Protecting Emergency Responders: Lessons Learned From Terrorists Attacks - Softcover

Jackson, Brian A.; Peterson, D. J.; Bartis, James T.; LaTourrette, Tom; Brahmakulam, Irene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 083303149X ISBN 13: 9780833031495

Publisher: RAND Corporation, 2002

Synopsis

This report presents a summary of a December 2001 working conference, sponsored by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Attending were emergency workers who responded to the bombing of the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City, the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the anthrax incidents that occurred during autumn 2001. The report addresses the equipment, training and information required to protect emergency responders as they meet the challenge of protecting their communities.

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About the Author

D.J. Peterson (Ph.D., political science, University of California, Los Angeles) is a political scientist at RAND.

Jerry Sollinger (PhD, English, University of Pittsburgh) is a communications analyst at RAND.

Tom LaTourette (Ph.D., California Institute of Technology) is an associate physical scientist at RAND.

Brian Jackson (Ph.D., bio-inorganic chemistry, California Institute of Technology) is an associate physical scientist at RAND.

James T. Bartis (Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is a senior policy analyst at RAND.

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Protecting emergency-response workers following large-scale terrorist attacks

Edition details

• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 083303149X
• ISBN 13: 9780833031495
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 124