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Author
Warheit, G. | Quarantelli, E. L.
Title
Analysis of Los Angeles Fire Department Operations During WATTS. Disaster Research Center Series.
Coporate
University of Florida Ohio State Univ., Columbus
Sponsor
Office of Civil Defense, Washington, DC
Report
Monograph Series No. 7; Work Unit 2651-A, December 1969, 75 p.
Contract
OCD-PS-64-46
Keywords
fire departments | civil disturbances | decision making | stress (psychology) | operations research | response time | civil disturbances
Identifiers
organizations under stress; stress situation; Los Angeles Fire Department - normal operations; fire department response to the disturbance
Abstract
The major objective of this monograph is to analyze a complex organization under stress. The organization utilized for this purpose is the Los Angeles Fire Department. The period of stress occurred during the disturbances in southcentral and southeastern Los Angeles, California, during August 1965.