Large-scale incident management
Subtitle: a small town plan for a big city problem
By: Mark Haraway.
Publisher: Delmar, Cengage Learning
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Clifton Park, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9781428359932
Subjects: Command and control at fires; Incident command systems; Emergency management; Hazard mitigation
Notes: The October 5, 2006, Apex, NC, hazardous materials leak from EQ Industrial Services, subsequent evacuation of the town, and recovery are used as examples.
Table of contents: title: Overview of the incident command system; title: Strategic planning for the large incident; title: Expanding on the incident command system; title: Local area hazard assessments: the first step to pre-event planning; title: Pre-incident planning and the emergency operations plan; title: The role of planning during an event; title: Incident action plans : how do I use them?; title: Resource management; title: The EQ fire in retrospect through the eyes of the incident commander; title: The aftermath : reentry and cleanup.