Emergency Response Guidebook
Emergency Response Guidebook

Author: U.S. Department of Transportation

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-06-03

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1626363765

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Does the identification number 60 indicate a toxic substance or a flammable solid, in the molten state at an elevated temperature? Does the identification number 1035 indicate ethane or butane? What is the difference between natural gas transmission pipelines and natural gas distribution pipelines? If you came upon an overturned truck on the highway that was leaking, would you be able to identify if it was hazardous and know what steps to take? Questions like these and more are answered in the Emergency Response Guidebook. Learn how to identify symbols for and vehicles carrying toxic, flammable, explosive, radioactive, or otherwise harmful substances and how to respond once an incident involving those substances has been identified. Always be prepared in situations that are unfamiliar and dangerous and know how to rectify them. Keeping this guide around at all times will ensure that, if you were to come upon a transportation situation involving hazardous substances or dangerous goods, you will be able to help keep others and yourself out of danger. With color-coded pages for quick and easy reference, this is the official manual used by first responders in the United States and Canada for transportation incidents involving dangerous goods or hazardous materials.

Guide for All-Hazard Emergency Operations Planning
Guide for All-Hazard Emergency Operations Planning

Author: Kay C. Goss

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1998-05

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 078814829X

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Meant to aid State & local emergency managers in their efforts to develop & maintain a viable all-hazard emergency operations plan. This guide clarifies the preparedness, response, & short-term recovery planning elements that warrant inclusion in emergency operations plans. It offers the best judgment & recommendations on how to deal with the entire planning process -- from forming a planning team to writing the plan. Specific topics of discussion include: preliminary considerations, the planning process, emergency operations plan format, basic plan content, functional annex content, hazard-unique planning, & linking Federal & State operations.

Damage Assessment Manual
Damage Assessment Manual

Author: Robert Kistner

Publisher:

Published: 2012-08-03

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9781478296256

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This Damage Assessment Manual provides information about how to plan, design, and carryout an assessment of damage in the aftermath of natural or man-made disasters and terrorist acts. Many of the forms used by this system are similar in design to state and federal programs for public assistance damage assessment and reimbursement.Chapter One describes damage assessment by presenting five sets of activities: (1) Situation Assessment; (2) Needs Assessment; (3) Damage Assessment; (4) Health Needs; and (5) Community Impact.Chapter Two describes the Six-Steps to a Successful Damage Assessment Program. One important Step is the pre-disaster survey of your community's critical infrastructure into a "Map-Grid" system.Chapter Three describes "How To Conduct a Damage Assessment". This is often overlooked by many state and local governments. By following our steps and methods you will be able to conduct the assessments. You will need at least two-teams (Individual Assistance (IA) and a Public Assistance (PA) damage assessment team).Chapter Four describes the role of the Damage Assessment Coordinator and how to prepare the necessary teams for action.Chapter Five includes an overview of the federal disaster assistance programs managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). More details of their programs can be obtained from their web site at www.fema.gov.Chapter Six describes the recordkeeping process following a presidentially declared disaster and how to receive the maximum reimbursement of dollars possible.Chapter Seven describes the EPC Incident Tracking System (ITS) and the City of Durango, Colorado's Incident Tracking System (ITS)Finally, all of the forms and the disaster assessment system are "Web-Enabled" and located on our www.damageassessment.biz site (requires login and password from EPC. We also offer training, supplies, software and exercises for damage assessment.

Coastal and Marine Environments
Coastal and Marine Environments

Author: Yeqiao Wang

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2020-05-19

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 0429804725

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Authored by world-class scientists and scholars, The Handbook of Natural Resources, Second Edition, is an excellent reference for understanding the consequences of changing natural resources to the degradation of ecological integrity and the sustainability of life. Based on the content of the bestselling and CHOICE-awarded Encyclopedia of Natural Resources, this new edition demonstrates the major challenges that the society is facing for the sustainability of all well-being on the planet Earth. The experience, evidence, methods, and models used in studying natural resources are presented in six stand-alone volumes, arranged along the main systems of land, water, and air. It reviews state-of-the-art knowledge, highlights advances made in different areas, and provides guidance for the appropriate use of remote sensing and geospatial data with field-based measurements in the study of natural resources. Volume 5, Coastal and Marine Environments, discusses marine and coastal ecosystems, their biodiversity, conservation, and integrated marine management plans. It provides fundamental information on coastal and estuarine systems and includes discussions on coastal erosion and shoreline change, natural disasters, evaporation and energy balance, fisheries and marine resource management, and more. New in this edition are discussions on sea level rise, renewable energy, coral reef restoration, fishery resource economics, and coastal remote sensing. This volume demonstrates the key processes, methods, and models used through many case studies from around the world. Written in an easy-to-reference manner, The Handbook of Natural Resources, Second Edition, as individual volumes or as a complete set, is an essential reading for anyone looking for a deeper understanding of the science and management of natural resources. Public and private libraries, educational and research institutions, scientists, scholars, and resource managers will benefit enormously from this set. Individual volumes and chapters can also be used in a wide variety of both graduate and undergraduate courses in environmental science and natural science at different levels and disciplines, such as biology, geography, earth system science, and ecology.