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Author
Publisher
Colorado Resiliency & Recovery Office
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Projects in this Annual Plan seek to significantly advance Colorado's resiliency, both at the State and local level. They are designed to institutionalize resiliency into regular business operations; maximize State investments with the inclusion of resiliency measures in State grant programs; develop resiliency best practices and standards across multiple State agencies; and encourage Colorado communities to collaboratively develop innovative and...
Author
Publisher
Colorado Resiliency & Recovery Office
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The State of Colorado is committed to building a resilient future through collaboration, coordination, and innovation. As part of this commitment, the Colorado Resiliency Framework, the State's resiliency roadmap, calls for an annual plan and report to provide Coloradans with information about progress towards the implementation of the priorities and strategies identified in the Framework. The 2016 Colorado Resiliency Working Group Annual Plan, the...
Author
Publisher
Colorado Disaster Emergency Services
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
The purpose of this paper is to establish state policy, guidelines and procedures for the provision of state disaster emergency financial assistance in state and federally declared disaster emergency situations.
Publisher
Colorado Resiliency & Recovery Office
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Colorado experienced its costliest disaster in September 2013. A significant amount of damage caused by the 2013 floods took place in areas that were outside the mapped regulatory floodplain, known as the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA). Recognizing the critical need to update hazard mapping and help inform local and state efforts to reduce such losses in future events, the State set out to reexamine various flood risks throughout the communities...
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 25
Publisher
Natural Hazards Research and Applications Center, University of Colorado
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
English
Publisher
Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Behavioral Health
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
The purpose of this document is to establish the terms of agreement between the agencies and organizations that comprise the Colorado Crisis Education and Response Network (CoCERN) which is envisioned as an inclusive, organized, collaborative and cooperative network for disaster behavioral health response.
Publisher
National Academy of Sciences
Pub. Date
1978.
Language
English
Description
On Saturday, July 31, 1976 almost 4,000 people were enjoying the serene beauty of the Big Thompson Canyon. During the evening an intense thunderstorm stalled over a small portion of the canyon, dropping 10 or more inches of rain in a 3-hour period. Because of the steep mountain topography, the rainfall quickly concentrated and formed a virtual "wall of water" which displaced everything in its path. The Big Thompson flood has provided a grim reminder...
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