The program responds to volcanic eruptions internationally, collecting data and providing assistance to affected communities.

A joint effort started in 1986 by the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Volcano ...

Two dozen Volcano Disaster Assistance Program scientists and engineers based at Vancouver’s U.S. Geological Survey office don’t know what will become of their jobs or their mission to respond to volca ...

The result was the Volcano Disaster Assistance Program, or VDAP. Based at the Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington, this crack unit is standing by at all times, ready to lend a ...