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Despite the best preparation, the risk of natural disasters, catastrophic accidents, and terrorist attacks cannot be completely eliminated. A carefully prepared response is the best defense. This handbook presents comprehensive guidelines for researchers and practitioners for a coordinated execution of emergency response. An essential tool to mitigate logistical problems that often follow disasters or extreme events, the book emphasizes human factors in emergency project management that involve a systematic structure for communication, cooperation, and coordination. The book highlights what must be done and when, and identifies the resources required for each effort.
List of contents
Introduction Section I: Technical challenges Chapter 1 Robotic technologies for first response: A review Chapter 2 A practical, simplified chemical agent sensor placement methodology Chapter 3 Harnessing disruptive technologies: Quick systems engineering for emergency response Chapter 4 An emerging framework for unmanned aircraft systems in the national airspace system: Opportunities and challenges for first responders and emergency management Chapter 5 Optimization in evacuation route planning Chapter 6 Evacuation planning, analysis, and management Chapter 7 Hierarchical optimization for helicopter mission for evacuation Chapter 9 Riverflow prediction for emergency response: Military applications using artificial neural networks Section II: Human factors issues Chapter 10 Understanding the influence of the “cry wolf hypothesis” and “false alarm effect” on public response to emergency warnings Chapter 11 Accessible emergency management: A human factors engineering approach Chapter 12 Framework for preparing for the unprepared Chapter 13 Lest we forget: A critical analysis of bioterrorist incidents, national exercises, and U.S. prevention, response, and recovery strategies Chapter 14 Resilience to WMD: Communication and active participation are key Chapter 15 First responders: A biomechanical evaluation of supply distribution Chapter 16 Dynamics and dangers of therapeutic strategies for organophosphate poisoning: A physiologically based model Section III: Managerial models Chapter 17 Coordinated project systems approach to emergency response Chapter 18 Overcoming obstacles to integrated response among incongruent organizations Chapter 19 Decisions in disaster recovery operations: A game theoretic perspective on organization cooperation Chapter 20 Integrating Department of Defense response with nongovernmental organizations during a disaster Chapter 21 Time is a murderer: The cost of critical path drag in emergency response Chapter 22 Coordination and control in emergency response Chapter 23 Managing the complexities of incident command Chapter 24 Begin with the end in mind: An all-hazards systems approach to waste management planning for homeland security incidents Chapter 25 Creating effective response communications Chapter 26 Assessing the state of knowledge about emergency management in other countries Chapter 27 Framework for real-time, all-hazards global situational awareness Chapter 28 All-hazards response team preparation: Planning and training concepts Chapter 29 Medical supply chain resiliency in disasters Chapter 30 Decision support for inland waterways emergency response
About the author
Badiru, Adedeji B.; Racz, LeeAnn
