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

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

37 Citations (Scopus)

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

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

Earthquake
Search-and-rescue efforts
Taiwan

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Social Sciences
General Earth and Planetary Sciences

Access to Document

10.1111/1467-7717.00193

Cite this

@article{3ea16822353f4da89d0fda83ed429f09,

title = "A survey of international urban search-and-rescue teams following the Ji Ji earthquake",

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.",

keywords = "Earthquake, Search-and-rescue efforts, Taiwan",

author = "Chiu, \{Wen Ta\} and Jeffrey Arnold and Shih, \{Yaw Tang\} and Hsiung, \{Kuang Hua\} and Chi, \{Hsueh Yun\} and Chiu, \{Chia Huei\} and Tsai, \{Wan Chen\} and Huang, \{William C.\}",

year = "2002",

doi = "10.1111/1467-7717.00193",

language = "English",

volume = "26",

pages = "85--94",

journal = "Disasters",

issn = "0361-3666",

publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - A survey of international urban search-and-rescue teams following the Ji Ji earthquake

AU - Chiu, Wen Ta

AU - Arnold, Jeffrey

AU - Shih, Yaw Tang

AU - Hsiung, Kuang Hua

AU - Chi, Hsueh Yun

AU - Chiu, Chia Huei

AU - Tsai, Wan Chen

AU - Huang, William C.

PY - 2002

Y1 - 2002

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Earthquake

KW - Search-and-rescue efforts

KW - Taiwan

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0036515269

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0036515269#tab=citedBy

U2 - 10.1111/1467-7717.00193

DO - 10.1111/1467-7717.00193

M3 - Article

C2 - 11929162

AN - SCOPUS:0036515269

SN - 0361-3666

VL - 26

SP - 85

EP - 94

JO - Disasters

JF - Disasters

IS - 1

ER -

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

Abstract

UN SDGs

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this