* Detailed, expert guidance for humanitarian agencies on how to prepare for and respond to disasters

* Draws on experience from many key agencies, including Merlin, Oxfam GB, Save the Children UK, British Red Cross Society, MSF Holland, and UK Ministry of Defence

* Essential information on equipment, medical protocols, decontamination procedures, training, and resource organizations

This comprehensive and detailed sourcebook offers humanitarian organizations, for the first time, essential information on how to prepare for the key un-natural disasters which...