Disaster planning up close.

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Derry-Wood, Jo

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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: JUL 1993Description: 2 p. : illSubject: The property management team of Frontier Building in Anchorage, AL, teamed up with the city's Joint Medical Emergency Preparedness group to plan, coordinate and execute an on-site simulation of a disaster. The project was participated in by various agencies, including the Anchorage police, fire and mass transit departments, the Red Cross, hospitals, a blood bank, a ham radio group, and the Alaska Air National Guard. The disaster scenario involved an explosion in the 11th floor, followed by a fire and a chemical spill. Having been planned meticulously, the drill went on smoothly, with the emergency personnel handling the ensuing chaos very calmly and expertly. Frontier Building benefited from the disaster simulation in several ways. One of these is that it helped the building management staff gain a more realistic idea of the havoc a disaster could cause which led the staff to revise its disaster plan accordingly

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Reprinted from Journal of Property Management; 1993; Vol. 58; p. 28-29

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The property management team of Frontier Building in Anchorage, AL, teamed up with the city's Joint Medical Emergency Preparedness group to plan, coordinate and execute an on-site simulation of a disaster. The project was participated in by various agencies, including the Anchorage police, fire and mass transit departments, the Red Cross, hospitals, a blood bank, a ham radio group, and the Alaska Air National Guard. The disaster scenario involved an explosion in the 11th floor, followed by a fire and a chemical spill. Having been planned meticulously, the drill went on smoothly, with the emergency personnel handling the ensuing chaos very calmly and expertly. Frontier Building benefited from the disaster simulation in several ways. One of these is that it helped the building management staff gain a more realistic idea of the havoc a disaster could cause which led the staff to revise its disaster plan accordingly

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