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Emergency Management Threats and Hazards: Water is a resource guidebook, which bridges the work of the emergency management practitioners and academic researchers, specifically for water-related incidents.
List of contents
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW. Emergency Management 101. THREATS AROUND WATER. Threats from the Air. Threats from the Ocean. Threats from the Land. Threats from Other Sources. QUALITY HAZARDS WITH WATER. Human-Made Hazards to Water Sources. Natural Water Source Contamination. Water Source Quality Hazards from Other Incidents. QUANTITY HAZARDS WITH WATER. Too Little Potable Water. Drownings. Too Much Raw Water – Freshwater. Too Much Seawater. COMPLEX INCIDENTS INCLUDING BOTH QUANTITY AND QUALITY HAZARDS. Tropical Storms. Earthquakes and Tsunamis. Water Treatment Plant Issues. Saltwater Intrusion into Freshwater Rivers. Ice Dams Frozen Major Lakes. Cyberattacks.
About the author
Michael Prasad is a Certified Emergency Manager®, by the International Association of Emergency Managers, holding volunteer leadership positions in that organization as well. He is the Executive Director of the Center for Emergency Management Intelligence Research (www.cemir.org), and a national-level expert on mass care specifically on the feeding, sheltering, and caring for children in disasters. He has an MA in emergency and disaster management from American Public University and writes professionally on emergency management policies and procedures. Views expressed are his own, and not necessarily those of any of these organizations.
Summary
Emergency Management Threats and Hazards: Water is a resource guidebook, which bridges the work of the emergency management practitioners and academic researchers, specifically for water-related incidents.
