Description
Part 1: FEMA Certificates
Click on the links below to access the two FEMA certificate sites. Read the overview of both the IS-20.21 course and the IS-21.21 course and then click on Interactive Web Based Course under “Take this Course.” Once you have read through all of the materials, click on Take Final Exam Online to complete these courses.
Importance of diversity awareness and civil rights in emergency and disaster assistance.
write a 4-6-page paper that discusses the importance of diversity awareness and civil rights in emergency and disaster assistance. Relate your discussion to real-world examples, providing support from FEMA resources and a minimum of four scholarly, peer-reviewed references. Include a discussion of at least four laws specific to disaster response and recovery programs that have been enacted to ensure ethical decision-making and protect the civil rights of citizens. Evaluate the role of ethical considerations in emergency and disaster management, including at least three potential consequences associated with failing to uphold standards of ethical decision-making. Include recommendations for ensuring the civil rights of disaster victims.
Be sure to write in a scholarly and objective tone, avoiding the use of first person, personal pronouns, contractions, and colloquial or conversational language. Use citations from scholarly, peer-reviewed sources throughout to support your content and credit sources of information and ideas.
Note: This assignment requires outside research. Use at least four scholarly, peer-reviewed sources in addition to the Reading material throughout your assignment to support your content and credit sources of information and ideas.
References
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency. (n.d.). How to open and save IS completion certificate.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security FEMA Emergency Management Institute. (2021). IS-20.21 diversity awareness course 2021.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security FEMA Emergency Management Institute. (2021). IS-21.21 Civil rights and FEMA disaster assistance.