Emergency Management - Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs

Informationen zum Autor LUCIEN G. CANTON, CEM, CPP CBCP, has over 40 years' experience in hazard and risk analysis, loss reduction, and emergency planning. As the Director of Emergency Services for the City of San Francisco from 1996 to 2004, he was responsible for coordinating the City's emergency management program and served as a policy advisor on emergency management and Homeland Security issues. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Canton was an Emergency Management Specialist with the Federal Emergency Management Agency from 1990 to 1996. Klappentext Provides a comprehensive examination of emergency management and offers concepts and strategies for creating effective programsThis book looks at the larger context within which emergency management response occurs, and stresses the development of a program to address a wide range of issues. Not limited to traditional emergency response to natural disasters, it addresses a conceptual model capable of integrating multiple disciplines and dealing with unexpected emergencies.Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs, Second Edition starts by focusing on the three pillars on which successful emergency management is based: an understanding of history, knowledge of social science research, and technical expertise in emergency management operations. It provides insight as to how emergency management has evolved and suggests reasons why the current method of response planning doesn't work as well as it should. The book then goes on to discuss establishing and administering the emergency management program. It looks at the analysis of risk as the basis for strategy development, and considers both the traditional macro view of hazard identification and analysis as well as the micro view required for continuity planning. Strategy development is examined next, followed by coverage of planning process, techniques and methods. The book finishes with chapters on coordinating response, leading in crisis, and crisis management.* Features two new chapters on the development of national response strategy and leadership in a crisis* Incorporates the Principles of Emergency Management adopted by many emergency management professional associations and agencies* Encourages the development of an enterprise wide program to address a wide range of potential threats* Covers the various phases of comprehensive emergency management* Integrates academic research with practical experience and case studiesEmergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs is an important book that will benefit students, law enforcement, and state and local emergency managers and planners involved in emergency management. Zusammenfassung Provides a comprehensive examination of emergency management and offers concepts and strategies for creating effective programsThis book looks at the larger context within which emergency management response occurs! and stresses the development of a program to address a wide range of issues. Not limited to traditional emergency response to natural disasters! it addresses a conceptual model capable of integrating multiple disciplines and dealing with unexpected emergencies.Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs! Second Edition starts by focusing on the three pillars on which successful emergency management is based: an understanding of history! knowledge of social science research! and technical expertise in emergency management operations. It provides insight as to how emergency management has evolved and suggests reasons why the current method of response planning doesn't work as well as it should. The book then goes on to discuss establishing and administering the emergency management program. It looks at the analysis of risk as the basis for strategy development! and considers both the traditional macro view of hazard identification and analysis as well as the micro view requ...

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Preface to the Second Edition xiii
 
Preface to the First Edition xv
 
Introduction xvii
 
1 Historical Perspectives: The Evolution of Emergency Management 1
 
Why Study History? 2
 
Lessons from History 5
 
The Advent of Disaster Legislation 14
 
The Growth of Disaster Bureaucracy 22
 
From Military to Civilian Leadership 23
 
Civil Defense and Disaster Relief Merge 27
 
Conclusion 32
 
2 Historical Perspectives: Toward a National Response Strategy 33
 
The Origins of National Planning 34
 
September 11 and the Impact of Homeland Security 36
 
The Marginalization of Emergency Management 36
 
Capabilities-based Planning Replaces All-Hazards Planning 39
 
The Pendulum Swings Back: Hurricane Katrina 43
 
A Failed Response? 43
 
Degraded Capabilities and Confused Planning 45
 
Reform and New Planning Concepts 47
 
Conclusion 49
 
3 Social Science and the Beginnings of Emergency Management Theory 51
 
Social Science as an Emergency Management Tool 51
 
Social Science Evolves Emergency Management Theory 52
 
Emergencies, Disasters, and Catastrophes 54
 
Disaster Mythology 65
 
Organizational Response 69
 
Conclusion 71
 
4 The Emergency Manager: Evolving Roles and Shifting Paradigms 73
 
Conflicting Roles 74
 
The Emergency Manager as Program Manager 78
 
Toward Professionalization 84
 
Emergency Management as a Field 84
 
Emergency Management as a Discipline 88
 
Emergency Management as a Profession 89
 
Conclusion 90
 
5 Establishing the Emergency Management Program 93
 
Program Administration 94
 
Developing a Governance Structure 94
 
The Administrative Plan 99
 
Strategic Planning 99
 
Formulating Vision 101
 
Establishing Goals and Objectives 106
 
Developing the Strategic Plan 108
 
Enabling Authorities and Legislation 109
 
Grant Requirements 111
 
Best Practices 112
 
Program Elements 113
 
Resource Management 113
 
Training 115
 
Finance 116
 
Program Evaluation 118
 
Quantitative Assessment Tools 118
 
Qualitative Assessment Tools 119
 
Exercise Programs 120
 
Actual Incidents 123
 
Corrective Action Program 124
 
Conclusion 125
 
6 Assessing Risk 127
 
The Nature of Risk 128
 
Risk Assessment Methodologies 129
 
Hazard Identification 133
 
Hazard Analysis 140
 
Simple Matrix Analysis 140
 
Indicators and Numerical Ranking 143
 
THIRA and Context Analysis 148
 
Intuition 149
 
Impact Analysis 150
 
Business Impact Analysis (BIA) 150
 
Adaptive Business Continuity 154
 
Continuity of Government/Continuity of Operations 155
 
Federal Guidance 155
 
Critical Functions and Process Analysis 158
 
Conclusion 160
 
7 Developing Strategy 163
 
A New Look at an Old Model 164
 
Risk Management Strategy 166
 
Mitigation Strategy 168
 
Recovery Strategy 173
 
Response Strategy 180
 
Preparedness Strategy 185
 
Using Strategy to Guide Planning 187
 
Conclusion 189
 
8 Planning Concepts 191
 
Plans Versus Planning 191
 
The Planning Continuum 197
 
Planning Methodologies 201
 
Planning Assumptions 201
 
Scenario-Based Planning 202
 
Functional Planning 205
 
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• Autori: Lucien G Canton, Lucien G. Canton, Canton Lucien G.
• Editore: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 21.05.2019
• EAN: 9781119066859
• ISBN: 978-1-119-06685-9
• Pagine: 352
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Tecnica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Chemie, Arbeitssicherheit, Katastrophenschutz, Sicherheitsmanagement, chemistry, security management, Health & Social Care, Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen, Chemical and Environmental Health and Safety, Arbeitssicherheit u. Umweltschutz i. d. Chemie, Emergency Management, Arbeitsschutz u. Arbeitssicherheit, Occupational Health & Safety