Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section 1: Policy Considerations -- 1. Policy and Laws Relating to Emergency Management Planning / Michael J. Fagel, Stephen Krill, and Matthew Lawrence -- Section 2: Response Planning and Preparedness -- 2. Emergency Operations Center Readiness Continuum / Derek Rowan -- 3. Stress Management and Responders / Kathryn R. Juzwin -- 4. Facility Vulnerability and Security / J. Lawrence (Larry) Cunningham -- 5. Immediate Response to Active Shooter Situations / Rick Mathews Section 3: Public Health Considerations -- 6. Coordinated Terrorist Attacks and the Public Health System / Raymond McPartland and Michael Fagel -- 7. Emergency Management, Public Health, and Private Sector Healthcare: New Opportunities for Collaboration / Ruth Cover -- 8. Hospital Management and Disaster Planning / Robert Muller -- 9. Hospital Business Continuity/ Linda Reissman and Jacob Neufeld -- 10. Communications and Mass Casualty Events / Jeremiah W. Dunlap -- 11. Emergency Management and the Media / Randall Duncan -- 12. Volunteer Management / Mark Chambers -- 13. Legal Considerations in Threat Response Management / Ernest P. Chiodo -- 14. Sport Venue Emergency Planning / Stacey Hall -- 15. Pandemic Preparedness / Douglas Himberger -- Section 4: Whole Community Preparedness -- 16. Presidential Policy Directive 8: An Overview / Elizabeth Dawson and Jacob Dickman -- 17. Emergent Group Theory and Whole Community Capability-Building / Joseph Lombardo Section 5: Exercise Design and Development -- 18. Exercise Design and Development Challenges / Matthew Lawrence -- 19. Operational Exercise Design / Derek -- 20. Exercises: Testing Your Plans and Capabilities in a Controlled Environment / James A. McGee -- Section 6: Vulnerability Assessments and Critical Infrastructure -- 21. Determining Your Impacts: Impact Assessment Teams / S. Shane Stovall -- 22. Vulnerability Assessments / James Peerenboom, Ronald E. Fisher, and Wade Townsend -- 23. Critical Infrastructures and Interdependencies / James Peerenboom and Ronald E. Fisher -- Section 7: Special Considerations -- 24. Nuclear and Radiological Incidents / Andrew Bramnik -- 25. Agroterrorism / Michael J. Fagel and Kelly Hamilton