TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bumgarner,Jeffrey B.
ED  - Gale Group
TI  - Emergency management: a reference handbook 
T2  - Contemporary world issues
SN  - 9781598841114 (electronic book)
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Santa Barbara, Calif.
PB  - ABC-CLIO
KW  - Emergency management
KW  - United States
KW  - Crisis management
N1  - Description based on print version record; Includes bibliographical references and index; Background and history -- Problems, controversies, and solutions -- Worldwide perspective -- Chronology -- Biographical sketches -- Data and documents -- Directory of organizations -- Resources
N2  - Explores the history and development of emergency management from the first federal disaster relief proclamation in 1803 to the present day. It analyzes current debates over when and how emergency resources are best utilized, and the laws and public policies that govern emergencies
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