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- Title
- Urban Search and Rescue in the Santa Cruz Area Following the Loma Prieta Earthquake.
- File
- PB2000107516.pdf
- Source
- November 1992, 31 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- FA-124
- Abstract
- This document was prepared to examine the lessons learned by three communities in the Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties area during the Loma Prieta Earthquake. To examine the earthquake and the responses to it requires the introduction of background information which goes beyond these three geographic areas. This report begins with an overview of the earthquake and its consequences, and a brief description of the regional and state organization and plans for responding to major emergencies. The individual communities and their responses to this emergency are then described along with the lessons learned.
- Keywords
- Damage assessment; Loma Prieta Earthquake; California; Emergency services; Santa Cruz County (California); US FEMA; Earthquake damage; Disaster relief; Urban areas; Search and rescue; Communities; Earthquakes