
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• Caribbean Disaster Mitigation Project – The Organization of American States (OAS) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) have joined forces to "establish sustainable public/private disaster mitigation mechanisms that measurably lessen loss of life, reduce potential damage, and shorten the disaster recovery period" in the Caribbean Islands
  
  
• Clemson Extension Disaster Recovery Leaflets – A series of fact sheets developed by the Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service about what to do after a hurricane or other natural disaster„from how to deal with handling stress, to food safety, to insurance.
  
  
• Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (COES) NOAA program which "serves as the focal point for international coordination of space-related, Earth observation activities."
  
• Directory Science – The Comprehensive Science Directory. The online Science directory designed to help its users find the online science source, companies, products, services, and information.
  
• The Disaster Handbook – The Disaster Handbook Web site is one component of the Comprehensive Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Education Module, which also includes: The Disaster Handbook (Print and CD-ROM Editions) and "Are You Ready?" a video based on the Disaster Preparedness Satellite Videoconference (available Fall 1998). The Module was prepared by the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and the Florida Cooperative Extension Service. This project was supported in part with funds from the United States Department of Agriculture's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES).
  
  

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• Extension disaster Education Network (EDEN) – A collaborative multi-state effort by Extension Services across the country to improve the delivery of services to citizens affected by disasters.
  
  
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) – An independent federal agency organized "to reduce loss of life and property and protect our nation's critical infrastructure from all types of hazards through a comprehensive, risk-based, emergency management program of mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery."

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• FEMA's Coastal Construction Manual
  
  
• Hurricane Shutter Homepage
  
  
• Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) – An insurance industry cooperative formed to help prevent losses due to natural disasters.

• NGDC Natural Hazards Data Page – The National Geophysical Data Center provides several databases and links to other information on natural hazards.

• Natural Hazards Data Resources Directory – Information on natural hazards data resources and lists of hazard-related organizations.
  

• The Natural Hazards Project –- (NHP) of the Unit for Sustainable Development and Environment (USDE), Organization of American States (OAS) is pleased to announce its web page. The page contains information about our various natural hazard mitigation activities in Spanish and English including the activities of the UDSMA in the areas of transportation vulnerability reduction, education vulnerability reduction, and floodplain management, as well as announcements about up-coming activities, the internship program and contact information.

• NOAA Climate and Weather Links
  
  
• NOAA Hurricane shutter site
  
  
• Operational Significant Event Imagery (OSEI) – NOAA satellite images of natural hazards.
  
  
• Savage Sea On-Line
  
  
• University of Washington Geophysical Website on Tsunamis

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