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U.S. Government Agencies

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.

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL, INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY AND REFUGEE HEALTH UNIT

Mailstop K01, 4770 Buford Highway, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30341-3724. Eric K. Noji, Chief; (770) 488-1033 or 488-1089; fax: (770) 488-1003; e-mail: exnl@ihpod1.em.cdc.gov.

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL PREPAREDNESS OFFICE

VA Medical Center, Martinsburg, WV 25401. Joseph G. Gray, Director; (304) 264-4825; fax: (304) 264-4499; e-mail: gray.joe@forum.va.gov.

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

500 C Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20472. e-mail: eipa@fema.gov; WWW: http://www.fema.gov.
James L. Witt, Director. Director's Office; (202) 646-3923; fax: (202) 646-3930.

Federal Insurance Administration
Spence W. Perry, Executive Deputy Administrator; (202) 646-2781; fax: (202) 646-3445.

Information Technology Services Directorate
G. Clay Hollister, Executive Associate Directory; (202) 646-3006; fax: (202) 646-4655.

Mitigation Directorate
(202) 646-4622; fax: (202) 646-3231.

Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs
Martha Braddock, Director; (202) 646-4500; fax: (202) 646-3600.

Office of Emergency Information and Public Affairs
Vallee D. Bunting, Director; Phil Cogan, Deputy Director: (202) 646-4600; fax: (202) 646-4086; e-mail: eipa@fema.gov.

Office of Policy and Assessment
Joe Bray, Director; (202) 646-3011; fax: (202) 646-4215.

Operations Support Directorate
Bruce Campbell, Executive Associate Director; (202) 646-2965; fax: (202) 646-3155.

Preparedness, Training and Exercises Directorate
Kay Goss, Associate Director; (202) 646-3487; fax: (202) 646-4557.

Response and Recovery Directorate
Lacy Suiter, Executive Associate Director; (202) 646-3692; fax: (202) 646-4060.

Operations Division: Bruce Baughman, Division Director; (202) 646-3681; Patricia Stahlschmidt, Policy Assistant; (202) 646-4066.

MAP SERVICE CENTER
P.O. Box 1038, Jessup, MD 20794-1038. (800) 358-9616; fax: (800) 358-9620; WWW: http://www.fema.gov/MSC/femahome.htm.

NATIONAL EMERGENCY TRAINING CENTER
16825 South Seton Avenue, Emmitsburg, MD 21727; (301) 447-1000.

Emergency Management Institute, John McKay, Training Division Director; (301) 447-1286.

Learning Resource Center, Adele Chiesa; (301) 447-1030 or (800) 638-1821.

National Fire Academy, Denis G. Onieal, Superintendent; (301) 447-1117; James F. Coyle, Deputy Superintendent; (301) 447-1118.

PUBLICATIONS
FEMA Distribution Facility, 8231 Stayton Drive, Jessup MD 20794; (800) 480-2520 or (202) 646-3484; fax: (301) 497-6378.

U.S. FIRE ADMINISTRATION
National Emergency Training Center, 16825 South Seton Avenue, Emmitsburg, MD 21727. Carrye B. Brown, Administrator; (301) 447-1018; fax: (301) 447-1270.

FEMA REGIONAL OFFICES

Region I - Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, Room 442, J.W. McCormack Post Office and Courthouse Building, Boston, MA 02109-4595. (617) 223-9540; fax: (617) 223-9519.

Region II - New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 1337, New York, NY 10278-0002. (212) 225-7209; fax: (212) 225-7281.

Region III - District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia, Liberty Square Building, Second Floor, 105 South Seventh Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-3316. (215) 931-5608; fax: (215) 931-5621.

Region IV - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, 3003 Chamblee-Tucker Road, Atlanta, GA 30341. (770) 220-5200; fax: (770) 220-5230.

Region V - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin, 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Fourth Floor, Chicago, IL 60604-2698.(312) 408-5503; fax: (312) 408-5234.

Region VI - Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, Federal Regional Center, Room 206, 800 North Loop 288, Denton, TX 76201-3698. (817) 898-5104; fax: (817) 898-5325.

Region VII - Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, 2323 Grand Boulevard, Suite 900, Kansas City, MO 64108-2670. (816) 283-7061; fax: (816) 283-7582.

Region VIII - Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming, Denver Federal Center, Building 710, Box 25267, Denver, CO 80225-0267.(303) 235-4812; fax: (303) 235-4976.

Region IX - American Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau, Presidio of San Francisco, Building 105, San Francisco, CA 94129-1250. (415) 923-7100; fax: (415) 923-7112.

Region X - Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, Federal Regional Center, 130 - 228th Street, S.W., Bothell, WA 98021-9796. (206) 487-4604; fax: (206) 487-4622.

U.S. FIRE ADMINISTRATION
National Emergency Training Center, 16825 South Seton Avenue, Emmitsburg, MD 21727. Carrye B. Brown, Administrator; (301) 447-1018; fax: (301) 447-1270.

Fire Management and Technical Programs Division - Steven W. Hill, Division Director; (301) 447-1362.
Management Operations and Student Support Division - Ronald P. Face, Jr., Division Director; (301) 447-1223.

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES/NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

Board on Natural Disasters/U.S. National Committee for the Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction/Committee on Hazards Mitigation Engineering, HA 370, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20418. Caroline Clarke, Director; (202) 334-1964; fax: (202) 334-3362 or (202) 334-1377; e-mail: cclarke@nas.edu.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH, VIOLENCE AND TRAUMATIC STRESS RESEARCH BRANCH

5600 Fishers Lane, Room 10C-26, Rockville, MD 20857. Ellen Gerrity; (301) 443-3728; fax: (301) 443-1726.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, BUILDING AND FIRE RESEARCH LABORATORY

Building 226, Room B158, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Riley M. Chung; (301) 975-6062; fax: (301) 869-6275; e-mail: riley.chung@nist.gov.

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (See also NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE)

Central Library, 1315 East West Highway, Second Floor, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Carol Watts, Chief; (301) 713-2600; fax: (301) 713-4598; e-mail: reference@nodc.noaa.gov.

National Climatic Data Center, 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801. Primary public contact point and climatic data ordering service; (704) 271-4682; fax: (704) 271-4876; e-mail: ncdc@noaa.gov.

National Geophysical Data Center, Code E/GC, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80303. Michael S. Loughridge, Director; (303) 497-6215; fax: (303) 497-6513; e-mail: info@mail.ngdc.noaa.gov.

National Severe Storms Laboratory, 1313 Halley Circle, Norman, OK 73069. Douglas Forsyte, Acting Director; (405) 366-0427; fax: (405) 366-0472; e-mail: forsyte@nssl.uok.nor.edu.

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION,CIVIL AND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230.

Earthquake Hazards Mitigation Program - William Anderson, Section Head; (703) 306-1362; e-mail: wanderso@nsf.gov.

Natural and Technological Hazards Mitigation Program - Eleonora Sabadell, Program Director; (703) 306-1362; e-mail: esabadel@nsf.gov.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

Industrial Meteorology Staff (W/IM), Silver Spring Metro Center 2, Station 18462, 1325 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Edward M. Gross, Chief; (301) 713-0258; fax: (301) 713-0662; e-mail: edward.m.gross@noaa.gov.

Tropical Prediction Center, National Hurricane Center, 11691 S.W. 17th Street, Miami, FL 33165-2149. Dr. Robert Burpee, Director; (305) 229-4402; Vivian Jorge, Administrative Officer; (305) 229-4403; e-mail: rburpee@nhc.noaa.gov; WWW: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov.

National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Climate Prediction Center, W/NP53, Room 805, World Weather Building, Washington, DC 20233. Richard Tinker, Editor, Weekly Climate Bulletin; (301) 763-4670; fax: (301) 763-8125; e-mail: tinker@climon.wwb.noaa.gov;

• High Plains Regional Climate Center, 242 L.W. Chase Hall, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583-0728. Kenneth Hubbard, Director; (402) 472-6706; fax: (402) 472-6614; e-mail: khubbard@hpccsun.unl.edu.
• Midwestern Climate Center, Illinois State Water Survey, 2204 Griffith Drive, Champaign, IL 61820-7495. Kenneth Kunkel, Director; (217) 244-8226; fax: (217) 244-0220; e-mail: k-kunkel@uiuc.edu; WWW: http://mcc.sws.uiuc.edu.
• Northeast Regional Climate Center, 11th floor, 1123 Bradfield Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. Warren Knapp, Director; (607) 255-1751; fax: (607) 255-2106; e-mail: nrcc@cornell.edu. WWW: http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu.
• Southeastern Regional Climate Center, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, 1201 Main Street, Suite 1100, Columbia, SC 29201. Dr. Michael R. Helfert, Director; (803) 737-0849; fax: (803) 765-9080; direct fax: (803) 253-6248; e-mail: helfert@water.dnr.state.sc.us; WWW: http://water.dnr.state.sc.us/climate/sercc.
• Southern Regional Climate Center, 260 Howe-Russell Complex, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803. Kevin Robbins, Associate Director; (504) 388-5021; fax: (504) 388-2912; e-mail: krobbins@maestro.srcc.lsu.edu; WWW: http://www.srcc.lsu.edu.
• Western Regional Climate Center, Desert Research Institute, P.O. Box 60220, Reno, NV 89506-0220. Richard L. Rinehart, Director; (702) 677-3106; fax: (702) 677-3243; e-mail: rrwrcc@sage.dri.edu; WWW: http://wrcc.sage.dri.edu.

Aviation Weather Center, Federal Building, Room 1728, 601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, MO 64106. David R. Rodenhuis, Director; (816) 426-5922; fax: (816) 426-3453; e-mail: david.rodenhuis@noaa.gov.

Office of Hydrology, Hydrologic Operations Division, Hydrologic Services Branch, Station 8144, W/OH22, 1325 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Edward R. Johnson, Glenn Austin; (301) 713-0006; fax: (301) 713-0963; e-mail: edward.johnson@noaa.gov.

Office of Meteorology, Customer Service, W/OM11, Room 14414, 1325 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Donald R. Wernly; (301) 713-0090; fax: (301) 713-1598; e-mail: don.wernly@noaa.gov.

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIVISION
409 3rd Street, SW, Washington, DC 20416. Bernard Kulik, Associate Administration for Disaster Assistance; (202) 205-6734; fax: (202) 205-7728; e-mail: bernard.kulik@sba.gov; WWW: http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/disaster/.

Area 1 (Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont, Virgin Islands, West Virginia): 360 Rainbow Boulevard South, Third Floor, Niagara Falls, NY 14303. Win Allred, Director; (716) 282-4612; fax: (716) 282-1472; e-mail: willis.allred@sba.gov.

Area 2 (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Wisconsin): One Baltimore Place, Suite 300, Atlanta, GA 30308. Michael C. Allen, Director; (404) 347-3771; fax: (404) 347-4183; e-mail: michael.allen@sba.gov.

Area 3 (Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wyoming): 4400 Amon Carter Boulevard, Suite 102, Fort Worth, TX 76155. Raymond P. Chatham, Director; (817) 885-7600; fax: (817) 885-7616; e-mail: raymond.chatham@sba.gov.

Area 4 (Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington): P.O. Box 13795, Sacramento, CA 95853-4795. Alfred E. Judd, Director; (916) 566-7240; fax: (916) 566-7280; e-mail: alfred.judd@sba.gov.

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, WATER MANAGEMENT RIVER SYSTEM OPERATIONS

400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT10B, Knoxville, TN 37902. Gregory W. Lowe; (423) 632-6857; fax: (423) 632-4670; e-mail: gwlowe@tva.gov; WWW: http://www.tva.gov.

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT/OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE

State Department, Room 1262-A, Washington, DC 20523-0008. Michael Sullivan, Information Unit Manager; (202) 647-5707; fax: (202) 647-5269; e-mail: msullivan@usaid.gov; WWW: http://www.info.usaid.gov.

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

Headquarters:
Readiness Branch, attn: CECW-OE, 20 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20314. Edward Hecker, Chief; (202) 272-0251; fax: (202) 504-4150.
Flood Plain Management Services and Coastal Resources Branch, 20 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20314. Jerry Peterson, Chief; (202) 272-0169; fax: (202) 272-1972.

Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, 72 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH 03755-1290. Nancy Liston, Librarian; (603) 646-4221; fax: (603) 646-4712; e-mail: nliston@hanover-crrel.army.mil.

Earthquake Preparedness Center of Expertise, attn: CESPD-CO-Q, 211 Main Street, Room 302, San Francisco, CA, 94105-1905. Richard Cook; (415) 744-2807.

Hydrologic Engineering Center, 609 Second Street, Davis, CA 95616. Vern Bonner, Publications and Training; (916) 756-1104; fax: (916) 756-8250; e-mail: bonner@hec61.wrc-hec.usace.army.mil.

Water Resources Support Center, Casey Building, Alexandria, VA 22315-3868. John Singley, Sociologist; (703) 355-2219; fax: (703) 355-8435; e-mail: singley@inet.hq.usace.army.mil.

Waterways Experiment Station, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199.

Coastal Engineering Information Analysis Center, Fred E. Camfield; (601) 634-2012.
Environmental Information Analysis Center, M. John Cullinane; (601) 634-3233.
Hydraulic Engineering Information Analysis Center, Bobby J. Brown; (601) 634-2608.

U.S. COAST GUARD, NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER

2100 Second Street, S.W., Room 2611, Washington, DC 20593. Jeffrey Ogden; (202) 267-2185; Hotline: (800) 424-8802; fax: (202) 267-2165; e-mail: jogden@comdt.uscg.mil/mailgatehq. WWW: http://www.dot.gov/dotinfo/uscg/hq/nrc.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farmers Home Administration, Room 5438, South Building, 14th and Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20250-0700. James Redintz, Director, Farmer Programs Loan Making Division; (202) 720-1632; fax: (202) 690-1117.

Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, 324 25th Street, Ogden, UT 84401. Robin Renteria; (801) 625-5437; fax: (801) 625-5129.

Forest Service, International Forestry Staff, Disaster Assistance Support, 1099 14th Street, N.W., Suite 5500 West, Washington, DC 20005-3402. Greg Garbinsky, Branch Chief; (202) 273-4724; fax: (202) 273-4749.

Forest Service, Fire, and Aviation Management, P.O. Box 96090, Washington, DC 20090-6090. Denny Truesdale, Emergency Disaster Coordinator; (202) 205-1485; fax: (202) 205-1272.

Natural Resource Conservation Service (formerly Soil Conservation Service), P.O. Box 2890, Washington, DC 20013. Lloyd Wright, Director, Community Assistance and Resource Development Division; (202) 720-2847; fax: (202) 690-0639.

U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Program, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (5104), Washington, DC 20460. e-mail: homepage.ceppo@epamail.epa.gov; WWW: http://www.epa.gov/swercepp.

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Earthquake Hazards Program, MS-905, National Center, Reston, VA 20192. Robert A. Page, (703) 648-6714; fax: (703) 648-6717; e-mail: page@usgs.gov.

Earth Science Information Center:
507 National Center, Reston, VA 20192. (703) 648-6045; fax: (703) 648-5948.
Central Region: MS-504, Box 25046, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225. (303) 202-4200; fax: (303) 202-4188. Western Region: 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025. (415) 329-4309; fax: (415) 329-5130.

Earth Resources Observation Systems Data Center, Sioux Falls, SD 57198. (605) 594-6151; WWW: http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/.

Library, MS-950, National Center, Reston, VA 20192. Information Desk: (703) 648-4302/4303.

Library, Special Video Collections, MS-955, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Michael Moore; (415) 329-5009.

National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC), MS-967, P.O. Box 25046, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225. Waverly Person, Director; (303) 273-8441 (director), (303) 273-8500 (operations), (303) 273-8516 (earthquake information); fax: (303) 273-8450; WWW: http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov.

National Landslide Information Center, MS-966, P.O. Box 25046, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046. Lynn M. Highland, Director; (800) 654-4966; fax: (303) 273-8600.

National Water Information Center, 427 National Center, Reston, VA 20192. 1-800-426-9000 or (703) 648-6803; e-mail: h2oinfo@usgs.gov; WWW: http://h2o.usgs.gov.

Photographic Library, MS-914, P.O. Box 25046, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046. Joe McGregor, Librarian; (303) 236-1010.

Public Affairs Office
Western Region: MS-144, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Pat Jorgenson; (415) 329-4011; fax: (415) 329-4013.
Bureau-Wide Office: MS-119, Reston, VA 20192. Don Kelly; (703) 648-4460.

Research Applications (Earthquake), MS-955, Reston, VA 20192. Robert Hamilton: (703) 648-6550, or Walter W. Hays: (703) 648-6711; fax: (703) 648-6032; e-mail: rhamilto@usgs.gov or whays@usgs.gov.

Rocky Mountain Mapping Center, P.O. Box 25046, MS-516, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225. Michael Crane, Director; (303) 202-4312; e-mail: mpcrane@usgs.gov.

USGS Information Services (maps, professional papers, circulars), Box 25286, MS-306, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225. (303) 202-4700 or 1-800-HELPMAP; fax: (303) 202-4693.

USGS Information Services (open file reports section), Box 25286, MS-517, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046. (303) 202-4210; fax: (303) 202-4695.

Volcano Hazards Program, MS-905, National Center, Reston, VA 20192. Marianne Guffanti, (703) 648-6708; fax: (703) 648-6717; e-mail: guffanti@usgs.gov.

U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, NATIONAL DISASTER MEDICAL SYSTEM

Parklawn Building, Room 4-81, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Robert Knouss, M.D.; (301) 443-1167 or (800) USA-NDMS; fax: (800) USA-KWIK.

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