Accident & Emergency Management - Softcover

Dupont, Ryan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471188042 ISBN 13: 9780471188049

Publisher: Wiley-VCH, 1991

Synopsis

Intended primarily for regulatory personnel and practicing engineers, accident and emergency: problems and solutions is also a useful resource for the training of scientists in the understanding and management of individual, industrial, and community risk.

This book was developed to provide necessary support for faculty involved in developing courses in accident and emergency management.

Chapter one contains more than 100 problems of various topics relevant to the accident and emergency field. Detailed solutions to these problems are provided in chapter two.

This book was developed to help foster new ideas and innovative educative approaches in the field of accident and emergency management.

About this title

From the Publisher:

An introduction to the principles of accident and emergency management, with discussion of practical applications. The book is divided into four parts: problems, accidents, dispersion, and risk assessment. Covered are fires, explosions, emissions, and other accidents, and all important aspects of legal considerations, emergency planning, and emergency response are addressed. There is also coverage of more technical topics, such as applications and calculations. The final section addresses hazard and risk assessment, followed by an epilogue on accident prevention.

About the Author:

Ryan R. Dupont and Joseph Reynolds are the authors of Accident and Emergency Management: Problems and Solutions, published by Wiley.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-VCH
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0471188042
• ISBN 13: 9780471188049
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 198