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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Landslide has stopped and area needs assessment.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Fresh mud over roads and homes with steep scar on hillside.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — New streams or ponds where none existed before.
Scene hazards: Secondary slides, Flooding from blocked streams, Unstable debris, Gas leaks
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Establish safe perimeter away from slide toe and edges.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Account for household and neighbors from safe distance.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Provide rescuers exact addresses where people were last seen.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do not use heavy equipment on debris without guidance.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112 with GPS or landmark location of buried victims.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Report blocked rivers that may cause downstream flooding.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Search and rescue teams use dogs and sensors — keep area quiet when requested.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Survivors extracted need hospital care for crush and hypothermia.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT walk on slide debris — it may re-fluidize.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT enter partially buried structures.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Once a landslide stops the area is stable
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Secondary slides and flooding from blocked streams remain deadly for days.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Killed by follow-on slide or sudden water release.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Slide zones remain unstable for days — rain triggers secondary slides.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Blocked streams can burst and flood areas below.