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Introduction to Homeland Security: Principles of All-Hazards Risk Management 5th Edition
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Introduction to Homeland Security: Principles of All Hazards Risk Management, Fifth Edition, provides users with a substantially updated version of previous versions, clearly delineating the bedrock principles of preparing for, mitigating, managing, and recovering from emergencies and disasters, while also offering a balanced account of all aspects of homeland security.
This new edition features coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing, analysis of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework for critical infrastructure protection, and examines the DHS “Blue Campaign to stop human trafficking. To provide added perspective, this edition features additional “another voice sections and examines the emergence of social media as a tool for reporting on homeland security issues.
- Provides users with a comprehensive understanding of the bedrock principles of preparing for, mitigating, managing, and recovering from emergencies and disasters
- Features coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing and analysis of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework for critical infrastructure protection
- Examines the emergence of social media as a tool for reporting on homeland security issues
- ISBN-100128020288
- ISBN-13978-0128020289
- Edition5th
- PublisherButterworth-Heinemann
- Publication dateJune 12, 2015
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions7.25 x 2 x 9 inches
- Print length760 pages
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This updated text clearly delineates the bedrock principles of preparing for, mitigating, managing, and recovering from emergencies and disasters.
About the Author
George Haddow currently serves as Senior Fellow at the Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy (DRLA) at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA and previously served as an Adjunct Faculty and Research Scientist, Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management, George Washington University in Washington, DC. at Prior to joining academia, Mr. Haddow worked for eight years in the Office of the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as the White House Liaison and the deputy Chief of Staff. He is a founding partner of Bullock & Haddow LLC, a disaster management consulting firm.
Jane A. Bullock served more than 20 years in support of Federal emergency management efforts, culminating as the Chief of Staff at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for Director James Lee Witt. In this position Ms. Bullock served as principal advisor to the Director on all Agency programmatic and administrative activities, provided advice and recommendations to the Director on policies required to carry out the mission of the agency; managed the day-to-day operations of the Agency; directed, monitored, and evaluated Agency strategic and communication processes; and oversaw administration of the Agency’s resources, including the disaster relief fund. In 2001, Ms. Bullock co-founded the disaster management consulting firm Bullock & Haddow, LLC. She currently serves on the governing boards of the National Earthquake Hazards Program, the Earthquake Engineering Research Center, and others.
Damon P. Coppola is the founder of Shoreline Risk LLC and a Partner with Bullock & Haddow LLC. He has extensive experience in disaster management capacity development, disaster risk management, and planning through his work with the United Nations; the World Bank Group; The US Federal Emergency Management Agency; and the US Army Corps of Engineers, among others. Mr. Coppola serves as a Senior Disaster Management Specialist at the Hawaii-based Pacific Disaster Center and is a faculty member at Loma Linda University and the University of Hawaii. He holds an M.E.M in Crisis, Emergency, and Risk Management from George Washington University and an A.R.M. from the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters.
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- Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann; 5th edition (June 12, 2015)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 760 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0128020288
- ISBN-13 : 978-0128020289
- Item Weight : 3.62 pounds
- Dimensions : 7.25 x 2 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #986,342 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #582 in Information Management (Books)
- #1,174 in National & International Security (Books)
- #35,396 in Unknown
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About the author
Damon P. Coppola is an accomplished emergency management systems engineer who has bridged the gap between practice and academia through his ever-expanding catalog of emergency management textbooks.
Mr. Coppola has consulted as an analyst and technical assistant to clients in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors inclusive of the US Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center, the National Science Foundation, The World Bank, The United Nations, the International Recovery Platform, Save the Children, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, national and local governments throughout the world, and many others.
Mr. Coppola is also a recognized specialist in emergency management training and education, having developed and co-developed a number of FEMA and DHS products for both the FEMA/EMI Higher Education Program and for the DHS National Training and Education Division. His projects include the 60-hour National Incident Management Systems, the 48-hour Comparative Emergency Management, the 48-hour Hazards Risk Management, the 48-hour Crisis and Risk Communications, the 8-hour Natural Disaster Preparedness for Security Professionals, among others.
In addition his consulting work, Mr. Coppola serves as an adjunct faculty member at the Loma Linda University School of Public Health in the Emergency Management department, where he developed (and currently instructs) the course curricula for graduate level courses focused on national and international disaster management.
Mr. Coppola has authored and co-authored more than a dozen academic and professional emergency management textbooks that are currently in use at over 300 colleges and universities. Several of these books have been deemed "essential texts" by the FEMA Higher Education Program. His joint effort Introduction to Emergency Management was named the most influential emergency management textbook at the annual FEMA Higher-Education Conference.
Mr. Coppola holds a Master of Engineering Management (MEM) in Crisis, Emergency, and Risk Management from the George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science, and was awarded the Associate in Risk Management (ARM) professional certification by the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters.
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