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Preparedness and Response for Catastrophic Disasters 1st Edition

by Rick Bissell (Editor), Steven Jensen (Editor), Shirley Feldman-Jensen (Editor)
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Based on a popular course for the FEMA Higher Education project, Preparedness and Response for Catastrophic Disasters provides important insight into plans to mitigate and respond to the devastation caused by large-scale catastrophic events. Hurricane Katrina provided clear evidence that these occurrences are both qualitatively and quantitatively different from other disasters. Recent tragedies, like the 2004 South Asia tsunami, the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and resulting nuclear plant meltdown in Japan further illustrate that we are not prepared for such events.

Written by top disaster scholars and practitioners, the book defines what constitutes a catastrophic event, outlining both the factors that can lead to catastrophes and the unique logistical, planning, and response challenges posed by them. Distinct from general disasters, these events are termed "catastrophic" due to the regional impact, impacts to logistics and infrastructure, the devastating effects on large-scale populations, and the ripple effects on regional and global economies.


Preparedness and Response for Catastrophic Disasters

examines why catastrophes must be approached differently. If governments, public administrators, and emergency management professionals are to succeed in protecting our populations, there must be consensus, decisiveness, and leadership in both the coordination and response. In addition, there must be a fundamental recognition that catastrophic events compromise the very infrastructure―public utilities, delivery of goods and service, schools, business functions, and government―that supports communities and upon which modern society is based. As such, the book explores how catastrophes can dramatically affect populations and addresses new, innovative, and fundamentally unique strategies communities can institute to better prepare populations for catastrophic events and their aftermath.

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Rick Bissell, Ph.D., is a professor and graduate program director at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Department of Emergency Health Services. His research focuses on disaster epidemiology, health sector response to disasters, public health–emergency management collaboration, emerging global emergency management challenges, earthquake impact on health services, and various topics related to emergency management.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CRC Press; 1st edition (June 3, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1466511893
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1466511897
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.97 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.13 x 9 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars Preparedness and Response Information
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An out standing book in every respect. Dr. Bissell has certainly amassed a great deal of vital information in preparing for, and responding to, a catastrophic Disaster. A must read for all public safety professionals.

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I rented the book for a class, and the book is excellent. However, I thought I would be able to notate it with my ipad, and I can't. Perhaps there is a specific App that is needed?
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Maryland Professor
5.0 out of 5 stars Best available book on catastrophic disaster preparedness and response
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Written by a top-notch team of experts on disasters and catastrophes, this book covers a wide range of related and necessary topics, is well-organized, and accessible to both practitioners and students.
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Da Boyz and One Girl
5.0 out of 5 stars The first multidiscplinary text on global public health crises
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2014
This is an excellent contribution to the growing and constantly changing disaster literature. The distinct advantages of this volume are that it targets events of the size and complexity that have easily overwhelmed current thinking, methods and conventions. It allows the reader to break down complex barriers and offers ideas and recommendations for practical implementation. While the scope of the content is broad, a major advantage of this text is that it also covers essential topics not normally seen in other books on crisis events, such as ethics, political issues, economics of catastrophes, logistics and supply management strategies, critical infrastructure, public health emergencies, mass displacement and resettlement, planning and coordination and utilization of emergent organizations and networks, and short and long-term recovery. Also the scenario-based discussion of the dynamics of a pandemic as well as recent catastrophes in Haiti and Japan are a welcome addition. This is not only for US audiences as it speaks to the blurring of national and international disaster events worldwide and what I like most is that the authors, all experts in their field, embrace the concept of multidisciplinary and collaborative solutions. It is therefore a necessary text for those in global health and global health emergencies. A must read!! Frederick M. Burkle, Jr., MD, MPH, DTM, Senior Fellow & Scientist, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University
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Very informative and easy to understand!
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4.0 out of 5 stars A school book that's easy to read?
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4.0 out of 5 stars Are We Prepared for the Next Catastrophe?
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What is a catastrophe? IMO when the planning basis for response and recovery to the occurrence of an unexpected but planned for event occurs that is catastrophic for those involved. Thus, this PLANNING BASIS exceedence can only be addressed by mobilization of resources outside the geographically impacted area of the event. And if the trained response personnel, governmental personnel are destroyed or unable to participate in the response that also is catastrophic.
I define preparedness as the totality of the personnel, equipment, level of training and funding, and planning including mobilization of resources in any given area for any given event.

Oddly, despite having the task of helping the population of the USA survive strategic nuclear attack under the authority of the Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended [Public Law 920 of the 81st Congress] [repealed by Public Law 103-337] those programs were housed in FEMA from 1979-1994, but FEMA was prohibited from planning for catastrophic events by the specific language of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, made effective for civil defense by Executive Order 12148 in July 1979. And OMB ruthlessly guarded against FEMA becoming involved in its planning and preparedness for MOMs [Maximum of Maximums] events.

With the arrival of the George W. Bush Administration the restrictions in the Reorg Plan were ignored and preliminary attempts to define "catastrophe" began. That this book and its discussion are the first text on the policies, definitions, and preparedness for CATASTROPHE makes the book for that fact alone important.

I always wondered how long States and their local governments could operate their response systems on a 24/7 basis. One week? Two weeks? And of course the same goes for each federal department and agency involved in the events!

A tough analysis and study of the actual capability of the States and their local governments has never occurred even in the face of statutory mandates to federal agencies. The last scrub by FEMA used a decade old document SLG-101 [now replaced by CPG 101] and did not include an excellent annex on terrorism prepared by Argonne National Laboratory and fully coordinated throughout the federal establishment.

The States are largely left to their own self audits, paper audits only on PREPAREDNESS much less CATASTROPHIC PREPAREDNESS. HHS/CDC have done somewhat better on health preparedness.

So expect more on the topics addressed in this book. While the chapters are of uneven quality for a first text [hopefully to go through many revisions and supplements it is excellent. Hoping GAO and the Congress and WH listening.
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