Develop a Risk Communication Plan

For this assignment, you will develop a risk communications plan for a specific hazard facing a United States county of your choice. After completing the assigned reading, choose a county within the United States from the FEMA National Risk Index Map. From the Hazard Type Risk Ratings for the selected county, select one hazard that is rated as Relatively Moderate, Relatively High, or Very High risk. Develop a risk communication plan designed to prepare the selected county for an emergency related to that hazard. The risk communication plan should identify and discuss the characteristics of effective risk communications discussed in the course, applying these to the selected location and hazard.

Develop a 1012-slide PowerPoint presentation that includes the following:

• Introduction: Develop an introduction to the risk communication plan.
• Overview: Present an overview of the hazard and relevant location details.
• Risk Communications Fundamentals: Discuss the fundamentals of effective risk communication and communicating during a crisis.
• Communications: Develop an effective approach to communicating the complex, scientific, and technical information associated with the selected hazard and location.
• Avoiding Pitfalls: Develop an effective approach to addressing the myths, principles, and pitfalls of risk communications specific to the selected hazard and location.
• Trust and Credibility: Discuss the five rules for building trust and how these have been applied to the risk communication plan.
• Media and Social Media: Discuss how the risk communications plan incorporates the principles of understanding and working with the media and the use of social media.
• Errors and Rumor Control: Address how the risk communication plan incorporates the principles of correcting errors and controlling rumors.
• Conclusion: Develop a conclusion to the risk communication plan that summarizes the main points of the plan.

Your presentation must include fully developed speakers notes, written in complete sentences and paragraphs in the Notes section below each slide, along with recorded audio narration for each slide. The recorded presentation should be 1012 minutes in length.