Introduction to Mass Casualty and Mass Fatality Response and Practices

This book covers both Mass Casualty and Mass Fatality and has been prepared for anyone who wants to know about the process, procedures, and management associated with it. The book details the responsibility to protect the public and is based on the latest emergency education information and physical research on what happens in disasters. The book offers a step-by-step emergency management process and discusses the purpose of having such a process in place. It describes what the four pillars of emergency management are, and includes how to assess the risk, the crisis, the consequence, and the vulnerability. The book also includes cyber threats. This book will assist emergency managers, department of defense, fire services, law enforcement, EMS, local, state, and federal governments, and those new to the field, by giving them a step-by-step process to follow and guide them to understanding what emergency management is. Features Offers a step-by-step emergency management process Discusses the purpose of having an emergency management process in place Describes what the four pillars of emergency management are Covers the methods and requirements of how to apply the management process Illustrates how to develop, practice, and maintain emergency plans that reflect what must be done before, during, and after a disaster