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Subject:      Disaster Research - 104

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Here's the latest from DISASTER RESEARCH  November 12, 1992

                DISASTER RESEARCH 104
                 TABLE OF CONTENTS:

       (A special "Welcome-to-BITNET" PAHO Issue)
   (Hope someone can help with items #4, 5, 6 and 11)

1)  PAHO on BITNET
2)  PAHO Disaster Office Set to Move
3)  A Third Item from PAHO - Data Base on CD-ROM
4)  From San Diego: A Desire to Become Involved
5)  From Germany: Introducing the Katastrophenforschungsstelle (KFS) and a
    Request for Information on Quick Response
6)  From Japan: Seeking Researchers Using Fractals
7)  From Russia: Introducing the Prometey International Charity Association
8)  From France: Training Programs in International Health
9)  PRIMA Scholarship Available
10) Meetings
11) (Last Second Inclusion) From Baltimore: Seeking Information on
    Wave-Induced Damage

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                       PAHO on BITNET

[From "Disasters: Preparedness and Mitigation in the Americas" - the highly
informative and useful newsletter of the Pan American Health Organization]

PAHO's Emergency Preparedness Program is now on BITNET. Readers can
communicate with program staff at the BITNET address:

                    DISASTER@PAHOHQ.BITNET

Friends on the Internet/BITNET are encouraged to send an e-mail hello.
Alternatively (with a nod toward convention) PAHO still uses regular mail and
telephones. The organization can be reached at:

PAHO, Emergency Preparedness Program
525 23rd Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20037
(202) 861-4325 (normal working hours)
(202) 861-3399 (Emergency Operations Center)
(202) 775-4578 (fax)

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                 PAHO Disaster Office Set to Move

[Also from "Disasters: Preparedness and Mitigation in the Americas"]

The Pan American Health Organization's (PAHO's) Subregional Disaster Office,
serving the countries of South America, will be moving from Lima, Peru, to
Quito, Ecuador, in early December. After that time, readers may contact Dr.
Luis Jorge Perez at the following address: Organizacion Panamericana de la
Salud, Programa de Desastres, Apartado Postal 17-07-8982, Quito, Ecuador; tel:
(593-2) 456-800 or 456-551; fax: 436-372.

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              A Third Item from PAHO - Data Base on CD-ROM

[Yet another piece taken from "Disasters: Preparedness and Mitigation in the
Americas"]

Recognizing that very few individuals can personally visit PAHO's Disaster
Documentation Center (DDC) in San Jose, Costa Rica, and that on-line searches
of remote data bases can be difficult and expensive, the DDC has now made all
the material in the center's data base - "Desastres" - available on a CD-ROM
disk called "LILACS," produced and distributed by BIREME, PAHO's Latin
American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information. LILACS is chock
full of information - not only from PAHO, but also from the World Health
Organization and other data bases. For US$120, users in Latin America and the
Caribbean can subscribe to LILACS (three disks a year). As in the past, the
Disaster Documentation Center will provide actual copies of the documentation
free of charge. For information on subscribing to LILACS, write BIREME, Caixa
Postal 20381, V. Clementino, 04023 Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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               From San Diego: A Desire to Become Involved
        [Can any of you California readers help this person out?]

I was wondering if there were any disaster teams in the San Diego area.  I am
a college student at UCSD and am interested in helping or being a part of a
disaster team.  I am a licensed radio amateur (technician plus) (no code yet -
still waiting) and would be willing to help any way I can - with or without
radio.

I thank you in advance for your reply.

Sincerely,

----Chris-----
cbirn@sdcc13.ucsd.edu

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        From Germany: Introducing the Katastrophenforschungsstelle
            and a Request for Information on Quick Response

[DR readers will recall that in the previous DR there was an information
request from the Katastrophenforschungsstelle (KFS - Disaster Research Center)
in Kiel. We asked the center to send us more information about their work and
received a lengthy response. However the message was somewhat garbled in the
e-mail process (i.e., some of the bits and pieces seem to have arrived out of
order). Below is the response we pasted back together as best we could.]

Self-Presentation of the KFS: The KFS, the Disaster Research Unit at the
Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet Kiel, was founded in 1972. The focus of the
KFS is on human behavior in extreme situations, particularly in large scale
accidents and disasters. . . .

The "Quick-Alert-Project" of the KFS: The KFS, the Disaster Research Unit at
the University of Kiel, is working on the development and implementation of a
Quick-Response-Program. The so called "Quick-Alert-Project" is expected to
deliver rapid investigation strategies in disaster and immediate post-disaster
situations, standardized checklists for appropriate "on-scene diagnosis," ways
for helpful crisis communication, and stand-by capabilities for supportive
"on-scene councelling."

The program should develop a prototype Quick-Response-Team which is trained
and equipped for immediate sociological disaster research, and, if desirable
and useful, for specialized advising and councelling on scene. . .

Far away from inventing the wheel again, we would like to come into contact
and co-operation with those who have done research and practical operations in
the field of "Quick-Response/Rapid Investigation" work. We are particularly
interested in research reports . . .

Interested collegues and practitioners are invited for co-operation. Contact
us via FAX: 0049 431 880 3467/2072, e-mail: "gif01@rz.uni-kiel.dbp.de", or
mail: Katastrophenstelle, Christian-Albrecht-Universitaet, Ohlshausenstr.40,
D-2300 Kiel 1, Germany.

We are looking foreward to hearing from Quick-Responders!

Dr. Wolf R. Dombrowsky/Henrich Fenner

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             From Japan: Seeking Researchers Using Fractals
     [Received the following from goltz@epdpri1.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp]

I would like to get in touch with researchers within geosciences or any field
who apply fractal concepts. In more detail I'm interested in fractal analysis
of timeseries. I'm looking for literature, methods and algorithms for this
purpose. Although the research is in its very beginning my ideas are for
example using fractal dim. to possibly detect precursors, test processes for
determinism and thereby estimate their predictability. I understand this as of
fundamental interest to disaster science. I would be glad to learn about
related investigations and to receive additional suggestions. I can be
reached at:
                goltz@epdpri1.kyoto-u.ac.jp

                Disaster Prevention Research Institute
                Kyoto University
                Gokasho, Uji
                Kyoto 611
                JAPAN
                Fax +81-774-33-0726.

Yours sincerely,
Christian Goltz

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                           From Russia:
     Introducing the Prometey International Charity Association

The Prometey International Charity Association has been established in Russia.
The organization has three main goals: 1) to provide free material, technical,
financial, and other help to populations affected by large-scale natural,
technological, and ecological disasters; 2) to conduct disaster assistance and
prevention research; and 3) to give practical assistance to administrative
bodies, enterprises, and others regarding protection from disasters. Further
information regarding the association can be obtained from its president, Dr.
Benjamin Yunaev at Prometey, 4 Volkov per., Moscow 123376, Russia; tel: 095-
252 36 62; fax: 095 252 05 86.

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          From France: Training Programs in International Health

[A final tidbit cadged from "Disasters: Preparedness and Mitigation in the
Americas"]

Epicentre and Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) have published a booklet of 1993
training programs in international health. The courses offer practical
experience in fields such as epidemiology, immunization, and nutrition. For a
copy, contact Medecins sans Frontieres, 8 Rue Saint-Sabin, F-75544 Paris Cedex
11, France; fax: (33-1) 4021-2803.

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                         PRIMA Scholarship Available

The Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA) is a nonprofit group that
promotes the development of effective risk management programs and increased
risk management professionalism in state and local governments in the U.S. and
Canada. To this end, PRIMA has created a student scholarship program to
promote the discipline of risk management in schools of public administration.
The six recipients of the PRIMA scholarship will receive grants to attend the
association's annual conference for public agency risk managers, May 16-19,
1993, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Any college student currently in good standing in a
public administration or related program may apply. The deadline is January
29, 1993. For more information on either the scholarship program or PRIMA,
contact PRIMA at 1117 North 19th Street, Suite 900, Arlington, VA 22209, (703)
528-7701.

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                                 Meetings

The Arkansas Office of Emergency Services is sponsoring a series of seminars
to be conducted by the Arkansas Center for Earthquake Engineering Technology
Transfer. For details contact Danita Morris, Arkansas Office of Emergency
Services, P.O. Box 758, Conway, AR 72032, (501) 374-1201.

Workshops include:
- Earthquake and Fire Hazards in High-Rise Buildings. Little Rock, Arkansas:
February 17, 1993
- Nonstructural Earthquake Hazard Mitigation for Hospitals and Other Health
Care Facilities. Little Rock, Arkansas: March 16-17, 1993.
- Earthquake Hazard Mitigation for Low-Rise Buildings. West Memphis, Arkansas:
April 7, 1993.

Fourth Annual Corporate Contingency Planning Seminar and Exhibition. Palm
Springs, California: March 8-10, 1993. Contact Disaster Recovery Journal, 2712
Meramar Drive, St. Louis, MO 63129, (314) 846-1001.

Floodplain Management Association of California Spring 1993 Conference. Santa
Barbara County, California: March 31-April 2, 1993. A call for papers (due
January 1) has recently been issued. Contact: Michael J. Parker, Santa Barbara
County Flood Control District, 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA
93101, (805) 568-3440.

7th U.S. National Conference on Wind Engineering. Sponsors: Wind Engineering
Research Council and others. Los Angeles, California: June 27-30, 1993. A call
for papers has been issued. Contact: Professor Gary C. Hart, Conference Chair,
7th U.S. National Conference on Wind Engineering, University of California,
Los Angeles, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, 5532 Boelter
Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1593.

Emergency Planning '93 - Second International Conference. Lancaster, U.K.:
July 11-14, 1993. A call for papers has been issued. Contact: Emergency
Planning '93, Conference Office, Bowland College, Lancaster University, LA1
4YT, U.K.; tel: 0524-65201 x 2180; fax: 0524-843695.

Fifth International Disaster Recovery Symposium and Exhibition. Atlanta,
Georgia: September 13-15, 1993. Contact Disaster Recovery Journal, 2712
Meramar Drive, St. Louis, MO 63129, (314) 846-1001.

Natural Disasters: Protecting Vulnerable Communities. Sponsors: U.K. IDNDR
Science and Technology Committee and others. London: October 13-15, 1993.
Contact: Rachel Coninx, IDNDR, The Conference Office, Institution of Civil
Engineers, 1 Great George Street, London SW1P 3AA, U.K.; tel: 071 839 9807;
fax: 071 233 1743.

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1993 Fall Meeting. Phoenix,
Arizona: November 14-17, 1993. Papers due March 1, 1993. Contact Kenneth E.H.
Backman, NFPA, 1 Batterymarch Park, P.O. Box 9101, Quincy, MA 02269.

Rescue '93 - European Trade Fair for Emergency Control and Assistance.
Utrecht, The Netherlands: November 24-26, 1993. Contact: Royal Dutch Fairs,
P.O. Box 8500, 3503 RM Utrecht, The Netherlands; tel: +31-30-955 911; fax:
+31-30-940 379; telex: 47132 jaarb nl.

27th General Assembly of the International Association of Seismology and
Physics of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI). Wellington, New Zealand: January 10-
24, 1994. Contact: Secretary, IASPEI 94, Institute of Geological and Nuclear
Sciences, P.O. Box 1320, Wellington, New Zealand; tel: +64-4-473-8208; fax;
+64-4-471-0977.

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                       (Last Second Inclusion)
      From Baltimore: Seeking Information on Wave-Induced Damage

Hello,
  I am a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, and I am doing some work
for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. I was wondering if anyone had any recent
guidelines or information about wave-induced building damage (i.e. something
like wood structures destroyed by 2 foot wave above first floor level, for
example)
  Please send any response to my e-mail address :

        choud_gs@jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu

  I would appreciate any help on this matter and I offer my thanks in advance.
Thank you.

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