Emergency Management Threats and Hazards: Water is a resource guidebook, which bridges the work of the emergency management practitioners and academic researchers, specifically for water-related incidents. Practitioners typically follow a disaster phase cycle of preparedness/protection/prevention, response, recovery, and mitigation– all of which have distinct actions and missions to reduce or eliminate adverse impacts from both threats and hazards. Academics will find the connections to allied fields such as meteorology, hydrology, homeland security, healthcare, and more. The book examines many of the distinct differences and variances within the specific scope of water-related incidents, crises, emergencies, and disasters. It provides examples and practical strategies for protection/prevention, response, recovery, and mitigation against adverse impacts to people, property, and organizations. It is also organized in the same construct used by emergency management practitioners (incident command system elements, disaster cycle phases, etc.), which will help align the academic world of emergency management education to both the practice and the training in the emergency management field.
- Takes a global view on threats and hazards, as well as their solutions.
- Provides a single repository of the majority of water-related incidents and provides a "how to" guide for resilience.
- Identifies cascading impacts and provides checklists for resolutions.
- Includes numerous case studies organized by threat and hazard.
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW. Emergency Management 101. THREATS AROUND WATER. Threats from the Air. Threats from the Ocean. Threats from the Land. Threats from Other Sources. QUALITY HAZARDS WITH WATER. Human-Made Hazards to Water Sources. Natural Water Source Contamination. Water Source Quality Hazards from Other Incidents. QUANTITY HAZARDS WITH WATER. Too Little Potable Water. Drownings. Too Much Raw Water – Freshwater. Too Much Seawater. COMPLEX INCIDENTS INCLUDING BOTH QUANTITY AND QUALITY HAZARDS. Tropical Storms. Earthquakes and Tsunamis. Water Treatment Plant Issues. Saltwater Intrusion into Freshwater Rivers. Ice Dams Frozen Major Lakes. Cyberattacks.
Biography
Michael Prasad is a Certified Emergency Manager®, a senior research analyst at Barton Dunant – Emergency Management Training and Consulting (www.bartondunant.com), and the executive director of the Center for Emergency Management Intelligence Research (www.cemir.org). He is also the chair of the Children and Disaster Caucus at the International Association of Emergency Managers-USA, and the vice president of their Region 2 grouping, which covers New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Mr. Prasad has held emergency management director level positions at the State of New Jersey and the American Red Cross, serving in leadership positions on more than 25 disaster response operations, including Superstorm Sandy’s response and recovery work. He currently serves as one of the liaison officers for Emergency Support Function #6 – Mass Care for FEMA’s Region 2, when they activate their Regional Response Coordination Center. He researches and writes professionally on emergency management policies and procedures from a pracademic perspective, advises non-governmental organizations on their continuity of operations planning, and provides emergency management intelligence analysis for the National Security Policy and Analysis Organization at American Public University. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Ohio University and a Master of Arts degree in emergency and disaster management from American Public University. Views expressed do not necessarily represent the official position of any of these organizations.
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