Damon P Coppola, Erin K Maloney

Communicating Emergency Preparedness

Strategies for Creating a Disaster Resilient Public

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Educating the Public is the First Line of Defense Recent events worldwide have made vigilant disaster preparedness a crucial concern. A critical tool needed to help protect the public is the public awareness campaign. The first book solely dedicated to the topic of pre-event communication, this volume considers the best ways to communicate disaster risk factors, response plans, and emergency procedures without fomenting panic or paranoia. The author provides an overview and history of public disaster preparedness education, and then discusses the design of a public education project, as well as communication methods. This resource provides those public administration officials, emergency coordinators, and community leaders at both local and national levels with the background and the tools needed to plan, design, and carry out effective public disaster preparedness efforts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781420065107
• ISBN-10: 1420065106
• Artikelnr.: 23097995

Autorenporträt

Damon P. Coppola is the author of several leading emergency management academic and professional texts, including Introduction to Emergency Management, Introduction to Homeland Security, and Introduction to International Emergency Management. Mr. Coppola is also the co-author of several FEMA Emergency Management Institute publications, including Hazards Risk Management, Emergency Management Case Studies, Comparative Emergency Management, and NIMS and Incident Management Systems. As an independent consultant in the emergency management sector, Mr. Coppola has provided planning and technical assistance to emergency management organizations at the local, state, national, and international levels, and in both the nonprofit and private sectors. Mr. Coppola's clients have included FEMA, The World Bank, Save the Children, The Humane Society, ACORN, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, The Corporation for National and Community Service, Marriott International, and more. Mr. Coppola received his masters in Engineering Management (MEM) in crisis, disaster, and risk management from the George Washington University. Erin K. Maloney holds a masters in communication from the University of Connecticut at Storrs, and is working toward her doctorate of philosophy in communication with a specialization in environmental science and policy at Michigan State University. Ms. Maloney's practical experience and research focus primarily on health communication, media, and research methods. Her research generally has implications for communication campaign message design and public processing of messages. Ms. Maloney consults on grassroots communication projects, most recently on a campaign that succeeded in passing a millage to preserve farmland and open space in the State of Michigan. Ms. Maloney is also an instructor and a research assistant in the department of communication at Michigan State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Public Disaster Preparedness: In Theory and In Practice. Managing Risk,
Emergencies, and Disasters. The Campaign - Step 1: Early Planning. Step 2:
Develop a Campaign Strategy. Campaign Implementation and Evaluation.
Program Support. Emergency Management Public Education Case Studies.
Appendix: Websites and Downloadable Guides Found on the Internet. Index.