10 May Provide an introduction that identifies the terrorism threat, and discuss why your community may be vulnerable to it.
Review the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Preventing Terrorism (https://www.dhs.gov/topics/preventing-terrorism). This webpage contains links to several areas in which the Department of Homeland Security protects against the threats of terrorism.
Select one threat listed on the page for which you believe your own community is vulnerable. (REAL ID. The Dallas/Ft. Worth area.)
Utilize the DHS website resources, and perform additional research in the Waldorf Online Library to write an essay that
addresses, at a minimum, the items below.
Provide an introduction that identifies the terrorism threat, and discuss why your community may be vulnerable to it.
Discuss your local emergency management efforts to mitigate and deal with hazards related to this type of threat. How prepared do you feel your community is to deal with this threat as compared to other communities in the United States?
Do you have all the resources you need?
Identify how emergency management interacts with state, federal, and/or other local agencies in your community to
prepare for, mitigate, and respond to this type of threat. At least one source, in addition to the DHS website, will be used. USE THIS BOOK AS A REFERENCE: Phillips, B. D., Neal, D. M, & Webb, G. R. (2017). Introduction to emergency management (2nd ed.). CRC Press.
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