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Benfield Hazard Research Centre (BHRC) and SARAID are working together to develop inTERRAgate – a global online database comprising:

• A hazard profile for every nation
• Forecasts and early warnings of future hazardous events
• Past disasters and their impacts to identify the potential scale and consequences of the events along with the most likely affected areas
• Contact details of in-country Government departments, NGOs, and scientific contacts
• Links to online sources of information, including available and appropriate online GIS applications

The project is aimed at disaster management NGOs and humanitarian agencies, and will collate fundamental information required to improve preparedness and foster appropriate mitigation and management measures. The inTERRAgate website will provide an online gateway of comprehensive hazard information on each of the world’s nation states – drawing attention to potential future threats to improve preparedness and foster appropriate mitigation and management methodology.

Upon completion of the database it will automatically update and users will be able to submit data. International response teams will then be 90% prepared for all likely eventualities, identifying the most vulnerable countries, their most likely range of anticipated hazards, along with having on-tap information about the host country.