Preface-Tolley’s Handbook of Disaster and Emergency Management: Principles and Practice has been produced to assist those who are either directly or peripatetically engaged in Disaster or Emergency Management issues.
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In the broadest context the Handbook will be
of use to those in Occupational Safety and Health, Emergency Planning, COMAH
operations, Civil Defense, Business Continuity and Insurance, Loss Prevention, Risk
Management, Fire Safety, Public Health and Environmental Management. It is relevant to both the private and the public sectors.
The publication will also be of interest to practitioners in countries which have a
similar approach to that of the UK because of the inclusion of information and case
studies relevant to all those with responsibility for Crisis, Disaster and Emergency
Management.
The Handbook’s remit is to focus on ‘human-made’ and industrial disasters. The field of Natural Disaster Management is likewise a comprehensive body of knowledge with its own methods and theories that deserves a separate treatment from this Handbook. As with its previous editions, the third edition emphasis's common generic themes that cut across industrial sectors. Topics such as crisis planning, business continuity, insurance, fire safety, construction and design, training to name a few are themes that affect all organisations. Where appropriate, chapters have been updated and the book now incorporates the Civil Contingencies Act of 2004, the COMAH (Amendment) Regulations of 2005, and discusses the draft Corporate Manslaughter Bill for England and Wales. The third edition also has new publishers in Elsevier. Nevertheless, it follows the well-known and respected style of clarity and accuracy that is synonymous with the Handbooks developed by its previous publishers, LexisNexis Tolley. Essentially, this publication is a reference source written by practitioners in their specialist fields of operation. It forms the starting point for further reading and research rather than a complete treatise on what is a very vast and developing body of knowledge Apart from its value as a practitioner’s Handbook, it is also a source for academic and vocational courses in Disaster and Emergency Management such as the new NEBOSH Specialist Diploma in ‘Disaster and Emergency Management’, courses offered by the Emergency Planning College, those of the Emergency Planning Society, Business Continuity Institute, the Institute of Civil Defense and Disaster Studies, the International Institute of Security and Safety Management, the College of Teachers and other professional bodies. This Handbook is one of many other useful sources in the field of Disaster and Emergency Management. However, it is probably the first compilation by practitioners in the UK of a generic and practical source of information in the field of Industrial Disaster Management.
We would like to thank Elsevier, in particular Doris Funke, for their co-operation and patience in the updating of this Handbook, as well as all the original contributors who generously gave of their time to produce their respective chapters. That having been said, the third edition has been brought up to date solely by ourselves, and any omission or error is solely the responsibility of the co-editors and not that of the original contributor. We hope that the Handbook continues to provide information and guidance to all those readers who are pursuing academic careers but, more importantly, perhaps, assists those who are tasked with the responsibility of making their organisations safer and more efficient in terms of the emergency management, in its widest context, by providing relevant information and guidance.
The Handbook’s remit is to focus on ‘human-made’ and industrial disasters. The field of Natural Disaster Management is likewise a comprehensive body of knowledge with its own methods and theories that deserves a separate treatment from this Handbook. As with its previous editions, the third edition emphasis's common generic themes that cut across industrial sectors. Topics such as crisis planning, business continuity, insurance, fire safety, construction and design, training to name a few are themes that affect all organisations. Where appropriate, chapters have been updated and the book now incorporates the Civil Contingencies Act of 2004, the COMAH (Amendment) Regulations of 2005, and discusses the draft Corporate Manslaughter Bill for England and Wales. The third edition also has new publishers in Elsevier. Nevertheless, it follows the well-known and respected style of clarity and accuracy that is synonymous with the Handbooks developed by its previous publishers, LexisNexis Tolley. Essentially, this publication is a reference source written by practitioners in their specialist fields of operation. It forms the starting point for further reading and research rather than a complete treatise on what is a very vast and developing body of knowledge Apart from its value as a practitioner’s Handbook, it is also a source for academic and vocational courses in Disaster and Emergency Management such as the new NEBOSH Specialist Diploma in ‘Disaster and Emergency Management’, courses offered by the Emergency Planning College, those of the Emergency Planning Society, Business Continuity Institute, the Institute of Civil Defense and Disaster Studies, the International Institute of Security and Safety Management, the College of Teachers and other professional bodies. This Handbook is one of many other useful sources in the field of Disaster and Emergency Management. However, it is probably the first compilation by practitioners in the UK of a generic and practical source of information in the field of Industrial Disaster Management.
We would like to thank Elsevier, in particular Doris Funke, for their co-operation and patience in the updating of this Handbook, as well as all the original contributors who generously gave of their time to produce their respective chapters. That having been said, the third edition has been brought up to date solely by ourselves, and any omission or error is solely the responsibility of the co-editors and not that of the original contributor. We hope that the Handbook continues to provide information and guidance to all those readers who are pursuing academic careers but, more importantly, perhaps, assists those who are tasked with the responsibility of making their organisations safer and more efficient in terms of the emergency management, in its widest context, by providing relevant information and guidance.
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