The student will write a 3,000 word paper, analyzing a large scale US natural or manmade disaster. Keep your paper to within 10% of the required word count and keep introductions to approximately 10% of total word count of the paper. The student will also asses the role and effectiveness of emergency management specialists at all levels local-federal and the effectiveness of federal and state laws/guidelines in responding to and managing this event.
You will choose the US natural disaster that you will examine. You should use and cite at least four sources in your paper; use the Introduction to Emergency Management textbook as one of your sources. Haddow, G., Bullock, J. & Coppola, D. (2021). Introduction to Emergency Management
Homeland Security Series, 7th Edition. Butterworth-Heinemann Publications.
