According to Dr. Kevin McCarthy, a senior social scientist at the RAND Corporation, the U.S. population will grow steadily over the next 25 years by about 1 percent, or 3 million people, per year. Im

According to Dr. Kevin McCarthy, a senior social scientist at the RAND Corporation, the U.S. population will grow steadily over the next 25 years by about 1 percent, or 3 million people, per year.  Immigration will account for 40 percent of this growth, with the Asian and Hispanic portion of the overall population growing from 22 to 34 percent.  Along with immigration growth, we will see a growth in the average age of the population.  Both immigration and age will have an effect on fire safety and fire protection services for both demographics.After reading each of this week's required readings and conducting your own research into the topic, write a post that answers the following:1. Explain how the anticipated demographic trends for the immigrant and aging populations in the United States can impact fire services in your community, specifically in the areas of fire safety education, and fire protection.

2. What is your fire department doing to deal with those two demographic changes in your community?  If you are not with a fire department, then discuss what your local department has done to keep up with these demographic changes.

3. Back up your discussion by providing proper attribution to this week's readings, and/or other suitable sources from your research.

Grading:  Discussion posts are graded on timeliness, relevance, knowledge of the weekly readings, the quality of original ideas, the conversational exchanges with other students, and the attribution given to the authors or creators work.