Disaster planning and control

• Main Author: Kramer, William M. 1944-
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tulsa, Okla. : PennWell/Fire Engineering, ©2009.
• Edition: 3rd ed.
• Subjects: Emergency management > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Fire departments > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Fire extinction > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781621980919; 162198091X; 9781593701895; 1593701896
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxviii, 462 pages) : illustrations, map

Table of Contents:

• ""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Tribute to Charles Bahme""; ""Passing the Torch""; ""About the Author""; ""Part 1: Disaster Anticipation and Preparation""; ""Chapter 1: Disaster Planning""; ""Chapter 2: Historical Lessons""; ""Chapter 3: Training and Preparation""; ""Part 2: Managing Disasters""; ""Chapter 4: Organizational Structure and Incident Command""; ""Chapter 5: Resource Management and Augmentation""; ""Chapter 6: Communications and Information Management""; ""Part 3: Frequent Threats
• Fire, Transportation, and Hazmat""
• ""Chapter 7: Catastrophic Fires""""Chapter 8: Transportation Disasters""; ""Chapter 9: Hazardous Materials Disasters""; ""Part 4: Growing Threats, Global Concerns""; ""Chapter 10: Homeland Security and Civil Disorder""; ""Chapter 11: Terrorism""; ""Chapter 12: Mass Casualties and Mass Evacuation""; ""Part 5: Natural Disasters and Recovery""; ""Chapter 13: Weather-Related Natural Disasters""; ""Chapter 14: Terrain-Based Natural Disasters""; ""Chapter 15: Aftermath and Recovery""; ""Glossary""; ""Acronyms""; ""Index""