Emergency response preparedness for forest fire using the incident command system

• Main Author: Osman, Ahmad Izram
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 1998
• Subjects: Forest fires - Prevention and control; Emergency management; Forests and forestry - Fire management
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/85564/1/FK%201998%2026%20IR.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/85564/

Most emergency response preparedness problems are not due to failure of the individual. More often, they are system problems. The usual organizational systems (procedures, management structures and designation of responsibilities) established by various organizations to cope with daily and routin...