Table of Contents 1
Cover
2
Foreword
3
Preface
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1 Introduction
1.1 The Revolutionary War
1.2 The Big Burn of 1910
1.3 The Military Connection
1.4 The Birth of IMS Method
1.5 California's Solution
1.6 Creating the Incident Command System
1.7 Evolution of IMS Methods
1.8 The “Big Three” of IMS
1.9 The Melding of the IMS Concepts of Today
1.10 The National Incident Management System (NIMS)
1.11 Presidential Directives
1.12 The NIMS Mandate
1.13 NIMS Updates/Changes (2008) and Training
1.14 NIMS Updates (2017)
1.15 Conclusion
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2 A Case Study of Incident Management
2.1 The Lifecycle of an Incident
2.2 Common Attributes of an Incident
2.3 The Importance of Knowledge and Experience
2.4 Case Study: Tokyo Versus Oklahoma City
2.5 Comparing and Contrasting These Incidents
2.6 Conclusion
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3 Incident Management in Other Countries
3.1 The United Nations
3.2 Australia
3.3 Bermuda
3.4 Burma/Myanmar
3.5 Bangladesh
3.6 Brunei
3.7 Cambodia
3.8 Canada
3.9 China
3.10 Germany
3.11 Haiti
3.12 India
3.13 Indonesia
3.14 Iran
3.15 Iraq
3.16 Japan
3.17 Maldives
3.18 Malaysia
3.19 Mexico
3.20 New Zealand
3.21 Palestine
3.22 Philippine Islands
3.23 Russia
3.24 Singapore
3.25 United Kingdom
3.26 Vietnam
3.27 Other International Uses
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4 The Five Cs of Crisis (or Incident) Management
4.1 Command
4.2 Control
4.3 Communications
4.4 Responder Communication Problems
4.5 Integrated Responder Communications
4.6 Creating a Communications Unit for Responders
4.7 Radio Networks
4.8 Stakeholder Communications
4.9 Communications Wrap‐up
4.10 Cooperation and Coordination
4.11 Cooperation and Coordination in the State of Illinois
4.12 Private Sector Cooperation and Coordination
4.13 Strengthening Intelligence/Information Sharing with Coordination and Cooperation
4.14 Cooperation and Coordination During an Active Incident
4.15 Conclusion
