Essay Assignment: Emergency Management and Planning
Length: 8 to 10 pages.
For your Project, select one of the following disasters where circumstances, politics, and the media have elevated the disaster to a focusing event:
These disasters will cause policy change affecting emergency management doctrine and comprehensive planning at all levels of government and the private sector. Provide an overview of the disaster, paying particular attention to the sections listed below.
Discuss future policy changes that would enhance emergency management. Lastly, reflect on how these changes will affect emergency management professionals at the local, state, federal and private sector.
Project Sections
i. Type of disaster (focusing event);
ii. Environment (physical, political, social);
iii. Exposed problems by media and social outlets;
iv. Inequities and society and vulnerable populations;
v. Future policy changes; and
vi. Personal opinion.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.