<P>Emergency managers and officials have seen a tremendous increase in the planning responsibilities placed on their shoulders over the last decade. <B>Crisis Management and Emergency Planning: Preparing for Today''s Challenges </B>supplies time-tested<B></B>insights to help<B></B>communities and organizations become better prepared to cope with natural and manmade disasters and their impacts on the areas they serve.<BR><BR>Author and editor Michael J. Fagel, PhD, CEM has more than three decades of experience in emergency management and emergency operations. He has been an on-site responder to such disaster events as the Oklahoma City Bombing and the site of the World Trade Center in the aftermath of 9/11. He is an experienced professor, trainer, professional, and consultant and has pretty much seen it all.<BR><BR>The book delves into this experience to present advanced emergency management and response concepts to disasters not often covered in other publications. It includes coverage