A survey of international urban search-and-rescue teams following the Ji Ji earthquake

Wen Ta Chiu; Jeffrey Arnold; Yaw Tang Shih; Kuang Hua Hsiung; Hsueh Yun Chi; Chia Huei Chiu; Wan Chen Tsai; William C. Huang

doi:10.1111/1467-7717.00193

A survey of international urban search-and-rescue teams following the Ji Ji earthquake

Wen Ta Chiu, Jeffrey Arnold, Yaw Tang Shih, Kuang Hua Hsiung, Hsueh Yun Chi, Chia Huei Chiu, Wan Chen Tsai, William C. Huang

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Abstract

On 21 September 1999, the Ji Ji earthquake killed 2,347 people. In the immediate aftermath the international community mobilised rapidly and sent urban search-and-rescue (US&R) teams to the scene. This paper will present will an annotated survey of the expertise and standard of equipment of international US&R teams following that earthquake which could serve as a blueprint for the establishment of US&R teams elsewhere at risk from earthquakes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	85-94
Number of pages	10
Journal	Disasters
Volume	26
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-7717.00193
Publication status	Published - 2002

Keywords

Earthquake
Search-and-rescue efforts
Taiwan

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General Social Sciences
General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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