Unit I Case Study

Instructions

Civil Defense and Emergency Management Strategies in Your Community

In the readings for this unit, we learned about the history of civil defense and the ways this has changed over time in our communities to include emergency management. For this assignment, discuss two ways your local community has implemented civil defense/emergency management strategies that include the community (as opposed to only policies or procedures for emergency management personnel). These can include strategies such as preparedness campaigns, Community Engagement Response Team (CERT) programs, citizen fire/police academies, or any other types of programs that actually involve the community. Explain how your community addresses the core missions and goals of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as described on pages 30–32 of your textbook. Be sure to identify your community in your document.

Be sure to summarize, paraphrase, and cite the information. Do not copy directly from the textbook or from any other source, including your community website. Sites such as Wikipedia, ehow.com, history.com, howstuffworks.com, and other similar sources are not scholarly in nature and may NOT be used for this assignment.

Your paper needs to be at least two full pages in length not counting the title and reference pages. You must include at least two sources in your assignment (one can be the course textbook). The paper must follow APA Style in format, include a title/cover page, in-text citations, and a properly formatted reference page. You do not need to include an abstract for this assignment. Should you choose to include one, the abstract does not count toward the two-page minimum length requirement. If you are unsure about APA requirements, please be sure to review the formatting information provided for you in the classroom, student portal, and Writing Center.

Unit II Case Study

Instructions

Emergency Management, Civil Defense, and Your Community

In a two-page paper, discuss possible targets for domestic terrorism in your community. These can be structures, facilities, or events that take place in the community. Apply concepts covered in our textbook. Your final paper (due in Unit VII) will build on the information you prepare for this assignment. Explain how non-weapons technology could be used for destructive means in your community. Discuss the philosophical differences between religious, nationalist, and left/right wing terrorist organizations in your community.

Please do not say there is no potential threat in your community because you live in a small or rural community. Remember, no one thinks something will happen in their community until it actually does. It can happen anywhere, so think carefully about the potential targets in your community.

Be sure to summarize, paraphrase, and cite the information. Do not copy directly from the textbook or from any other source, including your community website. Sites such as Wikipedia, ehow.com, history.com, howstuffworks.com, and other similar sources are not scholarly in nature and may NOT be used for this assignment.

Your paper needs to be at least two full pages in length not counting the title and reference pages. You must include at least two sources in your assignment (one can be the course textbook). The paper must follow APA Style in format, include a title/cover page, in-text citations, and a properly formatted reference page. You do not need to include an abstract for this assignment. Should you choose to include one, the abstract does not count toward the two-page minimum length requirement. If you are unsure about APA requirements, please be sure to review the formatting information provided for you in the classroom, student portal, and Writing Center.

Unit IV Scholarly Activity a

Completion of FEMA Course Plus Reflection Paper

This assignment involves completion of a course offered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). For this assignment, you will submit both a completion certificate of the training and a reflection paper.

The purpose of this course is to introduce those with critical infrastructure security and resilience duties and responsibilities to the information and resources available to them in the execution of the mission to protect and improve resilience in the nation’s critical infrastructure. According to FEMA, the training takes approximately 1 hour to complete.

Click on the following link, and when the web page opens, click “Interactive Web Based Course” to begin the course. A screen capture of the FEMA Training Screen that highlights the link in red if you have difficulty locating it is provided.

Federal Emergency Management Agency. (2013). IS-916: Critical infrastructure security: Theft and diversion – What you can do. Retrieved from https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?c…

At the conclusion of the training, complete the final exam by clicking the “Take the Exam” link. You can also access the final exam on the course homepage by clicking the “Take Final Exam Online” link. Before you can take the test, FEMA requires all students to have a FEMA student identification (SID) number. If you do not have a FEMA SID number, you can register for a SID by clicking the link below.

Federal Emergency Management Agency. (n.d.). Student identification system. Retrieved from https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid

Include the following components with your submission for this assignment.

• Include the completion certificate for the completed training module. Certificates can take up to 24 to 48 hours to receive. If you do not receive the certificate, please upload the confirmation e-mail that you receive from the Emergency Management Institute stating that you completed the course.
• Write a 150-word (approximately 1–2 paragraphs) reflection essay discussing what you learned about critical infrastructure security and what you found to be most interesting and important in the training module. Also, how might the concepts of non-proliferation and counter proliferation play a role in critical infrastructure security and resilience? Even though the reflection essay is a short assignment, you do still need to include a title page with your name on it.

When you are ready to submit this assignment, remember to include both documents: the completion certificate for the training module and the 150-word essay. To submit two documents, click on the name of the assignment in Blackboard. Click “Browse My Computer,” and attach the first file. Then for the second file, click “Browse My Computer” again, and attach the second file. Attach the essay as a Microsoft Word document. Do NOT type or paste the essay into the text box in the assignment submission area.

Unit V Scholarly Activity

Instructions

This assignment has two components: an outline and an annotated bibliography. Submit both parts in one single Microsoft Word document. Your total number of pages should be a minimum of four pages, not counting the title page.

Part I: The Outline

Develop a thesis and detailed outline for your final paper topic. The purpose of this assignment is to help you prepare for the research proposal due in Unit VII.

Include at least the following elements in your outline:

• APA-formatted title page,
• introduction,
• the purpose of your paper (be sure to support your points with scholarly material),
• at least five main section headings for the body of the document (these are the main topics you will discuss in the document),
• sub-sections to each of those main sections, and
• recommendations/conclusions.

Remember to use in-text citations throughout to show where information came from and to support your points with scholarly material.

Part II: The Annotated Bibliography

Develop an annotated bibliography of at least three scholarly sources (not counting the course textbook) for your final paper topic. This assignment is to help you prepare for the final paper due in Unit VII.

The annotated bibliography submission should include the following details.

• The annotated bibliography entries must be in the APA-Style format.
• The summaries should include the following information.
  • A brief explanation/summary of the source: Identify what the article is about or explain what the author tested, for example. Do not copy the abstract or the summary from the article and place it in your paper. Paraphrase and summarize the information in your own words. The whole summary may not be one long quotation.
  • A brief explanation should show how this source will contribute to your final paper.
  • Each summary should be at least 100 words in length.
• The following are NOT acceptable for academic research and referencing. These may NOT be used in your paper:
  • Encyclopedias;
  • Dictionaries;
  • Wikipedia, other wikis, or blogs;
  • Ask.com, ehow.com, Dotdash.com, Howstuffworks.com, or any similar website;
  • Websites and other sources that do not provide quality researched materials (i.e., site does not use credible sources to support the information in the document).

Be sure to summarize, paraphrase, and cite the information. Do not copy directly from the textbook or from any other source, including your community website.

If you are unsure about APA requirements, please be sure to review the formatting information provided for you in the classroom, student portal, and Writing Center.