The Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management will hold a hearing this week to assess the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) role in earthquake hazard preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery; and to examine the efforts of the Pacific Northwest and seismic hazard experts to reduce disaster impacts and build stronger communities.
The hearing, entitled “Pacific Northwest Seismic Hazards: Planning and Preparing for the Next Disaster," is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building.
Witness List:
Mr. Robert J. Fenton, Jr., Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Response and Recovery, Federal Emergency Management Agency
Dr. Scott A. Ashford, Dean, College of Engineering, Oregon State University
Dr. Richard M. Allen, Director, Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, University of California Berkeley
Mr. John Hooper, Director of Earthquake Engineering, Magnusson Klemencic Associates; on behalf of American Society of Civil Engineers
More information about the hearing, including testimony, additional background information, and live webcast, will be posted here as it becomes available.
Source: House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
