Haiti Schools Rebuilding Initiative
The Council of Educational Facility Planners International and Schools for the Children of the World are establishing a relief effort to help in the rebuilding of damaged and destroyed schools in Haiti. The first priority is to create a database of volunteers to participate in a Haiti Task Force to formulate strategies on how to best help in the recovery process. Seismic Design and Retrofit for Schools
This is NCEF's resource list compiling references to books, documents, articles, related websites, and videos on assessment, design, and retrofit of schools to resist earthquakes. Design Guide for Improving School Safety in Earthquakes, Floods, and High Winds
This FEMA guide advises on the protection of school buildings and their occupants against natural hazards. The focus is on the design of new schools, but the repair, renovation, and extension of existing schools, as well as the economic losses and social disruption caused by damage from these three hazards are also addressed. Earthquakes and Schools
This NCEF publication discusses earthquake basics, preparing a school for an earthquake, reducing nonstructural hazards, and seismic upgrading. A mitigation checklist is provided, as well as appendices on nonstructural hazards, past earthquake damage to U.S. schools, and a discussion of schools as earthquake shelters.