Assignment task:
Imagine you have just been appointed the Senior Advisor for Hazard Mitigation to the state's director of emergency management. As part of your first 90-days, you have been tasked to develop policy recommendations to strengthen community involvement in the hazard mitigation planning process.
You have the flexibility to frame the focus and topic of your recommendations. To address this task, you might:
- Review the existing state laws or regulations on hazard mitigation or disaster preparedness, like the state's emergency services act.
- Compare recommendations in FEMA guidance to statewide activities.
- Evaluate existing efforts and how the state can support its local governments in the development of multi or single jurisdiction hazard mitigation plans.
- Search the internet for "FEMA Hazard Mitigation Plan Status," and review the interactive map to review the status of plans in the state.
- Identify what the state government should do to reduce the country's vulnerability to natural hazards, consider things like mandated building codes, fire sprinklers, and other mitigation actions to highlight recommendations that the state can undertake or mandate to minimize risks and vulnerabilities.
- Use your specific community as a comparison within the state in mitigation actions and plans.
You must examine ways that the state and federal government roles can be enhanced in disaster planning and examine state and federal disaster planning laws and regulations.
At least two pages in length. Start your essay with a clear introduction to the purpose and focus of your paper. You must cite at least two outside of the course resources, like FEMA's State Mitigation Planning Guide (2022), to help support the ideas that you include. Adhere to APA writing style and formatting.