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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 363.3480973
EAN: 9780750679619
ISBN: 0750679611
Label: Butterworth-Heinemann
Manufacturer: Butterworth-Heinemann
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 424
Publication Date: 2005-10-27
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Studio: Butterworth-Heinemann
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: Okay as an introduction, but ...
Comment: The book does a fair job of giving an overview of emergency management. The veiw of FEMA is obviously written by persons wearing rose colored glasses. The glossing over of errors by FEMA and other emergency management agencies does not allow the reader to understand the evolution of emergency management. The book should be factual and less fluff.
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Summary: Medical Consequence Manager
Comment: I found this to be a good introduction to emergency management. I am using it in my course on Disaster Preparidness: medical consequency management. Well written and easy to read for the novice.
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Summary: Somewhat useful
Comment: This book is more useful for someone in government. If you need emergency planning/mangement for a business or industry, the book is a good starter but will be limited. Too bad it was published right before Katrina.
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Summary: Good service
Comment: I ordered a text book and got excellent service from Amazon. It got here in a timely fashion and in excellent condition.
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Summary: Introduction to Emergency Management
Comment: An excellent introductory book with a good review of the basic components of emergency management
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Editorial Reviews:
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Introduction to Emergency Management, Second Edition is a practical reference for students and professionals covering disaster response planning and mitigation. The book details the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) (U.S), the Federal Response Plan (FRP), and the roles, responsibilities, and interrelationship between FEMA and state and local emergency management systems. It also covers the changes in emergency management since the events of September 11, 2001, the latest information on the Office of Homeland Security, and includes several detailed appendices. This Second Edition is completely updated and continues this title's success as a practical reference for students and professionals covering disaster response planning and mitigation.
- Includes continual connection of theory to real-world examples of disasters including the Tsunami disaster and instances of terrorism
- Contains dozens of diagrams and statistics illustrating disaster management history and facts
- Provides links to Emergency Management Web sites and information sources, including homeland security sources
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