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WSSPC's mission is to develop seismic policies and share information to promote programs intended to reduce earthquake-related losses.
HEADLINES...
May is National Building Safety Month
President Obama has signed a proclamation designating May 2012 as National Building Safety Month. To show your support, click here.
WSSPC Members Approve 2012 Policy Recommendations and
Format Change
Two policy recommendations were adopted by the WSSPC members at the Annual Business Meeting April 10. Starting in 2012, the policies will now have a new format that includes an Executive Summary. The 2012 policies are available here.
Basin & Range Province Earthquake Working Group II Makes Recommendations to USGS National Seismic Hazard Mapping Program
BRPEWG II met in November 2011 for the purpose of making consensus recommendations to the U.S. Geological Survey on 8 seismic hazard issues in the Basin & Range Province. The meeting was convened under the auspices of WSSPC, USGS, and the Utah Geological Survey. The Working Group’s report to the USGS is available here.
National Earthquake Conference/EERI Annual Meeting Presentations Available
Presentations from the 2012 joint conference are available at http://2012am.eeri.org/conference-presentations.
WSSPC Members Vote in 3 Board Members for 2012-2014 Terms
John Madden (EM-AK) and Vicki McConnell (GS-OR) were voted unanimously to continue on the WSSPC Board and Dave Norman (GS-WA) was voted to replace Bob Swenson (GS-AK) when his term expires. All three terms begin December 1, 2012 for 2 years. A current list of Board members is found here.
WSSPC Moves Office
We didn’t go far! Our new headquarters is in Suite 1236 in the same building - 801 K Street, Sacramento. We are co-located with the California Geological Survey’s headquarters. Our phone numbers remain the same.
2011 WSSPC Annual Report Now Available
The 2011 WSSPC Annual Report has been completed and is now available here.
Approved Minutes of WSSPC 2011 Annual Business Meeting
The minutes from the 2011 Annual Business Meeting were approved by the WSSPC members and are available here.
2012 WSSPC Lifetime Achievement Awards
The Western States Seismic Policy Council (WSSPC) is pleased to announce that Dr. John L. Aho and Dr. Jonathan G. Price were awarded the 2012 WSSPC Lifetime Achievement Award in Earthquake Risk Reduction. WSSPC created the award to recognize outstanding leaders in earthquake risk reduction. This person will have demonstrated throughout his or her career an extraordinary commitment, level of service, and contribution to the application of earthquake risk reduction to public policy.
Background summaries on Dr. Aho and Dr. Price are available here.
Press releases are available here.
2012 National Awards in Excellence
The Western States Seismic Policy Council (WSSPC) Board of Directors and National Awards Selection Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 National Awards in Excellence. The Overall Award in Excellence in the category of Outreach to the General Public went to the Earthquake Country Alliance for their Public Education Activities.
The press release is available here. Awards will be presented at the National Earthquake Conference in Memphis, Tennessee, April 11, 2012.
Information on the Award winners is available here.
WSSPC Winter 2011/12 eNewsletter
The WSSPC Winter 2011/12 edition of the WSSPC's eNewsletter is available here.
WSSPC Releases Tsunami Report
WSSPC has released WSSPC Report 2011-01: "Tsunami Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness: A Perspective from State and Territory Tsunami Programs in the High Tsunami Risk Pacific Region". The report, prepared by WSSPC members from Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington and the Pacific territories of Guam, American Samoa, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, documents the importance and effectiveness of the state and territorial tsunami programs to prepare local communities at high risk for future damaging tsunamis. The report is available here. The press release is available here.
2011 NEPM Meeting Presentations and Final Agenda
The April 5-7, 2011 National Earthquake Program Managers Meeting Presentations and Final Agenda are now available here.
2010 Policy Recommendation Survey Results
The 2010 WSSPC Policy Recommendation Implementation Survey results are available here.
Earthquake Early Warning Presentations Posted
Presentations from the July 10, 2010 WSSPC Special Session on Earthquake Early Warning are available here.
DATES & DEADLINES...
October 5-10, 2012
National Emergency Management Association 2012 Emergency Management Policy & Leadership Forum
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