- Author
- Collins, L.
- Title
- Responding to Collaspe Emergencies Complicated by Water Hazards.
- Coporate
- Los Angeles County Fire Dept., CA
- Journal
- Fire Engineering, Vol. 160, No. 12, 61-62,64-66,68,70,72-74, December 2007
- Keywords
- bridges (structures) | disasters | terrorism | weather effects | hurricanes | failure | debris | water | fire fighting | building collapse | rescue | 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