Health and safety in emergency management and response

"This book familiarizes personnel serving as Emergency Managers, Safety Officers, Assistant Safety Officers, and in other safety-relevant Incident Command System (ICS) roles with physical and psychosocial hazards and stressors that may impact the health and safety of workers and responders in a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Stahl, Dana L., 1965- (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2021.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781119561026
1119561027
9781119561101
1119561108
111956106X
9781119561064
9781119560975
Physical Description1 online resource (xxii, 474 pages) : color illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Safety in emergencies and disasters
  • Applicability of safety regulations in emergency response
  • Types of emergencies and disasters, and related hazards
  • Regulatory requirements and their applicability in emergency response
  • Safety training for a response
  • Industrial hygiene and medical monitoring
  • Psychological hazards related to emergency response
  • Safety officer duties during an incident response
  • Assistant safety officers, technical specialists, and other safety support roles
  • Integrating safety into emergency planning
  • Safety in drills and exercises
  • Safety in continuity of operations.