DocumentCode :
3256689
Title :
Search and rescue operation at the MINUSTAH headquarter during CISAR´s deployment in Haiti 2010
Author :
Yigang, Li
Author_Institution :
Nat. Earthquake Response Support Service, Beijing, China
fYear :
2011
fDate :
8-10 Aug. 2011
Firstpage :
25
Lastpage :
28
Abstract :
A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.1 shocked Haiti´s capital city, Port-au-prince On January 12th, 2010, and More than 222,570 people were killed. From January 13th to January 31st, totally 67 SAR teams worked at the disaster area. The China international search and rescue team (CISAR) was also deployed this time. From January 14th to January 25th, totally 14 days hard work, CISAR rescue 15 bodies from the MINUSTAH headquarter, help to rescue 2 victims. A mobile hospital was established by the medical part of CISAR and more than 3000 people were treated. This paper gives a detail description of the process of CISAR´s operation at the MINUSATH headquarter, including the transportation, plan making, rescue process and the analysis of the collapse pattern.
Keywords :
disasters; earthquakes; emergency services; hospitals; public administration; strategic planning; team working; CISAR deployment; China international search and rescue team; Haiti; MINUSTAH headquarter; Port-au-prince; disasters; earthquake; mobile hospital; plan making; rescue process; search-and-rescue operation; team working; Airports; Cranes; Earthquakes; Elevators; Floors; Security; Earthquake; Haiti; Rescue;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Emergency Management and Management Sciences (ICEMMS), 2011 2nd IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9665-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICEMMS.2011.6015610
Filename :
6015610
Link To Document :
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