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