Emergency response planning for corporate and municipal managers / Paul A. Erickson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Erickson, Paul A., 1941-

Contributor:

Erickson, Paul A., 1941-

Series:

Butterworth-Heinemann homeland security series.

Butterworth-Heinemann homeland security series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency management--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Emergency management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (429 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann : Academic Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Emergency Response Planning outlines the essential roles of corporate and municipal managers and demonstrates the importance of their relationships with federal, state, and local government agencies as well as public and private community sectors. Author Paul Erickson, one of the leading experts in the field, focuses on proactively planning for emergencies, particularly in the recognition and advance coordination of response to incidents instead of simply implementing emergency measures.The book is broken out into three sections. Section 1 outlines the overall scope of comprehensive

Contents:

Scope of emergency response

Essentials of holistic planning and management

The emergency response plan

Physical and chemical hazards

Biohazards

Medical surveillance

Personal protective clothing and equipment

Hazard and risk reduction strategies

Decontamination

Data and information management

Monitoring strategies and devices

Terrorism

Personnel training.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Emergency response planning for corporate and municipal managers. c1999.

Includes index.

Related Work:

Erickson, Paul A., 1941- Emergency response planning for corporate and municipal managers.

ISBN:

1-281-05058-X

9786611050580

0-08-047758-5

OCLC:

469499222