EMGT302 Community Hazard Analysis

Community Hazard Analysis

Instructions

Using the hazard analysis tools identified in module 2 and chapter 2 of the text, conduct a hazard analysis of your community. Based on your analysis, write a 5-7 page paper describing the high and moderate hazards you identified. Follow these steps:

· 1-Identify and characterize the hazards

· 2-Evaluate each hazard for severity and frequency

· 3-Estimate the risk

· 4-Determine the societal and economic (direct) effects and the indirect effects or costs

· 5-Determine the acceptable level of risk

· 6-Identify risk-reduction opportunities

Include the actions the local emergency management organization should take to mitigate the hazards, with a comment as to how the hazards would impact vulnerable populations and critical infrastructure if not mitigated. Be sure to include a hazard ranking. Discuss preparations that should be made in the community to safeguard lives and property in the event of a natural or man-made emergency or disaster related to the hazards.