Preparing for disaster: a Conference on Emergency Planning for Disabled and Elderly Persons.

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Clive, Alan [ed.]

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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 28 OCT 1983Description: 83p., no refs, illReport number: FEMA-63; National Government

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Subject: The Federal Emergency Management Agency is concerned with providing the United States with reliable, predictable, and comprehensive emergency management. The Seminar organizers chose to include the elderly in the Emergency Planning. Great proportions of major disability groups are elderly. Most conference speakers chose Fire as the threat most often encountered. A few chose earthquake victims, an International perspective was given by a speaker from the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, Agency for International Development

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Conference Date 28 Oct 1983

The environment of disaste -- Fire safety education for the mentally retarded -- Fire Safety and the handicapped -- Warning! Fire: the MGM Grand Hotel -- Evacuation and other behavior in emergencies in buildings -- Human behavior in earthquakes -- The aging face disaster -- The disabled in disaster: an international perspective

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is concerned with providing the United States with reliable, predictable, and comprehensive emergency management. The Seminar organizers chose to include the elderly in the Emergency Planning. Great proportions of major disability groups are elderly. Most conference speakers chose Fire as the threat most often encountered. A few chose earthquake victims, an International perspective was given by a speaker from the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, Agency for International Development

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