Assignment task: Integrating the Whole Community
You are the emergency manager for your community, and you have been assigned by leadership to discuss the processes for which you will integrate the whole community to update the local hazard mitigation plan. To accomplish this, you will provide a brief essay to the elected officials outlining your proposed approach.
In an essay of at least two pages, discuss the following:
- Explain the purpose of your essay in the introduction.
- Identify the reasoning on why an increased effort to integrate the whole community is necessary.
- Identify your proposed approach to increase community engagement in the hazard mitigation planning process.
- Analyze the role of stakeholders in this disaster mitigation. Analyze the role of risk management in emergency management decision-making in this plan.
- Share a summary of the community involvement efforts undertaken in the current hazard mitigation plan.
Your essay will be at least two pages in length. List your sources.