“Big Fire?..Bring a big hose.”

5 years ago
johnharpe

Someone at the Wa. St. Fire Academy taught me the importance of aggressive hose attacks on large fires if the…

Augmenting Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Practices to Include Maritime Infrastructure for Natural Disasters

The Pacific Northwest is a very dangerous place when the ground shakes. It is best not to be in contact with…

5 years ago

Combination Marina/Public Tsunami Safe Haven

Can we simultaneously protect strategically vital Pacific NW watercraft and the public from tsunami inundation with the same structure? Seismically…

5 years ago

Anti-Tsunami Civil Engineering

Note: In an effort to minimize Coastal seismic impact, I submitted via Facebook an anti-Tsunami Civil Engineering project. This eventually…

5 years ago

Managing Tsunami Debris During Inundation Phases

History reflects tsunami debris fields remaining for extended periods after a community has endured both earthquake and inundation, first posing…

5 years ago

Water Adaptive Structures

This is another area I only have a layman’s experience in, but like everyone else I have a vested interest…

5 years ago

Getting Emergency Management to Work?

How will we get our key Emergency Management personnel to their jobs when the Cascadia Megaquake strikes? I’ve included this…

5 years ago

Disaster Resistant Structures

Some of my previous work exposed me to the importance of pre fire building planning, but overall disaster resistance was…

6 years ago

Conflagration/Wildland Firefighting and Aerial Resupply Systems

To my knowledge planet Earth is the only known place where fire exists and history reflects this natural condition has…

6 years ago

Public Fire Shelters

I have no background in forest management but having spent my entire life in the Pacific Northwest, I have found…

6 years ago