national mitigation policy. third, through the iconic scenes of the return-again anchorage. >> the u.s.g.s. national program is the applied science component of the national earthquake hazards reduction program or niherp. the other partners are the federal emergency management foundation. within this partnership, assessments necessary to reduce deaths and injuries and economic losses from earthquakes and induced. u.s.g.s. is the only agency that continuously reports on current, domestic and worldwide earthquake activity through our sismic system. the program has four components. monitoring and reporting of encrusted defamation, access southerlizing patterns and supporting targeted research into earthquake causes and effects. and safety investigation for lost reduction. all of these components rely heavily on private sector parter in ships. we're also looking into the future for opportunities to apply science to reduce earthquake losses. a test system is successfully operating now in california. another important opportunity that we're pursuing to incorporate into the nsfs, porting size mom materials that ar