Report on the Feasibility of Establishing a National Research and Information Center for Emergency and Disaster Medical Services (1967) / Chapter Skim
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152. Worman, L
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APPENDIX A A Sample Study of a Disaster by Members of the NAS-NRC Task Force 70
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APPENDIX A Although funds available to the Task Force were limited, it was elected to dispatch its members to the site of one disaster. On recommendation of the Chairman, and with concurrence of the staff member of the NAS-NRC, the Task Force assembled at Jackson, Mississippi, early on the day after a tornado.
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Red Cross report, to have involved 250 families, with 89 homes destroyed and 60 additional units sustaining major damage and 102 minor damage; 80 farm buildings were completely demolished, with 32 sustaining major damage. The destruction of large industrial plants was surprisingly complete in the Flowood area; the roofs of these warehouse-type buildings were missing.
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an active and leading role. (Whenever the "Chairman" of this Committee is mentioned in the report, it will be Dr.
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Committee itself would function in a disaster. All the arrangements were quite loose, and the plan drawn up by the County Health Department had not been published or distributed.
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how the University Hospital or St. Dominic's Hospital became aware of the disaster.
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took three interviews to confirm)
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