A Brief View Of The Adequacy And Inadequacy Of Disaster Plans And Preparations In Ten Community Crises
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1969-06
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Disaster Research Center
Abstract
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It is the purpose of this brief paper to report findings about the
adequacy and inadequacy of disaster plans and preparations in ten community
crises in the United States. The ten cases have been selected from those
studied by the Disaster Research Center (DRC) and include the following:
1963 Indianapolis, Indiana Coliseum explosion, (2) 1964 Anchorage, Alaska
earthquake , (3) 1964 Cincinnati, Ohio flood, (4) 1965 Wichita, Kansas plane
crash, (5) 1966 Topeka, Ranses tornado, (6) 1967 Fairbanks, Alaska Plood, (7)
1968 Jonesboro, Arkansas tornado, (8) 1969 Glendara, Cslifornia flood and mudslides,
(9) 1969 Sioux Falls, South Dakota flood, and (10) 1969 Minot, North
Dakota flood. These disasters range from a progressive, diffused type, the
Fairbanks flood, to an instantaneous, localized type, the trichita plane crash.
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Our goal is to
in formulating
provide the disaster planner with findings that can be applied
approaches to alleviate disaster disruptions. Given the high
degree of similarity between American and
that the findings Erom these ten American
Canadian societies, it is anticipated
community crises will be of assistance
and interest to Canadians involved in disaster planning.
Keywords
Disaster Plans, Community, Social-Organization Aspects, Interorganizational Coordination