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Unit 4 – Group Project

Unit:  Local Disaster Response Planning

Assignment Description

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Develop a risk profile of the Dallas Community in Texas. Using the Dallas community, pick 1 of the hazards that was identified in the community’s risk profile, and write a hazard-specific emergency response plan that includes the following components.

Assignment Guidelines

• Address the following in 4-5 pages:
  • Who will comprise your planning       committee? Explain.
    • Identify public and private sector        partner agencies and elected officials (if any) that should serve on the        planning committee.
  • What are the component parts of the       plan (be specific and detailed)? Explain.
  • What participating agencies may be       more or less involved in which parts of the plan development? Explain.
  • Are there subject matter experts       (SMEs) or other entities that should be involved in any one specific area       of the plan development? Explain.
  • Based upon the emergency management       concept of incident management that includes the phases of       preparedness/mitigation, response, and recovery, identify the actions       that will need to be taken in each phase as they relate to the hazard you       have selected.
    • Identify the major challenges that        the community and responders will encounter when responding to the        hazard.
    • What solutions exist (e.g., mutual        aid, contract services) to overcome those challenges? Explain in detail.
    • What should be the short- and        long-term recovery goals of the community following this event’s        occurrence?