reaction paper on the reading material

Rubin, Chapters Three, Four, Five.Rubin, C. (ed). (2012). Emergency management: the American experience, 1900-2010 (2ed).

Boca Raton: CQ Press.

Written Assignment: Provide a reaction paper on the reading material. In approximately 1200 words, discuss the material in detail. Consider for inclusion in your discussion:

– The 1927 Mississippi flood and the contribution to the theories of response

– The Dust Bowl and the contribution to the theories of mitigation

– The 1947 Texas City explosions and the impact to the law

– Civil Defense and the 1950 Federal Disaster Relief Act

– Intergovernmental relationships in civil defense

– The disaster declaration system and early policy development

– The history of FEMA

– Modern federal mitigation, law, and policy

– Development of the Emergency Management profession

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