San Jacinto River Incident: Armegeddon Visits Houstion

摘要

In October 1994, southeast Texas experienced some of its worst flooding ever. Near Houston, the raging waters of the San Jac-into River caused a pipeline to rupture, spilling vast quantities of gasoline. When this gasoline found an ignition source, the river became a devastating conflagration. The Coast Guard immediately activated its incident command system (ICS) with a unified command to direct response activities. Lessons learned following the San Jacinto River incident will improve future response activities and serve as the foundation for the adoption of the National Interagency Incident Management System (which includes the ICS) by the Coast Guard and the state of Texas.