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

Q1 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.). Research articles from the CSU Online Library..

Q2 Unit V Case Study

In the Congressional Research Service Report for Congress, Federal Emergency Management Policy Changes After Hurricane Katrina: A summary of Statutory Provisions (2006), eight areas are identified for policy changes to improve FEMA's capabilities.

Choose one area of change, and write a two page analysis of the change and describe how it will improve FEMA's capabilities. Click here to view a PDF of the document.

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