You are the director of the Office of Emergency Management in Pleasantville City U.S.

You are the director of the Office of Emergency Management in Pleasantville City U.S. and the mayor has requested that you present the latest Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) at the next council meeting. City officials are concerned about being able to respond to a major earthquake because the neighboring city of Blissville was recently hit by an earthquake and they were not prepared.

This is a critical presentation because you have asked for a significant increase in your EOC budget. For your presentation, outline an EOP for an earthquake that includes the following information.

Executive Summary

Introduction and Overview of the Environment

Emergency Management Elements

Community Plan

Response Plan

Communications Plan

Support Documents

Emergency Call Lists

Resource Lists

In the presentation, analyze the potential magnitude that an earthquake can have on a city, and the resources required to meet the response demands, including federal, state, and local first responders, secondary responders, as well as three (3) or more community resources. Also identify vulnerable populations within your community such as, nursing homes, schools, etc.

Evaluate the potential response to the incident, assessing the effectiveness of federal, state, and local first responders, secondary responders, as well as three (3) or more community resources required to meet the response demands.

The presentation should be 15–20 slides (excluding title slide and references slide).

NOTE: This Assignment will require outside research. Use at least two credible sources beyond the text material and discuss how you evaluated the credibility of the resources used.

You may consult the Library, the internet, the textbook, other course material, and any other outside resources in supporting your task, using proper citations in APA style.

Unit 6 Assignment 2 Checklist

NOTE: The PowerPoint presentation should have the following characteristics.

Contains a title and references slide.

Bullets for your main points.

Pictures to support your presentation where applicable.

Designed with a live audience in mind in order to inform your viewers about the topic.

Must include speaker notes to fully explain what is being discussed in the slide bullet points as though you are presenting to an audience.

Research from at least two reliable sources to support the main message, including graphics.

Incorporate information from course readings, the course materials, or other library sources to support your discussion. Properly cite all sources of information by including in-text citations and a list of references.

Research and visuals are cited in APA citation format, both in-text and on a References slide. You need to quote material taken directly from a source.

The same standards for documenting sources that apply to an essay, apply to a presentation. Refer to the APA Style® Central website for a digital library of APA Style quick guides and tutorials to refine your writing. You can access this site under Academic Tools.