Emergency Management: Principles and Practice for Local Government
- ISBN-10
- 0873267192
- ISBN-13
- 9780873267199
- Series
- Emergency Management
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 366
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- International City County Management Assn
- Authors
- William L. Waugh, Kathleen J. Tierney
Description
Get state-of-the-art ideas and strategies for organizing and managing mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery at the local level and within the larger intergovernmental context Understand new standards for emergency management planning, organization, staffing, training, and emergency operations centers (EOCs) Build sustainable communities that will be resilient in the event of disaster Develop and collaborate with networks of public, private, and nonprofit entities Secure funding for local emergency management initiatives And much, much more!The only comprehensive resource and textbook for state-of-the-art emergency management for local government
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- 2019-04-16
- 352 pages
- Paperback
- John Wiley & Sons
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- 2019-03-27
- 352 pages
- Ebook
- John Wiley & Sons
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- 2019-03-21
- 352 pages
- Ebook
- John Wiley & Sons
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