Assignment 2: Response and Mitigation

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Assignment 2: Response and Mitigation

Due Week 5 and worth 150 points

Choose one (1) of the two (2) disaster scenarios below:

  1. A hurricane has hit the Southeast U.S. Gulf coast, leaving over 500,000 people homeless, without food or medical attention.
  2. A tornado touched down in a Midwestern U.S. city, destroying the entire city, including four (4) major hospitals and the police department / emergency services dispatch center.

Refer to the National Response Framework’s Emergency Support Function Annexes and the National Disaster Recovery Framework’s Recovery Support Functions Index.

Write a five to eight (5-8) page paper in which you:

  1. Develop the response plan as a member of the emergency and crisis management team for your chosen scenario. Determine at least two (2) federal agencies that should assist in the response plan for the disaster scenario and summarize their duties, responsibilities, and actions as outlined in the National Response Framework’s Emergency Support Function Annex.
  2. Develop the mitigation plan as a member of the emergency and crisis management team for your chosen scenario. Determine at least two (2) federal agencies that should assist in the mitigation plan for the disaster scenario and summarize their duties, responsibilities, and actions as outlined in the National Disaster Recovery Framework’s Recovery Support Functions Index. Specify how your chosen federal agencies assist in the recovery mission of your discussed disaster scenario.
  3. Speculate on the main difficulties (e.g., the ability to utilize federally funded relief, the problems associated with the infrastructure of the community struck with the disaster, etc.) that would be involved in the emergency response for your chosen scenario. Next, propose one (1) strategy that you could take as a member of the emergency and crisis management team in order to overcome the difficulties in question. Provide a rationale for your response.
  4. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other related websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow 6th edition APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Determine how the major forms of emergency management work – mitigation, response, recovery, preparedness, and communications – are interrelated.
  • Analyze the difficulties of emergency response and propose strategies for overcoming obstacles.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in emergency management.
  • Write clearly and concisely about emergency management using proper writing mechanics.

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Selected disaster scenario: A tornado touched down in a Midwestern U.S. city, destroying the
entire city, including four (4) major hospitals and the police department/emergency services
dispatch center.

Introduction

A tornado is rapidly rotating, a funnel-shaped column of wind that is connected to the
surface of the earth and the cumulonimbus cloud. This makes it a scenario that is accompanied
by thunderstorms, tropical rains, and hurricanes in the areas they cause-effect. However, a
tornado is short due to lasting but can cause adamant effects on the areas it happens. Normally, a
tornado travels up to the speed of 180 km/h but on rare cases, they can reach up to 480 km/h.
ideally, a tornado occurs while emitting electromagnetic spectrum. In addition to these, the
effects of a tornado can range from a destruction of life and property in the affected areas. The
recent records of disaster in the US A tornado touched down in a Midwestern U.S. city,
destroying the entire city, including four major hospitals and the police department/emergency
services dispatch center. Due to this happening, this paper will focus on de on developing a
response plan, mitigation plan and pinpointing relatable difficulties faced during such disaster.
The paper will contain probable strategies that may be employed to curb the disaster and reduce
the loss of life in the future.

Response Plan
The tornado such the one that occurred in Midwestern of the US was the strong wind that
accompanied thunderstorm thus increasing the strength of the wind. As a result, adverse effects

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were noted due to the high speed of travel of the tornado. In response to this, a greater need to
improve and increase the speed and effectiveness of the response to this scenarios can be
implemented to salvage the lives of the victims. Ideally, in the c...


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