The forgotten disaster victim: reducing responder injury
dc.contributor.advisor | Richter, Anke | |
dc.contributor.author | Wright, Anthony James | |
dc.date | Mar-17 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-10T16:31:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-10T16:31:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-03 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10945/52955 | |
dc.description.abstract | First responders, including firefighters, police officers, emergency medical service workers, and disaster clean-up teams, are often the forgotten victims of disaster response and recovery, suffering higher injury and illness rates than other population groups. Hampered by limited data collection from past disasters and few existing disaster response injury studies, this thesis examined disaster response case studies to illuminate responder injury and illness issues. Recommendations to reduce injuries and improve responder safety include better training before a disaster, proper use of personnel protective equipment, and strict enforcement of existing policies, rules, and laws at the scene of a disaster. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://archive.org/details/theforgottendisa1094552955 | |
dc.publisher | Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
dc.rights | Copyright is reserved by the copyright owner. | en_US |
dc.title | The forgotten disaster victim: reducing responder injury | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.secondreader | Petrie, Michael | |
dc.contributor.department | National Security Affairs (NSA) | |
dc.subject.author | disaster response | en_US |
dc.subject.author | disaster recovery | en_US |
dc.subject.author | injury rates | en_US |
dc.subject.author | safety | en_US |
dc.subject.author | responders | en_US |
dc.description.service | Deputy Director, Public Assistance Consolidated Resource Center, Denton, TX, Federal Emergency Management Agency | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.name | Master of Arts in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense) | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.level | Masters | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.discipline | Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense) | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.grantor | Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
dc.description.distributionstatement | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
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