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WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
©2005 Softcover 278 pp. (8 1/2" x 11")
ISBN: 978-1-889315-11-9
List $58
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This textbook is appropriate
for criminal justice, criminal investigation, and
homeland security programs. It is also suited for
programs in emergency management, corporate security,
psychology, emergency medical services and healthcare,
police academy programs, and continuing professional
development.
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Description
This text examines the
history, terminology, and types of Weapons of Mass
Destruction (WMD). It also includes a discussion of
causes, symptoms, consequences of and responses to a
WMD event. Includes student exercises involving the
decision making process, identifying WMD threats, pre
and post attack actions, monitoring for contamination
and recovery procedures.
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Contents
Chapter 1 The Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Chapter 2 Explosive Devices
Chapter 3 Suicide Bombers
Chapter 4 Chemical WMD
Chapter 5 Biological Weapons: Part I
Chapter 6 Biological Weapons: Part II
Chapter 7 Nuclear and Radiological Devices
Chapter 8 WMD Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Chapter 9 WMD Moitoring and Detection Instrumentation
Chapter 10 Personal Decontamination
Chapter 11 Facility and Equipment Decontamination |
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Supplemental
Material
- PowerPoint presentations for
each chapter.
- Test Bank with written
examinations provided for every chapter.
- Lesson Plan Development Guide
for instructor use.
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Author(s)
Greg Funderburk, BA: Greg Funderburk has over twenty
years of experience in the fire service and is
currently a Fire Officer for the Huntington Beach (CA)
Fire Department, Hazardous Materials Response Team.
Greg possesses a bachelor’s degree in Vocational
Education, an associate’s degree in Fire Technology as
well as numerous technical certifications including,
Hazardous Materials Specialist, and Hazardous
Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
Instructor.
Dennis McGowan, BA, CPM, D-ABMDI: Dennis McGowan
recently retired as Chief of Operations for the Fulton
County Medical Examiner's Office in Atlanta, GA. He
was Chief Investigator for the Medical Examiner's
Office prior to this position. He was also a
firefighter and worked in the New Jersey State Medical
Examiner's Office. He has 25 years fatality/mass
fatality management experience and disaster mitigation
planning, training and response including coordination
of the mass fatality planning for the 1996 Olympic
Games in Atlanta. He has worked at numerous mass
fatality incidents including Egypt Air in 1999, World
Trade Center and American Airlines 587. He also
participated in TopOff and TopOff 2 preparedness
exercises.
Charles Stumph: Charles Stumph retired after 36 years
with the Orange County California Sheriff’s Department
during which 31 years were spent assigned to the Bomb
Squad. Mr. Stumph is a past Director of the
International Association of Bomb Technicians and
Investigators and former Chairman of the National Bomb
Squad Commander’s Advisory Board. He has served with
the National Domestic Preparedness Office and the
DOJ/DOD Interagency Board on WMD.
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