EDMG 340 Measuring Preparedness

Course Objectives: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

The US has undertaken great efforts to be prepared for the ‘next large-scale threat’ should and when it arises. That said, in order to understand our degree of preparedness we need to measure and assess response sufficiency.  That can be challenging if not impossible to accurately measure emergency preparedness.

Review the following readings:

· The Ongoing Quest to Assess & Measure Preparedness

https://www.domesticpreparedness.com/articles/the-ongoing-quest-to-assess-measure-articles

· Emergency Management – Measurements of Success

https://www.domesticpreparedness.com/commentary/emergency-management-measurements-of-success

 After having done so, examine and state your agreement with the authors’ positions that assessing preparedness is challenging.

• What is the nature of the preparedness assessment challenge?
• Have we made progress?
• What progress has been made?
• What continuing challenges remain in your opinion?
• How is, or how should, preparedness be measured in your jurisdiction?
• Further discuss the extent to which the U.S. is prepared for dealing with catastrophic events.

PLEASE DO NOTE AND MAKE USE OF THE SAMPLE APA-FORMATTED PAPER ATTACHED BELOW

• Your assignment must be properly formatted and cited using the most recent edition of the APA manual.
• Your assignment must be a minimum of 750 words, not counting cover page and reference page material. Your writing can be longer, but it cannot be under the minimum indicated word-count for credit.
• Do not simply list questions and respond – your work is intended to be a complete, integrative narrative that embodies an introduction, a body within which you respond to the targeted questions, and a summary and conclusion.