Communities create Emergency Operations Plans for the purpose of protecting the community during the response and recovery efforts of a disaster. Once an Emergency Operations Plan is implemented, stakeholders unite to assess damage and respond accordingly. They must consider details of the disaster and damage generated by the disaster to determine immediate needs or threats. Possible factors to consider are: What happened? Has the federal government officially declared it a disaster? Have people been affected? Has property been affected? What equipment or support do first responders require? This assignment evaluates the community needs to fully recover from a disaster. Use the California Wildfires from 2008. The initial step in recovering from a disaster is damage assessment. This includes both people and property. At the completion of an assessment, the emergency managers have a better idea of required response efforts and additional assistance needs to reestablish the community. Focus your attention on the critical services and infrastructures in the community that require attention in order to rebuild and prepare for normal function. This consists of residential homes, businesses, and government buildings. Critical Infrastructures Identify all the infrastructures in the community affected by the disaster. Prioritize these by most critical to the recovery of the community. Locate the “Critical Infrastructure Assessment” matrix. This is a tool to organize the information essential to this assignment. You must use this template or create your own visual representation of the infrastructure damage. Identify five major services or infrastructures damaged by the disaster. Determine the extent of damage, the recovery efforts by the emergency responders to repair the service or structure, and any challenges the community developed during the recovery efforts of the identified service or structure. Sheltering Sheltering is the relocation of residents during and after a disaster hits a community. The purpose of sheltering is to find a safe place for residents and responders to live; whether short term or long term, until the community is deemed safe again. Evaluate the community associated with the disaster you have researched. Was an evacuation required for residents in the community? What areas or structures were used to shelter people affected by the disaster? Was there one central sheltering location for all people affected, or did the community utilize multiple sheltering options? Community Assessment In a summary (1,250-1,500 words), discuss the assessment of the community during response and recovery efforts. Determine infrastructures affected and sheltering options provided during response efforts. Your summary must include the following: Briefly describe the critical infrastructures and services affected by the disaster. What role did these structures have in the community prior to the disaster? What recovery efforts were required to reest.

1. Communities create Emergency Operations Plans for the
purpose of protecting the community during the response and
recovery efforts of a disaster. Once an Emergency Operations
Plan is implemented, stakeholders unite to assess damage and
respond accordingly. They must consider details of the disaster
and damage generated by the disaster to determine immediate
needs or threats. Possible factors to consider are:
What happened?
Has the federal government officially declared it a disaster?
Have people been affected?
Has property been affected?
What equipment or support do first responders require?
This assignment evaluates the community needs to fully recover
from a disaster. Use the California Wildfires from 2008. The
initial step in recovering from a disaster is damage assessment.
This includes both people and property. At the completion of an
assessment, the emergency managers have a better idea of
required response efforts and additional assistance needs to
reestablish the community. Focus your attention on the critical
services and infrastructures in the community that require
attention in order to rebuild and prepare for normal function.
This consists of residential homes, businesses, and government
buildings.
Critical Infrastructures
Identify all the infrastructures in the community affected by the
disaster. Prioritize these by most critical to the recovery of the
community. Locate the “Critical Infrastructure Assessment”
matrix. This is a tool to organize the information essential to
this assignment. You must use this template or create your own
visual representation of the infrastructure damage. Identify five
major services or infrastructures damaged by the disaster.
Determine the extent of damage, the recovery efforts by the
emergency responders to repair the service or structure, and any
challenges the community developed during the recovery efforts
of the identified service or structure.

2. Sheltering
Sheltering is the relocation of residents during and after a
disaster hits a community. The purpose of sheltering is to find a
safe place for residents and responders to live; whether short
term or long term, until the community is deemed safe again.
Evaluate the community associated with the disaster you have
researched. Was an evacuation required for residents in the
community? What areas or structures were used to shelter
people affected by the disaster? Was there one central sheltering
location for all people affected, or did the community utilize
multiple sheltering options?
Community Assessment
In a summary (1,250-1,500 words), discuss the assessment of
the community during response and recovery efforts. Determine
infrastructures affected and sheltering options provided during
response efforts. Your summary must include the following:
Briefly describe the critical infrastructures and services affected
by the disaster. What role did these structures have in the
community prior to the disaster?
What recovery efforts were required to reestablish the
infrastructures and services in the aftermath of the disaster?
What challenges occurred in rebuilding the communities
operations and damaged structures?
Did the community require evacuation or sheltering during the
response and recovery efforts? How prepared was the
community to shelter residents and responders of the
community?
What sheltering type(s) were used during recovery? Were they
effective in maintaining a safe environment for all members
affected?
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found
in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a checklist rubric. Please review the
checklist prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar
with the expectations for successful completion.