La Catastrophe Du Bazar de la Charite (4 Mai 1897): (Ed.1897) (Histoire)
by Jules Huret
In the worst peacetime disaster experienced by the Russian Navy, on 12 August 2000 the state-of-the-art nuclear-powered Kursk submarine sank with the loss of 118 officers and crew. The sinking was a humanitarian, environmental, and military catastrophe for Russia, and a powerful political reversal for President Putin But what really happened? Peter Truscott, former Foreign Affairs and Defence spokesperson in the European Parliament and Vice-President of the Security Committee, aims to provide th...
The Centenary of the First World War and discovering more about the fates of two great uncles inspired the author of this book, Jane Ainsworth, to initiate several projects in Barnsley. It also led to the publication of her first two books by Helion & Company. Great Sacrifice: the Old Boys of Barnsley Holgate Grammar School in the First World War (March 2016) and Keeping Their Beacons Alight: the Potter Family of Barnsley and their Service to our Country (November 2017) have received acclaim for...
Preppernet Notebook Skills, Mindset & Community
by Preppernet and Forrest Garvin
Migrant Health and Resilience
by Peter H Koehn, Phyllis Bo-Yuen Ngai, Diana M. Diaków, and Juha I Uitto
In an era of escalating conflict- and climate-induced migration and cross-border interaction, transnational-competency (TC) preparation for displaced persons, members of their host communities, humanitarian responders, and health-care professionals is increasingly critical. Building on insights from those engaged with a range of humanitarian crises and global-justice contexts along with multidisciplinary-research findings, this cutting-edge volume provides practical guidelines for preparing stak...
Emergency Preparedness: A Safety Guide to Planning for People, Property, and Business Continuity provides step-by-step instructions for developing prevention and response plans for all types of emergencies and disasters. It helps the reader to create an organization-wide emergency management plan that ensures that all procedures are in place and all equipment and personnel needs are addressed so that you and/or your organization can respond to an emergency situation quickly and instinctively. Yo...
170 natural disasters - their causes, their impact on people and landscape, and their significance on the world around us. The book includes such disasters as the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the years 79 and 513, the Black Death in 1348, the Great Fire of London in 1666, the Galveston hurricane in 1900 which killed 8,000 people, the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, Aberfan 1966, famine in Ethiopia in 1985 and many more. NATURAL DISASTERS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD ends with a section about the futu...
Famine (Ireland) (British Parliamentary Papers)
Coast Guard Rescue of the Seabreeze Off the Outer Banks
by Rear Admiral Carlton Moore Uscgr (ret)
Brazil and the Ivory Coast (Contemporary Studies in Economic & Financial Analysis, v. 58)
by Werner Baer and John F. Due
Surviving a Catastrophic Power Outage
by U S Military, Department of Defense (Dod), and National Infrastructure Council (Niac)
Disaster Assistance
by Federal Emergency Management Agency and U S Department of Homeland Security
Planning and Response to an Active Shooter
by Department of Homeland Security (Dhs) and U S Government
Exploring the Social Impacts of Flood Risk and Flooding in Scotland - Research Findings
by Alan Werritty and Donald Houston