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1. This disaster exposed the need for better disaster operations training. Cross- training with City employees, the public and Fire Department personnel in individual, group or cooperative disaster operations was lacking.
2. Those firefighters with formal Rescue Systems training were few in number.
3. The psychological effects of a disaster upon the public and emergency workers left
many persons feeling they had not been prepared for this disaster.
1. The San Francisco Fire Department should increase participation FEMA's
Integrated Emergency Management Course (IEMC) and appropriate National Fire Academy
courses at Emmitsburg, Maryland, as well as courses at the California Specialized Training
Institute (CSTI) at San Luis Obispo, to learn how to better coordinate disaster operations
with other City agencies.
2. Urban Search and Rescue and Heavy Search and Rescue training should be obtained for
all field personnel and training staff.
3. Members of the San Francisco Fire Department should receive training in the
psychological effects of disasters upon the public, other emergency workers and
themselves.