From site assessments to recovery work, civil engineers play a crucial role in disaster response, ensuring that communities build back safer and more resilient.
Read the latest on disaster response
Technology: Climate tools map hazards into the future
National Climate Assessment shares two online tools and data for public use.
Shock, heartbreak fill civil engineering community as tragedy strikes iconic Baltimore bridge
The civil engineering world awoke Tuesday morning to the terrible news of...
The 1994 Northridge earthquake still offers lessons on pipeline resilience
Researchers measure seismic ground displacement and estimated pipe strain to learn how...
How up-to-date floodplain mapping helps communities enhance disaster resilience
A case study finds a pressing need to create and update floodplain...
Dangerous job? Send in the SMuRFs
Teams of dissimilar robots can do more than any one robot if they work together.
Using drone video to accurately assess flooding and its damage potential in real time
Remotely operated small unoccupied aircraft systems can capture a host of details...
The infrastructure system resilience big picture starts with incremental progress
In episode 152 of ASCE Plot Points, Craig Davis explains the eight...
Book explores the hidden ‘blessings’ of disasters
Ray Bert reviews Michel Bruneau’s “The Blessings of Disaster.”
Community resilience: How the public views agencies’ preparedness for disasters
A new study examines how individuals’ perceived hazard risk awareness shapes their...
April 2023 T&DI President's Message
We rightly recognize National Work Zone Awareness Week April 17-21 this month,...
Ways to help / technical tools
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U.S. Domestic
American Red Cross – Initiatives include feeding stations, first aid, temporary shelter, hygiene kits, clothing, emergency transportation, home repairs, and medical supplies.
Maui Strong Fund – The Maui Strong Fund is providing financial resources that can be deployed quickly, with a focus on rapid response and recovery for the devastating wildfires on Maui.
The Salvation Army– Provides mass and mobile feeding, temporary shelter, counseling, search and rescue, medical assistance, and resource distribution.
Volunteers of America – Delivers initial response services to meet disaster victims' critical needs.
International
High Atlas Foundation – The Morocco-based U.S. nonprofit is providing food, water, and shelter to families displaced by the Sept. 8 earthquake, and will assist in long-term restoration and rebuilding.
International Medical Corps – These first responders are helping Libyans displaced by flooding with immediate needs such as shelter, water, mobile health services, and sanitation.
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies – Donations support local Red Cross and Red Crescent action in more than 192 countries. The world’s largest humanitarian network.
UNICEF – Provides emergency aid, including medicines and supplements for children and nursing mothers, temporary shelters for families, and longer-term support to enhance resilience.
Doctors Without Borders – Responds to medical emergencies around the world.
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Florida International University Pedestrian Bridge Collapse: Analysis of the NTSB Report
Performance-Based Structural Fire Design
Federal Emergency Management Agency – Coordinates and facilitates the U.S. government response to domestic disasters.
Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance – Leads and coordinates the U.S. government’s official response to international disasters.
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Tornado Collection
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Turkey Earthquake Collection
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Hurricane Collection
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Effective ground improvement methods for counteracting liquefaction lateral spreads
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