You are the emergency manager in a city with a population of 250,000 in the northeastern United States.

Assignment Description

You are the emergency manager in a city with a population of 250,000 in the northeastern United States. The fire chief has asked you to draft a brief research paper for the new fire service recruits explaining critical infrastructure. He wants you to focus specifically on the key assets that the fire service recruits may deal with during their fire service careers.

Prepare a research paper of 750–1,000 words for your presentation that focuses on those critical infrastructure sectors and key assets that are of direct concern to the fire service. Of the assets you highlighted, which 3 assets are fire service personnel most likely to encounter during the course of their career? Explain.

Assignment Guidelines

· Prepare a research paper of 750–1,000 words that addresses the following:

· Which of the 16 critical infrastructure and key resource (CIKR) sectors are of the most concern to the fire service?

· For each of the sectors of most concern to the fire service, identify 3 associated assets, and describe each asset.

· Out of all the assets identified, which 3 are fire service personnel most likely to encounter during the course of their career? Explain.

Please submit your assignment.

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

Reading Assignment

Radvanovsky, McDougall; Ch. 4, 5

Assignment Objectives

· Identify and describe the types of assets associated with each of the key sectors.

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