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OPEN DISASTER [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Emergency Management
  • Protection of Life
DEF

[A] major catastrophic event resulting in the deaths of a number of unknown individuals for whom no prior records or descriptive data are available.

OBS

It is difficult to obtain information about the actual number of victims following such events.

OBS

For the purposes of disaster victim identification operations, the two forms of disasters are open disasters and closed disasters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des urgences
  • Sécurité des personnes
DEF

Catastrophe importante qui provoque la mort de personnes inconnues pour lesquelles on ne dispose d'aucun dossier ni informations descriptives.

OBS

Dans de tels cas, il est difficile de connaître le nombre exact de victimes.

OBS

Aux fins des opérations d'identification des victimes de catastrophe, l'on distingue les catastrophes ouvertes et les catastrophes fermées.

Spanish

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