Risk Perception and Communication
Risk Perception and Communication
The USGS SAFRR team partnered with the Los Angeles County Community Disaster Resilience (LACCDR) 3-year pilot collaboration, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Mental Health that aims to engage community-based organizations in providing leadership and partnership to promote community resilience in the face of a wide range of public health emergencies, from pandemics to gang violence to earthquakes.
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Kilauea Advisory Messages Usability Study
Improving Advisories for volcanic activity.
Hawaii Tsunami Messaging
Recent scientific study reveals that certain large earthquakes in the Aleutian Islands can produce much greater tsunami inundation than Hawaii typically experiences. This higher level of tsunami inundation necessitates changes to current tsunami safety instructions - but only for this Aleutian event.
Living With Wildfires
Students at Art Center College of Design prototyped wildfire awareness campaigns after SAFRR exposed them to wildfire research and safety issues.
Partnership with YVO
Worked with USGS Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO) and outside academic partners to plan and stage a workshop bringing together volcano researchers, emergency managers, and social scientists to raise awareness about hazardous volcanoes in the southwest.
Partnership with CalVO and Cal EMA
Worked with USGS California Volcano Observatory (CalVO) and California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) to plan and stage a workshop to raise awareness, increase buy-in, and gather information for a volcano hazards annex to the California's state emergency plan.
Partnership for Community Disaster Resilience
SAFRR is now a partner in the Los Angeles County Community Disaster Resilience project, a 3-year pilot collaboration to promote community resilience in the face of a wide range of public health emergencies.
Debris Flow and Wildfire Evacuation Messaging
What persuades someone to heed a debris flow or wildfire evacuation warning? SAFRR partners in emergency management are especially interested in the results of this study, now underway with Columbia's Center for Research on Environmental Decisions.
Prototype Tsunami Awareness Campaign
Students at Art Center College of Design learned about tsunamis from SAFRR partners in natural science, social science, and emergency management, then designed a fun, engaging, multi-faceted awareness campaign. Prototype Tsunami Awareness Campaign
USGS Flood Inundation Mapper Usability Study
Making user-friendly interfaces.
The First Sue Nami
Collaboration among SAFRR, Art Center College of Design, and other partners produced this tsunami awareness video, targeted for the 18-34 year old audience.
SAFRR CORE
CORE - Cadre of Relevant Experts
National Seismic Hazard Map Usability Study
How can we better communicate seismic hazards to non-scientists?