Environment/Resources Monogement Earthquake Information System In 1990, Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., USA initiated an earthquake emergency preparedness program at the company's Paducah (Kentucky) Gaseous Diffusion Plant, a Martin Marietta-managed facility within the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge (Tennessee) complex. The principal tool of the preparedness program is an Integrated Automated Emergency Management Information Zbe System (IAEMIS). IAEMIS was developed in a principal cooperative effort of Martin Marietta and the tool of an Mid-America Remote Sensing Center (MARC) earthquake of Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, the by NASA's Earth Resources Laboratory especially for state-designated official transfer agent for NASA analysis of data from the NASAdeveloped Landsat p@aredness remote sensing technology. The Paducah application remote sensing satellites. is the IAEMIS prototype; the system is being The IAEMIS system is one of many examples of program is modified to be integrated into the emergency MARC'S work in applying remotely sensed data to preparedness programs of Martin Marietta Energy improved resources management practices. MARC an Integated Systems facilities in the eastern United States. also conducts continuing studies of the New Madrid IAEMIS is a two-component set of software, data Fault in western Kentucky and Tennessee, source of Automated and procedures designed to provide information devastating earthquakes in 1811-12. Seismologists enabling management personnel to make informed predict another large quake along the fault over the Evency decisions in the event of an earthquake or other next quarter century. MARC studies are aimed at natural disaster. The system doubles as a training aid assessing potential earthquake damage and Management for instructing plant workers in disaster response developing ways to cope with it. procedures. IAEMIS' two components are a database Administered through the Murray State Infomnation management hazard inventory (dBase HI+) and a University College of Science, MARC provides spatially-oriented information management system training, technical assistance and processing of system (ELAS). The latter is a computer program developed remotely sensed data for both the public and private sectors. Among examples of MARC projects are land useAand cover monitoring, mineral exploration, and studies of wildlife habitat, forests, surface mines, soil erosion and water quality. In addition, MARC develops geographic information systems for specific regions, including data on urban areas, transportation networks, geology, soils, slopes and other resources, plus environmental and socioeconomic data.