Social Welfare & Social Services

Authors Bruce Newsome and Jack Jarmon take a holistic look at the issues and risks, their solutions, controls, and countermeasures, and their polit...

It is based upon the testimonies of FBU representatives and members: control staff, officers and wholetime and retained firefighters from Scotland...

The fire was visible from seventy miles away and the heat generated was so intense that a helicopter could only circle the rig at a perimeter of on...

Written by international experts in the field, this book covers the standards, architecture and deployment issues related to IP-based emergency ser...

While humanitarianism is unquestionably a fast-growing subject of practitioner and scholarly engagement, much discussion about it is predicated on ...

'That's what happened, I think, struggling to stay afloat as the ocean pummels me from all sides. I must have blacked out -- exhausted, dehydrated,...

From international NGOs to UN agencies, from donors to observers of humanitarianism, opinion is unanimous: in a context of the alleged 'clash of ci...

The physical and mental demands associated with firefighting and other emergency operations exceed those of virtually any other occupation. When yo...

When government officials become aware of an impending disaster, they may take steps to protect citizens before the incident occurs. Evacuation of ...

Since 11 September 2001, several bills introduced in the U.S. Congress have included provisions to assist emergency communications. Legislation add...

Much and warranted attention is paid to the lives of aid recipients - their household lives, saving habits, gender relations, etc. It''s held that ...

War is at a tipping point: we're passing from the age of industrial warfare to a new era of computerised warfare, and a renewed risk of great-power...

A heroic doctor''s unflinchingly honest and visceral tale of impossible choices in emergency medicine. ''A brilliant insig...

U.S. foreign aid programs began in earnest with the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe following World War II. Arguably, the underlying rationale for ...

The Robert T Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act authorises the President to issue major disaster or emergency declarations b...

Over the years, Congress has authorized and the federal government has administered programs to provide food to the hungry and to other vulnerable ...

Foreign assistance is a fundamental component of the international affairs budget and is viewed by many as an essential instrument of U.S. foreign ...