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Preparing for an Emergency
Author(s) -
Travers David
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2007.tb07992.x
Subject(s) - plan (archaeology) , agency (philosophy) , terrorism , emergency response , natural disaster , emergency planning , environmental planning , emergency management , natural hazard , protocol (science) , business , emergency plan , risk analysis (engineering) , computer security , political science , medical emergency , computer science , environmental science , medicine , sociology , geography , social science , alternative medicine , archaeology , family medicine , pathology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , meteorology , law , tb treatment
This article discusses challenges that exist in preparing for a broad array of potential threats, not just terrorism or natural disasters, and the need for an all‐hazards approach in planning an emergency response protocol. The article discusses four areas of a sector‐specific plan developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) that include mutual aid, security practices and measures of progress, national response plan, and training and exercises.