Instructions for Steps 1 and 2 of your semester Planning Practicum
The scenario on which your project is based centers around a small make-believe city called Green River. In this scenario you are a member of the
city’s Emergency Operations Planning Team. In order to be able to complete these first two steps you will have to watch the Green River Project and
Briefing Video in this module and carefully take notes on what hazards you should be worried about as you conduct your hazards analysis. Use you
critical thinking and creativity skills. Do not be afraid to conduct research on some of the critical facilities and hazards mentioned to determine what
could be hazardous about them, and what secondary consequences might result from some of the hazards. Think outside of the box.
Step 1
For Step1 of your planning project, you will simply list all of the major hazards (in a bullet list) that you believe the City of Green River should worry
about and plan for…just a list. I will mention some hazards directly in the video, others you will have to use your own knowledge from this course and
a little creative energy to come up with on your own, based on things or facilities that I talk about as we go around the city. Consider how to name the
hazard. Check out a city or county hazard analysis online to get ideas if you are not sure. Just make sure they are present in Green River. For
example….
Step 1 – List all possible hazards or cascading hazards that you can identify for the City of Green River
- earthquake
- hazardous materials
- ……..and so on
Step 2
Then for Step 2 (due at the same time as the first step – just add it as Step 2 on the same word document as your first step), I am going to ask you to
group some of the hazards that should be addressed when talking about a particular hazard category. For example you can assume that the rail line
that goes through the middle of town regularly hauls hazardous materials, but what other ways are hazardous materials transported and what other
fixed facilities in town might store them….all things that could be discussed under a Hazmat hazard description. You may have cross listing of some
hazards as consequence of others. For example….
Step 2 –Create a bullet sublist under each hazard you identified in Step 1 of things or facilities you might want to address when putting together your
analysis. - Hazardous Materials (Hazmat)
o Transportation