CJA 375 UP Hurricane Katrina And Emergency Management Multiagency Preparedness

Write a 700- 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 – use at least 1 and no more than 3 outside source/s (class reading material may be used)

No more than 20% of paper can be outside material.

Format paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you explain components of emergency management multiagency interoperability, communication, and infrastructure needs for multiagency preparedness. In your paper:

• Analyze the relationship between law enforcement agencies and emergency response interoperability.
• Describe communication elements that are critical to the success of multiagency interoperability, particularly as it relates to 3 modes: radio, video, and computer.
• Identify challenges to communication between federal, tribal, state, and local law enforcement agencies/emergency responders. For example:
• Frequencies that need to be used nationwide in interoperability
• Phones that can transition into radio
• Multi-communication devices

Provide support – use at least 1 and no more than 3 outside source/s (class reading material may be used)

No more than 20% of paper can be outside material.

Format paper consistent with APA guidelines