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1. Discussion 1
What jurisdiction have you chosen to focus your research on?
Were you able to local the emergency plan for this selected
jurisdiction? What has your experience been so far along this
capstone journey?
Read all of your classmates’ responses and respond to a
minimum of two.
Discussion 2
In this discussion, you are asked to define, describe, and
explain the concept of Critical Incident Planning as well as the
concepts of Management and Collaboration in the public safety
agency context.
What is a Critical Incident Management Plan?
What is Management and what is collaboration in the context of
public safety agencies/organizations?
Discussion 3
In this discussion, you are asked to explain and describe the
Emergency Management Plan: The Hazard, Threat, and Incident
Annexes. What is the Emergency Management Plan? What are
the Hazard, Threat, and Incident Annexes?
What is Management and what is collaboration in the context of
public safety agencies/organizations?Discussion 4
In this discussion, explain and describe the Emergency
Management Plan: The Functional Annexes. What are The
Functional Annexes? Read all of your classmates’ responses and
respond to a minimum of two.
Discussion 5
In this discussion, explain and describe the Emergency
Management Plan: Financial Management. How does financial
management play a significant role in planning for tactical and
operational endeavors? Read all of your classmates’ responses
and respond to a minimum of two.
Discussion 6
Please provide the link to the Canvas Studio video (Links to an

2. external site.) or embed the Canvas Studio video (Links to an
external site.) from the Assignment: Final Capstone
Presentation. In addition, include a brief, (one or two sentence)
written overview.
Then, provide a written response to at least two classmates'
videos, providing both positive comments and constructive
criticism, along with any questions you have. You should then
monitor and respond to comments about your video throughout
the week. The discussions should be substantive and go beyond
general like/dislike statements.
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Textbook:
The Success Book: Developing Your Own Personal Strategic
Life Plan. Outskirts Press. Collins. 2018
https://outskirtspress.com/TheSuccessBook
Course Requirements
The class grade will consist of Writing Assignments, Class
Presentations, and a Final Exam. Class attendance and
participation are very important to passing this course, and
failing to attend and participate will negatively impact your
grade. Assignment due dates are listed in the Class Calendar. I
also try to remind you in class and post an announcement in the
Announcements area on Blackboard when assignment due dates
are approaching.
All graded assignments are given a point value.
Class Participation: Attending and participating in class are
vital to your success in this Capstone course. Students will be
required to sign in regularly in the online platform. Students
will lose 10 points from their final grade for every class they
miss or fail to actively participate online.
Writing Assignments: There are six writing assignments in this
course, each of which will be incorporated in some way into
your final Capstone Project. The Capstone Project consists of

4. the creation of an Emergency Management Plan and an
accompanying grant proposal. A textbook is not required for
this course as it is the student’s responsibility to research key
elements and concepts related to the emergency management
plan and incorporate these elements into their final Capstone
Projects.
Important readings will be included in each of the 15 content
modules on Blackboard to provide a conceptual foundation for
the material we will be discussing, but it is the student’s
responsibility to research the material outside of the cl assroom
in the weeks we do not meet in person in order to find and
incorporate pertinent information into their assignments.
Students should read and incorporate not only those readings
included in each content module, but also any pertinent
information they come across in their research that can help
with completion of the project.
Using other emergency plans as a guide for the final Capstone
project is acceptable, as long as students do not plagiarize those
plans. Plagiarism is against the academic integrity policy and
will have serious academic consequences. Each written
assignment will be submitted online via the Blackboard link for
that assignment in that week’s Module folder. Brief
descriptions of each of the six writing assignments are included
below:
1. The student will research and select a city or county in the
United States. The student will then write a 2-3 page paper,
double-spaced, describing that city (geographic location,
population size, available resources, etc.). These characteristic s
will determine what risks, hazards, concepts and elements will
be included in the student’s Emergency Plan. Additionally, the
student will locate the emergency plan in place for that city. As
this is a required element of the assignment, I suggest maki ng
sure that you can locate your selected city’s emergency plan
before writing your essay. The student will submit the
jurisdiction essay, along with the located emergency plan, via
the submission links provided in Blackboard Discussion Area

5. Forum for Week Two.
1. An essential element to any Emergency Plan is the
completion of a risk and hazard assessment based upon the
characteristics of the jurisdiction that plan is being created for.
Every student will complete a risk and hazard assessment for
the jurisdiction they selected using the assessment tool provided
to them. This assessment must contain not only numerical
values, but also written explanations for the various assessment
entries, as outlined in Appendix A.
1. The Basic Plan is one of the three main sections of traditional
emergency plans. The purpose of the Basic Plan is to provide a
general overview of the emergency operations procedures for a
given jurisdiction. Students will be responsible for writing and
submitting elements of the Basic Plan, as outlined in Appendix
B. The purpose of this assignment is not to reinvent the wheel.
Instead, students will be analyzing the Plans of the cities they
selected, and critiquing these plans for their weaknesses and
strengths. The student will then rewrite the plan to ensure that
the new plan addresses the weaknesses they identified.
STUDENTS WILL NOT BE COPYING AND PASTING THEIR
PLANS WORD FOR WORD. Students will incorporate our
class lessons and their research, as well as the assignment
instructions, into a new and improved plan for the cities they
selected, based upon the hazard analyses they conducted.
1. The Hazard, Threat, and Incident Annexes are another of the
three sections of traditional emergency plan. This section is a
supplement to the Basic Plan and focuses on planning for
specific incidents, hazards, and threats. Students will be
responsible for writing and submitting Hazard, Threat, and
Incident Annexes based upon the initial Risk and Hazard
Assessment they submitted for their individual jurisdictions.
Thus, the sections of these Hazard, Threat, and Incident
Annexes will vary depending on the risks and hazards identified
for each student’s jurisdiction. Students will be responsible for
writing Hazard Annexes for the TOP 5 threats/hazards/incidents
identified in their hazard analyses.

6. 1. The final main section of a traditional emergency plan is
comprised of the Functional Annexes, which are supplements to
the Basic Plan that detail the specific core functions that are
essential in an emergency response. Students will be
responsible for writing and submitting elements of the
Functional Annexes as outlined in Appendix C. Again, students
will be writing these Annexes based upon their identified
jurisdictions, the research they conducted on these jurisdictions,
and the risk and hazard assessments they completed.
1. As budgets and funding are essential to any emergency and
emergency plan, students will have to locate funding sources
and write a grant proposal for a grant they identify based upon
their research. The format for the grant proposal is included in
Appendix D. This writing assignment is worth 25 points.
The Writing Assignments, with detailed instructions and
grading rubrics, will be posted in the content modules for the
weeks in which they are assigned. Correct grammar, sentence,
paragraph and essay structure, and spelling are expected. Your
assignments should be double-spaced, typed using Times New
Roman 12 point font and 1 inch margins, unless the directions
for an assignment specify otherwise.
APA Writing Style
Written assignments must adhere to APA style guidelines. APA
writing resources are available in the External Links folder in
Blackboard, as well as links on how to write essays and thesis
statements.
Note: Please refrain from using websites that claim to format
your paper without reviewing the official APA style guide.
Never use Wikipedia as a reference in your assignments and
papers.
Class Presentations: Students will be giving at least two class
presentations in this course. One will be a practice presentation
of their final Capstone Project. Students will receive credit for
submitting and presenting their rough presentation drafts, and
participating in the peer review process. The second

7. presentation will be part of your Final Exam and will entail a
presentation of the final Capstone Project, the finished
Emergency Plan and grant proposal, to the advisory board.
Throughout the semester, there may be impromptu presentations
students are asked to give regarding concepts discussed in class.
These Presentations will be made online using Skype or another
online presentation platform.
The Presentation Grading Rubric is included in Appendix E of
this syllabus.
Final Exam: The Final Exam for this course will be the final
Capstone Project. This Capstone project will be a compilation
of all of the written assignments integrated into one Emergency
Plan (plus the grant proposal) presented orally to an advisory
board consisting of public safety practitioners and faculty
members. Students will each have 15 minutes and 10
PowerPoint slides to present their final Capstone Projects to the
advisory board. Every minute and/or slide the student goes over
the amount will result in a grade deduction. Following each
presentation, the student will answer any questions the advisory
board may have regarding his/her plan.

8. 2
Appendix A
General guidelines for completion of the Jurisdiction Creation
and Risks and Hazards Assessment Assignments.
Step 1: Research and select your jurisdiction. NOTE: Your
jurisdiction CANNOT be located in Florida. Locate your
jurisdiction’s existing Emergency Plan. Consider elements such
as geographic location and characteristics, population size, and
available resources (police departments, hospitals, etc.).
Step 2: The Student should review the existing Jurisdictional
Emergency Management Plan to identify the Risks & Hazards
existing in the jurisdiction.

9. Appendix B
General guidelines for completion of the Basic Plan
Assignment.
The following elements should be included in the Basic Plan:
Title Page
Include: Jurisdiction Name, Plan Title, Your Name (This plan
was prepared by: ___), Date Due (September 2013)
Introductory Material
Promulgation Document
Table of Contents
SECTION 1: Authority
A. Federal
B. State
C. Local
Hint: See Appendix A of the CPG for Federal Authorities. See
sample EOPs for pertinent State and Local authorities (these are
specific to the State and jurisdiction you are in in).
SECTION 2: Purpose
Hint: This purpose statement discusses both the purpose and the
scope of your plan.
SECTION 3: Definitions (list alphabetically)
Your plan should include definitions for all of the major terms
used in the document. At a minimum, you should have 25
definitions. Each definition should be numbered, and the term
being defined should be underlined and followed by a colon
(i.e., 1. Area Command: ___). DO NOT INCLUDE THE
REFERENCE INFORMATION FOR EACH DEFINITION IN
THIS SECTION.
SECTION 4: Situation and Assumptions
A. Situation Overview
a. Hazard Analysis Summary
b. Mitigation Overview
B. Assumptions

10. SECTION 5: Concept of Operations
A. Phases of Emergency Management
a. Prevention
b. Preparedness
c. Response
d. Recovery
e. Mitigation
SECTION 6: Organization and Assignment of Responsibilities
If your jurisdiction is using the ICS/NIMS structure and
functional areas, this needs to be outlined here.
SECTION 7: Direction, Control, and Coordination
SECTION 8: Information Collection, Analysis, and
Dissemination
SECTION 9: Plan Development and Maintenance
SECTION 10: References
Include any references used in your plan here in APA 6th
edition format.
Appendix C
General guidelines for completion of the Functional Annexes
Assignment.
The following elements should be included in the Functional
Annexes:
Direction, Control, and Coordination
Information Collection, Analysis, and Dissemination
Communications
Population Warning
Emergency Public Information
Public Protection
Mass Care and Emergency Assistance

11. Health and Medical Services
Resource Management
Appendix D
General guidelines for completion of the Grant Proposal.
The following elements should be included and used as the
format for the written grant proposal:
Cover Sheet
Table of Contents
Cover letter
Statement of Need
Goal, Objectives & Outcomes
Background/Significance
Approach (Methods)
Assessement (Evaluation)
Budget and Budget Narrative
References
The grant proposal needs to be single-spaced and should be
between 8 and 10 pages in length. The font needs to be Times
New Roman 12 point font with 0.5 inch margins.
Appendix E
How do write a Grant Proposal
Class,
See the following URL below, as well as the additional
resources and such provided within the online course, on how to

12. write a Grant Proposal.
http://nonprofit.about.com/od/foundationfundinggrants/tp/grantp
roposalhub.htm
Appendix E
Capstone Presentation Grading Rubric
FINAL CAPSTONE PRESENTATION RUBRIC
Category
Exemplary
9-10 Points
Accomplished
8 Points
Developing
7 Points
Beginning
6 Points
Unacceptable
0-5 Points
Presentation Content
All slide content was accurate and followed content
requirements.
All slide content followed the content requirements and most of
information was accurate and complete.
Some presentation content followed content requirements but
some information was missing, incomplete or inaccurate.
Presentation content followed few of the content requirements;
most sections were missing, incomplete, or inaccurate.
Presentation did not follow the content requirements at all.
Presenter Topic Knowledge
Presenter displayed an excellent grasp of the material in his/her
presentation.
Presenter displayed an adequate grasp of the material in his/her

13. presentation.
Presenter displayed some grasp of the material in his/her
presentation.
Presenter displayed little grasp of the material in his/her
presentation.
Presenter displayed no grasp of the material in his/her
presentation.
Oral Presentation Skills
Presented material with confidence, proper voice projection,
good eye contact, and clear delivery. Took 15 minutes.
Presented the material but could have been more confident.
Adequate preparation and delivery. Was 1-2 minutes off from
15 minutes.
Presenter had some difficulty speaking and presenting.
Preparation, voice projection, and eye contact were adequate.
Was 3-4 minutes off from 15 minutes.
Presenter had many difficulties speaking and presenting the
material. Preparation was lacking. Was 5 minutes off from 15
minutes.
Presenter was unable to complete the presentation or had such
difficulty communicating ideas that the presentation could not
be understood. Was more than 5 minutes off 15 minutes.
Presentation
Organization
Information presented in an extremely organized manner.
Most information was well-organized.
Information was fairly organized but some areas were hard to
follow.
Most information was not well organized, making presentation
difficult to follow.
Information was so disorganized that audience cannot follow
presentation.
Panel Interaction
Presenter addressed the panel and thoroughly answered any
questions.
Presenter addressed the panel and adequately answered any

14. questions.
Presenter addressed the panel and answered some questions
correctly.
Presenter addressed the panel but answered most of their
questions incorrectly.
Presenter did not address the panel and/or did not answer any of
their questions correctly.
Presentation
Readability
Graphics, background, and font were used in a way that made
all slides easy to read.
Graphics, background, and font made most slides easy to read.
Graphics, background, and font made some of the slides hard to
read.
Graphics, background, and font made content difficult to read.
Content was not in bullet points.
Graphics, background, and font made the content impossible to
follow.
Spelling and Grammar
Presentation had no misspellings and/or grammatical errors.
Presentation had 1-2 misspellings and/or grammatical errors.
Presentation had 3-5 misspellings and/or grammatical errors.
Presentation had more than 5 misspellings and/or grammatical
errors.
Presentation was illegible due to misspellings and/or
grammatical errors.
TOTAL POINTS = _______ out of 70
COMMENTS: