For this week’s discussion, we will be looking at local or national response protocols that were initiated during a disaster, and you will choose your topic! (Remember the discussion in week one about what signifies a disaster, not just a local emergency.)
Search for the following types of man-made disasters: hostage situation disasters, mass shooting disasters, multiple-vehicle or mass transit disasters with multiple critical injuries, and epidemics/pandemics. (Searching “after action report” for your disaster will assist you in answering all of the questions.)
In your initial post, describe the incident and address the following:
Determine the incident type and explain your reasoning (types of incidents can be found here).
What resources were deployed for this incident?
What protocols were implemented successfully during the incident, and which were unsuccessful?
Discuss ways to improve the response to this type of incident in the future.
Support your answer with evidence from scholarly sources (reference and cite your sources).