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Item Some Preliminary Observation on Organizational Responses in the Emergency Period After The Niigata , Japan, Earthquake of June 16, 1964(Disaster Research Center, 1964-06) Dynes, Russell R.; Haas, J. Eugene; Quarantelli, E. L.Item Some Preliminary Observation On The Responses Of Community Organizations Involved In The Emergency Period Of The Alaskan Earthquake(Disaster Research Center, 1964-06) Haas, J. Eugene; Dynes, Russell R.; Quarantelli, E. L.Item Volunteerism in Disaster Situations(Disaster Research Center, 1965) Shaskolsky, LeonThe effects of a natural disaster extend beyond the visible and tangible damage caused to the physical surroundings, and also involve a qualitative change in the nature of society. There is a change from a Gesellschaft-style society to one where relationships and interaction between people are based on Gemeinschaft-style sentiments. An analysis of the reaction of volunteers in such situations must accordingly take account of this transformed nature of society. Modern impersonal society normally provides little reason or scope for voluntaristic or altruistic actions. Inasmuch as there is volunteerism, it is generally channeled through some organized or organizational means. In contrast to this, disaster often evokes many and varied instances of volunteer activity, part of it in terms of previously planned organization, much of it spontaneous on a group or individual basis. Such a response, different from normal social life, is a consequence of the transformation whereby the basic sentiments shift from Gesellschaft to Gemeinschaft. Since even those organizations geared to disaster activities reach their maximum response through the utilization of volunteer activity, an awareness of transformation, coupled with a judicious utilization of volunteers, would contribute to the overall effectiveness of such organizations.Item The Minneapolis Tornadoes, May 6, 1965 Notes on the Warning Process(Disaster Research Center, 1965-05) Adams, David S.Item Organizational Functioning in Disaster: A Preliminary Report(Disaster Research Center, 1966) Quarantelli, E. L.; Dynes, Russell R.; Haas, J. EugeneItem A Tornado Warning System: Its Functioning on Palm Sunday in Indiana(Disaster Research Center, 1966) Brouillette, John R.Item Some Preliminary Observations on a Hospital Response To The Jackson, Mississippi Tornado of March 3, 1966(Disaster Research Center, 1966-03) Kennedy, Will C.Item Disaster and Organizational Change in Anchorage(Disaster Research Center, 1966-11) Anderson, William A.Item Seismic Sea-Wave Warning in Crescent City, California and Hilo, Hawaii(Disaster Research Center, 1966-11) Anderson, William A.Item Lessons Of The Alaskan Earthquake For Coping With Disaster(Disaster Research Center, 1967) Haas, J. EugeneItem A Few Preliminary Observations on "Black Tuesday" The February 7, 1967 Fires In Tasmania, Australia(Disaster Research Center, 1967) Anderson, William A.; Whitman, Robert G.Item Disaster And Functional Priorities In Anchorage, Alaska(Disaster Research Center, 1967-04) Haas, J. Eugene; Yutzy, DanielThis article is a brief summary of a monograph describing and analyzing human behavior during the five-day post-impact emergency following the great Alaskan earthquake of 1964, Behavior was analyzed in terms of seven community processes: , Preservation of life, What are the important emphases and priorities A third activity given attention Very striking was the suspension of typical economic activity, leisure and recreation, emergency welfare activity. Where data were available, extensive chronologies of events were developed to show the pace and sequence of activities, The authors pose the question: What are the important emphases and priorities which emerge in a disaster? Preservation of life as expressed in search-and-rescue, and medical treatment was given immediate and sustained attention. Restoration of utilities and communications received priority attention. A third activity given attention soon after impact was maintenance of public order. Very striking was the suspension of typical economic activity (manufacture, distribution, sales, finance) and leisure. Activity in both of these areas received little attention until the emergency was under control. Finally, in a brief epilogue, the contribution of the Alaskan "frontier spirit" is discussed. A chronology of the various response activities in Anchorage is presented in a final section.Item A Study of Warning and Response in Ten Colorado Communities During the Floods of June 1965(Disaster Research Center, 1968) McLuckie, Benjamin F.; Whitman, Robert G.Item A Brief View Of The Adequacy And Inadequacy Of Disaster Plans And Preparations In Ten Community Crises(Disaster Research Center, 1969-06) Parr, Arnold R.Item Types Of Patterned Variation In Bureaucratic Adaptations To Organizational Stress(Disaster Research Center, 1969-08-01) Brouillette, John R.; Quarantelli, E. L.Item Interorganizational Relations in Communities Under Stress(Disaster Research Center, 1969-10) Dynes, Russell R.; Quarantelli, E. L.Item Some Observations on Organizational Problems in Disasters(Disaster Research Center, 1969-11) Quarantelli, E. L.Item The Functioning of Local Civil Defense in Disasters(Disaster Research Center, 1969-11) Dynes, Russell R.Item The Development of the Interfaith Emergency Center(Disaster Research Center, 1969-11) Forrest, Thomas R.Item Community Co-Ordination For Hurricane Camile: Critique of A Model(Disaster Research Center, 1970) Ponting, J. Rick