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More than 90% of wildfires are caused by human activity, but other causes include lighting, drought, wind and changing weather conditions, underground coal fires, and even volcanic activity. Wildfire Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, one of nine volumes in the Elsevier Hazards and Disasters series, provides a close and detailed examination of wildfires and measures for more thorough and accurate monitoring, prediction, preparedness, and prevention.

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Despite the evident advantages that being prepared for natural life-threatening events confers on people and communities, research has consistently found that individual, community, and business preparedness levels are low. This book examines why this is so and identifies what can be done to expedite the development of sustained preparedness, at household, community, and societal levels. The text emphasizes the need for this aspect of social risk management to be based on engagement principles: how people engage with their natural environment, how they engage with each other, and how people an

Emergency management --- Preparedness --- Reliability --- Readiness --- Management --- Public safety --- First responders --- Consequence management (Emergency management) --- Disaster planning --- Disaster preparedness --- Disaster prevention --- Disaster relief --- Disasters --- Emergencies --- Emergency planning --- Emergency preparedness --- Planning --- Prevention --- Emergency management. --- Preparedness.

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This book provides a comprehensive review of the recognition, consequences and treatment of traumatic stress in critical occupations. The term ""critical occupation"" describes both the critical role that members of the emergency and helping professions play in protecting communities and their members and the fact that, in the course of acting in this capacity, these professionals can encounter situations which may exert a critical impact on their psychological well-being. The text describes this phenomenon, not just from the point of view of the individual, but rather in terms of the interact

Emergency medical technicians -- Job stress. --- Fire fighters -- Job stress. --- Police -- Job stress. --- Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Diagnosis. --- Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Treatment. --- Post-traumatic stress disorder.

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There is much that communities can do to mitigate their risk and manage disaster consequences. The construct that epitomizes how this is done is resilience. The contents of this volume provide valuable insights into how societal resilience can be developed and sustained.

Disasters --- Natural disasters --- Hazardous geographic environments. --- Risk management. --- Emergency management. --- Preparedness. --- Community organization. --- Resilience (Personality trait) --- Human resilience --- Resiliency (Personality trait) --- Personality --- CBOs (Community organization) --- Community-based organizations --- Community councils --- Community life --- Readiness --- Reliability --- Consequence management (Emergency management) --- Disaster planning --- Disaster preparedness --- Disaster prevention --- Disaster relief --- Emergencies --- Emergency planning --- Emergency preparedness --- Management --- Public safety --- First responders --- Insurance --- Environments, Hazardous geographic --- Human ecology --- Natural calamities --- Calamities --- Catastrophes --- Curiosities and wonders --- Accidents --- Hazardous geographic environments --- Social aspects. --- Planning --- Preparedness --- Prevention --- Emergency management

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The impact of events such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks and Hurricane Katrina were felt across the spectrum of organizations. Such events provide vivid illustrations of the exceptional circumstances that emergency and protective service agencies and businesses alike can encounter. The goal of this book is to broaden the perspectives on the populations that need to be included when thinking about high risk groups and from whom insights into resilience and how it is enacted can be sought. The first chapter discusses high risk environments, sustained resilience and stress risk management. Chapter

Job stress. --- Hazardous occupations --- Emergency management --- Resilience (Personality trait) --- Stress management. --- Psychological aspects.