| EIIP Virtual Library User-Submitted Document | | Document Type: Paper | Phase: GEN |
| Title: Role of Local Communities in Disaster Information Networks |
| Author: Coile, Russell, PhD. CEM | Affiliation: Emergency Program Manager, Pacific Grove Fire Department |
| Abstract: Local communities need disaster information, such as alerting of oncoming tsunamis or warning of out of control forest fires which are approaching urban areas. The Global Disaster Information Network may be able to help local communities by coordinating disaster information from a variety of sources and making it available to those communities which might be affected. Also, local communities can provide detailed information as to their damage after a disaster in order to make the shipment of humanitarian relief supplies more timely and effective. Some of the organizations which are involved in this initiative and their activities will be reviewed. In particular, organizational and procedural improvements in management of disasters and disaster information in California will be examined to determine whether or not some of these approaches might be appropriate to the development of the Global Disaster Information Network. |
| Date: 5/13/99 | Name: GDINMex.txt | File Format: txt | File Size: 24KB |
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