ada koreksi dari seorang kawan:
Doug Copp ini scam berat. Dia mengklaim memiliki
banyak pengalaman yang sebenernya tidak dimiliki.
Kasus dia beberapa waktu lalu mencuat di media2 di
AMerika karena tengah menjadi investigasi pemerintah
federal atas penipuan yang dia lakukan untuk
mendapatkan dana yang disalurkan kepada korban 9/11.
Coba saja google namanya, pasti akan banyak muncul
beritanya dari media yang berbeda.
Soal Segitiga Kehidupan yang dia bikin ini, banyak
yang tidak absah, meskipun banyak juga yang benar
secara basic. Red Cross mengeluarkan statement untuk
denounce teori Segitiga Kehidupan ala Copp dan
ARTI-nya ini.
Ini beberapa link media soal berita Doug Copp:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/12/terror/main628757.shtml
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8571384/
terlampir juga pernyataan dari American Red Cross
American Red Cross response to "Triangle of Life" by
Doug Copp
Sent from
Rocky Lopes, PhD
Manager, Community Disaster Education
American Red Cross National Headquarters
Recently it has been brought to my attention that an
email from Doug Copp, titled "Triangle of Life," is
making its rounds again on the Internet. "Drop, Cover,
and Hold On" is CORRECT, accurate, and APPROPRIATE for
use in the United States for Earthquake safety. Mr.
Copp's assertions in his message that everyone is
always crushed if they get under something is
incorrect.
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Recently, the American Red Cross became aware of a
challenge to the earthquake safety advice "Drop,
Cover, and Hold On." This is according to information
from Mr. Doug Copp, the Rescue Chief and Disaster
Manager of American Rescue Team International (a
private company not affiliated with the U.S.
Government or other agency.) He says that going
underneath objects during an earthquake [as in
children being told to get under their desks at
school] is very dangerous, and fatal should the
building collapse in a strong earthquake. He also
states that "everyone who gets under a doorway when a
building collapses is killed." He further states that
"if you are in bed when an earthquake happens, to roll
out of bed next to it," and he also says that "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." These
recommendations are inaccurate for application in the
United States and inconsistent with information
developed through earthquake research. Mr. Copp based
his statements on observations of damage to buildings
after an earthquake in Turkey. It is like "apples and
oranges" to compare building construction standards,
techniques, engineering principles, and construction
materials between Turkey and the United States.
We at the American Red Cross have studied the research
on the topic of earthquake safety for many years. We
have benefited from extensive research done by the
California Office of Emergency Services, California
Seismic Safety Commission, professional and academic
research organizations, and emergency management
agencies, who have also studied the recommendation to
"drop, cover, and hold on!" during the shaking of an
earthquake. Personally, I have also benefited from
those who preceded me in doing earthquake education in
California since the Field Act was passed in 1933.
What the claims made by Mr. Copp of ARTI, Inc., does
not seem to distinguish is that the recommendation to
"drop, cover, and hold on!" is a U.S.-based
recommendation based on U.S. Building Codes and
construction standards. Much research in the United
States has confirmed that "Drop, Cover, and Hold On!"
has saved lives in the United States. Engineering
researchers have demonstrated that very few buildings
collapse or "pancake" in the U.S. as they might do in
other countries. Using a web site to show one picture
of one U.S. building that had a partial collapse after
a major quake in an area with thousands of buildings
that did not collapse during the same quake is
inappropriate and misleading.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), which collects data on injuries and
deaths from all reportable causes in the U.S., as well
as data from three University-based studies performed
after the Loma Prieta (September, 1989) and Northridge
(January, 1994) earthquakes in California, the
following data are indicated: Loma Prieta: 63 deaths,
approximately 3,700 people were injured. Most injuries
happened as a result of the collapse of the Cypress
Street section of I-880 in Oakland. Northridge: 57
deaths, 1,500 serious injuries. Most injuries were
from falls caused by people trying to get out of their
homes, or serious cuts and broken bones when people
ran, barefooted, over broken glass (the earthquake
happened in the early morning on a federal holiday
when many people were still in bed.) There were
millions of people in each of these
earthquake-affected areas, and of those millions, many
of them reported to have "dropped, covered, and held
on" during the shaking of the earthquake.
We contend that "Drop, Cover, and Hold On" indeed
SAVED lives, not killed people. Because the research
continues to demonstrate that, in the U.S., "Drop,
Cover, and Hold On!" works, the American Red Cross
remains behind that recommendation. It is the
simplest, reliable, and easiest method to teach
people, including children.
The American Red Cross has not recommended use of a
doorway for earthquake protection for more than a
decade. The problem is that many doorways are not
built into the structural integrity of a building, and
may not offer protection. Also, simply put, doorways
are not suitable for more than one person at a time.
The Red Cross, remaining consistent with the
information published in "Talking About Disaster:
Guide for Standard Messages," (visit
http://www.disastereducation.org/guide.html ) states
that if you are in bed when an earthquake happens,
remain there. Rolling out of bed may lead to being
injured by debris on the floor next to the bed. If you
have done a good job of earthquake mitigation (that
is, removing pictures or mirrors that could fall on a
bed; anchoring tall bedroom furniture to wall studs,
and the like), then you are safer to stay in bed
rather than roll out of it during the shaking of an
earthquake.
Also, the Red Cross strongly advises not try to move
(that is, escape) during the shaking of an earthquake.
The more and the longer distance that someone tries to
move, the more likely they are to become injured by
falling or flying debris, or by tripping, falling, or
getting cut by damaged floors, walls, and items in the
path of escape. Identifying potential "void areas" and
planning on using them for earthquake protection is
more difficult to teach, and hard to remember for
people who are not educated in earthquake engineering
principles. The Red Cross is not saying that
identifying potential voids is wrong or inappropriate.
What we are saying is that "Drop, Cover, and Hold On!"
is NOT wrong -- in the United States. The American Red
Cross, being a U.S.-based organization, does not
extend its recommendations to apply in other
countries. What works here may not work elsewhere, so
there is no dispute that the "void identification
method" or the "Triangle of Life" may indeed be the
best thing to teach in other countries where the risk
of building collapse, even in moderate earthquakes, is
great.
--- Gani Kurnia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mohon maaf kalau udah pernah dapat.
>
> Mudah2an artikel di bawah berguna...
>
> Dari Artikel Doug Copp mengenai "Segitiga Kehidupan"
> Diedit untuk briefing Komite Keselamatan MAA
>
>
> Saya Doug Copp, Kepala Penyelamat dan Manajer
> Bencana dari
> American Rescue Team International (ARTI), tim
> penyelamat
> paling berpengalaman di dunia. Informasi dalam
> artikel ini
> dapat menyelamatkan nyawa anda dari gempa bumi.
> Saya telah merangkak di bawah 875 reruntuhan
> bangunan,
> bekerja sama dengan tim penyelamat dari 60 negara,
> dan
> mendirikan tim penyelamat di beberapa negara serta
> salah
> satu dari ahli PBB untuk Mitigasi Bencana selama 2
> tahun.
> Saya telah bekerja di seluruh bencana besar di dunia
> sejak
> tahun 1985.
>
> Pada tahun 1996 kami membuat film yang membuktikan
> keakuratan metode bertahan hidup yang saya buat.
> Kami
> meruntuhkan sebuah sekolah dan rumah dengan 20
> boneka di
> dalamnya. 10 boneka "menunduk dan berlindung" dan 10
> lainnya menggunakan metode bertahan hidup "segitiga
> kehidupan". Setelah simulasi gempa, kami merangkak
> ke
> dalam puing-puing dan masuk ke dalam bangunan untuk
> membuat dukumentasi film mengenai hasilnya. Film itu
> menunjukkan bahwa mereka yang menunduk dan
> berlindung
> tidak dapat bertahan hidup dan mereka yang
> menggunakan
> metode saya "segitiga kehidupan" bertahan hidup
> 100%.
>
> Film ini telah dilihat oleh jutaan orang melalui
> televisi
> di Turki dan sebagian Eropa, dan disaksikan pada
> program
> televisi di USA , Canada dan Amerika Latin.
>
> Bangunan pertama yang saya masuki adalah sebuah
> sekolah di
> Mexico City pada gempa bumi tahun 1985. Semua anak
> berlindung di bawah meja masing-masing. Semua anak
> remuk
> sampai ke tulang mereka. Mereka mungkin dapat
> selamat jika
> berbaring di samping meja masing-masing di lorong.
>
> Pada saat itu, murid-murid diajarkan untuk
> berlindung di
> bawah sesuatu. Secara sederhana, saat bangunan
> runtuh,
> langit-langit akan runtuh menimpa benda atau
> furnitur
> sehingga menghancurkan benda-benda ini, menyisakan
> ruangan
> kosong di sebelahnya. Ruangan kosong ini lah yang
> saya
> sebut " segitiga kehidupan". Semakin besar bendanya,
> maka
> semakin kuat benda tersebut dan semakin kecil
> kemungkinannya untuk remuk. Semakin sedikit remuk,
> semakin
> besar ruang kosongnya, semakin besar kemungkinan
> untuk
> orang yang menggunakannya untuk selamat dari
> luka-luka.
>
> Suat saat anda melihat bangunan runtuh di televisi,
> hitunglah "segitiga kehidupan" yang anda temui.
> Segitiga
> ini ada di mana-mana dan merupakan bentuk yang umum.
>
> Sepuluh Tip dalam Keselamatan Gempa Bumi
>
> 1. Hampir semua orang yang hanya "menunduk dan
> berlindung"
> pada saat bangunan runtuh meninggal karena tertimpa
> runtuhan. Orang-orang yang berlindung di bawah suatu
> benda
> akan remuk badannya.
>
> 2. Kucing, anjing dan bayi biasanya mengambil posisi
> meringkuk secara alami. Itu juga yang harus anda
> lakukan
> pada saat gempa. Ini adalah insting alami untuk
> menyelamatkan diri. Anda dapat bertahan hidup dalam
> ruangan yang sempit. Ambil posisi di samping suatu
> benda,
> di samping sofa, di samping benda besar yang akan
> remuk
> sedikit tapi menyisakan ruangan kosong di
> sebelahnya.
>
> 3. Bangunan dari kayu adalah tipe konstruksi yang
> paling
> aman selama gempa bumi. Kayu bersifat lentur dan
> bergerak
> seiring ayunan gempa. Jika bangunan kayu ternyata
> tetap
> runtuh, banyak ruangan kosong yang aman akan
> terbentuk.
> Disamping itu, bangunan kayu memiliki sedikit
> konsentrasi
> dari bagian yang berat. Bangunan dari batu bata akan
> hancur berkeping-keping. Kepingan batu bata akan
> mengakibatkan luka badan tapi hanya sedikit yang
> meremukkan badan dibandingkan beton bertulang.
>
> 4. Jika anda berada di tempat tidur pada saat gempa
> terjadi, berguling lah ke samping tempat tidur.
> Ruangan
> kosong yang aman akan berada di samping tempat
> tidur.
> Hotel akan memiliki tingkat keselamatan yang tinggi
> dengan
> hanya menempelkan peringatan di belakang pintu agar
> tamu-tamu berbaring di lantai di sebelah tempat
> tidur jika
> terjadi gempa.
>
> 5. Jika terjadi gempa dan anda tidak dapat keluar
> melalui
> jendela atau pintu, maka berbaring lah meringkuk di
> sebelah sofa atau kursi besar.
>
> 6. Hampir semua orang yang berada di belakang pintu
> pada
> saat bangunan runtuh akan meninggal. Mengapa? Jika
> anda
> berdiri di belakang pintu dan pintu tersebut rubuh
> ke
> depan atau ke belakang anda akan tertimpa
> langit-langit di
> atasnya. Jika pintu tersebut rubuh ke samping, anda
> akan
> tertimpa dan terbelah dua olehnya. Dalam kedua kasus
> tersebut, anda tidak akan selamat!
>
> 7. Jangan pernah lari melalui tangga. Tangga
> memiliki
> "momen frekuensi" yang berbeda (tangga akan berayun
> terpisah dari bangunan utama). Tangga dan bagian
> lain dari
> bangunan akan terus-menerus berbenturan satu sama
> lain
> sampai terjadi kerusakan struktur dari tangga
> tersebut.
> Orang-orang yang lari ke tangga sebelum tangga itu
> rubuh
> akan terpotong-potong olehnya. Bahkan jika bangunan
> tidak
> runtuh, jauhi lah tangga. Tangga akan menjadi bagian
> bangunan yang paling mungkin untuk rusak. Bahkan
> jika
> gempa tidak meruntuhkan tangga, tangga tersebut akan
> runtuh juga pada saat orang-orang berlarian
> menyelamatkan
> diri. Tangga tetap harus diperiksa walaupun bagian
> lain
> dari bangunan tidak rusak.
>
> 8. Berdiri lah di dekat dinding paling luar dari
> bangunan
> atau di sebelah luarnya jika memungkinkan. Akan
> lebih aman
> untuk berada di sebelah luar bangunan daripada di
> dalamnya. Semakin jauh anda dari bagian luar
> bangunan akan
> semakin besar kemungkinan jalur menyelamatkan diri
> anda
> tertutup.
>
> 9. Orang-orang yang berada di dalam kendaraan akan
> tertimpa jika jalanan di atasnya runtuh dan
> meremukkan
> kendaraan; ini yang ternyata terjadi pada
> lantai-lantai
> jalan tol Nimitz. Korban dari gempa bumi San
> Fransisco
> semuanya bertahan di dalam kendaraan mereka dan
> meninggal.
> Mereka mungkin dapat selamat dengan keluar dari
> kendaraan
> dan berbaring di sebelah kendaraan mereka. Semua
> kendaraan
> yang hancur memiliki ruangan kosong yang aman
> setinggi 1
> meter di sampingnya, kecuali kendaraan yang tertimpa
>
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