Principles of Emergency Planning and Management

by David Alexander

David Alexander provides a concise yet comprehensive and systematic primer on how to prepare for a disaster. The book introduces the methods, procedures, protocols and strategies of emergency planning, with an emphasis on situations within industrialized countries. It is designed to be a reference source and manual from which emergency mangers can extract ideas, suggestions and pro-forma methodologies to help them design and implement emergency...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1903544106
• ISBN13: 9781903544105
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Better than advertised

Although the university requiring this book was out of stock and backordered for 2 weeks, this used copy arrived in excellent condition in 2 days.

Excellent EM Primer!

As a new disaster director, this is a very useful tool in understanding how a disaster unfolds, and the subsequent response and management that occur. Mr. Alexander provides plenty of real-life examples of disasters to demonstrate the EM principles. The book is more focused on domestic responses in the U.S. than to the international arena.

A Great Overview

This book is an excellent overview of emergency management. I highly recommend it as a text in a basic emergency management course or for those interested in the discipline.