Disaster Management: An Introduction In How To Conduct Effective Disaster Planning, Response And Recovery

By Ian Watts

Introduction to disaster planning, response and recovery is the first book in the How To Disaster Management Series by Ian Watts. It is written for new emergency and disaster managers who need an overview of the skills and disciplines involved in disaster and emergency management in any industry, organisation or location. This is not a reference book but provides easy to follow checklists and guidance, in logically laid out sections which will give emergency and disaster managers an overview of: planning and management law; types of disasters; relevant management skills; roles and responsibilities; hazard and risk assessment; how to prepare for a disaster situation; setting up, resourcing and operating emergency control centres; response and recovery; and information gathering and analysis. Using the checklists as prompts will give disaster and emergency managers the prompts needed to identify the areas they need to consider within their emergency planning teams. The book can be carried on any mobile device to allow users to access the information, checklists and guides at any time in any environment. Other books in the series deal with all of the topics in this publication in greater detail and some concentrate on specific types of environment such as sports and medical facilities.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ian Watts
• Release date: Jun 19, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310437533

Ian Watts

Ian Watts spent 30 years as a professional investigator of criminal and non-criminal matters with the UK MOD and as a private investigator . During this time he: identified and investigated numerous cases of fraud for the MOD, UN, Credit Card companies, Government Departments and commercial organisations saving millions of pounds through loss prevention, re-engineering and profit building strategies; investigated and managed the investigation of thousands of criminal offences including murder and terrorist shootings/bombings; serious losses to business and public sector departments and prepared business continuity and disaster recovery strategies.He holds a Diploma in Management, Certificate in Security Management, NVQ Level 5 in Management (equivalent to Post Graduate level) and NVQ Assessor/Internal/External Verifier Awards. He is a member of the Institute of Management, the Security Institute, Institute of Professional Investigators, Institute for Learning and Survive.Ian currently owns his own business, Lifelong Learning (London) International Ltd (LLLI Ltd), which provides high value, results focused security and loss prevention training, including cybercrime, fraud prevention, forensic accounting, money laundering, business continuity and disaster recovery and retail profit protection to private and public sector organisations. Training follows national standards devised by industry lead bodies where possible but where formal qualifications do not exist, Ian has developed training programs to a comparable standard. Where possible the LLLI’s training is bespoke to a client.Ian has written over 20 non-fiction ebooks relating to disaster management and retail loss prevention. He will be publishing these over the next few months together with many others relating to security and loss prevention subjects.

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Disaster Management:

An Introduction In How To Conduct Effective Disaster Planning, Response And Recovery

Book 1

Copyright August 2013 by Ian Watts

Smashwords Edition

Table of Contents

Emergency Planning and Management Law

Introduction to Emergency Management

Types of Emergency

Emergency Management Skills

Roles and Responsibilities in Emergency Management

Hazard and Risk Assessment

Preparing For An Emergency

The Emergency Control Centre

Response and Recovery

Information Gathering and Analysis For Emergency Planning

Other Books In The Series By Ian Watts

About Ian Watts

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Section 1

Emergency Planning and Management Law

The law relating to Emergency Management (EM) Planning is different in different parts of the world. For example, in the UK, one of the main laws governing Emergency Management is the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. This book isn’t designed to give you details of all the relevant laws, regulations and standards so we won’t be covering them here.

When an emergency situation arises, international laws, regulations and standards will come into play. They will cover many topics and will include at least these:

Health and safety laws

Bribery and corruption laws

Marine laws and regulations

Hazardous material laws and regulations

Fire safety laws and regulations

United Nations (UN) resolutions

Procurement regulations

Quality standards

Many criminal laws

The full list would run into hundreds of laws, regulations and standards and they would change depending upon the location of the emergency or disaster. Any manager involved in emergency management has the responsibility for researching and working within them.

Section 2

Introduction to Emergency

Reviews for Disaster Management

[Richard · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Covered all the basics for you to begin to evaluate and formulate a emergency plan.