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1 online resource (xxiii, 248 pages) : illustrations, maps
Disaster management has become an increasingly global issue, and victim identification is receiving greater attention. By raising awareness through past events and experiences, practitioners and policymakers can learn what works, what doesn't work, and how to avoid future mistakes. Disaster Victim Identification: Experience and Practice presents a selection of key historical incidents in the United Kingdom and includes candid discussions of potential areas for improvement in preparedness and future deployment capabilities. Real disasters and lessons learned Each chapter in the book addresses a.
Introduction : The DVI casebook, UK incidents / Xanthé Mallett, Lucina Hackman, and Sue Black The Aberfan Colliery disaster, October 21, 1966 / Mark Lynch and Sue Black The Brighton Hotel bombing, October 12, 1984 / Andrew Buchan -- Bradford City football stadium fire, May 11, 1985 / Thomas Walsh, Neal Rylatt, and Lucina Hackman -- Manchester International Airport fire : Flight KT28M, August 22, 1985 / Suzanne Goodwin, David Wood, and Sue Black -- King's Cross underground fire, November 18, 1987 / Nick Bracken and Sue Black -- Piper Alpha oil and gas platform disaster, July 6, 1988 / Derek Hiley and Sue Black -- The Lockerbie bombing, December 21, 1988 / Graeme Galloway and Xanthé Mallett -- The Hillsborough football stadium disaster, April 15, 1989 / David Barron and Xanthé Mallett -- The Marchioness riverboat disaster, August 20, 1989 / Graham Walker and Xanthé Mallett -- The Dunblane primary school shootings, March 13, 1996 / Neil Brown -- The Omagh bombing, Saturday, August 15, 1998 / John Middlemiss -- Rail incidents / Graham Walker and Xanthé Mallett -- Chinese lorry deaths, Dover, June 18, 2000 / Steve Griffiths, Steve Corbishley, and David Weller -- Operation Lund-Morecambe Bay Cockling disaster, February 5, 2004 / Steve Brunskill and Xanthé Mallett -- London bus and underground bombings, July 7, 2005 / Graham Walker and Xanthé Mallett.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Global perspectives on disaster victim identification series