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Red River Basin Disaster Information Network
On-Line Workshop
August 26, 1999 -- 12:00 Noon CST
Cross-Border Issues in Emergency Response
Tricia Wachtendorf
Research Assistant
University of Delaware
Cheryl Moate
Executive Coordinator (Acting)
Manitoba Emergency Management Organization (MEMO)
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Natural disasters generally do not respect political boundaries, however, emergency management is usually organized by political jurisdiction. This presents significant challenges to coordinating an effective response on a regional basis. It is usually difficult enough to coordinate activities between local jurisdictions, but when an international border is involved, the challenge may become even greater. Our August Workshop looked at some of these issues.
First, Tricia Wachtendorf, a Manitoba resident and doctoral candidate at the University of Delaware shared her research findings from her recently completed study "A River Runs Through It: Cross-Border Interaction During The 1997 Red River Flood." (Abstract)
A River Runs Through It: Cross-Border Interaction During The 1997 Red River Flood
The second half of the workshop, Cheryl Moate, Acting Executive Coordinator for the Manitoba Emergency Management Organization, introduced an institutional framework for addressing these issues, the Prairie Regional Emergency Management Advisory Committee (PREMAC), organized under a bilateral agreement between the two nations. (Summary)
Canada/United States Agreement on Emergency Planning
About Tricia Wachtendorf
Tricia Wachtendorf received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Manitoba and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Delaware. She is also a research assistant for the Disaster Research Center at the University
of Delaware. As part of her Masters Thesis, she conducted research on the 1997
Red River Flood. Her thesis focused on cross-border interaction between Canada and the United States during this disaster. Her research interests include
transnational emergencies, disaster vulnerability, emergency management and policy, and disaster popular culture.
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About Cheryl Moate
Cheryl Moate is the Acting Executive Coordinator for the Manitoba Emergency Management Organization (MEMO) and was the Recovery and Finance Coordinator responsible for the recovery coordination of the 1997 Red River Valley Flood of the Century. She also serves as the Chairperson, Technical Committee, responsible for the coordination and development of the provincial/territorial consensus on Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA), and Chairperson, Technical Recovery Committee, 1999 Western Manitoba Flood, responsible for the coordinated recovery to assist Manitoba citizens adversely affected by the 1999 flooding and heavy rains in Western Manitoba.
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