National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP)

国家减少地震灾害计划（NEHRP）包括联邦紧急事务管理局（FEMA）、国家标准与技术研究院（NIST）、国家科学基金会（NSF）和美国地质调查局（USGS）。随着2004年NEHRP的重新授权（PL 108-360）， NIST成立为NEHRP的牵头机构。为了按照重新授权的要求协调NEHRP在四个机构之间的活动，NIST设立了NEHRP秘书处。该奖项为设在NIST的NEHRP秘书处提供部分支持。秘书处将通过协调各种机构间活动、更新NEHRP战略计划、出版NEHRP年度报告以及为NEHRP咨询委员会提供便利，帮助促进NEHRP的智力价值。NEHRP的更广泛影响是促进对减少地震灾害的认识和理解。通过NEHRP、FEMA、NIST、NSF和USGS共同努力，提高对危险和脆弱性的理解、描述和评估；改进示范建筑规范和土地使用做法；通过震后调查和教育减少风险；改进设计和施工技术；提高各级政府和私营部门减少和管理地震风险的能力；并加快研究成果的应用。

The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) includes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Science Foundation (NSF), and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). With the 2004 reauthorization of NEHRP (PL 108-360), NIST was established as the lead agency for NEHRP. In order to coordinate NEHRP activities among the four agencies as required by this reauthorization, NIST has established the NEHRP secretariat. This award provides partial support for the NEHRP secretariat housed at NIST. The secretariat will help facilitate the intellectual merit of NEHRP through coordinating various interagency activities, updating the NEHRP strategic plan, publishing the annual NEHRP report, and facilitating the NEHRP advisory committee. The broader impacts of NEHRP are to advance knowledge and understanding for earthquake hazards reduction. Through NEHRP, FEMA, NIST, NSF, and USGS work together to improve understanding, characterization, and assessment of hazards and vulnerabilities; improve model building codes and land use practices; reduce risks through post-earthquake investigations and education; improve design and construction techniques; improve the capacity of government at all levels and the private sector to reduce and manage earthquake risk; and accelerate the application of research results.