Non-fire / EAP emergency course component
New York City has experienced numerous emergencies other than fire. In 2008 there was the collapse of two construction cranes. Six construction workers and a person in a residential complex were killed when a crane toppled onto several buildings; and in a separate incident, two construction workers were killed after a crane collapsed at a construction site.
In 2007 the steam pipe explosion resulted in damages to multiple properties and widespread panic among building occupants. The 2003 Blackout resulted in the deaths of several people. On September 11, 2001, New York's World Trade Center was destroyed when terrorists crashed commercial airliners into the buildings.
Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear catastrophic events are discussed. The responses: shelter in place, in-building relocation, partial evacuation and evacuation are explored in detail and evaluated based on selected human-made and natural disasters.
Lessons learned from local and national catastrophic events are discussed to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of non-fire emergencies.
