Emergency Preparedness

A Safety Planning Guide for People, Property and Business Continuity, Second Edition

Don Philpott and David Casavant

Emergency Preparedness: A Safety Planning Guide for People, Property, and Business Continuity provides step-by-step instructions for developing prevention and response plans for all types of emergencies and 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. You will feel confident that your employees are trained and prepared to put your company's plan into action and protect all workers, property, and the life of the company in the face of any natural or non-natural event.

Bernan Press

Pages: 300 • Trim: 8½ x 11

978-1-59888-791-4 • Paperback • March 2016 • $126.00 • (£97.00)

978-1-59888-792-1 • eBook • March 2016 • $119.50 • (£92.00)

Subjects: Self-Help / Safety & Security / Survival & Emergency Preparedness, Political Science / Security (National & International), Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Social Science / Disasters & Disaster Relief

Emergency Preparedness

A Safety Planning Guide for People, Property and Business Continuity, Second Edition

Paperback

eBook

Summary

Emergency Preparedness: A Safety Planning Guide for People, Property, and Business Continuity provides step-by-step instructions for developing prevention and response plans for all types of emergencies and 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. You will feel confident that your employees are trained and prepared to put your company's plan into action and protect all workers, property, and the life of the company in the face of any natural or non-natural event.

Details

Bernan Press

Pages: 300 • Trim: 8½ x 11

978-1-59888-791-4 • Paperback • March 2016 • $126.00 • (£97.00)

978-1-59888-792-1 • eBook • March 2016 • $119.50 • (£92.00)

Subjects: Self-Help / Safety & Security / Survival & Emergency Preparedness, Political Science / Security (National & International), Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Social Science / Disasters & Disaster Relief

Author

Don Philpott, author of more than 170 books, has 20 years of experience as a senior correspondent reporting on major news stories around the world. He is a former editor of Homeland Defense Journal and International Homeland Security.

Table of Contents

Emergency Preparedness, 2nd Edition

Summary Table of Contents

Part 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 Collapse

Part II: 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. Hospitals

17. Schools

Appendices
Glossary