The 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire - Enduring lessons for fire protection and water supply

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 22, Issue SPEC. ISS. 2, 2006, Pages

  Scawthorn, C ^a   O'Rourke, T D ^b   Blackburn, F T ^c,d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

^c San Francisco Fire Department   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRES; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE; SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC REGIONS;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FIRE; WATER SUPPLY;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646590277     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.2186678     Document Type: Article

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