Refer to the same event you wrote about in the Wk 1 assignment, Emergency Management Response Analysis Paper, Part A, and the selected articles about Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill from the Week 3 University Library Readings.
Write a 800 to 1,050 word paper in which you analyze the work of the secondary responders (i.e., non-law enforcement, such as EPA, Coast Guard, engineers, etc.) in the aftermath of the emergency. Exclude details about police and fire response, as they are primary responders. In your paper:
- Detail roles within structured command (ICS).
- Outline applicable crisis response objectives.
- Discuss decision-making strategies and challenges faced by leaders in working through the event.
Include at least 2 academic sources in your paper.
Format your paper according to APA guidelines.
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Hurricane Katrina disaster posed numerous challenges to the responders. One of the challenges was communication. The hurricane destroyed the communication infrastructure rendering the communication among different response teams a problem (Vanderford, Nastoff, Telfer, & Bonzo, 2007). This led to the delay in the response activities and deployment of essential services. Secondly, the leaders encountered a logistics and evacuation challenge. The leaders faced a significant challenge in deciding the assets needed in the evacuation and the resources available. Leaders faced a dilemma on what specific resources will be deployed in the affected areas, heightening the crisis. Thirdly, there was poor coordination among the teams. According to Kapucu, Arslan, & Demiroz, (2010), there was a duplication of the roles among different teams. Some of the teams were unaware of their roles and responsibilities in the response activities. Lastly, the US national response system was not prepared for disasters of the
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