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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| Main Author | |
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
2021.
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| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781119561026 1119561027 9781119561101 1119561108 111956106X 9781119561064 9781119560975 |
| Physical Description | 1 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.