USFA TR-133 Bonfire Collapse the Term Paper

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There was also a need to stabilize various areas to insure that no further collapse or damage would occur. Once the structure was stabilized the logs were carefully moved one by one. Cranes and manpower were utilized to clear the collapsed logs. It was estimated that recovery efforts would take an additional twenty four hours due to the meticulous efforts being taken for added safety. The extraction efforts were not without problems and strain. Recovery efforts became difficult when it was difficult to identify bodies because of a lack of identification on the victims. Temporary morgues were created to help with housing the bodies, and since there was a lack of a coroner this too was an issue that had to be addressed. Work rosters aided in the identification of the victims.

After the bonfire collapse it was evident that support was available to the rescuers and others involved in the extraction process. More than $250,000 was donated to funds established to memorialize the victims. Various donations were made during the extraction efforts to include sweaters for volunteers that stated they were cold. One thing that happened due to this catastrophic event was awareness, an awareness of what happened and a need to insure that the same thing would not occur again in the future.
In fact the President suspended the annual bonfire until 2002. When the annual bonfire was again permitted there are rules and regulations in place to secure the safety of the people working on the bonfire and all other people participating in the bonfire event. One area of the plan that needed improvement was the way that volunteers were managed as well as the ways that donations were utilized. The amount of volunteers that showed up to aid in retrieval efforts was more than anyone could have expected and was definite cause to have a plan in place to deal with something like that in the future if there was a call for assistance in an emergency. This situation was a true wake up call to the importance of emergency planning and safety precautions in and at events......

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