disaster

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This paper is for an agency responding to a disaster, not an individual.

Use resources from the FEMA government website

https://www.fema.gov/disaster

Instructions

Short Paper on Disasters and Emergency Management

Write a 3-4 paged paper (excluding the title page and references) on a specific disaster. Examples include:

· Earthquake 

· Tsunami


· Tornado 


· Flood 


· Fire 


· Winter Storm 


· Heat-related Disaster 


· Volcanic Eruption 


· Avalanche

· Disease epidemic or pandemic

· Bioterrorism

· Nuclear event

You must address in your paper the following:

1) What issues in this disaster would make triaging of victims a challenge?  

2) What Public Health issues may ensue (e.g., infectious disease outbreaks) and what can we do to mitigate the events?  


3) How can interagency cooperation and local collaboration be effectively utilized?

Your paper should adhere to APA expectations and must include a cover page, an introduction, the body, a well-defined conclusion, and a

reference page. Your paper must include at least 5 scholarly references (no Wikipedia!).  References should be scholarly peer-reviewed

journal articles, official reports or from other reading resources.