Using the selected articles in the University Library, research and review various government and academic reports detailing the emergency management response to either Hurricane Katrina or the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Write a 800 to 1,050-word paper in which you:
- Choose either Hurricane Katrina or the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
- Select 1 or 2 examples of initial responses specifically related to the emergency management event (police/fire) within the first 24 hours of the event.
- Summarize the timeline of the response.
- Integrate terms related to emergency management utilized in the article(s).
- Critique the overall outcome of the response(s) by assessing the impact of emergency management.
- Develop a logical argument for 2 alternative courses of action.
Provide support.
Answer preview
Some of the terms related to emergency management utilized in the articles are as follows. The first term is the incidence command system, which defines a standardized approach used to coordinate, control, and command the first responders. After deployment of different units on 31st August, Joint Force Maritime Component Command (JFMCC) was established under the Rear Admiral Joseph Kilkenny command. Kilkenny was supposed to command and scout the activities of all the first responders. The second term described in the articles is Catastrophic Disaster, which means that hurricane Katrina resulted in massive damages,
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