Emergency planning /
Ronald W. Perry, Michael K. Lindell
- Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2007
- xxvii, 519 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [463]-490) and index
Introduction to emergency planning -- The emergency planning process -- Patterned human behavior in disasters -- Fostering successful emergency planning -- Classes of protective action recommendations -- Analyzing and selecting protective actions -- The content and format of emergency plans -- Continuity of operations plans -- Milestones that structure emergency planning -- Population warning -- Planning for hazard adjustment -- Structures for managing emergency response -- Selected federal emergency planning mandates -- Emergency planning, professionalism, and the future
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Emergency management--United States Hazard mitigation--United States