Module Six Written Assignment

You are applying to become a Fire Chief Officer or a Director of Emergency Management in New York City, Washington DC or Los Angeles County.  As part of your interview process you are asked to prepare a report on the various homeland security and/or terrorism threats that have or could occur in your selected jurisdiction. The requirement is to send a formal paper to the interview committee a week in advance on the various homeland security and/or terrorism threats in the selected jurisdiction and why they are prevalent or possible in that location. In addition, the committee wants to know how you will prepare yourself and the agency to manage these events should they occur.  

Using your text and other sources for research and review, submit a research paper of at least 5 pages (Content). The paper will provide the detail necessary for the reader to understand your thoughts and what you have learned. 

Similarity scores are expected to be less than 20%. Any score over 40% will be automatically returned. Scores between 25% - 39% may be returned for rework. Avoid using the author's ideas or quotes to answer the questions. They can support your ideas but cannot be used to answer the questions.

Information that is acquired from a source must be cited in APA format.

References should be cited in the body of the paper in APA format.

Multiple valid sources must be used.

Sources are peer-reviewed journals (primary), books and trade journals (secondary), news publications or other non-vetted sources (opinion pieces)

Wikipedia is not a source.

Your completed paper should be double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman font, with title page, abstract, conclusion, and reference list, following the APA format. It should be saved as a Word (*.doc, *.docx) file and uploaded here using the following naming convention:

• m06_a06_FES3153_FirstnameLastname.doc

Enter the following on the Title Page of your paper:

• • Course Name:  FES4825 Disaster Planning and Control
  • Module Number and Assignment Name:  Module 6 Paper
  • Student Name
  • Today's Date: month/day/year
  • Instructor

The assignment must follow academic and scholar formatting and writing style:

Abstract - its own page (150-250 words summarizing what will be discussed). No references to the course or assignment in the abstract. 

Introduction - introduce the subject

Body of paper - use headers to delineate ideas

Conclusion page

Reference page

NOTE: The University Writing Program provides an excellent resource with their Writing ResourcesLinks to an external site. website.