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Each emergency comes with its own set of challenges, however, many emergencies of the past can be used as tools to evaluate the decisions made and apply them to similar situations. Designed to enable public officials to conduct this kind of evaluation, Case Studies in Disaster Response and Emergency...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Valcik, Nicolas A. (Autor), Tracy, Paul E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2013.
Boca Raton, FL : Taylor and Francis, an imprint of Routledge, 2013.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:ASPA series in public administration and public policy.
Temas:
Emergency management.
Disaster relief.
Emergencies.
Relief work.
Rescue work.
Disaster relief > Case studies.
Disaster relief > United States > Case studies.
Emergency management > Case studies.
Emergency management > United States > Case studies.
Lifesaving.
Medical emergencies.
Relief Work
Disaster Planning
Rescue Work
Emergencies
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes.
Situations d'urgence.
Sauvetage.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes > Études de cas.
Gestion des situations d'urgence.
Urgences médicales.
life-saving.
disaster planning.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Medical emergencies
Lifesaving
Rescue work
Disaster relief
Emergency management
United States
Case Reports
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
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Sumario:Each emergency comes with its own set of challenges, however, many emergencies of the past can be used as tools to evaluate the decisions made and apply them to similar situations. Designed to enable public officials to conduct this kind of evaluation, Case Studies in Disaster Response and Emergency Management details a selection of emergencies--more than 50--that actually occurred. The book demonstrates that often there is no wrong or right answer, just choices that will resolve a problem favorably or cause the situation to deteriorate.
Notas:2. Case studies: disasters from natural forces: FIRES -- Richmond Theater fire, Virginia, 1811 -- Great Chicago fire, 1871 -- Peshtigo fire, Wisconsin, 1871 -- Big Blowup, Washington, Idaho, and Montana, 1910 -- Hartford Circus fire, Connecticut, 1944 -- Nightclub fire, Rhode Island, 2003 -- Black Saturday bushfires, Australia, 2009.
3. Case studies: disasters from natural forces: HURRICANES.
4. Case studies: disasters from natural forces: FLOODS.
5. Case studies: disasters from natural forces: TORNADOES.
6. Case studies: disasters from natural forces: EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES.
7. Case studies: disasters from natural forces: OTHER WEATHER, ANIMAL, AND VIRAL PHENOMENA.
8. Case studies: man-made disasters: INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS AND STRUCTURAL FAILURE -- Monongah mine disaster, West Virginia, 1907 -- Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire, New York, 1911 -- Bhopal industrial chemical accident, India, 1984 -- Texas City disaster, 1947 -- Exxon Valdez, Alaska, 1989 -- Hyatt Regency walkway collapse, Kansas City, 1981 -- Bridge collapse, Minnesota, 2007 -- Northeast blackout, 2003.
9. Case studies: disasters from criminal or terrorist acts: BOMBINGS -- Bomb at H aymarket Square, Chicago, 1886 -- Wall Street bombing, 1920 -- Bombing of Boeing 247, 1933 -- World Trade Center bombing, 1993 -- Oklahoma City bombing, I995 -- Centennial Olympic Park bombing, Atlanta, I996.
10. Case studies: disasters from criminal or terrorist acts: OTHER TERRORIST EVENTS -- Rajneeshee Cult salmonella attacks, Oregon, 1984 -- Subway attack by the Aum Cult, Tokyo, 1995 -- Amerithrax, 2001 -- September 11, 2001 -- JFK International Airport terror plot, 2007.
11. Case studies: disasters from criminal or terrorist acts: SHOOTINGS AND RIOTS.
12. Case studies: man-made disasters: NUCLEAR, BIOTOXINS, OR CHEMICALS -- Donora, Air Pollution, 1948 -- Love Canal, Niagara Falls, 1970 -- Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, 1979 -- Chernobyl, Ukraine, 1986 -- Biological hazardous material violation, Texas A & M University, 2007.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (262 pages) : 2 illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-222) and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781439883174
1439883173
Acceso:Legal Deposit;

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