Activity 1.2
Think about your particular project.  Consider the four objections to planning above. If you encountered these objections in your planning project, what would your response to each be?  

Statement: “everybody knows what to do.”
Your answer:	

	

Statement: “emergencies are unpredictable, and therefore you cannot plan for them.”
Your answer:	

	

Statement: “people don’t follow plans in emergencies.”
Your answer:	

	

Statement: “the development of emergency plans will unduly worry the public.”
Your answer:	

	

Can you think of other reasons people may give to stop emergency planning from taking place?  Write them down and then think of some responses you could give to those other reasons.