Emergency Management: Principles and Practice for Local Government

Abstract:

Get state-of-the-art ideas and strategies for organizing and managing mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery at the local level and within the larger intergovernmental context
Understand new standards for emergency management planning, organization, staffing, training, and emergency operations centers (EOCs)
Build sustainable communities that will be resilient in the event of disaster
Develop and collaborate with networks of public, private, and nonprofit entities
Secure funding for local emergency management initiatives
The only comprehensive resource and textbook for state-of-the-art emergency management for local government.

Publication Information

Full Citation:

Tierney, Kathleen, and William Waugh. 2007. Emergency Management: Principles and Practice for Local Government. Washington DC: International City and County Management Association.

START Author(s):

Kathleen Tierney

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