Accession Number:

AD0753346

Title:

Fire Fighting Operations in Hamburg, Germany During World War II: Excerpts from the Hamburg Fire Department Documents on the Air Attacks During World War II, Appendixes 3, 4, 5, and Photographs

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

URS RESEARCH CO SAN MATEO CA

Personal Author(s):

• Miller, Carl F.

Report Date:

1972-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

461.0

Abstract:

To obtain and preserve valuable untranslated records of the large fires resulting from air attacks in World War II, Defense Civil Preparedness Agency formerly the Office of Civil Defense sent personnel to Germany in 1965. They found, and obtained permission to publish, a number of documents and photographs, particularly of the mass fire in Hamburg, Germany. These documents have been translated and analyzed and a number of reports concerning them have been published. The present report contains the remaining translations and pictures considered worth preserving for those studying the effects of large fires.

Descriptors:

• *WARFARE
• *CIVIL DEFENSE
• DETECTION
• REPORTS
• EFFICIENCY
• PROTECTION
• FIRES
• AREA COVERAGE
• WATER SUPPLIES
• PHOTOGRAPHS
• WEST GERMANY
• FIRE SAFETY

Subject Categories:

• Safety Engineering
• Civil Defense

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE