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
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.
Assignment must be properly formatted and cited using the most recent edition of the APA manual.
Assignment must be a minimum of 750 words, not counting cover page and reference page material. Writing cannot be under the minimum indicated word-count.
Do not simply list questions and respond 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.
