- Author
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Collins, L.
- Title
- Responding to Collaspe Emergencies Complicated by Water Hazards.
- Coporate
- Los Angeles County Fire Dept., CA
- Journal
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Fire Engineering,
Vol. 160,
No. 12,
61-62,64-66,68,70,72-74,
December 2007
- Keywords
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bridges (structures)
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disasters
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terrorism
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weather effects
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hurricanes
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failure
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debris
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water
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fire fighting
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building collapse
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rescue
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planning
- Identifiers
- Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Task Force; water hazards; dam failure; tsunamis; flash floods; mud and debris flows; sinkholes; collapses later complicated by water hazards; stage 1: response, arrival, recon; stage 2: surface rescue; stage 3: void space search and rescue; stage 4: selected debris removal; state 5: general debris removal