1200 ERM MOD 2 ASSN

Module Two Exercises

Student Interactivity Exercises: Module Two

Instructions:

Please note that the lecture provides detail important to the successful completion of the Student Interactivity Exercises for this module. Please be sure to review the audio lecture prior to completing these exercises.

In order to fully complete the exercises, please do the following:

(1) Read the question carefully.

(2) Identify the major concepts related to the question from the textbook (the lectures are very helpful for this).

(3) Answer the questions fully, using concepts and terminology from the textbook relevant to the question.

(4) Answer all parts of the questions.

(5) Cite your sources using APA formatting using https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/

(6) Put all answers in your own words.

If you have questions at any time regarding the questions, please contact your instructor right away. Thank you!

Student Interactivity Questions for all Chapters in the Module [numbers correspond to slide numbers in lecture]:

· Your Student Interactivity Exercises for this module should be submitted in one document, and should be grammatically correct, with APA formatting used.

· All research used to complete this assignment needs to be cited using APA citation format.

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· In a one page paper in essay format using APA 6th Edition format answer the following questions from Chapter 7:

1. Why is planning best thought of as a process? Why is pre-disaster planning recommended?

2. What do see as the critical steps to take in forming a planning team?

3. What are some of the major successes and failures of FEMA since 1979? What factors led to these successes or failures?

· Your exercises for this module should be submitted in one document and should be grammatically correct, with the correct spelling using the APA 6th Edition format. Each exercise should be a separate page in your document; all work will be submitted in one file. When you complete one exercise, start the next exercise on the next page. You also need to have a cover sheet and references page using APA 6th Edition format; the body of the paper needs to be in APA 6th Edition format as well.

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· FEMA Computer Based Training: Lesson 3 - Emergency Management Key Components

· Once you have completed a lesson, you are required to take a screenshot of the “lessons list” and paste it onto the final pages of your Student Interactivity Exercises following the references page (if used). You must paste the screenshot at the end of the Student Interactivity Exercises as proof that the lesson has been completed. There should be a checkmark next to the completed lesson. Failure to do so will result in the loss of the points associated with the FEMA Training.

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· In a one page paper in essay format using APA 6th Edition format answer the following questions for questions 1 and 2:

1. Locate the CERT team in your area by going to the following site and entering your zip code: http://www.Citizencorps.Fema.Gov/cc/searchcert.Do?Submitbyzip

2. Discuss the CERT Team in your area. Include their name, where they are located, when they meet and if you will join and why. Also state if you are already a member and for how long.

3. Complete the CERT #1 and #2 Exercises and submit through Blackboard.

· Your exercises for this module should be submitted in one document and should be grammatically correct, with the correct spelling using the APA 6th edition format. Each exercise should be a separate page in your document; all work will be submitted in one file. When you complete one exercise, start the next exercise on the next page. You also need to have a cover sheet and references page using APA 6th edition format; the body of the paper needs to be in APA 6th edition format as well.

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· Write a one page paper in essay format using APA 6th edition format answering the following questions:

1. Describe the warning process. What are the characteristics of effective disaster warnings?

2. Compare and contrast the myth-based and research-based views of disaster response. What does each say about individual, organizational, and community responses to disaster?

3. Discuss the concept of disaster resilience. What are the sources of people's resilience? What are some limitations to resilience?

· Your exercises for this module should be submitted in one document and should be grammatically correct, with the correct spelling using the APA 6th edition format. Each exercise should be a separate page in your document; all work will be submitted in one file. When you complete one exercise, start the next exercise on the next page. You also need to have a cover sheet and references page using APA 6th edition format; the body of the paper needs to be in APA 6th edition format as well.

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· In a one page paper in essay format using APA 6th Edition format answer the following questions from Chapter 1:

· 1. What are the factors that could explain why the number of natural disasters continue to be increasing? Is it that there are just more disasters, other factors, or both?

· 2. Why do historic sites need to be preserved?

· 3. Are communities resilient?

· Your exercises for this module should be submitted in one document and should be grammatically correct, with the correct spelling using the APA 6th Edition format. Each exercise should be a separate page in your document; all work will be submitted in one file. When you complete one exercise, start the next exercise on the next page. You also need to have a cover sheet and references page using APA 6th Edition format; the body of the paper needs to be in APA 6th Edition format as well.

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· FEMA Computer Based Training: Lesson 4 - Emergency Management Roles

· Once you have completed a lesson, you are required to take a screenshot of the “lessons list” and paste it onto the final pages of your Student Interactivity Exercises following the references page (if used). You must paste the screenshot at the end of the Student Interactivity Exercises as proof that the lesson has been completed. There should be a checkmark next to the completed lesson. Failure to do so will result in the loss of the points associated with the FEMA Training.

ERM 1200 Introduction to Emergency Management 3