Local search and rescue teams in the United States

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 503-512

  Denver, Megan ^a   Perez, Jaime ^a   Aguirre, B E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Response time; Search and rescue; Team working; United States of America; Voluntary organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548678931     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653560710816995     Document Type: Article

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