Machine generated contents note: PREFACE vii -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix -- INTRODUCTION xi -- SECTION I: TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSPORTATION DISASTERS -- CHAPTER 1 BACKGROUND FOR NEW DISASTERS 3 -- SECTION I1: GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISASTER RESPONSE -- 2 HISTORY OF DISASTER PLANNING 11 -- 3 THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN DISASTER PLANNING 15 -- 4 VICTIMOLOGY 23 -- 5 DISASTER CYCLES 27 -- 6 PREDICTING DISASTER AND EMERGENCY PLANNING 33 -- 7 PRIVATE SECTOR 49 -- 8 WHEN DISASTER STRIKES 53 -- 9 USING THE MILITARY 61 -- 10 TRAINING 65 -- 11 WARNING AND EVACUATION 69 -- 12 SEARCH AND RESCUE 77 -- 13 DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS 83 -- 14 INFORMATION CENTERS 87 -- 15 TERRORISM AND CRIMINALITY 89 -- SECTION II1: TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF A RESPONSE -- 16 COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 97 -- 17 MEDICAL RESPONSE 99 -- 18 POLICE OPERATIONS 111 -- 19 FIRE 131 -- 20 FORENSIC SCIENCE 141 -- 21 VOLUNTEERISM 173 -- 22 PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA AND MENTAL HEALTH 183 -- 23 MEDIA AND INFORMATION 197 -- SECTION IV MANAGEMENT ISSUES -- 24 BUSINESS RECOVERY 215 -- SECTION V: RESPONSE TO SPECIFIC TRANSPORTATION DISASTERS -- 25 AVIATION 223 -- 26 DISASTER AT SEA 247 -- 27 LAND TRANSPORTATION 253 -- SECTION VI: CONCLUSION -- 28 CONCLUSION 261


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    Title :

    Transportation disaster response handbook


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2002


    Size :

    XIV, 290 S


    Remarks:

    26 cm
    Ill., graph. Darst
    Digital preservation by Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) / Leibniz-Informationszentrum Technik und Naturwissenschaften und Universitätsbibliothek



    Type of media :

    Book


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    BKL:    55.82 Güterverkehr / 50.17 Sicherheitstechnik
    DDC:    363.348






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