2. If you had been in charge of establishing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), would you have included the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in DHS, or would you have retained it as an independent executive branch agency reporting directly to the president? What is one ramification of moving FEMA into DHS in terms of FEMA’s mission, programs, and reporting structure? Explain.
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.
3. Examine the roles of the government and private sectors in regard to protecting critical infrastructure using cybersecurity. Explain why you think it is important to have cybersecurity at all levels.
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.
4. What recommendations would you make to help local law enforcement focus their efforts and narrow the list of responsibilities and priorities with regard to terrorism?
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.
5. Each Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Civil Support Team (CST) is comprised of 22 full-time, Title 32 Active Guard Reserve (AGR), Army National Guard (ARNG), and Air National Guard (ANG) personnel. Research your home state’s CST. Describe one example of a response that your CST has performed in your state.
What was the occurrence and the response of that team? Explain whether or not you believe CSTs are crucial to state responses or if CSTs should be eliminated. Explain your rationale for this position.
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.
6. Select Hurricane Katrina, the Boston Marathon bombings, or another recent disaster or terrorist event that has happened in the United States. What was one nongovernmental organization that assisted with the incident, and what resources (personnel and supplies) did they provide? How could you have handled this incident more effectively?
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.
7. Consider the scenario below.
The northwestern United States has experienced a blackout. Washington, Oregon, and Idaho are all without power. Assume your state and jurisdiction is located in either Washington, Oregon, or Idaho. The unusually hot summer for the area has resulted in high electrical consumption, which has overloaded the electricity grid. Today, the core servers and remote sites began to fail. The power system in the area experienced a major loss of all systems. Within 1 hour, nearly one third of each state was affected. Throughout the blackout areas, businesses shut down, rioting became an issue, traffic became gridlocked, people were stranded in elevators, and the 911 system became jammed with all of the response calls. Responders are having a hard time responding because of the traffic gridlock. Media outlets are reporting that the power outage is because of a terrorist attack, even though it is unknown.
During the incident, please describe the actions that your jurisdiction would take utilizing the multiagency coordination system (MACS). Discuss how the MACS would prioritize resources. Would there be anything that you would change? Explain your rationale.
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.
8. Part I: Discuss one significant obstacle that stood out to you for the responders in one of the events discussed in the required unit resources for this unit (i.e., Hurricane Katrina, BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, or Boston Marathon bombings). Explain how this obstacle could be overcome. Explain your rationale.
Part II: How might you apply the concepts learned in this course to your current or future work?
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.
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