Homeland Security

Maniscalco (retired deputy chief, Fire Department of New York) and Christen (retired battalion chief, Atlanta Fire Department) present this text as a dual-use pragmatic guide to terrorism response for emergency response practitioners and as a textbook for the academic community. Two overarching perspectives frame the work: the all-hazards approach and its application to terrorism and homeland security and the general applicability of strategic planning and incident management principles to fire/rescue operations, emergency medical services, law enforcement, and beyond. Chapters discuss the National Incident Management System; the National Response Framework; critical infrastructure protection, emergency response, and management; planning for terrorism; terrorism response procedures; operations security, site security, and terrorism incident response; weapons of mass effect; mass casualty decontamination; personal protective equipment; and crime scene operations. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)