Short Paper on Disasters and Emergency Management:  
Write a 3-5-page paper (excluding the title page and references) on a specific disaster. Examples include:
Earthquake
Tsunami

Tornado 

Flood 

Fire 

Winter Storm 

Heat-related Disaster 

Volcanic Eruption 

Avalanche
Disease epidemic or pandemic
Bioterrorism
Nuclear event
You must address in your paper the following:
1) What issues in this disaster would make triaging of victims a challenge? 
2) What Public Health issues may ensue (e.g., infectious disease outbreaks) and what can we do to mitigate the events?  

3) How can interagency cooperation and local collaboration be effectively utilized?
Your paper should adhere to APA expectations and must include a cover page, an introduction, the body, a well-defined conclusion, and a reference page. Your paper must include at least 5 scholarly references (no Wikipedia!).  References should be scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles, official reports, or from other reading resources.  
The principle characteristic of the ACS paper is rich content; teaching the reader sentence after sentence, paragraph after paragraph. In composition, it is marked by stylistic finesse: the title and opening paragraph are engaging; the transitions are artful; the phrasing is tight, fresh, and highly specific; the sentence structure is varied; the tone enhances the purposes of the paper. Finally, the ACS paper, because of its careful organization, development, and logic imparts a sense of completeness and unusual clarity. An ACS paper is highly instructive for other (and future) members of the course; as a result, it is publishable.