Assignment: Emergency Management Unit 4 Article Review

Course Textbook APA Citation: Rubin, C. B. (Ed.). (2012). Emergency management: The American experience 1900-2010 (2nd ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Unit IV Literature Review

In chapter five of the textbook, pages 142 to 158 list focusing events that occurred from 1979 to 2001.

Choose a focusing event during this historical timeframe. Conduct a literature review on the focusing event. Write a two page essay and discuss the following:

· Type of focusing event and date that it occurred;
· President and FEMA Director;
· Type of Presidential Disaster Declaration (such as flooding or hurricane);
· Identify the deficiency that initiated a new policy, law, or program;
· Describe the new policy and identify who benefited from it; and
· From your perspective, was the new policy a success?

Paper format: title page, body (two pages), and reference page. Format the paper and references in APA style (6th ed.).