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Project Impact

• Access FEMA’s website (http://www.fema.gov/)
  • Review FEMA’s structure
  • Determine which region your state (Bakersfield California)falls within and visit your region’s website
  • Relate information about your region including the location of the regional office
  • Which states are in your region
• Review the information on Project Impact in the text on FEMA’s website and other research sources
  • Summarize the goal of the program to develop “disaster resistant communities”
  • Describe how effective the preventive measures have been in helping to lessen the damage from disasters
  • Discuss the merits of the long-term success or failures of the project
• Based on your visit to the FEMA website
  •  Relate any information or “situational report” (sit-rep) regarding any active or recent disasters
  • Considering the severity and cost of recent disasters, speculate how the effects might have been lessened if the events would have occurred in better prepared or “disaster resistant communities”

Assignment Details

• Write a short paper to answer the questions using APA format
• Minimum three (3) pages not including reference page or title page. Region For Bakersfield CA.