Assignment:
Emergency Management.
Q1. In the Heritage Foundation report, “After Hurricane Sandy: Time to Learn and Implement the Lessons in Preparedness, Response, and Resilience” (2013), nine recommendations are described to improve emergency preparedness and response to natural disasters in the United States. Analyze one of the recommendations for change, and write a two page analysis of the change and describe how it will improve emergency management.
Q2. Case Study
This course provided an investigation and study of focusing events in the United States and the resulting policy changes that have resulted to improve emergency management. The textbook and lectures discussed the major events between 1900 and the present.
On March 30, 2011, the White House released Presidential Policy Directive/PPD-8 to further enhance national preparedness for the United States. Subsequent updates have been added to the directive to further enhance national preparedness. This policy is organized around the following six elements:
1. National Preparedness Goal
2. National Preparedness System
3. National Preparedness Report
4. National Preparedness Frameworks
5. Federal Interagency Operational Plans
6. Build and Sustain Preparedness
Directions:
Write a five page paper, title page, and reference page (seven pages total), that analyzes each of the six elements of Presidential Policy Directive/PPD-8. In the conclusion, include your opinion as to whether the federal government is prepared to effectively respond to the next major disaster.
Resource:
Rubin, C. B. (Ed.). (2012). Emergency management: The American experience 1900-2010 (2nd ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
Your answer must be, typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one-inch margins on all sides, APA format.