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CBRN and Hazmat incidents at major public events : planning and response /

"Based on the author's more than two decades of managing core facets of emergency planning and response, this book enables readers to minimize the possibility of a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) disaster or a hazardous material (hazmat) incident at public events. Mor...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kaszeta, Dan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, ©2013.
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  • CBRN and Hazmat Incidents at Major Public Events: Planning and Response; Acknowledgments; Contents; Foreword; PART I Introduction; CHAPTER 1 The Threat Environment; Adverse Effects; Causative Agents: The Spectrum of CBRN/HAZMAT Substances; Means of Dissemination; Causative Agents: the Perpetrator; Multipliers in the Major Event Environment; Nuisances, Hoaxes, and Communicated Threats; CBRN/HAZMAT Substances: Characteristics Significant as Planning Considerations; CHAPTER 2 Differing Perspectives and Philosophies on CBRN/HAZMAT Planning and Response; Fire Service and HAZMAT.
  • Military CBRN Defense PhilosophyPerspective of Police, Law Enforcement, and Security Services; The Private Security Provider's Perspective; Medical Perspective; Scientific and Laboratory Perspective; PART II General Planning and Preparedness Efforts; CHAPTER 3 CBRN in Context: Interagency Planning and Cooperation; Swimming in the Sea: Keeping CBRN/HAZMAT in Context; The Safety and Security Bureaucracy: The Sea in Which We Swim; Interagency Planning and Coordination; Incident Management Systems; The Operations Center; Best Practices; Common Language.
  • CHAPTER 4 General Planning Considerations at an Early StageEstablish your Planning Threshold; Reconnaissance: Site Surveys and Walkthroughs; Resilience; Legal Considerations; Communications; CHAPTER 5 Building Capability and Capacity; Survey the Existing Capability; Surveying Capacity; The Synchronization Matrix as a Planning Tool; Assessment Schemes; Training and Exercises; CHAPTER 6 Equipment Procurement; Preparing for the Onslaught of Vendors; Hazard Prediction- Is it Useful?; Sensors: Surveillance and Warning; Protection Technology; CHAPTER 7 Dealing with Event Venues.
  • Major Types of VenueArchitectural, Structural, and Construction considerations; Planning Considerations for Building Construction; Securing Venues; Venue Search; Screening People; Screening Goods and Vehicles; PART III The Response Disciplines; CHAPTER 8 Medical Preparedness; How will CBRN/HAZMAT Present itself to the Medical System?; The Concept of Special Events Medical Services
  • General Planning Considerations; Mass Casualty Planning; Hospital Decontamination; Medical Surveillance; Dealing with the Worried Well
  • CHAPTER 9 Police, Law Enforcement, Intelligence, and Security PreparednessBreaking the Cycle: Disrupting the Process of Terrorism; Preparing to Operate in a CBRN/HAZMAT Environment; CHAPTER 10 Preparedness for the Fire and HAZMAT Sector; Adapting the Response to the Major Event Environment; Decontamination; Search and Rescue in the Hot Zone?; Keeping the Detectives Happy: Learning not to Wreck the Crime Scene; CHAPTER 11 The Military: Preparing for Military Support to Civil Authorities; The Nature of Military Support to Civil Authorities; Types of Military Support to CBRN/HAZMAT Incidents.