1. What are some of the factors that make up a community's economic profile? How do these factors influence that community's disaster risk?
2. Visit FEMA's disaster declaration archive at https://www.fema.gov/news/disaster_totals_ annual.fema . View the disaster declarations for your state.
Beginning with 1998 and moving forward to the present time, view the disaster declarations to determine what disasters affected your county. What hazards affected your county during this time?
How many times did each occur? If possible, determine what assistance the federal government provided in response to the disaster.