Abstract
Mass disasters, whether caused by natural, industrial or other man-made events, require rapid mitigation of the resultant consequences, for which equally rapid, simple and proper communication is an essential prerequisite for multidisciplinary rescue teams from various fields. The book is an invaluable tool for all those involved in mitigating the effects of mass disasters, including rescue workers, paramedics, physicians, technicians, engineers and meteorologists, law enforcement as well as organizers of national and international authorities, politicians, journalists and functionaries of governmental and non-governmental organizations.
The dictionary is divided into two parts. Part one comprises a custom dictionary with alphabetically sorted entries, which are followed by a clear definition and simultaneous cross references pertaining to similar, or semantically, related complementary information with entries and synonyms.
Part two contains a rich representation of the most frequently used acronyms and abbreviations used in the field of catastrophes, disaster medicine and humanitarian relief. Overall, this new edition contains more than 3,000 entries.