Week One Assignment: Risk Assessment
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Instructions
Follow these steps to complete this assignment:
- Conduct a Risk Assessment on a specific target in your community, a school, hospital, business or government office (be sure to choose an actual specific target for this assignment).
- Next describe the natural, technical or man-made hazard which is most likely to threaten your target. For example, the Ambassador hotel in my town of Mayberry is most likely to face a natural hazard such as a tornado. Mayberry is a small midwestern town so terrorism and earthquakes are unlikely to occur. However, the threat from tornadoes are a real possibility.
- Conduct historical research of past hazards to establish a baseline for how much risk your community faces from this hazard. What is the frequency of this hazard? Is it predictable and or cyclical (tornado or hurricane season)?
- Describe what the impact of the hazard and the loss of your target would have on your community.
- Discuss how the risk to your target can be mitigated?
- Which agencies and or private entities may be involved in the risk analysis process and mitigation process.
- Be sure to demonstrate your understanding of the terms and concepts associated with Risk. For example, RISK (R) can be calculated as follows: R = f (C, V, T)
• C = the CONSEQUENCES of an attack on a particular target
• V = an assessment of the VULNERABILITY of the target
• T = the THREAT or likelihood that a specific target will suffer an attack or disaster
Assignment Requirements: - A cover or title page with your name on it.
- Labeled topical headings (e.g., Introduction, Discussion, Conclusion, etc.).
- Length: The report must contain a body of text approximating 750 typed words (about 3 pages double-spaced, 12 point font).
- A reference page containing a minimum of three (3) course-external resources used and cited in the report. References cited at the end of the report must be cited in text to illustrate how they were used.
- Written in APA Style.
