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! Extract from Doug Copp's article on the "TRIANGLE OF LIFE"
My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTT), the world's most experienced rescue team. The information in this article will save lives during an earthquake using a survival method Pve developed that I call the "Triangle of Life".
My background: I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked
with rescue teams from 60 countries, founded rescue teams in several
countries, and I am a member of many rescue teams from many countries. I was the United Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation (UNX051 UNIENET http://www.ess.co.at/HITERM/emergency.htm ) for two years. I have worked at every major disaster in the world since 1985, except for simultaneous disasters. In 1996 we made a film which proved my survival methodology to be correct. The Turkish Federal Government, Cily of Istanbul, University of Istanbul, Case Productions and ARTI coo! perated to film this practical, scientific test. We collapsed a school and a home with 20 mannequins inside. Ten mannequins did the "duck and cover," survival technique enforced during the 1950's for disasters and ten mannequins used my "triangle of life" survival method. After the simulated earthquake collapse we crawled through the rubble and entered the building to film and document the results. The film, in which I practiced my survival techniques under directly observable, scientific conditions, relevant to building collapse, showed there would have been zero percent survival for those doing duck and cover. There would likely have been 100 percent survivability for people using my method of the "triangle of life." This film has been seen by millions of viewers on television in Turkey and the rest of Europe, and it was seen in the USA, Canada and Latin America on the TV program Real TV.
My experience: The first collapsed building I ever crawled inside of was
a school! in Mexico City during the 1985 earthquake and found every child under their desk. Every child was crushed to the thickness of their bones. They could have survived by lying down next to their desks in the aisles. It was devastating and an unnecessary loss of lives that could have been prevented. I wondered why the children were not in the aisles.
I didn't at the time know that the children were told to hide under something (again, the "Duck and Cover" technique). I trained the Mexican Fire Department of Trujillo (population 750,000) in how to survive and rescue others in earthquakes. The chief of rescue in the Trujillo Fire Department is a professor at Trujillo University. He accompanied me everywhere. He gave personal testimony: My name is Roberto Rosales.I am Chief of Rescue in Trujillo. When I was 11 years old, I was trapped inside of a collapsed building. My entrapment occurred during the earthquake of 1972 that killed 70,000 people. I survived in the "triangle of life! " that existed by lying next to my brother's motorcycle when the building collapsed. My friends who got under desks were crushed to death [he gives more details, names, addresses etc.]- I am the living example of the "triangle of life." My dead friends are the example of "duck and cover". The reason "Duck and Cover" does not work is simple: When a building collapses, the weight of the ceiling fells upon the objects or furniture inside crushes these objects down to their resistance level, usually leaving a space or void next to them.
The "Triangle of Life": I discovered, while crawling inside of various collapsed newspaper and other offices that contain lots of paper that paper does not compact Large voids are found surrounding stacks of paper. This space or 'void' is what I call the "triangle of life." The larger the object, the stronger, the more resistance it has, the less it will compact. The less an object compacts, the larger the void is, the
greater the probabil! ity that the person who is using this void for safety will not be injured. The next time you watch collapsed buildings, on television, count the "triangles" you see formed. They are everywhere. It is the most common shape, you will see, in a collapsed building.
Good to know survival information from Doug Copp:
1. Every person who has simply "ducked and covered" when a building has collapsed was crushed to death - every time, without exception.People who get under objects, like desks or tables, are always crushed.
2. Cats, dogs and babies all naturally often curl up in the fetal position. It is a natural safety/survival instinct. You can survive, in an earthquake by doing the same thing in a smaller void. Get next to an object, next to a sofa, or a large bulky object that will compress
slightly but leave a void next to it.
3. Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction to be in during an earthquake. The reason is simple: the wood is flexible and moves ! with the force of the earthquake. If the wooden building does collapse, large survival voids are created. Also, the wooden building has less concentrated, crushing weight Brick buildings will break into individual bricks. Bricks will cause many injuries but less squashed bodies than concrete slabs.
4. If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake occurs, simply
roll off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed. Hotels can
achieve a much greater survival rate in earthquakes, simply by posting a
sign on the back of the door of every room, telling occupants to lie
down on the floor, next to the bottom of the bed during an earthquake.
5. If an earthquake happens while you are watching television and you
cannot easily escape by getting out the door or window, then lie down
and curl up in the fetal position next to a sofa, or large chair.
6. Everybody who has gone under a doorway for protection when a
building collapsed is killed. Why? ! If you stand under a doorway and the
door jam falls forward or backward you will be crushed by the ceiling
above. If the door jam fells sideways you will be cut in half by the
doorway. In either case, you will be killed.
7. Never go to the stairs. The stairs have a different "moment of frequency" (they swing separately from the main part of the building). The stairs and remainder of the building continuously bump into each other until structural failure of the stairs takes place. The people who
get on stairs before they fail are chopped up by the stair treads. They
are horribly mutilated. Even if the building doesn't collapse, stay away
from the stairs. The stairs are a likely part of the building to be
damaged. Even if the stairs are not collapsed by the earthquake, they
may collapse later when overloaded by screaming, fleeing people. They
should always be checked for safety, even when the rest of the building
is not damaged.
8. Get! near the outer walls of buildings or outside of them. If
possible. It is much better to be near the outside of the building
rather than the interior. The farther inside you are from the outside
perimeter of the building the greater the probability that your escape
route will be blocked.
9. People inside their vehicles are crushed when the road above falls
in an earthquake and crushes their vehicles; which is exactly what
happened with the slabs between the decks of the Nimitz Freeway. The victims of the San Francisco earthquake of 1989 all stayed inside of
their vehicles. They were all killed. They could have easily survived by
getting out and sitting or lying next to their vehicles. All the crushed
cars had voids 3 feet high next to them, except for the cars that had
columns fall directly across them.
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! Extract from Doug Copp's article on the "TRIANGLE OF LIFE"
My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTT), the world's most experienced rescue team. The information in this article will save lives during an earthquake using a survival method Pve developed that I call the "Triangle of Life".
My background: I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked
with rescue teams from 60 countries, founded rescue teams in several
countries, and I am a member of many rescue teams from many countries. I was the United Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation (UNX051 UNIENET http://www.ess.co.at/HITERM/emergency.htm ) for two years. I have worked at every major disaster in the world since 1985, except for simultaneous disasters. In 1996 we made a film which proved my survival methodology to be correct. The Turkish Federal Government, Cily of Istanbul, University of Istanbul, Case Productions and ARTI coo! perated to film this practical, scientific test. We collapsed a school and a home with 20 mannequins inside. Ten mannequins did the "duck and cover," survival technique enforced during the 1950's for disasters and ten mannequins used my "triangle of life" survival method. After the simulated earthquake collapse we crawled through the rubble and entered the building to film and document the results. The film, in which I practiced my survival techniques under directly observable, scientific conditions, relevant to building collapse, showed there would have been zero percent survival for those doing duck and cover. There would likely have been 100 percent survivability for people using my method of the "triangle of life." This film has been seen by millions of viewers on television in Turkey and the rest of Europe, and it was seen in the USA, Canada and Latin America on the TV program Real TV.
My experience: The first collapsed building I ever crawled inside of was
a school! in Mexico City during the 1985 earthquake and found every child under their desk. Every child was crushed to the thickness of their bones. They could have survived by lying down next to their desks in the aisles. It was devastating and an unnecessary loss of lives that could have been prevented. I wondered why the children were not in the aisles.
I didn't at the time know that the children were told to hide under something (again, the "Duck and Cover" technique). I trained the Mexican Fire Department of Trujillo (population 750,000) in how to survive and rescue others in earthquakes. The chief of rescue in the Trujillo Fire Department is a professor at Trujillo University. He accompanied me everywhere. He gave personal testimony: My name is Roberto Rosales.I am Chief of Rescue in Trujillo. When I was 11 years old, I was trapped inside of a collapsed building. My entrapment occurred during the earthquake of 1972 that killed 70,000 people. I survived in the "triangle of life! " that existed by lying next to my brother's motorcycle when the building collapsed. My friends who got under desks were crushed to death [he gives more details, names, addresses etc.]- I am the living example of the "triangle of life." My dead friends are the example of "duck and cover". The reason "Duck and Cover" does not work is simple: When a building collapses, the weight of the ceiling fells upon the objects or furniture inside crushes these objects down to their resistance level, usually leaving a space or void next to them.
The "Triangle of Life": I discovered, while crawling inside of various collapsed newspaper and other offices that contain lots of paper that paper does not compact Large voids are found surrounding stacks of paper. This space or 'void' is what I call the "triangle of life." The larger the object, the stronger, the more resistance it has, the less it will compact. The less an object compacts, the larger the void is, the
greater the probabil! ity that the person who is using this void for safety will not be injured. The next time you watch collapsed buildings, on television, count the "triangles" you see formed. They are everywhere. It is the most common shape, you will see, in a collapsed building.
Good to know survival information from Doug Copp:
1. Every person who has simply "ducked and covered" when a building has collapsed was crushed to death - every time, without exception.People who get under objects, like desks or tables, are always crushed.
2. Cats, dogs and babies all naturally often curl up in the fetal position. It is a natural safety/survival instinct. You can survive, in an earthquake by doing the same thing in a smaller void. Get next to an object, next to a sofa, or a large bulky object that will compress
slightly but leave a void next to it.
3. Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction to be in during an earthquake. The reason is simple: the wood is flexible and moves ! with the force of the earthquake. If the wooden building does collapse, large survival voids are created. Also, the wooden building has less concentrated, crushing weight Brick buildings will break into individual bricks. Bricks will cause many injuries but less squashed bodies than concrete slabs.
4. If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake occurs, simply
roll off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed. Hotels can
achieve a much greater survival rate in earthquakes, simply by posting a
sign on the back of the door of every room, telling occupants to lie
down on the floor, next to the bottom of the bed during an earthquake.
5. If an earthquake happens while you are watching television and you
cannot easily escape by getting out the door or window, then lie down
and curl up in the fetal position next to a sofa, or large chair.
6. Everybody who has gone under a doorway for protection when a
building collapsed is killed. Why? ! If you stand under a doorway and the
door jam falls forward or backward you will be crushed by the ceiling
above. If the door jam fells sideways you will be cut in half by the
doorway. In either case, you will be killed.
7. Never go to the stairs. The stairs have a different "moment of frequency" (they swing separately from the main part of the building). The stairs and remainder of the building continuously bump into each other until structural failure of the stairs takes place. The people who
get on stairs before they fail are chopped up by the stair treads. They
are horribly mutilated. Even if the building doesn't collapse, stay away
from the stairs. The stairs are a likely part of the building to be
damaged. Even if the stairs are not collapsed by the earthquake, they
may collapse later when overloaded by screaming, fleeing people. They
should always be checked for safety, even when the rest of the building
is not damaged.
8. Get! near the outer walls of buildings or outside of them. If
possible. It is much better to be near the outside of the building
rather than the interior. The farther inside you are from the outside
perimeter of the building the greater the probability that your escape
route will be blocked.
9. People inside their vehicles are crushed when the road above falls
in an earthquake and crushes their vehicles; which is exactly what
happened with the slabs between the decks of the Nimitz Freeway. The victims of the San Francisco earthquake of 1989 all stayed inside of
their vehicles. They were all killed. They could have easily survived by
getting out and sitting or lying next to their vehicles. All the crushed
cars had voids 3 feet high next to them, except for the cars that had
columns fall directly across them.
