Kentucky officals say earthquake disaster preparndess saved lives during recent ice storms ...

Brig. Gen. John Heltzel, the head of Kentucky's Division of Emergency Management, has long planned for a major earthquake along Western Kentucky's New Madrid fault. Brig. Gen. Heltzel reported that the statewide earthquake training held last March was used a rescue blueprint for the January 2009 ice storm that hit Kentucky, and credits that preparation with saving lives from the storm. READ MORE

Earthquakes in the Midwest - A Town Hall meeting for the Kansas City Metro Area

Earthquakes in the Midwest
A Town Hall Meeting for the Kansas City Metro Area
Thursday / February 19, 2009
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Structural Assessment and Visual Evaluation (S.A.V.E.) Coalition

The SAVE Coalition’s objective is to assist the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) with qualified volunteers in the emergency assessment of buildings following a catastrophic event such as an earthquake, tornado, flood or manmade disaster which causes structural damages.

The next SAVE training class is April 10th 2009 in Kansas City.

SAVE volunteers must attend the ATC-20 Post Earthquake Safety Evaluation of Buildings course to receive SAVE inspector credentials and become a SAVE team member qualified to inspect disaster damaged buildings. During the course, procedures and documents are presented which promote uniformity in the rating of building damages so that different individuals examining the same building will arrive at the same conclusion about its relative safety. At the course, each SAVE inspector will receive a field manual and detailed instruction to guide their future work. MORE