Amazon.com description: Product Description: Comprehensive yet easy-to-use guidebook designed to help you prepare for and manage disasters of all kinds. Written by an international team of experts from law enforcement, emergency management, counter-terrorism, risk management and security, this unique guide is an essential tool for anyone responsible for facility management, from risk managers to security directors to emergency responders. The handbook uses a simple five-phase methodology with chapters covering each critical element of disaster management. It also provides a number of useful quick reference guides, including a Glossary of Security Terms and Acronyms, and an overview of the US Department of Homeland Security's National Incident Management System (NIMS).