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Protect public safety during a crisis with today's best practices as presented in the 2010 NFPA 1600®.
The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the 9/11 Commission), has recognized NFPA 1600: Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs as our National Preparedness Standard®. Widely used by public, not-for-profit, nongovernmental, and private entities on a local, regional, national, international and global basis, NFPA 1600 has been adopted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as a voluntary consensus standard for emergency preparedness.
The 2010 edition of NFPA 1600 is a complete revision and reorganization that includes major changes to the technical requirements and definitions. It establishes a common set of criteria for all disaster/emergency management and business continuity programs, and provides the fundamental criteria to develop, implement, assess and maintain these programs for prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, continuity and recovery. The chapter on Program Elements is now four separate chapters -- Planning...
Implementation...Testing and Exercises...and Program Improvement. (Softbound, 46 pp., 2010)
| ISBN(s) : | 9780877659563 |
| Number of Pages : | 52 |
| Published : | 12/05/2009 |
