Robert A. Burke

Counter-Terrorism for Emergency Responders (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides information on pre-incident and avoidance tactics, monitoring and detection techniques, and protective equipment and decontamination. This 3rd edition is written to provide concise information for emergency responders who might be called upon to confront explosive, chemical, nuclear, biological, or incendiary acts of terrorism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 1138
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351648523
• Artikelnr.: 50138791

Autorenporträt

Robert A. Burke, born in Beatrice and grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska and graduated high school in Dundee, Illinois, earned an A.A. in Fire Protection Technology from Catonsville Community College Baltimore County, Maryland and a B.S. in Fire Science from the University of Maryland. He has also completed graduate work at the University of Baltimore in Public Administration. He has attended numerous classes at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland and additional classes on firefighting, hazardous materials and Weapons of Mass Destruction at Oklahoma State University, Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Alabama and others.

Mr. Burke has over 30 years experience in the emergency services as a career and volunteer firefighter, and has served as a Lieutenant for the Anne Arundel County, Maryland Fire Department; an assistant fire chief for the Verdigris Fire Protection District in Claremore, Oklahoma; deputy state fire marshal in the state of Nebraska; a private fire protection and hazardous materials consultant; an exercise and training officer for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) for the Maryland Emergency Management Agency; and retired as the fire marshal for the University of Maryland. He has served on several volunteer fire companies, including West Dundee, Illinois; Carpentersville, Illinois; Sierra Volunteer Fire Department, Chaves County, New Mexico; Ord, Nebraska; and Earleigh Heights Volunteer Fire Company in Severna Park, Maryland, which is a part of the Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Fire Department. He is currently a member of the Heartland LEPC covering SE Nebraska and has provided and manages a hazardous materials display at the Nebraska Fire Museum in Kearney.