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American Rescue Team International (ARTI) (1996 02)
An international humanitarian non-governmental organization (NGO) providing important details on how to survive a building collapse rescue team membership and more.

Bay Area Governments (1997 12)
Get access to San Francisco Bay area government information such as earthquake maps and the Environmental Hotline.

California Office of Emergency Services (1997 05)
Information is provided about the Governor's Office of Emergency Services, the California Emergency Plan, current conditions (weather, roads, etc.), their earthquake program, etc.

Colorado Hazards Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder (1999 02)
The center is a "national and international clearinghouse for information on natural hazards and human adjustments to hazards and disasters." Information available includes: the text of their electronic newsletter Disaster Research and their paper-based newsletter Natural Hazards Observer, research reports, workshop session summaries, bibliographies, etc.

EmergencyNet(tm) (2001 04)
There is a tremendous amount of information on a variety of emergency-related subjects - documents links to other sites EmergencyNet News etc.

Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) (2001 04)
The Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research is a national center of excellence in advanced technology applications. It seeks the reduction of earthquake damage and losses through research, development and application of new knowledge and advanced technologies.

National Drought Mitigation Center
"Helps people and institutions develop and implement measures to reduce societal vulnerability to drought."

National Earthquake Information Center (2001 04)
This US Geological Survey site has information about recent earthquakes, general earthquake information, etc.

National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering at University of California Berkeley (1996 07)
Provides educational and technical resources and support services. The Earthquake Engineering Abstracts database allows public access to world literature in earthquake engineering since 1971. Multiple earthquake image databases also accessible.

National Lightning Safety Institute (1996 03)
This non-profit organization's lightning safety engineers provide educational and technical services to mitigate the hazards of lightning. Safety checklists and other documents are provided. There are also links to other sites with lightning safety information.

Radiation Protection Bureau, Health Canada (2003 09)
Health Canada, Radiation Protection Bureau home page provides links to various publications produced by the RPB.

Radiation Protection Bureau, Publications (2003 09)
Techincal reports and publications produced by the Radiation Protection Bureau of Health Canada are available here as PDF files. Some publications need to be ordered from RPB.

Report #35. Impact of Emissions, Chemistry, and Climate on Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide: 100-year Predictions from a Global Chemistry-Climate Model (2000 08)
This report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change discusses the complicated interactions among emissions, atmospheric chemistry, and climate regarding the distributions and evolution of CO in the atmosphere. Based on the predicted emissions of methane and carbon monoxide, this model predicts an increasing trend of carbon monoxide in the next century, with appropriate graphs and charts. This study shows how important it is to control emissions of both methane and carbon dioxide.

Science of Tsunami Hazards (2003 09)
Information about, and abstracts from the International Journal of the Tsunami Society.

Southern California Earthquake Center (1998 03)
SCEC "is a Science and Technology Center of the National Science Foundation." Read about the Center's research, view hazard maps, read general earthquake information, etc.

Ultraviolet Radiation in the Workplace - Ontario Ministry of Labour (2003 09)
The full text of the Ontario Ministry of Labour guideline "Ultraviolet Radiation in the Workplace" is available at this URL.

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