A survey of International Urban Search and Rescue
Teams Following the Ji Earthquake. Taipei Medical
University “2000 Academic of Joint Research
Conference”, 2001.
邱文達
William Huang;Wen-Ta Chiu;Chia-Huei Chiu;Kuang-Hua Hsiung;Wan-Chen Tsai
Abstract
On 21 September 1999, the Ji Ji earthquake killed 2,347 people. In the immediate aftermath the international community, mobilised rapidly and sent urban search-and-rescue (US&R) teams to the scene. This paper will present an annotated survey of the expertise and standard of equipment of international US&R teams following that earthquake which could serve as a blueprint for the establishment of US&R teams elsewhere at risk from earthquakes.