title: A "community as resource" strategy for disaster response.
abstract: Natural and technological disasters present significant threats to the public's health. The emergency response capabilities of government and private relief organizations are limited. With a strategy in which residents of urban areas are trained in search and rescue, first aid, fire suppression, care and shelter, emergency communications, and disaster mental health, the community becomes a "resource" rather than a "victim."
authors.affiliation: Emergency Management Group, Inc., Grass Valley, California, USA. joshemgi@quiknet.com
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Lichterman
mesh_terms: D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004190:Disasters; D006801:Humans; D015141:Los Angeles; D017146:Models, Organizational; D016730:Program Development; D012495:San Francisco; D014481:United States