17 Aug In your assessment, list what you consider to be the risk or threat posed by each from most hazardous to least hazardous.
As an adviser to the President of the United States, you have been tasked with the assignment of prioritizing a threat assessment of the following risks or hazards noting the respective threat of each to the security of the homeland:
- Chemical Hazards
- Climate Change
- Biological Hazards
- Geological Hazards
- Nuclear Hazards
- Cosmic Objects
In your assessment, list what you consider to be the risk or threat posed by each from most hazardous to least hazardous. Explain the reasoning for your decisions, using factual examples, real or hypothetical, to support your assessment.
Your post, which must be a minimum of 300 words in length, should offer an argument supported by factual and specific examples. All sources, including material from the textbook, as well as any outside sources consulted, must be meticulously cited. APA format is preferred.
Useful links to readings for this discussion. Try to limit to only 1-2 outside sources, try to use the links provided.
Read or view the following:
- 2014 Quadrennial Security Review, pp. 46-53, 62-65
- Request for explanation as to why the 2018 QSR has not been released https://www.pogo.org/document/2019/02/thompson-let…
- How Agencies Handle CBRNE Threats, Part 1
- How Agencies Handle CBRNE Threats, Part 2
- How Agencies Handle CBRNE Threats, Part 3
Supplemental Resources: Useful Articles for Citing in This Week’s Discussion Forum
- DHS Risk Lexicon (.pdf file)
- Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Framework (.pdf file)
- DHS Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Significant Cases – Natural Disasters & Severe Weather
