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First Responders Handbook
An Introduction, Second Edition
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Main description:

The objective of this handbook is to make available in a quick reference form, the information to enhance and support the response capabilities of firefighters, emergency medical technicians, hazardous materials response teams, law enforcement officers, bomb squads, medical doctors and nurses, emergency managers, schools, and others. This handbook is dedicated and committed to disaster prevention, preparedness, readiness, response, mitigation and recovery efforts. This is an ideal book for newcomers to the field, and can be used for fast knowledge for application to any areas of response.


Contents:

Preface

About the Author

Introduction

Chapter 1 NIMS and the incident command system

Chapter 2 Security management

Chapter 3 Threat/vulnerability assessments and risk analysis

Chapter 4 Defense support of civil authorities (DSCA)

Chapter 5 Introduction to weapons of mass destruction (WMDs)

Chapter 6 Understanding terror, terrorism, and their roots

Chapter 7 CBRNE and weapons of mass destruction

Chapter 8 Explosives

Chapter 9 Nuclear weapons and radiation

Chapter 10 Dirty bomb

Chapter 11 Decontamination procedures

Chapter 12 Decontamination of chemical warfare and industrial agents

Chapter 13 Chemical protective clothing

Chapter 14 Emergency response guidebook

Glossary

Bibliography


PRODUCT DETAILS

ISBN-13: 9781138089686
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press)
Publication date: September, 2017
Pages: 306
Weight: 590g
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)
Subcategories: Accident & Emergency Medicine

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