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Hearing Seismic Disaster Preparedness in the Pacific Northwest

Washington, DC, May 18, 2015 | Justin Harclerode (202) 225-9446
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The Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management will hold a hearing this week to assess the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) role in earthquake hazard preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery; and to examine the efforts of the Pacific Northwest and seismic hazard experts to reduce disaster impacts and build stronger communities.

The hearing, entitled “Pacific Northwest Seismic Hazards: Planning and Preparing for the Next Disaster,” is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building.

Witness List:

  • Mr. Robert J. Fenton, Jr., Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Response and Recovery, Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Dr. Scott A. Ashford, Dean, College of Engineering, Oregon State University
  • Dr. Richard M. Allen, Director, Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, University of California Berkeley
  • Mr. John Hooper, Director of Earthquake Engineering, Magnusson Klemencic Associates; on behalf of American Society of Civil Engineers

    • More information about the hearing, including testimony, additional background information, and live webcast, will be posted here as it becomes available. 

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