Emergency managers focus on preparation for potential emergencies, disasters, and catastrophic events

and on coordinating the response to those events. Emergency managers are the experts in the field of

emergency management, and as experts, they are often called upon to provided information and advice to

policy makers such as city managers, city councils, police chiefs and their staffs, fire chiefs and their

staffs, and private-sector stakeholders.

For this assignment, you must write 2-3 pages in which you define and briefly explain the basic concepts
associated with emergency management and the role emergency management plays in the city’s

homeland security efforts.
You should ensure that your list of definitions and explanations includes the following important terms
associated with emergency management and homeland security:
Emergency management
Terrorism
Homeland security
Preparedness
Incident command system
Catastrophe
Threats
Mitigation
Response
Hazard
Recovery
Next, provide brief descriptions (1–2 sentences) of those terms.
Provide a brief sentence explaining how each of th