Please could you tell me what emergency services are needed when a volcano erupts and what is their role?

rocky Joanne

Dear Joanne,

I think some other sources can provide better answers. Have a look at the following:

Blong, R.J., 1984, Volcanic Hazards: A Sourcebook on the Effects of Eruptions: Orlando, Florida, Academic Press, 424 p.

Kovach, R.L., 1995, Earth's Fury: An introduction to natural hazards and disasters: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 214 p.

Fiske, R.S., 1984, Volcanologists, journalists, and the concerned local public: A tale of two crises in the eastern Caribbean, in Explosive Volcanism: Inception, Evolution, and Hazards: Washington, D.C., National Academy Press, p. 170-176.

An excellent and detailed source of information is the Natural Hazards Center homepage and the USGS. Be sure to look through the back issues of their newsletter.

Steve Mattox, University of North Dakota 

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