Aid & relief programmes books

Earthquakes in the United States are regional in their occurrence and while California is famous for its earthquake...  Read More >>

This publication on seismic strengthening of existing buildings is one of a series that FEMA is sponsoring to encourage...  Read More >>

Veterans in rural communities face unique challenges, who will step up to help? Beginning with a brief scenario...  Read More >>

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is pleased to have the opportunity to sponsor the Program on Improved...  Read More >>

Following the two damaging California earthquakes in1989 (Loma Prieta) and 1994 (Northridge), many concrete wall...  Read More >>

This publication was equally funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which leads the...  Read More >>

A considerable number of buildings in the existing building stock of the United States present a risk of poor performance...  Read More >>

Earthquakes represent an enormous threat to the Nation. Although damaging earthquakes occur infrequently, their...  Read More >>

Lifeline is an earthquake engineering term denoting those systems necessary for human life and urban function, without...  Read More >>

This volume of selected readings and the handbook it accompanies have been developed to provide participants in...  Read More >>

This book provides background information and educational materials to help state officials promote the adoption...  Read More >>

The financing of hazard mitigation continues to, be one of the more difficult impediments to creating a seismically...  Read More >>

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) developed the National Incident...  Read More >>

SurvivalNations - Surviving a Disease Pandemic is an epic book describing all aspects of an outbreak of a worldwide...  Read More >>

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The Survival Kit You Can Carry in Your Pocket! If you've never been in the military, you're probably unfamiliar...  Read More >>

The original Earthquakes -A Teacher's Package for K-6 (FEMA 159) was developed as a joint effort of the Federal...  Read More >>

This FEMA 154 Report, Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings for Potential Seismic Hazards: A Handbook, is the first...  Read More >>

According to available information, landsliding in the United States causes an average of 25 to 50 deaths and $1...  Read More >>

Although earthquakes are an inevitable hazard, they are not inevitable disasters. Experiences in recent years have...  Read More >>

Earthquakes damage structures - buildings, roads and bridges, utility and communications systems - and those damaged...  Read More >>

Are you prepared to survive in a shelter-in-place emergency situation? Well, are you? If you are, pat yourself...  Read More >>

Recent earthquakes around the world show a pattern of steadily increasing damages and losses that are due primarily...  Read More >>

Lifelines (e.g., communication, electric power, liquid fuels, natural gas, transportation, water and sewer systems,...  Read More >>

Earthquakes, especially major ones, are dangerous, inevitable, and a fact of life in some parts of the United States....  Read More >>