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For the SLPs in this course, your assignments will be based on unique scenarios, which have directly impacted Homeland Security. The scenario for the Module 4 SLP as follows:

For decades, scientists have been predicting a major earthquake, registering 9+ on the Richter Scale, along the Southern California coastline. Estimates from the predicted ensuing damage range into tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dead, injured, and displaced persons. In addition, property damage has been estimated in billions of dollars.

As an intelligence analyst with the Department of Homeland Security, your have been directed to develop a background paper pertaining to the response capabilities and responsibilities of DHS and its component agencies with regard to dealing with a major natural disaster. This background paper will cover the following issues:

Describe which DHS agencies would play a primary role in responding to this event, military and civilian.

Explain how the major “lessons learned” from Hurricane Katrina might be applied to this potential future disaster.

Provide quotation(s) to support your response.