1. Joining a Disaster
Management Association
David Alexander
University College London

2. Why join an association?
• to enjoy a sense of
belonging to something
• to identify oneself with a phenomenon
• the "weight of numbers" -
together, people have a
more authoritative voice
• improve one's curriculum vitae -
demonstrate greater seriousness
or more command of the field.

3. Why join an association?
• to have the products of the
association (take courses, read
newsletters and journals, etc.)
• to get to know people, institute
a dialogue with experts or others
• to gain greater visibility in
the social environment of work.

4. International Association
of Emergency Managers
www.iaem.com

5. IAEM-Europa
www.iaem.eu

6. UK Emergency Planning Society
www.the-eps.org

8. Institute of Civil Protection
and Emergency Management
www.icpem.net/Home/tabid/55/Default.aspx

9. International Civil Defence Organisation
www.icdo.org

10. International Research Committee
on Disasters
www.ijmed.org/exec_board.php

11. i-Rec Post-Disaster Reconstruction Group
www.grif.umontreal.ca/i-Rec.htm

12. The International Society for
the Prevention and Mitigation
of Natural Hazards
www.umanitoba.ca/institutes/natural_
resources/naturalhazards/home.htm

13. WADEM
wadem.medicine.wisc.edu

14. The Society for Risk Analysis
www.sra.org

15. TORRO: The Tornado and Storm
Research Organisation
www.torro.org.uk

16. Reuters Foundation AlertNet
www.alertnet.org

17. And last but not least....
Discussion groups, for example:
NATURAL-HAZARDS-DISASTERS@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
c/o www.radixonline.org
ENDRR-L@GROUPS.PREVENTIONWEB.NET

18. Join up!