Description
Book SynopsisIn order for a community to be truly prepared to respond to any type of emergency, it must develop effective emergency planning. Emergency Planning guides readers through the steps of developing these plans, offering a number of strategies that will help ensure success. It delves into the patterns of human disaster behavior, social psychology, and communication as well as the basics of generic protective actions, planning concepts, implementation, and action.
Table of Contents1 Introduction to Emergency Planning 1
2 The Emergency Planning Process 33
3 Patterned Human Behavior in Disasters 63
4 Fostering Successful Emergency Planning 91
5 Classes of Protective Action Recommendations 116
6 Analyzing and Selecting Protective Actions 148
7 The Content and Format of Emergency Plans 182
8 Continuity of Operations Plans 220
9 Milestones That Structure Emergency Planning 266
10 Population Warning 298
11 Planning for Hazard Adjustment 335
12 Structures for Managing Emergency Response 368
13 Selected Federal Emergency Planning Mandates 401
14 Emergency Planning, Professionalism and the Future 435
Bibliography 464
Glossary 492
Index 000
