Evacuation behavior: case study of the Taft, Louisiana chemical tank explosion incident.
Material type: TextLanguage: ENG Series: Miscellaneous report (University of Delaware. Disaster Research Center) ; 34Publication details: MAY 1983Description: 70p., 40 refs, 4 maps, 3 charts, ill., 2 appendicesReport number: EMW-2-4186; AcademicSubject: A case study is presented of some of the individual and group responses to the threat posed by a tank explosion at a chemical plant in Taft, Louisiana. The focus is on the activities of the local emergency organizations, particularly their involvement in the relatively large scale evacuation behaviour which occurred. The perspective taken is that of the local groups and what they knew or did not know as the threat situation developed. The analysis undertaken is a social science one which assumes that different valid criteria can be applied in evaluating any or all parts of the emergency response.Subject: Chemical accidentsSubject: Chemical explosionsSubject: Chemical plantsSubject: Disaster researchSubject: Emergency responseSubject: EvacuationItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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A case study is presented of some of the individual and group responses to the threat posed by a tank explosion at a chemical plant in Taft, Louisiana. The focus is on the activities of the local emergency organizations, particularly their involvement in the relatively large scale evacuation behaviour which occurred. The perspective taken is that of the local groups and what they knew or did not know as the threat situation developed. The analysis undertaken is a social science one which assumes that different valid criteria can be applied in evaluating any or all parts of the emergency response.
Chemical accidents
Chemical explosions
Chemical plants
Disaster research
Emergency response
Evacuation
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