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Communication challenges in emergency response

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          cover image Communications of the ACM
          Communications of the ACM  Volume 50, Issue 3
          Emergency response information systems: emerging trends and technologies
          March 2007
          95 pages
          ISSN:0001-0782
          EISSN:1557-7317
          DOI:10.1145/1226736
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