The 2006 Yearbook includes insightful articles written by industry experts offering their perspectives on events of the past year and their impact, plus a detailed resource guide.

The 2007 Risk Management Resource Guide is a detailed directory of sources for risk management information and training.

This article, published by Richard Kithi, President & CEO of the National Lightning Safety Institute, describes the methods that can be used to minimize damage from lightning strikes.

This dissertation paper was written by Oyuntsesteg Chuluundorj and was submitted to the faculty of the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center. Funding was provided through the PERIShip Fellowship program.

This paper by Raymond Pena, Dane County Emergency Management, Madison, Wisconsin was included in a September 2003 PERI Symposium entitled "Toward an International System Model in Emergency Management."

This paper by John Granito, fire service consultant, author, and instructor was presented during a May 2004 PERI Symposium entitled "Risk Assessment and Planning for Volunteer Fire Departments".

This paper by Doug MacDonald, Chief, Los Alamos County Fire Department, Los Alamos, NM was presented during an October 2001 PERI Symposium entitled "Reducing the Community Risk of Wildland - Urban Interface Fires."

This 70-minute documentary-style DVD, produced by the American Bar Association (ABA), Section of State and Local Government Law, addresses the key legal issues in emergency preparedness, response, and recovery.

This paper by Kathleen S. Schrank, M.D., F.A.C.E.P., Chief, Division of Emergency Medicine and Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine; and Emergency Medical Service Director, Miami Department of Fire-Rescue was presented in a September 2002 PERI Symposium entitled "Evaluating Community Emergency Services."

This paper by Chief William Bryson, Miami, Fla., Department of Fire-Rescue was presented in a September 2002 PERI Symposium entitled "Evaluating Community Emergency Services."

This paper by William F. Jenaway, Ph.D., CFPS, CFP, Executive Vice President, VFIS was presented during a May 2004 PERI Symposium entitled "Risk Assessments and Planning for Volunteer Fire Departments."

This paper by Costis Toregas, President Emeritus, Public Technology Institute was presented during a June 2006 PERI Symposium entitled "Preparing for a Local Crisis within a Global Pandemic"

This is a collection of presentations from Symposium 2005: Best Practices in Risk Reduction for Colleges and Universities, a two-day symposium/workshop for emergency professionals serving colleges and universities.

This publication includes 20 papers by researchers who investigated various questions that arose in the wake of the World Trade Center disaster, as well as a summary of what this post-September 11th research tells us, an overview of "quick response" as a research method, and a report of the preliminary observations made by researchers and first responders at a workshop held only a few months after the disaster.

This paper from a January 2007 PERI Symposium on school violence was written by Vijay Ramnarain, an architectural consultant with the Virginia Department of Education.

This paper by By Norman Hamer, Survivor of the Cerro Grande Fire, Los Alamos, NM was presented during the October 2001 PERI Symposium entitled "Reducing the Community Risk of Wildland - Urban Interface Fires."

The Century Time Line is a full color chart that highlights major focusing disaster events and their outcomes, as documented in the book Emergency Management: The American Experience 1900-2005.

Characteristics of Effective Emergency Management Organizational Structures is a self-assessment manual designed to help local governments strengthen their emergency management structure. It guides a reader through 20 exercises to help develop or improve a jurisdiction's organizational structure for responding to a disaster.

This paper by Vaughn E. Wagner, Ph.D., B.C.E., M.E., Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Science, Salisbury University was presented during the November 2001 PERI Symposium entitled "Community Response to the Threat of Terrorism."

This presentation by PERI's Deputy Director and General Counsel Claire L. Reiss was given at the California National Emergency Preparedness Conference.

The Coastal Hazards Information Clearinghouse is a web site that presents coastal risk maps that show projected effects of coastal storms. It also contains educational materials on coastal hazards, mitigation, and coastal planning. The site was developed by Western Carolina University with the assistance of a grant from PERI.

This report from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) summarizes the findings of a series of workshops on Transportation Operations Preparedness and Response held in 20 regions across the United States. The report consolidates the common issues identified at the workshops on topics such as interagency coordination and communication; emergency operations; equipment; intelligent transportation systems; and mutual aid.

This report contains recommendations to mayors, governors, and health officers from the Working Group on Community Engagement in Health Emergency Planning on why and how to involve local civic networks in preparedness.

This collection of Issues and Ideas Papers from a November 2001 PERI Symposium looks at how a community can prepare to respond to the threat of a terrorist incident. The papers cover many perspectives, including those of elected officials, administrators, police, fire, emergency services, public works, and public health. The publication also includes a discussion of cyberterrorism and biological terrorism.

This concept paper was written by Eelco Dykstra, MD to introduce the September 2003 PERI Symposium "Toward an International System Model in Emergency Management."

This collection of papers from a PERI Symposium explore strategies for addressing violence in our nation’s schools.

This report summarizes the results of a PERI-funded survey that was conducted to gauge Connecticut residents’ reactions to an erroneous emergency broadcast system alert that aired statewide in February 2005. It provides important lessons learned information for emergency managers.

This paper by Jacqueline L. Monday and Mary Fran Myers, Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, was presented during an October 1999 PERI Symposium entitled "Dealing with Disaster."

This paper written by James Kendra of the University of North Texas and Tricia Wachtendorf of the University of Delaware is the product of a PERI-funded project conducted by the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware.

This paper by Jorma Hamalainen, Chairman of the working group on the Crisis Management Network Operator (CMO) concept was presented during a September 2003 PERI Symposium entitled "Toward an International System Model in Emergency Management."

This article identifies sources and samples of crisis response plans, which every school should have in place. It also includes sources of information for protecting against the threat of biological, chemical, and radiological terrorism and information on sheltering in place.

This dissertation by Patricia Alvarado was submitted to the faculty of the Department of Geosciences at the University of Arizona. Funding was provided through the PERIShip Fellowship program.

These time lines depict in a graphical manner major disaster and/or terrorism events by year and the related outcomes- - reports and analyses; federal statutes, regulations and executive orders; federal response plans; and major federal organizational changes.

This is the final report and additional guidance materials from the DRUCA program, which was intended to help colleges and universities throughout the Western Hemisphere reduce the vulnerability of their physical infrastructure to natural hazards by providing technical support and knowledge critical to managing such vulnerability.

This article describes Disaster Resistant Job training provided by FEMA and the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration through the Emergency Management Institute, National Emergency Training Center, in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The article also includes a link where interested students can register for the course.

This book by Eric Auf der Heide addresses the interdisciplinary aspects of disaster response management. The book deals with emergency medial care as well as the organizational systems (procedures, management structures, and designation of responsibilities) that can impact the effectiveness of emergency medical care.

This is a presentation on volunteer liability given by PERI Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel Claire Lee Reiss, J.D., ARM, CPCU, at the 2008 CAJPA Fall Conference.

This collection of papers from an April 2005 PERI Symposium examines the complex issues related to establishing a useful and effective early warning system.

This paper by Jason Kingsley, CEM, Aurora, Colo., Region VIII President, International Association of Emergency Managers was presented during the April 2005 PERI Symposium "Early Warning Systems - Interdisciplinary Observations and Policies from a Local Government Perspective."

This training presentation provides important information for emergency managers on emergence and convergence with a special emphasis on the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. Emergence (unplanned action in response to an event by an individual or groups) and convergence (the influx of people and resources into the disaster zone) are closely related, and are among the most significant public behaviors that emergency managers will encounter after disaster.

Emergency Management in Higher Education: Current Practices and Conversations; Papers From the 2007 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Conference represents the current research in the field of emergency management in higher education.

This publication offers a unique historical view of emergency management with the U.S. The book is intended to answer two key questions: Why did the federal government get involved in emergency management? and Why and how has that role changed?

This article by Gerard Hoetmer, Executive Director, Public Entity Risk Institute appeared in the October 2005 issue of The Journal of County Administration.

This article written by Deputy Chief James G Fogarty, Emergency Medical Services, City of Clearwater Fire Department, Clearwater, FL was presented in the November 2001 PERI Symposium "Community Response to the Threat of Terrorism."

This paper by Manfred Koethe, President and Chief Technology Officer, 88solutions Corporation, Newton, Mass. was presented during the September 2003 PERI Symposium "Toward an International System Model in Emergency Management."

This paper by Jan Sendzimir, Ph.D., and Juergen Weichselgartner, Ph.D., International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria was included in a September 2003 PERI Symposium entitled "Toward an International System Model in Emergency Management."

This collection of papers from a PERI Symposium is aimed at municipal officials, fire-rescue administrators, and concerned citizens interested in assessing and improving their fire protection, technical rescue, and emergency medical systems.

This website is an excellent resource with information from the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) including NFIP's Watermark newsletter. The site also provides links to several resources with information on flood-related topics such as insurance, mitigation, mapping, floodplain management and safe construction, and grants.

This article by Laurie Johnson and Felix Kloman was presented in the October 1999 PERI Symposium "Dealing with Disaster."

This publication from the National Academies Press assesses the current state of social science hazards and disaster research and provides a set of recommendations that reflect opportunities and challenges in the field.