The 2026 National Earthquake Program Managers meeting was held virtually on September 29 to 30, 2026. State earthquake program managers, FEMA Headquarters and regional staff, and NEHRP partner organizations shared program updates, lessons learned, and upcoming opportunities. Presentations, recordings, and transcripts (coming soon) are below, listed alphabetically by presenter, along with resources shared during the meeting.
Meeting Agenda
2026 Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drills Overview
Mark Benthien, Statewide California Earthquake Center (SCEC)
Multi-State Critical Facility Inventory & FEMA P-154 Rapid Visual Screening Program
Brian Blake, Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC)
QuakeSmart Program
Sarah Chason, Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH)
FY26 Planning & Important Dates
Jon Foster, FEMA
Regional Resource Allocation Planning Project
Scott Gauvin, Illinois
Tennessee Earthquake Mitigation Committee
Zane Kennedy, Tennessee
Missouri SAVE Coalition: Lessons Learned from the 2025 St. Louis EF-3 Tornado
Joe Leahy and Ben Ross, Missouri SAVE Coalition
NETAP Training Program
Mike Mahoney, Applied Technology Council (ATC)
California Food Bank Earthquake Resilience Program
Ines Pearce, Pearce Global Partners
Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup Initiatives
Pascal Schuback, Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup (CREW)
Download slides (PDF) – Coming Soon
Learning from Recent International Earthquakes
Heidi Tremayne, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
FEMA Headquarters Update
Jon Westcott, FEMA
California Earthquake Program Spotlight
Kristopher White, California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES)
2026 Whaley Award
Congratulations to Scott Gauvin, Illinois Emergency Management Agency
NEPM27 Update
The 2027 NEPM meeting will be taking place in the spring of 2027 in person. It will be in the Seattle region. Planning for the meeting is just starting under FY26 funding. If you would like to be a part of the agenda planning committee, please contact Pascal at schuback@crew.org.
We are just working on the date selection process and will be in touch with more details before the end of November with a save the date.
If you have a topic you would like to present or have presented/discussed, please let Pascal know as well. We are looking forward to seeing you soon.
Resources
Some links shared by presenters and participants during the meeting.
Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup (CREW)
Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC)
Applied Technology Council (ATC)
Trainings including ATC-20 & FEMA P-154
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH)
Statewide California Earthquake Center (SCEC)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Building Science Resource Library
- NEHRP State Assistance Program
- National Earthquake Technical Assistance Program (NETAP) Training
Federal Programs
- National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP)
- U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program
- Ready.gov: Earthquakes
Questions about the meeting or these materials? Contact info@crew.org.
