emergency management

"The eye-opening truth about the government's secret plans to survive a catastrophic attack on US soil--even if the rest of us die--a roadmap that spans from the dawn of the nuclear age to today"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the future of national security, threatening technologies, the U.S. economy, and the fate of civilization.

" ... On the day of the big magic show, Ms. Crum's class find themselves in all sorts of trouble when an emergency drill is announced over the speaker. Follow along as Finn and fiends learn an important lesson from their school resource officer about listening and following the rules"--Back cover.

Details the legal, economic, and environmental consequences of the disaster that resulted from the April 2010 blowout of a BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. The accident destroyed the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, killing eleven people. The ensuing oil discharge---the largest ever in U.S. waters---polluted much of the Gulf of Mexico for months afterwards.

Details the improvised evacuation of nearly 500,000 people stranded in lower Manhattan on September 11, 2001, on all available boats including ferries, yachts, dinner boats, and tug boats.

Readers can choose how the story ends in different adventures about survival during tornadoes, hurricanes, and flash floods.

Readers can choose how the story ends in different adventures about survival during an earthquake.

Introduces readers to various career options in the field of emergency response and covers what the jobs entail, educational requirements, salary ranges, required skills, employment prospects, and more.

"In 1959, Nat Collier moves with her husband, Paul, and their two young daughters to Idaho Falls, a remote military town. An Army Specialist, Paul is stationed there to help oversee one of the country's first nuclear reactors--an assignment that seems full of opportunity"--Dust jacket.