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Background
The decision to evacuate a community is critical for two principal
One, presumably there might be a health hazard if the personel
were allowed to remain.
‘Two, there is always an element of danger and/or
hardship to persormel involved in such an emergency measure.
It is recognized that extenuating circumstances may accompany any
situation where conditions indicate evacuation as a mode of action.
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The size of
community, areas and accommodations available for the evacuees,
weather conditions, means of transportation and routes of evacuation, disposition of ambulance cases, protection of the property left behind, and |
many other factors may enter into the decision relative to evacuation.
Further, it is recomized that under certain conditions, the evacuatioh
of a community might mot only prove rather ineffectual but could result in
more ractietion expcsurs than if the population remained in place until
the sitzection be edequately evaluated,
A blanket evaluation cannot be made
in adverts; each siiueticn can be unicue.
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