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Autore |
Casavant David A. |
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Titolo |
Emergency preparedness : a safety planning guide for people, property, and business continuity / / Don Philpott and David Casavant |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Bernan Press, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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ISBN |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (465 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Emergency management |
Business planning |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction to the Second Edition; I. EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS: NATURAL AND NON-NATURAL EVENTS; 1. Understanding Emergencies and Disasters; 2. Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Thunderstorms, and Floods; 3. Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Volcanoes, and Landslides; 4. Fire and Wildfire, Drought and Extreme Heat, and Blizzards and Avalanches; 5. Bomb Threats, Chemical Warfare, and Bioterrorism; 6. Chemical Spills, Contamination, and Household Emergencies; 7. Nuclear Threat and Exposure; 8. Workplace Violence and Workplace Medical Emergencies |
9. More Non-natural Events: Civil Disturbances, Blackouts, Structural CollapseII. PLANNING, PROCEDURES, MITIGATION, AND RECOVERY; 10. The Emergency Action Plan, Part One: Laying the Groundwork; 11. The Emergency Action Plan, Part Two: Creating the Plan; 12. Training, Drills, and Evacuations; 13. Basic First Aid and Medical Care in the Workplace or Anyplace; 14. Post-event Restoration; 15. Guidelines for Emergency Mitigation; 16. Emergency Preparedness: Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities; 17. Emergency Preparedness: Schools; APPENDICES; Glossary; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Emergency Preparedness: A Safety Planning Guide for People, Property, and Business Continuity provides instructions for developing prevention and response plans for all types of emergencies and |
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disasters. It helps the reader to create an organization-wide emergency management plan that ensures that all procedures are in place and all equipment and personnel needs are addressed so that your company can respond to an emergency situation quickly and instinctively. |
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