EM USA Terms and Definitions - FEMA

Such organizations were created in Mexico City after the 1985 earthquake (Velázquez, 1986) and in Kobe, Japan after the Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995 (Shaw & Goda, 2004). In addition, existing organizations are strengthened as they extend their missions to take on new disaster related tasks (Dynes, Quarantelli & Wenger, 1990). ................
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