Wiley Health and Safety in Emergency Management and Response

This book familiarizes personnel serving as Emergency Managers, Safety Officers, Assistant Safety Officers, and in other safety-relevant Incident Command System (ICS) roles with physical and psychosocial hazards and stressors that may impact the health and safety of workers and responders in an All-Hazards Response, and ways to minimize exposure. This book provides knowledge on regulations and worker safety practices to the Safety Officer with an emergency responder background, and provides the tools for the Safety Officer with an industrial hygiene or safety professional background that help them be successful in this role. In order to work together effectively, it is important that anyone responding to an emergency be familiar with all standards and protocols. From the Inside Flap HEALTH AND SAFETY IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND RESPONSEThis book familiarizes personnel serving as Emergency Managers, Safety Officers, Assistant Safety Officers, and in other safety-relevant Incident Command System (ICS) roles with physical and psychosocial hazards and stressors that may impact the health and safety of workers and responders in an All-Hazards Response, and ways to minimize exposure. This book explains the regulations and worker safety practices to the Safety Officer with an emergency responder background and provides the tools for the Safety Officer with an industrial hygiene or safety professional background that help them be successful in their role. In order to work together effectively, it is important that anyone responding to an emergency be familiar with all standards and protocols. From the Back Cover HEALTH AND SAFETY IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND RESPONSEThis book familiarizes personnel serving as Emergency Managers, Safety Officers, Assistant Safety Officers, and in other safety-relevant Incident Command System (ICS) roles with physical and psychosocial hazards and stressors that may impact the health and safety of workers and responders in an All-Hazards Response, and ways to minimize exposure. This book explains the regulations and worker safety practices to the Safety Officer with an emergency responder background and provides the tools for the Safety Officer with an industrial hygiene or safety professional background that help them be successful in their role. In order to work together effectively, it is important that anyone responding to an emergency be familiar with all standards and protocols. About the Author DANA L. STAHL, MS, CIH has more than twenty years of experience managing workplace safety and health programs in manufacturing and with local government. Currently, she is the Safety and Health Manager for The Seattle Public Library, a department of the City of Seattle. She is also an instructor with the Pacific Northwest OSHA Training Center, and has worked at the OSHA Training Center as a content manager with responsibility for updating and maintaining student manuals and curriculum. Previously, she worked as the Manager of Health, Safety and Emergency Management at the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority. She serves on the Public Employee's Panel to the Washington State Governor's Safety Advisory Board, The American Industrial Hygiene Association Incident Preparedness and Response Working Group (IPWRG), and spent five years on the board of the Pacific Northwest Section of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (PNS-AIHA), including as the section's 2016 President.