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Author Payant, Richard P., author

Title Emergency management for facility and property managers / Richard Payant
Published New York : Mcgraw-Hill Education, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 407 pages)
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Categorizing and Managing Emergencies -- Emergencies to Disasters -- Facility Risk Concerns -- Categorizing Emergencies -- Evaluating Risk -- Preparedness and Risk -- Effective Plans -- Recommended Assessment -- Initial Steps for Managing Emergencies -- End of Chapter Review Questions -- Notes -- 2. Emergency and Disaster Planning, Organizing, and Responsibilities -- Planning -- Emergency Management Plan Characteristics -- Emergency Management Planning Sequence -- Emergency Management Planning Levels and Standards -- Planning Meetings -- Emergency Response Flowchart -- Organization -- Purpose -- Organizational Considerations -- Organizational Structure -- Emergency Management Responsibilities -- Facility and Property Manager Responsibilities -- Emergency Security Responsibilities -- End of Chapter Review Questions -- Note -- 3. Mitigation and Damage Assessment -- Mitigation -- Factors of Mitigation -- Strategies for Mitigation -- Improve Facility and Property Survivability Through Mitigation -- Windows -- Roofing Systems -- Lightning Protection Systems -- Information for First Responders -- Guidelines for Facility- or Property-Specific Plans -- Facility or Property Intelligence -- Damage Assessment -- Damage Assessment Concept -- Damage Assessment Surveys -- Damage Assessment Categories -- Damage Assessment Team Composition and Responsibilities -- Damage Assessment Information Sources -- Damage Assessment Logistics Considerations -- Damage Assessment Documentation -- End of Chapter Review Questions -- Note -- 4. Response, Recovery, and Business Continuity -- Response to an Emergency -- Stages of Emergency Response -- Response Organization -- Supplies, Services, and Contracts -- Recovery -- Recovery[--]General Concept -- Recovery[--]Responsibilities -- Recovery Planning -- Recovery[--]Facilities Restoration -- Business Continuity -- What Is Business Continuity? -- Benefits of Business Continuity Planning -- Business Continuity and Budgets -- Strategies for Business Continuity -- Business Continuity Standards -- End of Chapter Review Questions -- Note -- 5. Emergency Management Training for Facility and Property Management -- Training -- Education of Employees, Visitors, and Students -- Training of Facility and Property Management Employees -- Training Assessment -- Training Materials and Awareness -- Training Objectives -- Facility and Property Management Team Training -- First Responder Training -- Tests, Table Tops, Training Exercises, and Drills -- End of Chapter Review Questions -- Note -- 6.Command, Control (Evacuation or Shelter-in-Place), and Communications -- Command -- Chain of Command -- Onsite Authority -- Control -- Succession Responsibility -- Facility Emergency Operations Center (FEOC) -- Structure of the Facilities Emergency Operations Center -- Functions of the Facilities Emergency Operations Center -- Physical Configuration of the Facilities Emergency Operations Center -- Startup of the FEOC -- Support Services -- Communications -- Purpose of Communications -- Communications Plan -- Communications Before an Emergency -- Communications During an Emergency -- Communications After an Emergency -- Communications Dos and Don'ts -- Emergency Communications -- Mobile Devices and Social Media -- Virtual Communications -- Mass Notification -- Evacuation -- Concept of Operation -- Administration and Logistics -- Accounting for Personnel After Evacuation -- Evacuation Planning Procedures -- Evacuation Action Procedures -- Shelter-in-Place -- End of Chapter Review Questions -- Notes -- 7. National Incident Management System -- National Incident Management System (NIMS) -- Incident Command System (ICS) -- ICS Features and Principles -- Reliance on Planning and Incident Action Plans -- Incident Management Roles -- ICS Benefits -- Emergency Support Functions -- End of Chapter Review Questions -- 8. Electrical Power Emergency -- Introduction -- The Need for Emergency Power -- Emergency Power Recovery Plans -- Emergency Generators -- Placement and Specifications -- Reliability -- Generator Power and Capacity -- Generator Set Location -- Fire Separation -- Emergency Feeders -- Engine Selection -- Provisions for Expansion -- Protective Coordination -- Voltage and Frequency Requirements -- Managing Emergency Power Load Growth -- Engine Generator -- Generator Set Sizing -- Advantages and Disadvantages of Diesel-Driven Generators -- Batteries -- Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) -- The Risk -- Management Checklist -- End of Chapter Review Questions -- Note -- 9. Elevators and Escalators -- Introduction -- Purpose -- Elevator Basics -- Regular Operating/Cleaning Checks -- Safety Guidelines -- Safety Codes -- Minimize Accidents -- Performance Response Times -- Emergency Procedures -- End of Chapter Review Questions -- 10. Fire Protection -- Importance of Fire Prevention -- Systems and Procedures -- Command and Control -- Record Keeping -- Preplanning -- Fire Brigade -- Coordination with Outside Agencies -- Management -- Assessment -- Fire Prevention -- Fire Plan -- Controlling Fire Emergencies -- Evacuation -- Assembly Areas -- Account for Personnel -- Fire Exits -- Fire Protection -- Fire Protection Equipment -- Fire Control -- Fire Detection and Suppression Systems -- What to Do After a Fire -- Physical Plant Security and Traffic -- Communication -- First-Aid Firefighting Equipment -- End of Chapter Review Questions -- Note -- 11. Hazardous Materials/Spills Emergencies -- Hazardous Materials -- What Is Hazardous Material? -- Elements of a Hazardous Materials Management Program -- HAZMAT Inspection -- Hazardous Material Plan -- Globally Harmonized System (GHS) -- Assessment -- Production and Storage -- Required Care and Management -- Containers and Tanks -- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) -- Sharps -- Bloodborne Pathogens -- Refrigerant Accountability -- Hazardous Waste Disposal -- Hazardous Waste Emergency Preparation -- HAZMAT Emergency Response -- Individual Response to a HAZMAT Incident -- Procedures for Cleanup (The Fire Department HAZMAT Team Is Experienced with This.) -- Hazard Communication: Elements of a Written Communication Program -- Specialized Materials and Chemicals -- Storage, Handling, and Disposal Precautionary Procedures -- End of Chapter Review Questions -- Notes -- Additional Resources -- 12. Indoor Air Quality -- Pollutants -- Minimize Pollutants -- Preventive Actions -- IAQ Facility Inspections -- Objective -- Facility Inspection Method -- Operations -- Maintenance -- Custodial Services -- Source Management -- Space Layout -- Policy -- End of Chapter Review Questions -- Additional Resources -- 13. Labor Strike Plan -- Labor Strikes in General -- Early Planning -- The Strike Plan -- Poststrike Recovery -- End of Chapter Review Questions -- 14. Storm and Weather Preparedness -- Weather Preparedness -- Policy -- Winter Storm Applicability -- Responsibility -- Winter Weather Preparations[--]Before -- General Preparations -- Building Preparations (Interior and Exterior) -- Cold Weather and Fire Protection Equipment -- Snow and Ice Storm Response -- Snow and Ice Preparedness Time Line -- Deicing Material -- Departure from Policy -- Winter Weather Response[--]During -- Buildings and Grounds -- Building Closure Due to Loss of Heat -- Debris Removal and Deicing of Pavements, Sidewalks, and Staircase Priorities -- Summer or Other Storms -- Electrical Storms -- Lightning -- Flooding -- High Winds -- Solar Storms -- After the Storm -- Management Checklist -- End of Chapter Review Questions -- Notes -- Additional Resources -- 15. Natural Disasters -- Natural Disasters -- Hurricanes -- Hurricane Advisories -- Preparations Before a Hurricane -- Equipment and Support Needed -- Tornadoes -- Before Tornado -- Danger Signs -- Shelter -- Checklist -- Equipment and Support Needed -- Earthquakes -- Seismic Building Resilience -- Preparations Before an Earthquake -- Actions During an Earthquake -- Actions After an Earthquake -- Tsunami -- Tsunami Mitigation -- Volcanic Eruptions -- Surviving a Volcanic Eruption -- End of Chapter Review Questions -- Notes -- 16. Infectious Disease Emergencies -- Infectious Disease Management -- Definition of Infectious Disease -- Types of Microbes -- Pandemic Severity Index (PSI) -- Cleaning, Sanitizing, and Disinfecting -- Comprehensive Cleaning Program -- Prevention of Infectious Disease Outbreak -- Maintenance of Building Systems -- Building Envelope -- Air-Handling Systems -- Importance of Air Filtration -- MASS CARE -- Purpose -- Assumptions -- Concept of Operation -- Administration and Logistics -- Education and Communication -- End of Chapter Review Questions -- Notes -- 17. Physical Security -- Facility Physical Security -- Physical Security Challenges -- Physical Security Planning -- Protective and Security Methods -- Natural Deterrents -- Structural Deterrents (Barriers) -- Other Deterrents -- Role of Professionals (Responsibilities) -- Security or Emergency Manager -- Facility and Property Managers -- Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) -- End of Chapter Review Questions -- Notes -- Additional Resources -- 18. Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout-Tagout) -- General -- Hazardous Energy -- Compliance with OSHA Standards -- Scope of the Standard -- Lockout Procedures -- Tagout Procedures -- Restoring Equipment/Machinery to Service -- Employees and Training -- Periodic Inspection by the Organization -- Equipment Testing or Positioning -- Group Lockout-Tagout -- Compliance with Group Lockout-Tagout Procedures -- Compliance of Outside Personnel (Contractors, and So Forth) -- End of Chapter Review Questions -- Note -- 19. Water Disruption -- Introduction: The Big Picture -- General Awareness -- Examples of Water Impacts -- Planning for Water Loss -- Water Supply Usage Assessment -- Water Supply Alternatives -- Develop a Water Supply Plan (WSP) -- Emergency Actions -- Ways to Purify Water -- Boiling
Note continued: Disinfection -- Distillation -- Filtration -- End of Chapter Review Questions -- Notes -- Additional Resources -- 20. Workplace Violence -- Introduction -- Definition of Workplace Violence -- Categories of Workplace Violence -- Liability -- Planning -- Planning Committee -- Bargaining Unit (Union) -- Planning Process -- Policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS) -- Preventive and Protective Actions -- Workplace Violence Recovery -- Training -- End of Chapter Questions -- Notes -- 21. Terrorism -- Introduction -- Definition of Terrorism -- Preparations -- Nuclear Weapons -- Nuclear Explosion Direct Effects -- Types of Nuclear Explosions -- Nuclear Direct Effects Physical Injury -- Protection from Radioactive Fallout -- Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) -- How to Prepare -- Biological Weapons -- Biological Attack Indicators -- Defense to Minimize and Reduce Casualties -- Biologic Agent Characteristics -- Chemical Weapons -- Chemical Attack Indicators -- Categories of Chemical Agents -- Chemical Agent Characteristics -- Detection -- Protection[--]If Something Seems Unusual[--]Treat It That Way! -- Necessary Protection Equipment -- Decontamination -- Mechanical Decontamination -- Chemical Decontamination -- Expedient Decontamination -- Physical Decontamination -- Decontamination Equipment -- Cyberterrorism -- Protecting Building Automation Systems -- Agro-Terrorism -- Bomb Threat -- General -- Preparations Before the Threat -- Bomb Threat Security Plan -- Bomb Threat Response Plan -- During the Threat -- Describe the Caller's Voice and Mannerisms -- Receiving Letter Threat/Bomb -- Threat Decision -- Evacuation -- Search -- After the Threat -- Lessons Learned -- Crisis Intervention -- Leader Recommended Actions -- Individual Recommended Actions -- End of Chapter Review Questions -- Notes -- Additional Resources -- A. Protocols, Checklists, and Forms -- B. Facility and Property Intelligence -- C. Sample Facilities and Property Emergency Management Plan
Summary "Understand, plan, and prepare for emergencies and disasters. Develop and implement effective emergency management plans throughout your organization using the detailed information contained in this practical guide. Emergency Management for Facility and Property Managers shows, step-by-step, how to minimize property damage, reduce the risk of personal injury, and ensure business continuity--all while complying with the plethora of laws and regulations. You will get up-to-date coverage of the many types of emergencies, the elements of successful emergency management, and employee and family preparedness. Valuable appendixes contain helpful forms and checklists, facility and property intelligence data, and a complete sample emergency management plan."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
Subject Emergency management.
Facility management.
facility management.
Emergency management
Facility management
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781259587191
1259587193
1259587665
9781259587665