Instruction
Complete a sample Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) using the four-step process. Use the THIRA worksheets (see attachment label M4d2).
STEP 1: Identify Threats and Hazards
Create a list of jurisdictional threats and hazards. You should choose a local jurisdiction, and should choose three threats and three hazards, one from each category (natural, technological, and human-caused).
STEP 2: Contextualize Threats and Hazards
Next you will then choose one incident from the list of three threats and hazards of significant concern identified in activity one and create a context description. This should include the conditions (at a minimum time and location) most relevant to the community. Use table 9.5 Threat and Hazard Description factors (found in chapter 9 of your text) (see word document label chapter 9) to develop your context descriptions.
STEP 3: Establish Capability Targets
3.1 Estimate Impacts of a Threat of Hazard: Using the context descriptions developed in Step 2, choose five (5) core capabilities, one from each of the five mission areas (prevent, protect, mitigation, response, and recovery) that would pertain to managing the threat or hazard (see Table 9.1 in your text) (see pdf 9.1). Next, estimate impacts of the threat or hazard on the chosen capabilities.
3.2 Develop Desired Outcomes and Capability Target Statements: Using all of the information created in the previous activities, develop one desired outcome for each of the five core capabilities identified in the Estimate Impacts of a Threat of Hazard activity (above). Use the estimated impacts and the desired outcomes to develop one capability target statement for each of the core capabilities.
STEP 4: Apply the Results
Apply The Results: Using the capability target statements from each of the core capabilities previously identified in Step 3, identify the necessary resources needed to request, deploy, and use to manage your incident. You will need to use the FEMA Resource Typing Library Tool (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (https://rtlt.preptoolkit.fema.gov/Public) Calculate the resource requirements by considering the capability targets, operational capacities of resources, and time available.