Health and Safety in Emergency Management and Response (eBook)

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.

FOREWORD

ACRONYMS

Chapter 1 Safety in Emergencies and Disasters

Chapter 2 Applicability of Safety Regulations in Emergency Response

Chapter 3 Types of Emergencies and Disasters, and Related Hazards

Chapter 4 Regulatory Requirements and Their Applicability in Emergency Response

Chapter 5 Safety Training For a Response

Chapter 6 Industrial Hygiene and Medical Monitoring

Chapter 7 Psychological Hazards Related to Emergency Response

Chapter 8 Safety Officer Duties During an Incident Response

Chapter 9 Assistant Safety Officers, Technical Specialists, and Other Safety Support Roles

Chapter 10 Integrating Safety into Emergency Planning

Chapter 11 Safety in Drills and Exercises

Chapter 12 Safety in Continuity of Operations