Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 4 Issue 5

Health effects of earthquakes

S.W.A. Gunn

A major earthquake causes massive destruction, high mortality, manycasualties and protracted health problems. The impact creates immediatemedical needs at the epicentre…

The Kobe earthquake: some realities of strategic management of crises and disasters

Robert Heath

The response management of the Kobe earthquake in 1995 providespractitioners and theorists of crisis and disaster management with muchto consider. As in other efforts…

Preparing public safety organizations for disaster response: a study of Tucson, Arizona′s response to flooding

Charles P. McHugh

Tucson, Arizona, experienced two large‐scale floods in October 1983and January 1993. In comparing these floods, examines both the naturalevents and the response of public…

The structure and function of community emergency operations centres

Ronald W. Perry

Addresses the issue of the structure and function of the communityemergency operations centre (EOC). There is some confusion among someemergency responders and…