The Wilderness Emergency Medical Services Institute

Domestic Organizations

While WEMSI mirrors this page as a convenience to our visitors, and with the permission of David Butler of the National Hazards Information Center at the University of Colorado, we highly recommend a visit to their excellent site, which has many more interesting items. The Natural Hazards Information Center is at http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/

Listings are alphabetical. Private, for-profit organizations have not been not included.

WEMSI also recommends the on-line Natural Hazards Data Resources Directory (1990) published jointly by the Natural Hazards Center and the National Geophysical Data Center.

WEMSI appreciates the kindness of the staff of the Natural Hazards Information Center in allowing us to mirror their material.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AVALANCHE PROFESSIONALS

P.O. Drawer 2757, Truckee, CA 96160. Peggy Rickets, Executive Secretary; (916) 587-3653; fax: (916) 587-1727; e-mail: 7141351@mcimail.com.

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, SECTION ON DISASTER MEDICINE

P.O. Box 619911, Dallas, TX 75261-9911. Rick Murray, EMS Manager; (800) 798-1822, ext.3260; fax: (972) 580-2816; faxback system: (800) 406-2237; e-mail: rmurray@acep.org, or disaster.section@acep.org; WWW: http://www.acep.org.

AMERICAN ENGINEERS FOR DISASTER RELIEF, INC.

P.O. Box 684, Princeton Junction, NJ 08550-0684. James Cohen, Trustee; (609) 730-0510; fax: (609) 730-0511 or (609) 737-3714; e-mail: jccpc@msn.com.

THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS

1735 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20006. Kerry Lord; (202) 626-7383; fax: (202) 626-7365; e-mail: 47334@t-mail.telescan.com.

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

45 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108. Richard Hallgren, Executive Director; (617) 227-2425; fax: (617) 742-8718; e-mail: hallgren@ametsoc.org; WWW: http://www.ametsoc.org/AMS.

AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION

122 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60603. William Klein, Director of Research; (312) 431-9100; fax: (312) 431-9985; e-mail: research@planning.org; WWW: http://www.planning.org.

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, DISASTER RESPONSE NETWORK

APA Practice Directorate, 750 First Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20002. Jan Peterson; (202) 336-5898; fax: (202) 336-5797; e-mail: jlp.apa@email.apa.org.

AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

1301 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W., Suite 501, Washington, DC 20004-1701. Kern Wilson; (202) 393-2792; fax: (202) 737-9153; e-mail: kern.wilson@mail.pubworks.org; WWW: http://www.pubworks.org.

AMERICAN RED CROSS

National Headquarters, Disaster Services Department, 8111 Gatehouse Road, Second Floor, Falls Church, VA 22042. Donald W. Jones, Director; (703) 206-7460; fax: (703) 206-8835; 24-Hour Disaster Operations Center: 703-206-8822. [Note: Information is available from local Red Cross chapters. Requests sent to the national headquaters are referred to local chapters.]

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, SECTION ON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Department of Political Science, California State University - Fullerton, P.O. Box 34080, Fullerton, CA 92634-9480. Sandra Sutphen, Section Head; (714) 773-3521; fax: (714) 733-3524; e-mail: sutphen@fullerton.edu.

AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION

950 Herndon Parkway, Suite 300, Herndon, VA 20170-5531. Kenneth D. Reid, Executive Vice President; (703) 904-1225; fax: (703) 904-1228; e-mail: awrahq@aol.com WWW: http://www.uwin.siu.edu/~awra.

APPLIED TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL

555 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 550, Redwood City, CA 94065. Christopher Rojahn, Executive Director; (415) 595-1542; fax: (415) 593-2320; e-mail: crojahn@atcouncil.org; WWW: http://www.atcouncil.org.

ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY, EMERGENCY SYSTEMS GROUP

DIS Division, Building 900, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439. Kenneth M. Bertram, Group Leader; (630) 252-5626; fax: (630) 252-3379; e-mail: bertramk@smtplink.dis.anl.gov.

ASSOCIATION OF BAY AREA GOVERNMENTS

P.O. Box 2050, Oakland, CA 94604-2050. Jeanne Perkins, Senior Regional Planner/Earthquake Program Manager; (510) 464-7900; fax: (510) 464-7970; e-mail: jeannep@abag.ca.gov; WWW: http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps.

ASSOCIATION OF CONTINGENCY PLANNERS

National Headquarters, 4811 South 76th Street, Suite 210, Milwaukee, WI 53220; (800) 445-4ACP. Mary L. Carrido, National Chairperson and CEO; (310) 406-6538; fax: (909) 396-1405; e-mail: mlc2resq@ix.netcom.com.

ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERING GEOLOGISTS

323 Boston Post Road, Suite 2D, Sudbury, MA 01776. Ed Blackey, Executive Director; (508) 443-4639; fax: (508) 443-2948; e-mail: aeghq@aol.com; WWW: http://geoweb.tamu.edu/aeg.

ASSOCIATION OF STATE DAM SAFETY OFFICIALS

450 Old East Vine, 2nd Floor, Lexington, KY 40507. Lori Spragens, Executive Director; (606) 257-5140; fax: (606) 323-1958; e-mail: 72130.2130@compuserve.com; WWW: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ASDSO.

ASSOCIATION OF STATE FLOODPLAIN MANAGERS

4233 West Beltline Highway, Madison, WI 53711. Larry Larson, Executive Director; (608) 266-1926; fax: (608) 274-0123; e-mail: asfpm@execpc.com.

ASSOCIATION OF STATE WETLAND MANAGERS

P.O. Box 269, Berne, NY 12023-9746. Jon Kusler, Executive Director; (518) 872-1804; fax: (518) 872-2171. e-mail: aswmi@aol.com; WWW: http://members.aol.com/ASWMI/homepage.html.

BUILDING SEISMIC SAFETY COUNCIL

1201 L Street, N.W., Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005. James R. Smith; (202) 289-7800; fax: (202) 289-1092; e-mail: jsmith@nibs.org; WWW: http://www.nibs.org.

BUSINESS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COUNCIL

c/o Emergency Management Agency, 125 North Main, Room 2B49, Memphis, TN 38103. James L. Johnson; (901) 528-2780; fax: (901) 528-3711, or (901) 528-6547.

BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COUNCIL FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS

P.O. Box 1020, Northridge, CA 91328. Jeanne Arneson, President; (213) 386-4524; fax: (818) 775-4879.

CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, EARTHQUAKE PROGRAM

COASTAL REGION, 1300 Clay Street, 4th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612. Elsie Lujan; (510) 286-0895; fax: (510) 286-0853; e-mail: lujane@oes.ca.gov; WWW: http://www.oes.ca.gov:8001.

INLAND REGION, 2550 Mariposa Mall, Room B-181, Fresno, CA 93721. (209) 445-5672; fax: (209) 445-5987.

SOUTHERN REGION, 11200 Lexington Drive, Building 283, Los Alamitos, CA 90720-5002. (310) 795-2900; fax: (310) 795-2877.

SOUTHERN REGION, 117 W. Micheltorena Street, Suite D, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. (805) 568-1207; fax: (805) 568-1211.

CALIFORNIA SEISMIC SAFETY COMMISSION

1900 K Street, Suite 100, Sacramento, CA 95814. L. Richard McCarthy, Executive Director; (916) 322-4917; fax: (916) 322-9476.

CALIFORNIA SPECIALIZED TRAINING INSTITUTE

P.O. Box 8123, San Luis Obispo, CA 93403-8123. John Mirolla, Director; (805) 549-3535; fax: (805) 544-7103; e-mail: info@csti.org, WWW: http://www.csti.org.

CENTRAL UNITED STATES EARTHQUAKE CONSORTIUM

2630 East Holmes Road, Memphis, TN 38118-8001. Tom Durham, Executive Director; (901) 345-0932; fax: (901) 345-0998. e-mail: cusec@ceri.memphis.edu; WWW: http://Gandalf.ceri.memphis.edu/~Cusec/index.html.

CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE (CAER) PROGRAM

2501 M Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20037. David Hastings, Associate Director, Safety, Plant Operations, and CAER; (202) 887-1280.

DISASTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE ASSOCIATION

P.O. Box 37324, Milwaukee, WI 53237-0324. Jay Wilson; (970) 227-6546; fax: (970) 532-2979; e-mail: disasters@delphi.com; WWW: http://www.disasters.org/deralink.html.

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE

499 14th Street, Suite 320, Oakland, CA 94612-1934. Susan Tubbesing, Executive Director; (510) 451-0905; fax: (510) 451-5411; e-mail: skt@eeri.org; WWW: http://www.eeri.org

INSURANCE INFORMATION INSTITUTE

110 William Street, New York, NY 10038. Jeanne Salvatore, Manager of Public Relations and Consumers; (212) 669-9200; fax: (212) 791-1807; WWW: gopher://gopher.infor.com.

INSURANCE INSTITUTE FOR PROPERTY LOSS REDUCTION

73 Tremont Street, Suite 510, Boston, MA 02108-3910. Karen Gahagan; (617) 722-0200; fax: (617) 722-0202; WWW: http://www.iiplr.org.

INSURANCE RESEARCH COUNCIL

211 South Wheaton Avenue, Suite 410, Wheaton, IL 60187. Terrie E. Troxel, Executive Director; (630) 871-0255; fax: (630) 871-0260; e-mail: insrescoun@aol.com.

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS

4025 Fair Ridge Drive, Fairfax, VA 22033-2868. Michael O. Forgy, Special Projects Coordinator; (703) 273-0911; fax: (703) 273-9363; e-mail: onscene1@aol.com; WWW: http://www.iafc.org.

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WILDLAND FIRE

P.O. Box 328, Fairfield, WA 99012. Jason Greenlee, Executive Director; (509) 283-2397; fax: (509) 283-2264; e-mail: jgreenlee@igc.apc.org.

INTERNATIONAL CITY/COUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION

777 North Capitol Street, N.E., Suite 500, Washington, DC 20002-4201. Don Geis; (202) 962-3531; fax: (202) 962-3500; e-mail: dgeis@icma.org; WWW: http://www.icma.org.

INTERNATIONAL CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS FOUNDATION

3290 Pine Orchard Lane, Suite 106, Ellicott City, MD 21042. Phone: (410)750-9600; Fax: (410) 750-9601. Emergency: (410) 313-2473. E-mail: info@icisf.org; WWW: http://www.icisf.org.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FLOOD AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AGENCIES

1225 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20005. Susan Gilson, Executive Director; (202) 682-3761, ext. 239; fax: (202) 842-0621.

NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIETAL IMPACTS GROUP

P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307. Michael Glantz; (303) 497-8119; fax: (303) 497-8125; e-mail: glantz@ucar.edu; WWW: http://www.dir.ucar.edu/esig.

NATIONAL CENTER FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING RESEARCH

State University of New York at Buffalo, Red Jacket Quadrangle, Box 610025, Buffalo, NY 14261-0025. George C. Lee, Director; (716) 645-3391; fax: (716) 645-3399.

INFORMATION SERVICE
c/o Science and Engineering Library, 304 Capen Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260-2200. Patricia Ann Coty, Manager; (716) 645-3377; fax: (716) 645-3379; e-mail: nernceer@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu; WWW: http://nceer.eng.buffalo.edu

NATIONAL CENTER FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

VA Medical Center, White River Junction, VT 05009. Matthew Friedman, Director; (802) 296-5132; fax: (802) 296-5135; e-mail: matthew.friedman@dartmouth.edu.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATES ON BUILDING CODES AND STANDARDS

505 Huntmar Park Drive, Suite 210, Herndon, VA 20170. Jill Moreschi, Communications Specialist; (703) 437-0100; fax: (703) 481-3596.

NATIONAL COORDINATING COUNCIL ON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

111 Park Place, Falls Church, VA 22046-4513. Elizabeth Armstrong, Executive Director; (703) 538-1795; fax: (703) 241-5603; e-mail: nccem@aol.com.

NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION

P.O. Box 11910, Lexington, KY 40578-1910. David Rodham; (606) 244-8000; fax: (606) 244-8239; e-mail: thembree@csg.com; WWW: http://www.csg.org/nemaweb.

NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION

One Batterymarch Park, Box 9101, Quincy, MA 02269. Julie Reynolds, Manager of Public Affairs; (617) 984-7270; fax: (617) 770-0200. e-mail: public_affairs@nfpa.org; WWW: http://www.nfpa.org.

NATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION, NATURAL RESOURCES GROUP

444 North Capitol Street, Washington, DC 20001. Tom Curtis, Director; (202) 624-5389; fax: (202) 624-5313.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE

P.O. Box 91648, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1648. Lois Clark McCoy; (805) 569-5066; fax: (805) 966-6178; e-mail: 3090usar@ucsduxa.ucsb.edu; WWW: http://emergencyservices.com/niusr.

NATIONAL LIGHTNING SAFETY INSTITUTE

891 North Hoover Avenue, Louisville, CO 80027. Richard Kithil, Executive Director; (303) 666-8817; fax: (303) 666-8786; e-mail: rich@lightningsafety.com; WWW: http://www.lightningsafety.com.

OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY, HAZARD MANAGEMENT GROUP

Energy Division, Building 4500 North, MS 6206, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6206. John Sorensen, Project Manager; (615) 576-2716; fax: (615) 576-6661; e-mail: jhs@ornl.gov; WWW: http://stargate.ornl.gov/StarGate/DMMG/dmmg.html.

PUBLIC RISK MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION

1815 North Ft. Myer Drive, Suite 1020, Arlington, VA 22209. (703) 528-7701; fax: (703) 528-7966; Information Services: (703) 528-7718; e-mail: primahq@aol.com.

SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

201 Plaza Professional Building, El Cerrito, CA 94530-4003. Susan Newman, Executive Director; (510) 525-5474; fax: (510) 525-7204; e-mail: info@seismosoc.org; WWW: http://www.seismosoc.org/ssa/.

SOCIETY FOR RISK ANALYSIS

1313 Dolley Madison Boulevard, Suite 402, McLean, VA 22101. Richard J. Burk, Jr., Executive Secretary; (703) 790-1745; fax: (703) 790-2672; e-mail: sraburkmgt@aol.com.

URBAN AND REGIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS ASSOCIATION

900 Second Street, N.E., Suite 304, Washington, DC 20002. Tom Palmerlee, Executive Director; (202) 289-1685; fax: (202) 842-1850; e-mail: members@urisa.org; WWW: http://www.urisa.org.

VOLUNTEERS IN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (VITA), DISASTER INFORMATION CENTER

1600 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 500, Arlington, VA 22209. Richard Muffley, Director, Domestic Disaster Information Center; (703) 276-1800; fax: (703) 243-1865; e-mail: muffley@vita.org. Suzanne Brooks, Director, International Disaster Information Center; (703) 276-1914; fax: (703) 243-1865; e-mail: sbrooks@vita.org; WWW: http://www.vita.org.

WESTERN STATES SEISMIC POLICY COUNCIL

121 Second Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Steven Ganz, Executive Director; (415) 974-6435; fax: (415) 974-1747; e-mail: wsspc@wsspc.org; WWW: http://www.wsspc.org.

WIND ENGINEERING RESEARCH COUNCIL

College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3137. Dale Perry; (409) 845-0052; fax: (409) 862-1571.

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