Disaster management and the Goteborg Fire of 1998 : when first responders are blamed / Per Hassling.

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Hassling, Per

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TextPublication details: [S.l. : s.n.], 2000Description: p. 267-273Subject(s):

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363.37809485 21

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Subject: On Thursday, 29th October, 1998, Goteburg, Sweden experienced one of its greatest fire related catastrophes. Sixty-three people lost their lives in a Goteburg discotheque. This paper describes the events surrounding the fire, its effects upon firefighters and the city of Goteberg, and the emergency mental health activities implemented to support fire and rescue personnel as they became targets for community grief and anger

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	P363.37809485 DIS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		011644681

At head of title: Case Study

Cover title

Reprinted from International Journal of Emergency Mental Health, 2000, 2(4), 267-273

Spiral bound

Contents include: The alarm -- The hospitals -- Disaster management -- Critical incident stress management (CISM) -- Coping with rumors and hostility -- Hospital debriefings -- Self-care for the CISM team -- Lessons learned: a personal perspective

On Thursday, 29th October, 1998, Goteburg, Sweden experienced one of its greatest fire related catastrophes. Sixty-three people lost their lives in a Goteburg discotheque. This paper describes the events surrounding the fire, its effects upon firefighters and the city of Goteberg, and the emergency mental health activities implemented to support fire and rescue personnel as they became targets for community grief and anger

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