- Author
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Fire Engineering
- Title
- Hurricane Katrina: Overview.
- Journal
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Fire Engineering,
Vol. 159,
No. 5,
13-14,16,18,20,22,24-31,
May 2006
- Keywords
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weather effects
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rescue
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disasters
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rescue operations
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fire fighters
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first responders
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fire departments
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communication networks
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damage
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medical services
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response time
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debris
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schools
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planning
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prefire planning
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case histories
- Identifiers
- Hurricane Katrina (Formed August 23, 2005 - Dissipated August 31, 2005) north-central Gulf Coast of the United States; New Orleans; Gulf Coast destruction; regional rescue efforts; devastation of Hurricane Katrina; desperation on the city's ravaged streets; first responder losses; medical conditions; damage widespread; federal response; issues arising from Katrina; Hurricane Pam (five-day hurricane simulation); sheltering; Galveston, Texas hurricane (a calamity of appalling dimensions) Setpember 8-9, 1900