Out from under a cloud.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: FEB 1988Description: 7pSubject: A leak in a pair of one-ton tanks connected to a manifold at the Morristown Water Filter Plant created a cloud five miles long, one mile wide and thirty feet thick. The cloud forced the evacuation of 4,000 people from their homes and 131 patients from a a nursing home, closed three schools, generated a water shortage and required the cooperation of 40 agencies to handle the resulting problems. A disaster management plan and the initial decisions at the scene made the potentially catastrophic situation a smoothly run incident.
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Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | 363.3497 RYA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 005280516 |
Reprinted from Fire Engineering; February 1988; pp22-30
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A leak in a pair of one-ton tanks connected to a manifold at the Morristown Water Filter Plant created a cloud five miles long, one mile wide and thirty feet thick. The cloud forced the evacuation of 4,000 people from their homes and 131 patients from a a nursing home, closed three schools, generated a water shortage and required the cooperation of 40 agencies to handle the resulting problems. A disaster management plan and the initial decisions at the scene made the potentially catastrophic situation a smoothly run incident.
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