Policy Considerations. Response Planning and Preparedness. Public Health Considerations. Whole Community Preparedness. Exercise Design and Development. Vulnerability Assessments and Critical Infrastructure. Special Considerations.
Michael Jay Fagel, PhD, CEM, CH S-IV, has been involved in many
phases of public service. His professional career spans nearly four
decades in Fire, Rescue, Emergency Medical Services, Law
Enforcement, Public Health, Emergency Management, as well as
corporate safety and security. Since 2003, he has supported many
phases of Homeland Security operations in numerous capacities.
Currently, he is an instructor at the Illinois Institute of
Technology-Stuart School of Business, Masters in Public Affairs
Program, as well as at Northwestern University in the Masters of
Public Policy and Administration Program, delivering master level
courses in biodefense, terrorism, and homeland security. He also
teaches Homeland Security at Northern Illinois University,
Benedictine University‘s Masters in Public Health Program, as well
as an instructor at Eastern Kentucky University, Safety Security
Emergency Management Masters program. Also, he supported the U.S.
Army‘s SBCCOM at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in their WMD facility
support operations for 48 months. He spent 32 months standing up
the National Guard Bureau‘s CERIAC Fusion Center operations. He is
a senior instructor at Louisiana State University‘s National Center
for Bio Medical Research and training (NCBRT). He serves as an SME
for the National Center for Security and Preparedness, based in
Albany, supporting New York State Division of Homeland Security and
Emergency Services. He has been involved in the training of Fusion
Center and Intelligence officials in numerous training classes for
DHS.
He has delivered several hundred lectures across the nation and
written over 200 articles on safety and disaster planning. Also, he
served the National Domestic Preparedness Office SLAG team (NDPO)
at the FBI in Washington.
Fagel spent 10 years at FEMA in their Occupational Safety and
Health Cadre in Washington, responding to incidents and disasters
such as the Oklahoma City Bombing where he worked as
Dozens of emergency management experts collaborated with author
Michael Fagel to create this detailed volume on designing,
populating, and implementing a crisis management plan that is based
on hard-earned knowledge gleaned from incidents such as the 9-11
attacks, Hurricane Katrina, Superstorm Sandy, and the SARS
pandemic. ... this excellent book, filled with information and
guidance, is a valuable reference for those in the business of
crisis management and will be invaluable to emergency planning
professionals.—ASIS Dynamics, March/April 2015
A true professional, Mike Fagel arrived at FDNY WTC Incident
Command Post on Duane Street, a short distance from Ground Zero, as
chaos was still not contained. He organized, directed, and cajoled
until order again appeared in our health and safety efforts for the
thousands of personnel struggling at rescuing and recovering the
victims of 9/11.—Charles R. Blaich, Deputy Chief of Department,
FDNY (Ret.), Colonel, USMC (Ret.)
... state-of-the-art strategies and procedures useful for
identifying potential or actual hazards, preparing for such
hazards, mitigating the cascading system failures during an
incident, and facilitating a community’s bouncing back economically
and culturally from disasters. ... this book is essential for
anyone focused on the art and science of community resiliency and
the whole of community emergency management approach—focused on
saving communities—the primary role of an emergency manager. —J.
Howard Murphy, MBA, MSS, FAcEM, CEM, Senior Homeland Security
Program Manager and Former Commander of the U.S. Army’s first CBRNE
Incident Response Force
... a must-read for emergency managers, planners, first-line
responders plus faculty and students involved in the study of
emergency response, homeland security, and public health. Mike
Fagel has a rare combination of both superb academic and hands-on,
first-responder credentials.—Colonel Randall J. Larsen, USAF
(Ret.),Director, Institute for Homeland Security
Mike Fagel demonstrates in his third textbook his on-the-job
expertise as an emergency manager; as someone who has known Mike
for many years, I highly recommend his approach and his concepts.
He continues to pursue the professional development of the field of
emergency management and this is demonstrated in his most recent
work. Dr. Fagel is committed to using his real world "on-the-job"
approach to making the rest of us safer. —Edward Plaugher, Fire
Chief (Ret.), Arlington County Fire Department, Arlington,
Virginia
If you have ever had an emergency management situation, Mike’s
classroom teachings and publications are a must for your agency.
Mike’s real-world experience, most recently involving many events
we see in the news and his willingness to educate our first
responders, is an opportunity that should be utilized by all
agencies.
—Patrick B. Perez, Kane County Sheriff
This book complements earlier treatments of EOC design and
operations by Dr. Fagel, and offers the practitioner new
confidence- building measures for confronting a range of public
health, agroterrorism, and active shooter incidents that can impact
a community and shake the confidence of the populace to return to
normalcy. His focus on the best use of social media and other
communication modalities is timely and important in shaping
contemporary planning and community resilience. Maintaining the
trust and confidence of the element of effective emergency
management and this book is a toolkit for best practices in
citizen-centric preparedness.—Robert J. Coullahan, CEM, CPP, CBCP,
President, Readiness Resource Group
Dr. Fagel has experience in both traditional emergency management
and agriculture operations that provide a unique understanding
required for successful crisis management and emergency
planning.—Jeff M. Witte, Director/Secretary, New Mexico Department
of AgricultureDr. Michael Fagel has assembled a group of experts in
a variety of areas of emergency management and has edited a highly
usable book that belongs on the desks of EM professionals. ... The
organization of Fagel’s book around hazard-specific issues makes it
easy to find useful guidance when planning for a wide range of
critical incidents ... . The coverage is very up to date, as
evidenced by references in 2013 and coverage of such modern topics
as the impact of social media on emergency management. ... In
conclusion ... a book that is easy to recommend. —Frank K.
Cartledge, Alumni Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, Louisiana State
University
... Dr. Fagel has meticulously detailed all the important aspects
associated with preventing, responding, and recovering from an
attack on agribusiness and the food supply. Mike introduces the
subject by showing the immense scope and size of the number-one
industry in the United States, agriculture, and the allied
industries of food production. He outlines the complexity of the
farm-to-table continuum making a special effort to point out where
security should be improved. —Stan W. Casteel, DVM, PhD, Professor
of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri, College of
Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Fagel and his colleagues offer a must-read, crucial body of
knowledge for any professional involved in disaster management;
from incident commanders to first responders in the field.
—Kimble L. Richardson, MS, LMHC , LCSW, LMFT, LCACThese chapters
provide evidence-based guidelines in terms of funding, disaster
planning, and business continuity for hospitals in preparing for an
all-hazards event. Given recent natural and man-made catastrophic
events in our country, there could be no better time for hospitals
to focus on their individual and collective emergency preparedness
and response. Facts and questions are posed in a way to give
hospitals a pause for thought of a serious and planned approach to
evolving their emergency response beyond the typical internal
situations.—Sheila Mishler, MSN, RN, PMHCN S-BC
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