You are 10 months out from the upcoming hurricane season. Youare the Emergency Planner for a mid-sized town in South Floridawith several critical infrastructures. Your mayor has as asked youto plan and prepare for the possibility of a direct hitting stormduring the upcoming season.

Based on the “Scenario Location” below, identify three keypublic- private partnerships critical to the emergency planningprocess in Sunny City and explain the importance of each one.Explain how you would establish and maintain communications withthese partnerships throughout the emergency planning process.

Scenario Location:

Sunny City is a fictional mid-sized town in SoutheasternFlorida. It has a rich history of agriculture, including citrusgroves and cattle farms and has been growing in population over thepast decade. Route 1 passes through the center of town. There areseveral bridges over various waterways including two large bridgesover the inter-coastal waterway. A privately operated electricalpower plant is located near the inter-coastal waterway. Just westof town, a small regional commuter airport was recently built whichhas drawn in several businesses. Trying to keep up with the growingnature of the town, new communication hubs with fiber-optics havebeen put in and a waste water treatment facility was built. Thereis talk about increasing the width of some of the main roads tohandle the build-up of traffic, but in the meantime Public Workshas been working overtime to keep the roads maintained andoperational