The concept behind the whole community approach is to involve residents, emergency managers, organizational and community leaders, and government officials to work together to improve resiliency. Explain the role the community resilience system plays in disaster preparation. Include a description of how involving the whole community in disaster planning can play a role in the resilience of that community. 

Your essay response must be a minimum of 450 words in length, not counting references listed at the end, and cited per APA guidelines. You are required to use scholarly resources to support your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Reference:  Kamien, D. (Ed). (2013). The McGraw-Hill homeland security handbook: Strategic guidance for a coordinated approach to effective security and emergency management (2nd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. 

Must be APA format.