TY - BOOK AU - DILLON Brian TI - The emergency planning officers' handbook SN - 9780199561360 (pbk) : PY - 2009/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - EMERGENCY PLANNING KW - DISASTER MANAGEMENT KW - DISASTER EXERCISES N2 - This practical guide explains what emergency planning is and suggests that effective preparation requires three things: an individual tasked to ensure statutory regulations and guidance are complied with, the second factor in the UK is the Civil Contingencies Act which provides a framework for emergency management at a unified national standard, and thirdly the development of high levels of preparedness. The first half of the book covers the development of plans, the second half gives lots of detail about emergency exercises ER -