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Wiley Pathways Emergency Planning

Perry, Ronald W. / Lindell, Michael K.

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1. Auflage September 2006
560 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

ISBN: 978-0-471-92077-9
John Wiley & Sons

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In order for a community to be truly prepared to respond to any type of emergency, it must develop effective emergency planning. Emergency Planning guides readers through the steps of developing these plans, offering a number of strategies that will help ensure success. It delves into the patterns of human disaster behavior, social psychology, and communication as well as the basics of generic protective actions, planning concepts, implementation, and action.

1 Introduction to Emergency Planning 1

2 The Emergency Planning Process 33

3 Patterned Human Behavior in Disasters 63

4 Fostering Successful Emergency Planning 91

5 Classes of Protective Action Recommendations 116

6 Analyzing and Selecting Protective Actions 148

7 The Content and Format of Emergency Plans 182

8 Continuity of Operations Plans 220

9 Milestones That Structure Emergency Planning 266

10 Population Warning 298

11 Planning for Hazard Adjustment 335

12 Structures for Managing Emergency Response 368

13 Selected Federal Emergency Planning Mandates 401

14 Emergency Planning, Professionalism and the Future 435

Bibliography 464

Glossary 492

Index 000
Ronald W. Perry joined Arizona State University in 1983 as
Professor of Public Affairs. He has studied natural and
technological hazards and terrorism since 1971. His principal
interests are incident management systems, citizen warning
behavior, public education and community preparedness. He has
published more than a dozen books and many journal articles. Perry
currently serves on the Steering Committees of the Phoenix Urban
Areas Strategic Initiative and the Phoenix Metropolitan Medical
Response System. He also serves on the Arizona Council for
Earthquake Safety and on the Fire Chiefs' Advisory Committees
for the Arizona Cities of Gilbert, Mesa, Phoenix and Tempe. He
holds the Award for Excellence in Emergency Management from the
Arizona Emergency Services Association and the Pearce Memorial
Award for Contributions to Hazardous Incident Response from the
Phoenix Fire Department. He also holds both the Award for
Outstanding Environmental Achievement by a Team from the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency and a Certificate of Recognition
from Vice President Gore's National Partnership for
Reinventing Government.

Michael K. Lindell is the former Director of the Hazard
Reduction & Recovery Center (HRRC) at Texas A&M University
and has 30 years of experience in the field of emergency
management, conducting research on community adjustment to floods,
hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and releases of
radiological and toxic materials. He worked for many years as an
emergency preparedness contractor to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission and has provided technical assistance on radiological
emergency preparedness for the International Atomic Energy Agency,
the Department of Energy, and nuclear utilities. In addition, he
has trained as a Hazardous Materials Specialist at the Michigan
Hazardous Materials Training Center and worked on hazardous
materials emergency preparedness with state emergency response
commissions, local emergency planning committees, and chemical
companies. In the past few years, Lindell directed HRRC staff
performing hurricane hazard analysis and evacuation planning for
the entire Texas Gulf coast. He has made over 120 presentations
before scientific societies and short courses for emergency
planners, and he has been an invited participant in workshops on
risk communication and emergency management in this country and
abroad. Lindell has also written extensively on emergency
management and is the author of over 120 technical reports and
journal articles, as well as five books.

R. W. Perry, Arizona State University; M. K. Lindell, Texas A&M University