Emergency Incident Management Systems: Fundamentals and Applications

539 Pages·2006·9.298 MB·English

by  Louis N. Molino, Sr.

Emergency Incident
Management Systems
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Emergency Incident
Management Systems
Fundamentals and Applications
LOUIS N. MOLINO, Sr.
WI LEY-
INTERSCIENCE
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Moho, Louis N.
Emergency incident management systems : fundamentals and applications / Louis N. Moho.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-471-45564-6 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0-471-45564-4 (cloth)
1, Emergency management-United States. 2. Crisis management-United States. 3. Disaster
relief-United States. 4. Risk management-United States. I. Title.
HV551.3.1M65 2006
363.34'80973-dc22 2006000883
Printed in the United States of America
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The Authors and Contributors would like to dedicate this book
to the members of all emergency services disciplines
that have died or been injured in the line of duty in service
to the citizens of the United States of America.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
In a project of the magnitude such as this book there is no “one man band” at work.
More often than not it is a culmination of the work of many people. Some do small
things like read one chapter; others are there for all of the steps that it takes to get a
book to the presses today. I’d like to thank all of them here and individually but that
would double the size of the book overall so I’ll try and thank those that played major
roles in this project:
To my co-author Paul Hannemann who wrote much of several of the chapters
of this book, thanks for sharing your vast knowledge and experiences from the
wildland and Incident Management Team worlds.
To David and Lynn White, thanks for the introduction to Paul but, moreover,
thanks for the everyday encouragement and all the help you’ve been since I
met you here in Texas. You truly define “Texan” to this “Damn Yankee”
To Jenny Holderby who was my sounding board for the whole of the project
(starting with the proposal process), who is my first choice forTechnica1 Editor,
cheerleader, and is likely the best research librarian on the Internet. This book
would not be possible without your input.
To my subject matter experts, Kim Jones, RN, Brandon Graham, and Ed Smith
that wrote the chapters dealing with Hospital Emergency Incident Command
Systems, Law enforcement-based IMS and Corporate Incident management and
Business Continuity Planning (respectively), your expertise in your areas showed
from draft one and you worked with me to get this done. For that, I owe you one.
To Dr’s. Bryan Bledsoe, D.O. and Chuck Stewart, D.O., thanks for helping me
break into the “writing business”.
To the folks that put up with me at Lone Wolf Enterprises, Ltd. and Media Pro-
fessionals International, Inc. what can I say but thanks for making this book a
reality.
To all of the people that have taught me and that I have taught over the years
that I have been in emergency services and to those that mentored me and were
mentored by me, even those that I am at times seemingly at odds with. Thanks
for helping me learn the art of persuasion by professional argument and the art
of compromise by disagreement with professionalism.
And lastly to my kids, just thanks for being my kids.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Louis N. Molino, Sr. is a twenty-four year veteran emergency services provider with
both fire and EMS experience in rural, suburban, and urban environments. He has
been published in a number of national fire and EMS magazines and has also been a
chapter contributor for a number of major fire and EMS texts. He currently serves as
a member of the Board of Directors of the National Fire Academy Alumni Associa-
tion for Region VI and as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Emergency
Medical Services Association of Texas. In addition he is a member of several other
professional associations at all levels. He is currently a fire and EMS consultant and
emergency services instructor based in College Station, Texas where he resides with
his four children. He can be reached at [email protected] and enjoys lively discus-
sions on any topic related to the emergency services world.
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