Disaster Response and Recovery: Strategies and Tactics for Resilience, 2nd Edition

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FORESEEING THE FUTURE

Prior Lessons, Unrecognized Threats and Rising Vulnerability

Starting Point

Pretest to assess your knowledge of how to deal with future disasters.Determine where you need to concentrate your effort.

What You'll Learn in This Chapter

• The different hazards and threats that face the United States
• The interaction of primary, associated, and secondary hazards
• The nature of industrial hazards
• How to prepare for and respond to acts of violence
• What to expect after a terrorist attack
• New threats and insufficiently recognized hazards
• Reasons for rising vulnerability

After Studying This Chapter, You'll Be Able To

• Examine the complexities inherent in disasters.
• Appraise the danger of HazMat incidents.
• Question the similarities of mass shootings and other types of disasters.
• Employ methods to protect evidence and first responders after a terrorist attack.
• Demonstrate an ability to take steps to prepare for biological threats.
• Compare and contrast the different technological hazards.
• Analyze additional causes of vulnerability.

Goals and Outcomes

• Manage natural disasters effectively.
• Respond successfully after technological disasters.
• Assess how to collaborate with law enforcement after mass shootings.
• Select ways to coordinate with public health officials after terrorist attacks.
• Estimate the different biological threats that currently face the United States.
• Plan steps to take to deal with new threats.
• Evaluate alternative ways to reduce vulnerability.

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