URBAN HEAVY RESCUE. Article

Olson, RS, Olson, RA. (1987). URBAN HEAVY RESCUE. . 3(4), 645-658. 10.1193/1.1585451

cited authors

  • Olson, RS; Olson, RA

authors

abstract

  • Recent foreign disasters reinforce the argument that it is past time to distinguish conceptually post-earthquake 'urban heavy rescue' (UHR) from the generic 'search and rescue. ' It is especially important to appreciate the problematic operational environment of UHR and the political as well as the lifesaving implications of UHR successes and failures. Effective UHR requires complex intergovernmental, public-private, and civil-military preparedness planning. At this point in time, UHR remains the weak link in the entire response chain to the inevitable major urban earthquake in the United States.

publication date

  • January 1, 1987

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

start page

  • 645

end page

  • 658

volume

  • 3

issue

  • 4