The Investigation of Shelter Management and Control in Natural Disaster.
Abstract
The study was performed to determine: (1) what management problems existed in natural disaster shelters and (2) the excellence of the natural disaster shelter situation as a source of information relevent to fallout shelter management. Contracts were made through the American Red Cross with individuals who has been sheltered as a result of some natural disaster and who had taken on management as well as non-management roles. Most of these individuals were found in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, area and had experienced sheltering as a result of the flooding of that area following Hurricane Agnes. Results of the interview of these individuals indicated that although many of the functions of a fallout shelter were performed in a natural disaster shelter, some critical ones were not. Furthermore, the environment in which these functions were performed was in no way similar to what would be expected of a fallout shelter situation in terms of availability of outside assistance, need for confinement, supply shortages, density of living, etc. Some management problems were abstracted from the natural disaster shelter setting, including management fatigue, information conflict and identification and control of volunteers. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0759842
Entities
People
- Robert A. Collins
Organizations
- American Institutes for Research