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1 online resource (400 p.) |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- List of Contributors -- Section I OVERVIEW OF WILDFIRES AND WILDFIRE FATALITIES -- Chapter 1 Wildfires: Introduction, Impact, Policy, and Planning -- 1.1 International Factors -- 1.1.1 The Mediterranean Region -- 1.1.2 North America -- 1.1.3 Australia -- 1.2 The History of Wildfires in the Western US in the 20th/21st Century -- 1.2.1 Deadly Wildfires in California -- 1.3 Cost of Fire Suppression, Evacuation, and Recovery -- 1.3.1 Future Response to Climate Change |
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1.4 This Volume: Importance of Interdisciplinary Planning and Responses -- Chapter 2 Fatal Wildland Fires -- 2.1 Introduction: Reconstruction and Modeling -- 2.2 Fuels -- 2.3 Ignition Sources -- 2.4 Wildland Fire Development and Spread -- 2.4.1 Weather Data -- 2.5 Modeling of Wildland Fires -- 2.6 WUI Fires -- Chapter 3 An International Perspective on Fatal Wildfires -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Landscape Fire Fatalities around the Globe -- 3.3 Firefighter Fatalities in Landscape Fires around the World -- 3.4 Civilian Fatalities in Landscape Fires around the World |
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3.5 A Statistical Look at These Accidents -- 3.6 Discussion -- 3.6.1 Issues in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) -- 3.6.2 A Holistic View of the Reasons behind Fire Disasters -- 3.7 Conclusions -- 3.7.1 The Future -- Section II WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT RESPONSE -- Chapter 4 Incident Command System: Resolving a Clash of Cultures -- 4.1 Incident Command System: Structure and Responsibility -- 4.1.1 Case Study: The CZU Lightning Complex Fire Event -- 4.2 Unified Command in the CZU Fire -- 4.3 Concluding Comments |
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Chapter 5 Incident Command (IC) Role in Coordination (Logistics and Politics)-International Perspective -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Command, Control, and Coordination Defined -- 5.2.1 Command -- 5.2.2 Control -- 5.2.3 Coordination -- 5.3 CCC Systems in the International Context -- 5.4 The Cluster System -- 5.5 Challenges Present in International Command, Control, and Coordination -- 5.5.1 Involvement of Foreign Militaries in Domestic Relief, Response, and Recovery Operations -- 5.5.2 Image of "Weakness" among the Public or by the International Community -- 5.5.3 Protection of State Sovereignty |
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5.6 Global Examples of Incident Command and Coordination Systems -- 5.6.1 The Incident Command System (ICS) -- 5.6.2 The Coordinated Incident Management System (CIMS) (New Zealand) -- 5.7 The Australasian Inter-Service Incident Management System (AIIMS) (Australia) -- 5.7.1 The British Columbia Emergency Response Management System (BCERMS) (British Columbia, Canada) -- 5.7.2 Disaster Response Command System (Sistem Komando Penanganan Darurat Bencana-SKPDB) (Indonesia) -- 5.8 Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Law Enforcement Response to Wildfire -- 6.1 Law Enforcement Incident Response to Wildfire |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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6.1.1 Phase 1: In the Face of Fire |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Galloway, Alison
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Milligan, Colleen
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| ISBN |
9781000968231 |
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1000968235 |
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