Emergency Incident Risk Management

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Emergency Incident Risk Management: A Safety & Health PerspectiveJonathan D. Kipp, Murrey E. LoflinWhile risk management techniques have been successfully used to reduce the potential for physical harm to the public, these proven methods, strangely enough, have not been applied to one of the most hazardous environments of all -- fire fighting operations. The result is that more than 100, 000 injuries occur to fire fighters each year. Emergency Incident Risk Management shows fire chiefs, fire officers, safety officers, and risk managers -- for the first time anywhere -- how to develop and implement a comprehensive risk management program that can sharply reduce on-the-job fatalities, injuries, and harmful exposures while minimizing property and equipment damage. Expanding on the information presented in the National Fire Protection Association 1500 Handbook, this thorough guide covers every phase of effective risk management -- from assigning roles and preplanning, through all the steps in a solid risk management plan, to handling actual emergency incidents. With the help of illuminating examples, Emergency Incident Risk Management demonstrates how to: analyze accident, injury, and illness dataidentify and evaluate riskestablish risk management prioritiesformulate and implement sound risk control measuresmonitor and fine-tune the risk management programincorporate risk management into an incident management systemuse and maintain proper personal protective equipmentFurther, the book addresses federal standards that safety administrators must observe, providing crucial compliance information on OSHAs regulations covering bloodborne pathogens, confined spaces, respiratory protection, and hazardous waste operations and emergency response -- in addition to the NFPA standards. The book, in fact, is so complete it even covers how to utilize cost/benefit analysis to ensure effective risk management decision making. Wri