This book helps you learn fundamental emergency management concepts, and to master the core competencies and skills needed to succeed. With this book, you will be able to:
- Understand the basic types of hazards threatening the United States
- Examine the role of the many players involved in emergency management
- Learn how to build an effective emergency management organization
- Explore how people perceive the risks of environmental hazards and the actions they can take to protect themselves from those hazards
- Assess the pre-impact conditions that produce disaster vulnerability within communities
- Understand what mitigation is, how it fits in with the other phases of emergency management, and widely used mitigation strategies
- Prepare to react effectively to threats from the environment
- Recognize the importance of performance appraisals for individuals and evaluations of the local emergency management agency
- Explore future directions in emergency management
575 pages
