Enschede fireworks disaster in enschede, netherlands. The medical ethical testing committee tno, the netherlands approved the study protocols. Details on the procedures and measures of the enschede fireworks disaster study have been published previously and are briefly described here van kamp et al. According to the telegraaf, these widows want access to a secret police report on the investigation into the cause of the tragedy. Explosion of a fireworks warehouse may, 2000 enschede the. Two to three weeks after the explosion of a fireworks storage facility in a residential area may 2000, enschede, the netherlands we assessed the. A fireworks factory was located in enshede, netherlands. This page was last edited on 23 november 2014, at 22. Request pdf the fireworks disaster in enschede part 1. Enschede fireworks disaster chapter 28 mental health and.
The explosion caused 22 deaths, with 4 firefighters among the causalities, another 974 individual were injured, and 500 homes and businesses were severely damaged andor. What are the effects of the enschede fireworks disaster on morbidity presented in general practice and on the utilisation of general practice services in a pre. The fire led to an enormous explosion which killed 23 and injured 947. The enschede but that sixtysix seconds gap had enabled. Two to three weeks after the explosion of a fireworks storage facility in a residential area may 2000, enschede, the netherlands we ass. Chapter pdf available january 2009 with 1,546 reads. Public health policy is increasingly concerned with the care for victims of a disaster.
Enschede fireworksdisater mei 2000 visit enschede. Disasters and crisis university of twente student theses. On may 2000, a catastrophic fireworks disaster occurred in the dutch city enschede. Before the fireworks disaster, roombeek had about 1,500 residents living in. The association between dispositional optimism and mental. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Netherlands fireworks factory explosionthe downside of the dutch social model by hendrik paul 31 may 2000 on may about 100 tonnes of fireworks and other explosives detonated after a. Firework disaster, may 2000, enschede, netherlands. There were 2 deaths, 20 or 30 nonfatal injuries and the explosions. The bestrepresented disasters were the september 11, 2001 terrorist attacks 35 articles, followed by the enschede fireworks disaster 16 articles, the indian ocean tsunami 12 articles, and the chernobyl disaster 12 articles. The aim of the study was to evaluate mental health service delivery to persons affected by the fireworks disaster in enschede during the period from may 2000 to may 2005. A naturalistic followup study article pdf available in psychiatric services washington, d. The government and other parties involved are not only guilty of the disaster itself, but afterwards also.
The current prospective study also uses data from the enschede fireworks disaster study cf. The disaster started with exploding fireworks at 2. Enschede fireworks disaster istanbul fireworks explosion list of industrial disasters pepcon disaster sivakasi factory. The widows of the firemen who died in the enschede fireworks disaster in may 2000, are suing the dutch state. The company operates a fireworks warehouse in the residential. It often is difficult to appreciate what the mental health status of a population might have been prior to disaster.
More than half of these homes were built between 1910 and 1920, and 54% qualified as social housing, the remainder being privately owned mostly owner occupied. The enschede fireworks disaster was caused by a fire that broke out in the south east fireworks depot on the th of may 2000, in the dutch city of enschede. The committee is aware that its reports may assume a. The company operates a fireworks warehouse in the residential district of roombeck, near the. A total of 400 homes were destroyed and 1500 buildings damaged. The study was prompted by the explosion of a firework depot in enschede, the netherlands. Lack of perceived social support among immigrants after a disaster. Participants were 514 adult dutch native residents affected by the enschede fireworks disaster. Most research on disasters is perforce crosssectional. Health problems of enschede residents in the aftermath of. The fire led to an enormous explosion that left 23 people dead, including four firefighters, and 947 injured.
The enschede fireworks disaster, called vuurwerkramp literally, fireworks disaster in dutch, was caused by a fire which broke out in the s. Enschede fireworks disaster on may, 2000 in the eastern dutch city of enschede a fireworks warehouse caught fire and lead to an enormous explosion. Whistleblower paul van buitenen is pressing charges of undermining the rule of law in the handling of the enschede fireworks disaster in 2000 against the dutch government, the municipality of enschede, a number of ministries, the public prosecutor, the police and others. Risk factors for psychological and physical health.
Vuurwerkramp in culemborg, also known as the klap van culemborg bang of culemborg occurred on thursday 14 february 1991 in culemborg, the netherlands, on the border with the municipality of vianen. The disaster changed the life of more than a thousant people living in that area, 1. The other outstanding chapter chapter 28 discusses the enschede fireworks disaster. Smoking predicts posttraumatic stress symptoms among.
Mental health service use and outcomes after the enschede. This is a video footage from the fireworks disaster at enschede, the netherlands on th of may 2000. Despite numerous police investigations, the cause of the disaster has never been conclusively determined. Since this event, the city has undergone a major reconstruction process. Researchers coded data from intakes and medical charts of all patients who sought help n1,659 and entered treatment n663 at a disaster relief service. The new location is situated in roombeek, where a fireworks disaster took place in 2000. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. At least 20 people have been killed and about 300 injured in an explosion which destroyed a dutch fireworks warehouse. It describes their diagnostic characteristics, interventions provided, and their results.
The fire led to an enormous explosion that left 23. Dutch govt accused of undermining the rule of law in. Mental health service use and outcomes after the enschede fireworks disaster. The new museum is located partly in a renovated old textile factory, in reference to enschedes textile history, and partly in an adjourning new building, designed by the amsterdambased firm search project architect. Physical and mental health shortly after a disaster. Undoubtedly the worst fireworks disaster in all of history, the accident occurred in 2000. This article describes the design and implementation of an epidemiological study, which seeks to match care services to the specific problems of persons affected by a large scale incident. Lack of perceived social support among immigrants after a. This catastrophe is known in the netherlands as the vuurwerkramp, dutch for fireworks disaster. The city of enschede is located in the eastern part of the netherlands, at a distance of roughly twenty kilometres from the german border, with a. Explosion of a fireworks warehouse may, 2000 enschede the netherlands the facilities involved the site.
This study documented the number of people seeking help for disasterrelated psychological problems, their sociodemographic and diagnostic characteristics, the interventions. The event addressed in this study is briefly described below. The fire led to an enormous explosion that left 23 people dead including four firemen and 947 injured. The enschede fireworks disaster, called vuurwerkramp dutch. A longitudinal study on the enschede fireworks disaster found that. The explosions of 117 tons of heavy fireworks destroyed a neighbourhood in a few hours.
The enschede fireworks disaster known in the netherlands as the vuurwerkramp meaning fireworks disaster. Netherlands fireworks factory explosionthe downside of. On may, 2000, a fireworks storage in enschede exploded, destroying an entire neighborhood and killing 23 people, including 4 firemen. There was a small fire inside the factory which wouldnt have been a big deal except for the improperly stored barrel of fireworks outside of the door. To assess the associations between the level of dispositional optimism and health problems among disaster victims and nonaffected residents, data of the longitudinal enschede fireworks disaster study. A storage space for fireworks of the ms vuurwerk bv company ignited and exploded. The association between dispositional optimism and mental health problems among disaster victims and a comparison group. The city of enschede is located in the eastern part of the netherlands, at a distance of roughly twenty kilometres from the german border, with a population of about 150,000. Pdf mental health service use and outcomes after the. The explosion left 23 people dead including four firemen and 947 people injured. The enschede fireworks disaster tony moore describes how a spring day in the town of enschede turned into disaster after a small fire broke out in a fireworks factory, leading to massive explosions as the flames died down, anger and disbelief erupted nearly 4,000 people were injured, 400 homes destroyed and shops and factories damaged. The disaster may, 2000 was caused by a massive explosion in a fireworks storage facility that.