Use of an Emergency Notification System in a Multi-Agency Functional Emergency Exercise: Feedback from Participants

Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2020, Pages

  Edwards, David A ^a   Cuthbertson, Holly ^b   Peterson, Danny ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

^b Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

communications; emergencies; emergency; exercise; functional; notification; survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893617025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15477355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1547-7355.1654     Document Type: Review

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