Emergency Management Response Assignment

Instructions 

Using the selected articles in the University Library, research and review various government and academic reports detailing the emergency management response to either Hurricane Katrina or the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you:

Choose either Hurricane Katrina or the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Select 1 or 2 examples of initial responses specifically related to the emergency management event (police/fire) within the first 24 hours of the event.

Summarize the timeline of the response.

Integrate terms related to emergency management utilized in the article(s).

Critique the overall outcome of the response(s) by assessing the impact of emergency management.

Develop a logical argument for 2 alternative courses of action.