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The 2019 Global Assessment Report (GAR)

Emergency Planning

The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction was born out of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, 1990-2000. On 1 May 2019 it was renamed the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. The 2019 report is accompanied by an executive summary called GAR Distilled. Mechler, R.,

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Hazardous Conditions: Mitigation Planning and Pandemics

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

These Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)-approved plans are required in order for states to apply for certain non-emergency disaster assistance from the agency, as well as for states to update and re-submit plans to FEMA for approval every five years. You can check the status of your state or local hazard mitigation plan here.

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