Principles of Emergency Management and Emergency Operations Centers Wins 2022 ASIS Security Industry Book of the Year Award

ASIS International today announced Principles of of Emergency Management and Emergency Operations Centers, 2nd Edition, as its 2022 Security Industry Book of the Year. In their book, Michael J. Fagel, Ph.D., CEM, Rick C. Mathews, MS, NRP (ret.) and J. Howard Murphy, PhD, FacEM, CEM, NRP offer an insightful look into the world of emergency management. Selection committee members found the book to be an invaluable tool in understanding and directing a variety of emergency operations.

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