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  title info:
    title: Incident response planning for selected livestock shows
  name:
    name part: Tomascik, Chelsea Roxanne.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Naile, Traci L.
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2012
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: Incidents affecting the livestock industry are unavoidable in today's society. These incidents can happen at livestock shows across the country putting thousands of exhibitors, visitors, employees and livestock in danger. The purpose of this study was to determine local officials' perceptions and awareness of incident planning and response pertaining to selected livestock shows. Little research has been completed in this area; therefore, this foundational study was needed. The objectives of this study were to determine local officials' awareness of livestock shows and incident response plans for those livestock shows. In addition, the researcher wanted to describe the roles of local officials in incident planning and response at livestock shows. Level of communication and perceptions of challenges at livestock shows and among local officials were also evaluated. Lastly, the researcher wanted to describe local officials' recommendations for effective incident planning and response related to livestock shows. Five participants remarked on the value of this study and agreed to participate. These participants included livestock show officials involved in incident planning and response or local emergency management officials. Each participant was interviewed, and then data were transcribed and categorized to consensus. Nine themes arose including: background information, challenges, communication, example incidents, executing incident response, incident response planning, incident response training, miscellaneous and need for planning. It was concluded that all participants were aware of the selected livestock shows. However, levels of awareness varied by participant due to work-related experiences with the livestock show. The two livestock show participants were aware of specific incident response plans for the livestock show, while the three local emergency management officials were aware of city emergency management plans. Each participant remarked upon their roles in…
  note: by Chelsea Roxanne Tomascik.
  note: "Major Subject: Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications"
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Master of Science Texas A&M University 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10282
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Thesis)
  subject:
    topic: Major Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications
  subject:
    topic: Livestock Show
  subject:
    topic: Livestock Shows
  subject:
    topic: Emergency Response
  subject:
    topic: Incident Response
  subject:
    topic: Incident Planning
  identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10282
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 120313
    record change date: 20151202151738.0
    record identifier: in00002747787