As our required reading and study guide have pointed out, terrorist or active shooter events are some of the more complicated events for an emergency manager to effectively analyze and prepare for. The THIRA process is designed specifically to help in this regard, by breaking down the risk for effective assessment, and developing target factors to address. Imagine you are a community's emergency manager. Conduct a terrorism risk assessment for your community using Appendix A: THIRA template that is found in the Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Guide: Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 201 (2nd ed.) for the most likely terrorist event in your community. Click here to access the guide. If you are not in an active community, pick a community you know and are familiar with. Be sure to identify your community (you should follow the same process that was described in Unit I and III assignments). Describe how the THIRA process is used to mitigate a potential terrorist event. Ensure you explain how the THIRA process is an integral part of the National Preparedness System. Click here to download the template in which you will fill in the applicable sections to provide details and information. You will then upload your completed template in Blackboard for grading. Note: THIRA assessments are typically two pages, but could be more depending on the terrorist event scenario.

1. List four threats/hazards and context description for each

2. Capability target for each

3. Resources needed for the attacks and the amount of resources (example: how many police officers are needed)