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"Disasters often strike without warning and leave a trail of destruction in their wake. Yet armed with the right tools and information, survivors can fend for themselves and get through even the toughest circumstances. Matthew Stein's When Disaster Strikes provides a thorough, p…
Machine generated contents note: SECTION 1 REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS, RESCUE PLANS, AND DEVELOPING A RESCUE CAPABILITY CHAPTER 1 The Reason for Rescue CHAPTER 2 Developing a Post Fall Rescue Plan CHAPTER 3 Program Development and Incident Management SECTION 2 EQUIPMENT, SYSTEMS …
Libraries are constantly at risk. Every day, many libraries and their collections are damaged by fire, flooding, high winds, power outages, and criminal behaviour. Every library needs a plan to protect its staff, sites and collections, including yours. In twelve chapters, 'Disas…
"This book focuses on how to protect our transportation systems including airports and airlines, water ports, highways, tunnels and bridges, rail and mass transit, and how to better plan evacuation when severe disasters occur. These infrastructures may face various threats, name…
Introduction : defining disaster upon disaster : why risk prevention and disaster response so often fail / Susanna M. Hoffman -- Unwieldy disasters : engaging the multiple gaps and connections that make catastrophes / Roberto E. Barrios -- Advocacy and accomplishment : contrasti…
"A consistent problem that confronts disaster reduction is the disjunction between academic and expert knowledge and policies and practices of agencies mandated to deal with the concern. Although a great deal of knowledge has been acquired regarding many aspects of disasters, su…
"Environmental studies, hazards and disaster risk reduction, climate change" (Rückseite des hinteren Banddeckels)
Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Setting the scene: a guide to this volume -- Reporting, frequency, and correlates of disasters -- Providing compensation to survivors of disasters -- Hurricanes -- Floods and their consequences -- Tornadoes -- Drought and other risks to agricu…
Health emergency preparedness and response
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Introduction : why do we need to prepare? / Dr. Chloe Sellwood and Andy Wapling -- The planning process / Dr. Chloe Sellwood and Andy Wapling -- Risk assessment / Jacky Bush -- Writing an emergency plan / Andy Wapling -- Emergency planning and response : working in partnership /…
Robertson on Library Security and Disaster Planning 'presents a collection of highly-cited, author published articles on security and disaster planning for libraries. The book represents the only place where these articles are compiled, making it a go-to volume for practitioners…
