FIR 3307 Research Paper

FIR 3307 Research Paper

Unit I Research Paper Topic

For this unit, you will identify what risk-reduction you will research in the particular community where you live (examples include flooding, drought, tornadoes, evacuation, earthquake, hazardous materials, etc.).

After you choose what risk-reduction to address in your community, you should write a brief description on why you identified the particular risk-reduction topic. Your submission should be one page. You do not need a cover page but should include a separate reference page if resources are used in your assignment.

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Unit II Research Paper Outline

Create an outline for your community risk-reduction project. The outline should include the type of disaster or hazard impacting the community, who will be involved in assisting the creation of the risk-reduction plan, types of organizations that are community stakeholders, what types of NGOs may be involved, political figures who would be supportive of such a measure, length of project to completion, probable pitfalls that may be associated with the project, cultural considerations (demographics, those who have experienced a disaster in this location, etc.), what types of volunteers will be needed to serve during times of crisis, funding for the project, and how sustainability will be used for maintaining the project/program several years from its inception.

There is no minimum length or amount. It will be based on the topic you have developed in Unit I.

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Unit IV Annotated Bibliography

Spend time researching 10 references related to your selected topic that you can use in your research paper. Create an APA formatted annotated bibliography of the 10 articles from your research.

Click here for an example Annotated Bibliography provided by the CSU Writing Center.

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Unit V Research Proposal

For this unit you will write a statement of the problem regarding the risk reduction project topic you chose in Unit I.

Your paper should follow APA guidelines for citing and formatting of all resources. You should begin your paper with the proposal type and rationale for this choice. Your paper should be one to two pages in length. You do not need a cover page but should include a separate reference page.

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Unit VI Research Draft

Write a two-page paper for the Research Paper to include:

• Introduction
• Background on the issue
• Key issues for commencing the risk reduction project
• Key stakeholders involved
• Demographics
• Geographic region
• Past/historical disasters for the area

Your paper should follow APA guidelines for formatting of all resources, both in-text citations and references. Your draft paper should include a cover page and should include a separate reference page.

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Unit VIII Research Paper

Write a two-page paper incorporating feedback from your instructor on the draft for the course project. The final submission should include:

• Introduction
• Background on the issue
• Key issues for commencing the risk reduction project
• Key stakeholders involved
• Demographics
• Geographic region
• Past/historical disasters for the area

Your paper should follow APA guidelines for formatting of all resources, both in-text citations and references. Your draft paper should include a cover page and should include a separate reference page.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.