From Sandbags to Sanity: The Policy Implications of the Midwest Floods of 2008
April 20, 2009, The Monona Terrace, Madison, WI
News
Report from Flood Symposium Released
- September 15, 2010
Proceedings from the 2009 symposium From Sandbags to Sanity: The Policy Implications of the Midwest Floods of 2008 are now available.
Flood Seminar Gets High Marks
-April 29, 2009
Stronger leadership, more communication, better research, greater education and stiffer laws could help control flood damage and reduce loss of property and lives, according to more than a dozen experts who spoke at an all-day seminar in Madison.
Paramedic Applies Management Skills to Flooding Symposium
-April 17, 2009
Erik Viel is no stranger to disaster. The public affairs student has more than five years of experience as a paramedic and ambulance dispatcher, aiding people in the midst of personal crisis.
Flood Threat Rises In Area
-March 25, 2009
As heavy rain Tuesday conjured flashbacks to last year's record floods, experts say Wisconsin communities are better prepared....
Flood Symposium to Help Communities Avoid Devastation
-March 20, 2009
Two national experts will join more than a dozen Wisconsin researchers and government officials in April in Madison at a symposium organized by the La Follette School to help Wisconsin communities avoid devastating floods like those that inundated the Midwest last year.
Wisconsinites Urged to Assess Their Flood Risk, Take Precautions
-March 20, 2009
With the June 2008 floods ranking as Wisconsin’s costliest natural disaster ever, state officials are urging people to assess now whether their homes and businesses are at risk of being flooded and take appropriate precautions....
Flood Seminar Seeks to Avoid Future Devastation
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March 18, 2009
MADISON, Wi. - Two national experts will join more than a dozen Wisconsin researchers and government officials in April in Madison at a symposium aimed at helping Wisconsin communities avoid devastating floods like those that inundated the Midwest last year...
Avineon to Demonstrate Avineonics Emergency Management System at 'BPM for Government Excellence' Seminar
-Tuesday March 17, 2009
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Avineon, Inc. (www.avineon.com), a successful provider of IT, geospatial, engineering, and program management solutions, today announced the company will demonstrate its Avineonics® emergency management system....
Florida's Emergency Management Director Fugate To Head FEMA
-March 4, 2009
TALLAHASSEE - Florida emergency management director Craig Fugate will be nominated by President Barack Obama to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, an official familiar with the appointment said Wednesday....
Moynihan wins grant for symposium on flood prevention in Wisconsin
-February 1, 2009
Donald Moynihan, Associate Professor of Public Affairs and a WAGE Affiliate, has won a prestigious Baldwin grant for a symposium that will focus on improving state policies before the next disaster and providing better information on everything from hydrology to climate change and intergovernmental collaboration....
Wisconsin Idea Endowment going strong in its seventh year
-January 28, 2009
Brian Mattmiller - The Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment is supporting a diverse portfolio of community-inspired projects for 2009, from improving Midwest flood-response policies to exploring Wisconsin’s language roots....
National Disaster Housing Strategy
-January 16, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced the release of the National Disaster Housing Strategy....
Wisconsin Homeland Security Newsletter
-Fall/Winter 2008
Thanking flood responders: As tornadoes touched down and rain began to fall, the evening of June 7 marked the beginning of what would become the largest natural disaster to strike Wisconsin in the last twenty years....
National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09)
National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09) is scheduled for July 27 through July 31, 2009. NLE 09 will be the first major exercise conducted by the United States government that will focus exclusively on terrorism prevention and protection, as opposed to incident response and recovery....
