Cover -- Contents -- Preface: One winter's day in Kabul -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Case Studies -- Chapter 1 Epidemic -- OUTBREAK -- AN IMPLICIT RISK APPETITE -- THREAT LEVEL INCREASING -- APPLICATION TO BUSINESS -- Chapter 2 Wildfire -- NATURAL FIRE LOADS -- FIRE SEASON PLANNING -- CONTROLLED BURNS -- FIGHTING FIRES -- SMOKEJUMPING -- SUMMARY -- APPLICATION TO BUSINESS -- Chapter 3 Terrorism -- IRAQ -- THE MILITARY -- RISK SEEKING -- GOVERNMENT RESPONSE -- INTERVENTION UPSTREAM -- APPLICATION TO BUSINESS -- Chapter 4 Extreme humanitarian aid -- NO ACCIDENT -- LOGISTICS -- MSF LEAVES AFGHANISTAN -- DEMINING -- APPLICATIONS TO BUSINESS -- Chapter 5 Mountain -- AVALANCHE -- FREEDOM TO DIE -- NO HOLIDAY ALLOWANCE -- APPLICATION TO BUSINESS -- Chapter 6 Meltdown -- LIQUIDATION -- AN IMPOSSIBILITY -- AS LOW AS REASONABLY PRACTICABLE -- SAFETY CULTURE -- WAR -- HUBRIS AND HUMILITY -- APPLICATION TO BUSINESS -- Chapter 7 Extraction -- GAS FIRE -- ACEH -- ZERO CASUALTIES -- REPAIR DIVING -- LEGISLATION AND SAFETY CULTURE -- APPLICATION TO BUSINESS -- Chapter 8 Flood -- A 1 IN 100 YEAR STORM? -- FLOOD PROTECTION -- MODELS IN THE COMMUNITY -- LIMITING DEVELOPMENT IN FLOOD PLAINS -- RISING WATERS -- SUMMARY -- APPLICATION TO BUSINESS -- Chapter 9 Earthquake -- DISASTER IN BAM -- COORDINATION PROBLEMS -- STRONG STRUCTURES, RAPID RESPONSE -- CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND SEMS -- SUMMARY -- APPLICATIONS TO BUSINESS -- Part II: Themes -- Chapter 10 Managing risk in extreme environments -- THINK, PLAN, DO -- EPIDEMIC -- WILDFIRE -- TERRORISM -- EXTREME HUMANITARIAN AID -- MOUNTAIN -- MELTDOWN -- EXTRACTION -- FLOOD -- EARTHQUAKE -- Chapter 11 So what? -- LESSONS FOR THE RISK MANAGEMENT PROCESS -- FROM RETHINKING TO REPLANNING -- MODELS -- CONTINGENCY PLANNING -- SPECIFIC LESSONS -- Chapter 12 The seven laws of extreme risk management.

1 DEATH FOCUSES THE MIND -- 2 HONESTY MATTERS -- 3 REALITY BEATS SIMULATION -- 4 STANDARDS DRIVE SUCCESS -- 5 BEWARE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES -- 6 STUFF HAPPENS -- 7 RISK MANAGERS NEED A LOUD VOICE AND A THICK SKIN -- 'Best of' resources -- Index.