Welcome to Our Water Books!
These three books have something in common: Water related threats and hazards!
Emergency Management Threats and Hazards: Water
Published by CRC Press in 2024, this is the complete guide for the full cycle of Emergency Management, around the element of Water.
Emergency Management Threats and Hazards: Water - Compendium 1 (2026)
This is the companion guide for the other book, and includes links and updated references collected between 2024 and 2026. Published by York Drive Publishing.
Rusty the Emergency Management Cat
Published by York Drive Publishing in 2024, this children's book follows an imaginary cat and his family, as they evacuate their home from a flood. Available in English, French, and Spanish languages.
Emergency Management THreats and Hazards: Water - Book INFO
2025 Book Published by CRC Press
Emergency Management Threats and Hazards: Water is a resource guidebook, which bridges the work of the emergency management practitioners and academic researchers, specifically for water-related incidents.
Free Preview - Table of Contents, Introduction, and Web Links
Download a PDF version of the first eleven pages - including the Table of Contents, Introduction/Preface, and full list of web links found in the book.
Free Chapter! - Emergency Management 101
Free Chapter! - Emergency Management 101
Free Chapter! - Emergency Management 101
Chapter 2 of the book is an overview of Emergency Management, and is provided online, courtesy of the author. It is still copyrighted work, released under Creative Commons,
CC BY-NC-ND
Book Review!
Free Chapter! - Emergency Management 101
Free Chapter! - Emergency Management 101
Marc C. Baker, CEM ® wrote a book review on Emergency Management Threats and Hazards: Water. Read it at the Emergency Management Network's Substack.
Emergency Management Threats and Hazards: Water is also at:
New in 2026!
We have taken all of the links and cool stuff curated from 2024 to 2026 and packed it into a companion book to Emergency Management Threats and Hazards: Water. This one is called "Compendium 1 - 2026" and is available October 1, 2026 via Amazon.
Emergency Management Practitioners
More examples and details for exercises, grant/funding applications, and community-based all hazards planning.
Emergency Management Academics
Examples include summaries and academic references generated by Microsoft's CoPilot.
Emergency Management Pracademics
Coupled with the online version of the Water book, the online version can support both academic courseware and emergency management operations planning.