September 24, 2004

Scholar Uses Web to Coordinate Emergency-Response Teams

By BROCK READ

In the aftermath of this summer's devastating hurricanes, Florida has become ground zero for emergency-response teams from across the country. For them, coordinating cleanup projects and other fieldwork is an essential task -- and, often, a daunting one.

But the Internet has made it much easier for nonprofit groups and government agencies to stay in touch, says Walter G. Green III, an associate professor of emergency management at the University of Richmond. On his Web site, the

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