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  2. FEMA Photo Library - Wikipedia

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    The majority of the collection is of declared disasters and there are also photographs from significant public events that have occurred on or near the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Since August 30, 2005, 6,098 images have been added to the collection; Hurricane Katrina has the most photographs in the collection with around 3,000 images.

  3. Preparedness - Wikipedia

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    In Canada, the Center for Preparedness is a federally incorporated, not-for-profit organization that promotes preparedness. In the United States, the American Red Cross, a non-profit organization, provides disaster preparedness education. These and other various organizations around the world may provide emergency kits and training.

  4. Emergency Broadcast System - Wikipedia

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    People living in the Los Angeles area were urged to study an emergency preparedness section in their telephone directories to be prepared for an earthquake or other types of emergencies. [ 31 ] As the EBS was about to be replaced by its successor, the aforementioned Emergency Alert System in the mid-1990s, some stations used the following message:

  5. Lucy Jones - Wikipedia

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    Dr Lucy Jones in 1994. Lucile M. Jones (born 1955) is an American seismologist and public voice for earthquake science and earthquake safety in California. [1] One of the foremost and trusted public authorities on earthquakes, [2] Jones is viewed by many in Southern California as "the Beyoncé of earthquakes" who is frequently called upon to provide information on recent earthquakes.

  6. Survivalism - Wikipedia

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    Survivalism is a social movement of individuals or groups (called survivalists, doomsday preppers or preppers [1] [2]) who proactively prepare for emergencies, such as natural disasters, and other disasters causing disruption to social order (that is, civil disorder) caused by political or economic crises.

  7. Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on the Maldives

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    The government declared a state of national disaster [2] and a special task force was set up to provide aid and supplies. Rescue efforts were hampered by loss of communication capability with the over one thousand islands that compose the nation, as well as by the lack of disaster planning.

  8. Disaster preparedness (cultural property) - Wikipedia

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    Disaster preparedness in museums, galleries, libraries, archives and private collections, involves any actions taken to plan for, prevent, respond or recover from natural disasters and other events that can cause damage or loss to cultural property. 'Disasters' in this context may include large-scale natural events such as earthquakes, flooding ...

  9. National Preparedness Month - Wikipedia

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    Since its inception in 2004, [1] National Preparedness Month is observed each September in the United States of America. It is sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) within the Department of Homeland Security and encourages Americans to take steps to prepare for emergencies in their communities. FEMA's Ready Campaign, the ...