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Author
Hampton, R. | McConnell, T.
Title
New Orleans Fire Department Operations.
Coporate
New Orleans Fire Dept., LA
Journal
Fire Engineering, Vol. 159, No. 5, 41-43,46,48,50-52,54,56-62, May 2006
Keywords
weather effects | hurricanes | fire departments | refuge | planning | fire fighters | communication networks | human behavior | human response | rescue | rescue operations | staging area | flooding | water supply | medical services | mutal aid | management systems
Identifiers
Hurricane Katrina (Formed August 23, 2005 - Dissipated August 31, 2005) north-central Gulf Coast of the United States; Incident Command (IC); reports of lawlessness; flood waters rising, staging area relocated; establishing control and Woodland II; task forces created; Hurricane Rita (U. S. Gulf Coast) September 2005; planning and resumption of duties; management of post-Katrina operations