|the Buffalo Creek Disaster | | | A book by Gerald Stern |PART ONE | | | |Prologue | | | |On the morning of the 26th February 1972 a coal company’s massive coal-waste refuse pile which dammed a stream in middle fork hollow | |collapsed in the Buffalo Creek Valley. Over 130 million gallons
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(DISASTER RISK ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS HAZARDS IN MAJULI) INTRODUCTION Majuli is one of the largest river islands in the world (26 45N – 27 12N and 93 39 E – 94 35 altitude of 60 – 95m above msl). The original land mass of Majuli was 1250 Sq. km (1950) which has significantly reduced to 650 Sq. km (2001) due to erosion. The island is bounded by the river Brahmaputra on the South‚ the river Subansiri on the North-West and Kherkatia Suti in Northeast. Geomorphologically the island is alluvial
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Piper Alpha Disaster Subject : Engineering Application of Information Technology (EAT 106) Name : Ravin Raj A/L Vijaya Kamaraj Course : Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Mechanical Student ID : SCM-013090 Lecture : Cik Anis ------------------------------------------------- Abstract The case study was done on the Piper Alpha disasters which happened in 1988. First the management and the operation process is analysed and studied hence to the structure. Secondly the cause of accident
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Disaster in Franklin County Jennifer Wadsworth Western Governors University Disaster in Franklin County Role of Major Public Health Personnel The roles of major public health personnel must be delegated properly in a disaster situation in order to facilitate effective action. In the incident presented‚ a chain of command was established and assignments given to the appropriate personnel based on their skills and experience. As a whole‚ this group reports to the Incident Commander‚ an individual
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extensive release of radioactive substances into our atmosphere and our earth. This accident certainly did loads of damages to Japan and its people. There are lots of theories regarding this accident’s cause‚ but it comes down to either natural disaster or man-made disaster. The effects of this accident were tremendous in the aspect of social‚ ecology‚ sociology and health hazards. There were steps taken to assist in resolving the issue .In future‚ to prevent this kind of accident from taking place‚ proper
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accidental disclosure of patient information. The Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) requires that employees complete yearly education to maintain competency on patient privacy issues. The hospital is prepared for the next natural disaster and information users‚ such as managers‚ directors‚ and executive staff members can obtain the medical information from the offsite facility at that time. The day
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Saint Louis University School of Law Baguio City The Indigenous Peoples Rights Act: Its Provisions‚ Implementation and Effectiveness Submitted by: Arios‚ Diero Thomas Dinos‚ Aurea Valerie Manzano‚ Ranieri Paraan‚ Brian Jonathan Vehemente‚ Joseph Harvey Submitted to: Atty. Jennifer Asuncion Introduction Indigenous Cultural Communities and Indigenous People are found in various places and are one of the most marginalized groups in the world. With the Philippines as a country which has
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losses due to the hurricane. With this being said‚ a formal disaster plan is recommended to protect the city as well as the people in it. Disaster management requires proper issue and concerns to be effective. Accurate Geography information from various sources as well as systems should be integrated together to get maximum protection for homeland and to ensure security. After doing research I have found many cities who suffer from disasters have become successful in surviving them using 3D city models
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BP Disaster at Sea In 2010 the nation was dealt the worst oil spill in the history of the USA‚ the BP oil rig Deep water horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. This major catastrophe destroyed some people‚ millions of aquatic wildlife‚ birds and the reputation of BP all in one fatal event. What caused this mind blowing disaster to happen? We will take a look
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Fukushima disaster Japan is one of the most affected countries by natural disasters because of it’s geographical placement on the tectonic plates. In 2011 Japan was impacted by a monumental earthquake that caused a tsunami. This provoked the nuclear plant Fukushima Daiichi to leak radioactive material into the farm lands of Japan. Fukushima was overheating due to equipment failure‚ and loss of coolant agent. This was the result of a nuclear meltdown. It was rapidly shut down to prevent any further
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