- Author
- Welch, T.
- Title
- California Mudslide Yields Valuable Lessons.
- Coporate
- Marin County Urban Search and Rescue Team, CA
- Journal
- Fire Engineering, Vol. 160, No. 2, 109-110,112,114-115,118, February 2007
- Keywords
- weather effects | rescue | rescue operations | debris | structural engineering
- Identifiers
- Incident Command (IC); local flooding; Lookouts, Communications, Escape Routes and Safety Zones (LCES); personnel is a key asset in facilitating the rescue of the buried victim; high gas levels limit initial search; diverting water speeds the rescue; rescue operation converts to recovery; monitoring the rise and fall of the debris flow