Handbook of Incident Management Terms

Handbook of Incident Management Terms, Acronyms & Abbreviations

The Handbook of Incident Management Terms, Acronyms & Abbreviations offers readers a wealth of knowledge essential to decreasing the number and severity of incidents impacting campuses and communities. This database is used to minimize reliance on limited lifeline resources and provide access to up-to-the-minute Incident Management terminology central to the provision of reasonable care. As a knowledgebase, the Handbook enables users to mature Mission Areas including: preparedness, prevention, intervention, mitigation, response, and recovery. Decision makers and action takers who use this Handbook are better equipped to collaborate with public sector responders and help their institution or organization reach its safety and security objectives.

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First Edition available to CIMS platform subscribers.

Users of this guide have protocol at their fingertips to harden infrastructure across domains before emergencies and natural disasters occur. Administrators, subject matter experts (SMEs), Emergency Services personnel, and everyday stakeholders (those true first responders on scene before, during and after community responders) will find many free and low-cost solutions that enhance compliance, reduce liability, and counter pain and suffering.

➢ Information to protect people, the natural and built environment, assets and information -- including Critical Infrastructure and intellectual property (IP).

➢ Public Health guidance to increase Community Resilience.

➢ Vocabulary to understand the threat landscape and contain costs and losses.

➢ Finally, the missing incident management language absent from the security industry and emergency management nomenclature.

➢ A tool to promote civic responsibility and protect privacy, human and civil rights.

What platform users get: 580 pages of terms, 129 pages of acronyms and abbreviations, and links to many other glossaries from fields related to Incident Management.

Target Audience

  • Campus Administrators

  • “True” First Responders, including faculty, staff, students, parents and guardians

  • School Resource Officers

  • Emergency Managers

  • Compliance Officers

  • First Responders (fire, police, and EMTs)

  • Crisis Recovery Teams

  • Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs)

  • Facility Managers and Inspectors

  • Risk Managers

  • Threat Assessment Teams (TATs)

  • Business Managers

  • Critical Infrastructure Owners/Operators

  • Community Social Service Providers

  • Public Utilities

  • Cybersecurity & Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs)

  • Public Health Officials

  • Security Industry Professionals

  • Incident Command Personnel

  • Crime and Violence Prevention Researchers

  • Environmentalists and Community Preservationists

  • Government Officials

  • Legal Counsel

  • Insurance Carriers and Third Party Administrators

  • Legislators, Advocates and Lobbyists

  • Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Trainers

  • Business Process Improvement (BPI) Specialists

  • Industrial Hygienists

  • School Psychologists and Social Workers

  • Public Information Officers (PIOs)

Author Bio

Elissa-Beth Gross

C.E.O., Campus Risk Solutions

Executive Director, The Art of Prevention Corp.

Elissa has a background in Business Administration, Mathematics, Nonprofit Management, and Professional Meeting and Event Planning. After leaving the business world where she was involved in technology transfer and human factors, Elissa joined public sector boards and committees that were working to solve communitywide problems. She began building a software program to address risk regardless of threat type, cause or intended target. Elissa knew it was imperative to have an incident management glossary as part of the project management arsenal when seeking to implement a “unified and unifying” solution to close security gaps. Most managers are not security professionals and have conflicting duties. Yet, they’re the ones largely held responsible when something goes wrong. The Handbook of Incident Management Terms, Acronyms & Abbreviations contains the terminology needed to put leaders a step ahead of threats and helps improve outcomes.

 Protective Factor Incubator

Campus Risk Solutions® has established the Protective Factor Incubator to bring attention to protective factors, and to fill security gaps where protective factors are not available or are difficult to locate. Below you will find handy resources for immediate use, with more planned!

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Is there a missing piece in your campus's Emergency Communications Plan? Picture a fight breaking out on the field or someone injured in a classroom. You have to think, “Am I near the intercom or the panic button? Your cell phone must be charged and on you, the radio in range and compatible across resources. Just how long will it take to summon help and is there time to dial?” Maybe your school doesn’t have a School Resource Officer, or they’re on the other side of the building, perhaps addressing another incident. If you could quickly let nearby faculty and staff know you need help, wouldn’t that be great? Perhaps you know of a student who is being stalked or bullied, or having trouble at home.

A mobile Personal Emergency Response System (mPERS) provides a viable solution. Fashioned after the alerting systems that have been assisting vulnerable senior citizens for decades, this technology is now being recognized in educational and campus settings. If you’ve ever looked into them, there are an abundance of features to consider. Campus Risk Solutions® is providing this mPERS Product Evaluation Form to help decision makers select the right device and system for their campus needs and population.

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