PAD 341 Week 7 Assignment Help

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Overview

The Final Project for this course is the development of a research paper that includes an in-depth analysis of disaster recovery and response plans that are developed for potential hazards within a community. These hazards may include natural disasters such as tornadoes or floods, human-caused hazards such as a hazardous materials spill, or technological hazards such as a dam failure. Select one hazard or several hazards (depending on the topic you select, you may need to address several related hazards) that have occurred or could occur within the community you live in or in a community that you are familiar with.

Consider discussing how local agencies would respond to the disaster incident, including how they work together during the response phase of a disaster. Although not required, consider expanding your discussion to how the community would be affected by these extraordinary situations, such as the loss of services or the closure of stores. How would local officials assist the public with food, water, shelter, and other basic services? Include thoughts and information on how the recovery phase of a disaster would be managed, such as clearing roads or assisting the public in returning to their homes or accessing services. Discuss the agencies that would be involved in the recovery process, including government and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) such as the American Red Cross. How can lessons learned from disaster be used in future incidents?

The Final Project is divided into three milestones. The three milestones will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules Two, Four, and Seven.

Main Elements

Choose an issue from the list below and select a specific related hazard(s) that disaster managers must address in their recovery and response plans. The specific hazard(s) must be related to your community (or nearby community) and associated with a disaster that has actually occurred or is very likely to occur in the region that you live in. Depending on the issue you select, you may focus on one hazard or several related hazards.

Choose one or more of the following issues related to disaster recovery and response and identify specific hazards.

•          Communications between different agencies: Specific hazards include failure to pre-plan for incidents or hold exercises together, inability to communicate using similar technology such as radio systems, and failure to establish a unified command structure during actual incidents.

•          Technology: Specific hazards could be utility grid or computer system failure, incident at a nuclear plant, dam failure, or bridgecollapse.

•          Cultural differences: Specific hazards could be failure to evacuate due to one’s culture/beliefs, inability to understand directions provided by disaster management officials, or cultural or religious beliefs related to disasters.

•          Vulnerable populations: Specific hazards include inability to follow directions of disaster management due to physical or mental capacity including situations like evacuations, disaster sheltering concerns (cannot be placed with general population), and requirements for special medical attention.

•          Partnerships with private groups and non-governmental organizations (NGOs): Specific hazards could be failure to develop disaster plans and procedures with outside organizations, failing to include these groups in the incident management process, logistical support concerns, or lack of planning for sheltering operations with these groups (Red Cross, Salvation Army, etc.).

•          Natural Disasters: Specific hazards could be tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, and wild land fires.

The final research paper should be 8–10 pages long and well organized, including a title page, introduction, main elements, reference page, and appendix using APA for all citations and references.

The final product should reflect scholarly research and writing and address the following elements:

1.   The organizational or situational concerns associated with the issues and identified hazard

2.   Challenges and problems associated with the hazard: This may include challenges such as response agreements between the various agencies responsible for assisting the public during disasters (fire, police, ambulance, emergency management agency), logistical issues such as feeding and sheltering the public during the disaster, or the need for specialized services, such as a swift water rescue team, that may not be provided locally. Include information related to the recovery phase as well such as how the community can return to normalcy after a nuclear plant incident or other hazard.

3.      Your analysis/evaluation of the hazard: Analyze and discuss the hazards that affect your community or a neighboring community. Include natural, human-causes, or technological hazards. This may include tornadoes, floods, fires, chemical spills, dam failures, or other hazards. Evaluate how the hazard is managed, including response and recovery plans, community leadership actions or inaction, including those of the local, state, or federal disaster management agency(/agencies), related to the hazard. Consider discussing how community leader’s work together to develop and manage disasters, including the development of disaster recovery and response plans. What steps have they taken to protect the public during and after disasters? Consider using information from past disasters involving the identified hazards and include lessons learned related to the action or inaction of community leaders. Examples include failure to keep the public informed about the hazard or failure to seek outside assistance during the response or recovery phases of a disaster.

4.      Recommendations/suggestions from your perspective to address the concerns associated with the hazard: Discuss how you believe the concerns associated with the hazards in your community should be addressed. This may include concerns associated with the response and recovery phases of a disaster. This may include any number of concerns that you identify, such as failure to warn the public of a disaster, lack of access to flood insurance in your community, or failures of government agencies to work together. Include your recommendations and suggestions for improving these concerns. Are they addressed in lessons learned from past disasters? How would you suggest addressing theseconcerns?

Provide critical assessment and recommendations based on text readings, scholarly research, and personal experience.