- Author
- Fire Engineering
- Title
- Hurricane Katrina: Overview.
- Journal
- Fire Engineering, Vol. 159, No. 5, 13-14,16,18,20,22,24-31, May 2006
- Keywords
- weather effects | rescue | disasters | rescue operations | fire fighters | first responders | fire departments | communication networks | damage | medical services | response time | debris | schools | planning | prefire planning | 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