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Chapter 1

• Figure 1. Consequences of flooding in Libya in September 2023, by Mchs.gov.ru. Licensed under Creative Commons: by Attribution 4.0 License
• Figure 2. U.S. locations of disasters costing at least a billion dollars in 2023. Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2024.

Chapter 3

• Figure 1. Duality of Start Network Funding Mechanisms
• Figure 2. Structuring of a global risk pool 2 (May 2023 to April 2024) oriented on AA. Source: Start Ready Risk Pool 2 Structuring Report, May 2023 to April 2024
• Figure 3. Bottom-up design of Start Networks Funds. Source: Start Ready Risk Pool 2 Structuring Report, May 2023 to April 2024
• Figure 4: Risk Pooling

Chapter 4

• Figure 1. The three-element model

Chapter 5

• Figure 1. FEMA Preparedness Cycle
• Figure 2. All possible disaster response activities in the time frame (5, 10, and 15 minutes, for example).
• Figure 3. Traditional disaster exercises in Taiwan limit the possibilities of disaster preparedness and response

Chapter 7

• Figure 1. The Reservation of the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe and Neighboring Jurisdictions. Source: Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Communications Office. Used with permission.
• Figure 2. The Reservation of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Source: Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. (n.d.) “Tribal Boundary.” Used with permission.

Chapter 8

• Figure 1. Emergency Management Planning for Ice Storm, Flooding or Wind Storm/Tornado events.
• Figure 2. Ranking of the Rural Critical Infrastructure Damaged by Ice Storm, Flooding or Wind Storm/Tornado Events
• Figure 3. Incorporation of Critical Infrastructure When Addressing Identified Hazards
• Figure 4. Critical Infrastructure Sectors that Included Extreme Weather Risk Mitigation Planning
• Figure 5. Community Groups Discussing Climate Change Impacts on Extreme Weather Events
• Figure 6. Reported Public Outreach Regarding Extreme Weather Events
• Figure 7. Most Time-Consuming Factors During Emergency Management Planning Processes

Chapter 11

• Figure 1. POETE – Problem Solving © Barton Dunant. Used with Permission.
• Figure 2. Networking Diagram for Pediatric Mass Care Feeding Concern © Barton Dunant. Used with Permission.
• Figure 3. Family’s Feeding Choice © Barton Dunant. Used with Permission.
• Figure 4. Big Picture: Here is what we are doing © Barton Dunant. Used with Permission.

Chapter 12

• Figure 1. Asylum Applicants in Germany from Türkiye and Ukraine

Chapter 13

• Figure 1. Epidemiological Triangle
• Figure 2. Influenza virus illustration (CDC)
• Figure 3. Influenza Mutation Pathway
• Figure 4. Differentiating Endemic from Epidemic
• Figure 5. The Convergence Model (IOM, 2004)
• Figure 6. SARS Illustration (CDC)
• Figure 7. Cholera Treatment Site in Haiti (CDC-PHIL, 2024)
• Figure 8. CDC Category A Select Agents (Adapted from Rotz et al., 2002)
• Figure 9. Xray with a TB infiltrate of the lungs (CDC-PHIL)
• Figure 10. Global TB Incidence (WHO, 2023)
• Figure 11. Percentage of people with TB who had MDR TB with no previous history of TB treatment, 2022 (WHO, 2023)
• Figure 12. Ancient Egyptian art most likely depicting someone with post-polio effects
• Figure 13. Progress toward polio eradication (Roser, 2024)
• Figure 14. The Reinfestation of Aedes aegypti in the Americas (PAHO, 2002)
• Figure 15. Areas of Dengue Risk (CDC, 2024)

Chapter 16

• Figure 1: Legal Schemes for UAVs in the Amendment of the Civil Aviation Law Source: Wu (2020)
• Figure 2: Operating Area for UAVs Based on the Taiwanese Civil Aviation Law Source: Wu (2020)

Chapter 17

• Figure 1: Conceptual Degrees of Disciplinary Integration
• Figure 2: Convergence Requirements: Depth, Breadth, and Integration of Knowledge Note: From “A Framework For Convergence Research In The Hazards and Disaster Field: The Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure CONVERGE Facility,” by L. Peek, J. Tobin, R.M. Adams, H. Wu, and M.C. Mathews, 2020, Frontiers in Built Environment, 6 (doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2020.00110). CC BY 4.0
• Figure 3: Innovative Structural Theory

Chapter 18

• Figure 1. Rise in Recorded Natural Disaster Events (CC-BY)
• Figure 2. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) U.S. Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters (2024). Retrieved https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/, DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.25921/stkw-7w73

Chapter 19

• Figure 1. Element relationships between Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management Source: Understanding the Terminologies: Disaster, Crisis and Emergency (Al-Dahash, Thayaparan, and Kulatunga, 2016)
• Figure 2. Hierarchical Learning Framework of Competency Sets Ainsworth 2024 – Adapted from A. Altman et al, 2012. figure [pg 46’, “Defining the audience”].
• Figure 3. Domains of the generic Emergency and Disaster Management Standards Source: Fitzgerald et al. 2017. (Figure 2)
• Figure 4. Disaster Risk Reduction Components Source: UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR. 2023. P.13)
• Figure 5. Emergency and Disaster Management Continuum divided model. Source: Ainsworth 2020-2024

Chapter 20

• Figure 1. Representations of the Disaster Cycle

Chapter 21

• Figure 1. FEMA “SELF” Ethical Check method (FEMA course “Decision-Making and Problem-Solving” slide 79)
• Figure 2. Boyd’s OODA Loop (Source: Moran, 2008)
• Figure 3. Adapted from a Revision of Bloom’s Taxonomy and Kehneman’s Model. Source: (Anderson&Krathwohl, 2001.). Adapted by Glenn Jones 2024.
• Figure 4. Emergency and Disaster Operational Environment based on AIIMS (AIIMS, 2017, Page 26)
• Figure 5. The CASP representation of unity of effort. Source: (Department of Home Affairs, 2022, p. 13)
• Figure 6. The CASP methodology, from defining the environment to executing the tasks. Source: (Department of Home Affairs, 2022, p. 15)
• Figure 7. From UK CREST Four Main Factors Guide. Source: (Alison, 2020. p 2.) The UK CREST Correlation to the lessons learned from COVID-19 in Australia
• Figure 8. Adaption of CASP Decision-Making Methodology
• Figure 9. The UK National Operational Guidance DCP Model (Source: London Fire Brigade LFB. Page 11.)
• Figure 10. The proposed decision-making process (DMM) and DCP Hybrid Model. (London Fire Brigade LFB, p. 9)
• Figure 11. SPAR(CD) Decision Model (Launder – Fire Dynamics Training. Canada, sourced in 2023).
• Figure 12. The US FEMA decision-making process model. (FEMA. IS-0241.c: 2023.Slide 18)
• Figure 13. Incident Command System Planning. Source FEMA.gov/Wikipedia
• Figure 14. The factors affecting the decision-making process in a crisis. (Zeyad& Al-Dabbagh, 2020. Figure 1)
• Figure 15. Graphical Representation of a Leader’s Core Components
• Figure 16: Graphical representation of the Self-Determination Theory Core Elements and actions