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Urban Emergency Management Planning and Response for the 21st Century

Langue : Anglais

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Couverture de l’ouvrage Urban Emergency Management

Urban Emergency Management: Planning and Response for the 21st Century takes the concepts and practices of emergency management and places them in the context of the complex challenges faced by the contemporary city. Cities provide unique challenges to emergency managers. The concentrated population and often dense layering of infrastructure can be particularly susceptible to disasters?both natural and human-caused. The book provides guidance across all phases of emergency management, including prevention and all-hazards approaches.

1. Overview of Urban Emergency Management2. Development and History of Emergency Management3. Natural Hazards and the Urban Environment4. Human-Caused Hazards and Hybrid Hazards5. Assessing Risk in Urban Areas6. Incident Command Systems and NIMS7. Collaboration in Urban Environments8. Emergency Management and Homeland Security in Urban Areas9. Prevention Phase10. Preparedness Phase11. Mitigation Phase12. Response Phase13. Recovery Phase14. Future of Urban Emergency Management
Thomas Henkey served for six years as Senior Emergency Management Coordinator for the City of Chicago, where he was responsible for disaster planning and response, as well as special events, physical-security, infrastructure, transportation, and antiterrorism analysis. Mr. Henkey also has nearly 15 years of experience in a range of private-sector and nonprofit safety and security management roles. He is currently the Director of Emergency Management for Titan Security Group.

Mr. Henkey is a Certified Emergency Manager (CEM), a Certified Institutional Protection Manager (CIPM II), and a member of the International Association of Emergency Managers, the ASIS Cultural Properties Council, the International Foundation for Cultural Property Protection, the Illinois Security Professionals Association, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He is the vice-chairman of the Chicago Cultural Properties Security Group, and the former chairman of the ASIS International Museum Committee. Mr. Henkey holds undergraduate degrees from St. Louis University, and a Master’s Degree in Emergency and Disaster Management from American Military University.
  • Presents an all-hazards and all-phases approach to emergency management, including natural hazards and human-caused disasters
  • Covers the human capital and political and leadership qualities needed by urban emergency managers
  • Targets the needs of emergency management in urban settings

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19x23.3 cm

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Thème d’Urban Emergency Management :

Mots-clés :

Antiterrorism; CARVER method; Chain of command; Civil defense; Climate change; Collaboration; Command staff; Composite exposure indicator; Contingency planning; Continuity; Cool zone; Counterterrorism; Critical infrastructure; Critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR); Cybercrime; Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Disaster Relief Act; Domestic terrorism; Earthquake; Emergency management; Emergency operations center; Emergency operations center (EOC); Emergency operations plan; European Union Civil Protection Mechanism; Evacuation; Event; Facility Information Management System (FIMS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Flood; Fusion center; General staff; Hazard; Hazardous materials; Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPDs); Homeland security; Hot zone; Hotwash; Human-caused disasters; Human-caused hazard; Human-caused hazards; Hurricane; Hybrid disasters; Incident; Incident command system; Incident command system (ICS); Incident reporting; Infrastructure; Intentional; Intergovernmental; International terrorism; Joint information center; Lone Wolf attackers; Mitigation; National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP); National Incident Management System; National Incident Management System (NIMS); National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP); National Preparedness System (NPS); National Prevention Framework; National Response Plan/Framework; Natural disasters; Natural hazard; Pandemic; Preparedness; Prevention; Public safety answering point (PSAP); Readiness; Recovery; Resiliency; Response; Risk; Risk analysis security survey; Risk assessment; Risk factors; Sector; Sendai Framework; Shelter in place; Stafford Act; Stakeholders; Storm surge; Technological disasters; Terrorism; Threat; Threat Analysis; Tornado; Tsunami; Unintentional; United Nations Development Program (UNDP); Urban; Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD); Vulnerability; Warm zone; Whole community; Wildfire