The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

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This paper seeks to show that FEMA is no longer simply natural disaster management but crisis emergency management to help the entire country survive and rebuild from any major crisis to hit our borders. It will cover the history of FEMA and show the progression of this agency into what is now a division of Homeland Security.

Introduction:

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, is an agency that was originally developed to respond to natural disasters. Natural disasters are but not limited to; earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes. FEMA states their mission is “FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain and improve our capability to prepare …show more content…

FEMA uses the Federal Response Plan, FRP, created in 1992. “This plan “establishes a process and structure for the systematic, coordinated, and effective delivery of Federal assistance to address the consequences of any major disaster or emergency declared under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended.” (Baldwin 2017:2) The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, The Stafford Act, was passed in 1988. This act established what qualifies as a disaster and for the President to be able to declare a disaster for FEMA to respond with relief. Next would be responding to natural disasters, this does not involve showing up immediately on the scene like previously believed. Their actual duties are to coordinate emergency response management with local and state responders. FEMA works with the local and state governments in their emergency response and, when a “state of emergency” is declared, sends in federal resources to assist in the local response. FEMA assists in recovery from disaster with federal funding and supplies to help with the loss of food, clothing, homes, lives, and jobs. By supplying all that FEMA does, they are mitigating the loss of such disasters. Mitigation is to reduce the severity of the situation caused by disasters as well as reducing the risk of extensive damage from future …show more content…

See also 15 CFR Part 700 and 44 CFR parts 324-336. E.O. 12919 supersedes E.O. 10480 (1969) and rescinds all or portions of several other Executive Orders. (Baldwin

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