Emergency Management Response, Recovery, & Resilience Strategies

The Town of Miami is a historic mining community in the Copper Corridor region of Arizona. Situated in a mountainous region, the community experiences more extreme weather conditions than other areas of the state, including fires, floods, landslides, and other related natural hazards as well as technological hazards such as cybersecurity concerns. As a smaller, more rural community, the Town of Miami relies on collaboration with neighboring cities and towns, as well as local, state, and federal partners to respond to emergency situations. To improve hazard mitigation, disaster response and recovery efforts locally and regionally, the Town of Miami collaborated with graduate students in the School of Public Affairs (SPA) Emergency Management/Homeland Security (EMHS) program to identify critical factors that may contribute to and support emergency management planning and response, then develop After Action Reports to provide strategies and recommendations for future emergency planning efforts.