Homeland Security DB

Address the following in 750 words by drafting a memorandum for the city's leaders listed above; define any terms that you will use with which they may be unfamiliar:

• Describe what form of generation Elco Power uses to provide power to customers and the community. Give a brief background as to how dependent the community is upon this company.

• Name and describe at least 3 threats that are considered the most significant in Elco Power's estimation.

o For each threat, describe the types of crises that might result and how these would likely impact the city of Solace.
o For each threat, describe fully Elco Power's and the community's ability to do the following:

- Prevent the threat or likely crisis
- Prepare for the threat or likely crisis
- Withstand the crisis resulting from the threat
- Mitigate the threat or resulting crisis
- Manage the consequences of the crisis resulting from the threat

• Research and explain who and why specific individuals or organizations would most likely be on Elco's priority list for power provision during an outage. Include a summary of the company's rationale for its priorities in the memorandum.

• Research and explain who and why specific individuals or organizations would most likely be on Elco's priority list for power restoration during an outage. Include a summary of the company's rationale for its priorities in the memorandum.

• Detail your recommendations for the city as to what modifications, if any, the city should request from Elco Power in each of its priority lists. If you advise the city to wholly adopt Elco's lists, explain your reasoning in full.