Hazardous Materials Disaster Management -Hardcover

Hazardous Materials Disaster Management' is book which has been designed keeping in mind the need for such a manual on handling tragedies whose origins lie in the presence of or spillage of hazardous, toxic materials. From predisaster warnings to postdisaster mitigation and control strategies, every aspect of tragedy involving hazardous substances has been taken care of. A fundamental aspect of avoiding and averting such tragedies is to lessen the risk by implementing stringent safety controls, and in case that fails to alert the population by pre-disaster warnings. These aspects have been thoroughly discussed in the book. Another factor is that the presence of hazardous materials or toxic chemicals at an incident location or other emergency situation adds a new dimension of risk to those handling to treating causalities. All these dimensions have been thoroughly, it is hoped that this book proves to be highly informative for those involved in disaster management.