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Assignment:

Health Policy and Law

Prompt

Santa Rosa, California

In 2017, Santa Rosa was ravaged by the Tubbs Fire, part of a series of fast-moving wildfires that spread across Northern California. To better plan for and reduce the risk of future wildfires, the city decided to integrate its community wildfire protection plan and local hazard mitigation plan. The community wildfire protection plan annex builds on the local mitigation plan by providing more detailed, site-specific wildfire assessments and an action plan for mitigating wildfire risk. The city developed the plan through collaborating with local and state officials, private stakeholders and federal agencies. Following the Tubbs Fire, the city recognized the need to update and refine its hazard mitigation plan. Despite being in the "implementation phase" or "off-cycle" for planning, the city successfully applied for funding through the FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program to update its hazard mitigation plan by integrating a community wildfire protection plan.

Questions

1. What is the background of this disaster or emergency case study from the healthcare perspective?

2. What the role of the federal response agency in emergency or disaster management from this case study. Consider the following questions in your response:

A. How does the federal agency's involvement impact the overall emergency response management in the chosen case study?

B. How did coordination between the federal agency and other stakeholders positively and/or negatively impact the emergency response management?