Hazard Mitigation Paper Based on the instructions found in Week 1 and using the outline approved in Week 3, submit your final 7+ page "Hazard Mitigation Paper" Hazard Mitigation Response Paper for W7 Instructions Download " Hazard Mitigation Template " ********SEE ATTACHED****** This assignment is intended to grasp your insight into the numerous potential and man-made disasters for which emergency planners must be prepared to deal. Emergency management is a quickly evolving profession with many opportunities for individuals who wish to pursue it as a career. This exercise will offer insights into the scope and responsibilities of individuals in the profession. You will be provided a "Hazard Mitigation Template" (see above), from the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. You will be asked to complete the five exercises in the worksheet for your community, or a community of your choice, as the focus for the mitigation study. This exercise requires a deal of research and analysis on their part. After doing the research required to complete each of the five sections of the worksheet, you must also final report which thoroughly examines the risks, preparedness, and response capabilities of the community. At the end of Week 3, you will develop an outline and email that course of action for the exercise to your instructor for approval, and comments. For the final report you should also include suggestions on how to mitigate the risks and improve response capabilities. You may also include relevant charts, graphs, and other illustrations to support, supplement and/or clarify. Thorough data collection for this exercise requires time. You should start data collection immediately in order to have enough time to collect, synthesize and report on the data. Some possible resources for data include: Emergency management web sites of the community the students have selected. Police and fire websites. Their local emergency management department. Often communities of size have an emergency management department. In smaller communities it is often the fire chief who is the designated emergency manager. The community’s Streets Department or Traffic Engineering Department. Local utility companies. Other internet sources. Outside readings for this project include: Your text The Hazard Mitigation Planning Template itself is a great source of information. The Hazard Mitigation Planning Tools and Techniques Guide, Download here. The community’s planning department. The community’s budget department. You must remember when doing the exercise to also consider surrounding communities because their disasters can also affect your community and become your responsibility. Consider industrial manufacturing using toxic substances, military bases, large scale utility sites, etc. that may be close by. This exercise is a chance for you to develop a mitigation plan for the community you have chosen. View this exercise as if you are the newly appointed e.