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- Deliverable length of 750 words while referencing everything in APA format to properly define and briefly explain the basic concepts associated with emergency management and the role emergency management plays in the city’s homeland security efforts.
- The list of definitions should define and explain the following important terms associated with emergency management and homeland security:
- Emergency management
- Terrorism
- Homeland security
- Preparedness
- Incident command system
- Catastrophe
- Threats
- Mitigation
- Response
- Hazard
- Recovery
- Next, provide brief descriptions (1–2 sentences) of those terms.
- You should include appropriate examples to help ensure that your city council has a practical understanding of the concepts in your presentation.
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Running Head: Definition of Terms in Security
Definition of Terms in Security
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Definition of Terms in Security
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Emergency management
This is the handling of an emergency situation which requires alertness. It encompasses
the ability to work with different agencies to achieve a specific goal of handling an
emergency such that the lives of people are saved and casualties get assistance. A good
example of emergency management is the case of Hurricane Katrina in the United States
in 2005 where all security, humanitarian and public input was required .
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Terrorism
This is a term which is used to refer to an act, mainly based on religious stand, or inspired
by selfish assertions, where an individual unleashes havoc to mankind for gains that are
selfish (Markson, 2009). The term has gone beyond religious inspired terror since some
groups involved in terrorism are not backed up by religion. The most known act of
terrorism in the world is the September 11 d...
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