Citation

Chiu WT, Arnold J, Shih YT, Hsiung KH, Chi HY, Chiu CH, Tsai WC, Huang WC. Disasters 2002; 26(1): 85-94.

Affiliation

Taipei Medical University, Taiwan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11929162

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 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.

Language: en