{"product_id":"9780471286639","title":"Emergency Incident Risk Management A Safety \u0026 Health Perspective","description":"\u003ch1\u003eEmergency Incident Risk Management\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Safety \u0026amp; Health Perspective\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJonathan D. Kipp | Murrey E. Loflin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics \/ Management\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eEmergency Incident Risk Management: A Safety \u0026amp; HealthPerspective\u003cbr\u003e Jonathan D. Kipp, Murrey E. Loflin\u003cbr\u003e While risk management techniques have been successfully used toreduce the potential for physical harm to the public, these provenmethods, strangely enough, have not been applied to one of the mosthazardous environments of all fire fighting operations. The resultis that more than 100,000 injuries occur to fire fighters eachyear. Emergency Incident Risk Management shows fire chiefs, fireofficers, safety officers, and risk managers for the first timeanywhere how to develop and implement a comprehensive riskmanagement program that can sharply reduce on-the-job fatalities,injuries, and harmful exposures while minimizing property andequipment damage. Expanding on the information presented in theNational Fire Protection Association 1500 Handbook, this thoroughguide covers every phase of effective risk management fromassigning roles and preplanning, through all the steps in a solidrisk management plan, to handling actual emergency incidents. Withthe help of illuminating examples, Emergency Incident RiskManagement demonstrates how to:\u003cbr\u003e * analyze accident, injury, and illness data\u003cbr\u003e * identify and evaluate risk\u003cbr\u003e * establish risk management priorities\u003cbr\u003e * formulate and implement sound risk control measures\u003cbr\u003e * monitor and fine-tune the risk management program\u003cbr\u003e * incorporate risk management into an incident managementsystem\u003cbr\u003e * use and maintain proper personal protective equipment\u003cbr\u003e Further, the book addresses federal standards that safetyadministrators must observe, providing crucial complianceinformation on OSHA s regulations covering bloodborne pathogens,confined spaces, respiratory protection, and hazardous wasteoperations and emergency response in addition to the NFPAstandards. The book, in fact, is so complete it even covers how toutilize cost\/benefit analysis to ensure effective risk managementdecision making. Written by a longtime certified safetyprofessional and an experienced fire officer, Emergency IncidentRisk Management should be regularly consulted by every professionalwho administers or operates corporate, municipal, military, orprivate emergency response programs.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e Jonathan D. Kipp, CSP, is the Loss Prevention Manager forCompensation Funds of New Hampshire, where he directs the deliveryof risk management, safety, and health consulting services topublic sector organizations. For several years, he served as a lossprevention manager for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. He is acontributing author to the NFPA 1500 Handbook and the creator ofseveral risk management products and training programs.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Murrey E. Loflin is a Captain and the Safety Officer at the BeachFire Department.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19 April 1996\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780471286639\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e336\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44314968850572,"sku":"9780471286639","price":154.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780471286639_d149dc9d-702d-4db0-a0ce-aba7bf3f0002.jpg?v=1780192662","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780471286639","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}