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Unit 8 Core Assessment Paper

Unit 8 Core Assessment Paper

Q Instructions The Term (Core Assessment) Paper is due on Sunday before 11:59pm (CST). Follow the instructions in the syllabus to complete the assignment and refer to the Core Rubric for grading expectations. Total points possible 230. Core Learning Outcomes 1. Examine the historical evolution and future of emergency management and homeland security. 2. Understand and discuss the various cycles of emergency response: mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery. 3. Identify and define emergency management agencies and the roles and responsibilities of key participants at all levels of government from the law enforcement perspective. 4. Understand and define NIMS, Unity of Command, ICS and how they can be applied to emergency management. 5. Identify and investigate types of emergency incidents, potential terrorist threats & risks at various levels. Core Assessment: For CJ353, the student will select local or state government organization concerned with emergency management and planning, and research, analyze and critique on the organization’s emergency management and planning processes. The focus of the analysis is to examine the various emergency management planning components: Mitigation; Preparedness; Response; and Recovery, as well as how the organization uses Unity of Command and NIMS principles in its emergency management practices. The research should include web search, periodicals, publications and interviews of personnel involved with the Emergency Management planning of the organization and personal observations when possible. Students should view the information obtained with the purpose of critiquing the organization’s fulfillment of the components suggested by the text and other sources. Explain the pros and a con of the organization’s emergency management process. Have they anticipated emergencies that law enforcement will be responsible for? Have they coordinated with other local state and federal agencies? Have they developed plans for handling emergencies? Have they exercised these plans? What should the organization do to improve their emergency management planning and response? What have they excelled at? The purposes in conducting and writing this study are to improve your ability to synthesize, analyze, and evaluate information carefully and objectively, solve problems effectively, present your ideas in clear written form directed to a specific audience, in this case, your class. To complete this project, you should: 1. Select the agency in which you are interested. 2. Gather materials from the agency, such as planning reports and practical exercise reports. 3. Interview persons working in the planning section about their job(s) in person, telephone or e-mail. 4. Observe the activities in the organization if possible. 5. Describe the structure, practice, and procedures of the organization. 6. Describe the procedures you will use to conduct your study including interviewing some people who work in the section. 7. Describe the results of your study. 8. Make conclusions about your findings, including the positive and negative aspects you discovered. Your paper must include: 1. A cover page 2. Abstract 3. Introduction 4. Methodology section 5. Discussion 6. Reference page 7. Appendix which might include a summary of your interview(s) and organization charts of your agency and your section The text of this paper should be at least 2,000 words or eight pages typewritten or computer-generated, not counting the cover page, reference pages, and appendices. The paper shall be double spaced in either Times New Roman, 12 font. You must demonstrate that you understand the terminology and the concepts used in the section of the agency you study and that you know how to apply these concepts. You must demonstrate that you can synthesize, analyze, and evaluate information. You must correctly use APA format in source citation both in the body of the paper and in the reference page. Read the Plagiarism tab in the course.

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Abstract The following essay will be about ways in which the Washington State Emergency Management Agency (WSEMA) gets involved in every phase of emergency management in different emergency management situations. There will be definition of the implication as well as true essence of mitigation for every emergency management agency in the essay. There will be comparison made between the true essence of mitigation and the true essence of other types of emergency management activities. There will be examples provided about the ways in which WSEMA takes initiatives to formulate and implement mitigation activities. There will be description of the different types of mitigation tools along with description of the pros and cons of each tool. There will be stating as well as description of impediments possible to be developed to the process of mitigation. There will be description of diversified forms of plans which are formulated as well as implemented by WSEMA to prepare its organizational members for combating hazards in emergency management. Every activity related to preparedness of every organizational member of WSEMA towards hazard management and taking effective action-plans during emergency management situations will be stated and explained in the following essay. There will be stating, describing as well as critiquing of an effort made by organizational members of WSEMA to respond to an emergency management incident in the past. There will be description of the different ways in which WSEMA ensures that there are recovery activities undertaken and implemented by the organization. There will be explanation of the detailed meaning as well as implications of the recovery phase in this paper. The ways in which there are recovery plans formulated and implemented by WSEMA in emergency situations will also be illustrated. There will be examples of actual events of every activity of recovery by the organization stated as well. Mitigation Introduction WSEMA represents a state governmental agency for the mitigation of the hazards in the state of Washington (WSEMA, 2021). There are also preparedness activities in Washington as well as response activities in Washington in which the organizational members of WSEMA have always been participating in. Apart from these activities, there is also participation done by every organizational member of WSEMA in recovery activities. There is coordination with the local emergency management agencies in different areas of Washington by WSEMA. This is because the organizational members of WSEMA cannot be physically present instantaneously for doing any emergency management activity in every area of Washington. Therefore, there have to be the organizational members of the local agencies of emergency management in different areas of Washington contacted by the members of the WSEMA initially to begin the primary responses and initial operations (WSEMA, 2021). Otherwise, it can be too late and there cannot be maximum lives saved. Mitigation and WSEMA When there are attempts made by emergency management agencies by acting in a sustained way for the complete elimination or the maximum possible level of reduction of all types of risks to human lives as well as property; it is known as mitigation (Haddow et al., 2021). This is because there can be several consequences which might have to be faced by victims of hazards if there is lack of effective mitigation skills shown by emergency management agencies. Every formulated resolution in case of mitigating every type of hazard is aimed for the long-term. However, in case of preparedness, the major aim is to learn, know