Federal Emergency Management Agency | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-03

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00:01:36 1 History
00:01:53 1.1 Prior to 1930s
00:02:57 1.2 Piecemeal approach (1930s–1960s)
00:04:02 1.3 Department of Housing and Urban Development (1973–1979)
00:07:11 1.4 FEMA as an independent agency (1979–2003)
00:10:33 1.5 FEMA under Department of Homeland Security (2003–present)
00:14:12 2 Organization
00:16:02 2.1 Budget
00:16:26 2.2 Regions
00:17:50 3 Pre-disaster mitigation programs
00:19:00 4 Response capabilities
00:19:34 4.1 National Response Coordination Center (NRCC)
00:21:18 4.2 National Disaster Medical System (NDMS)
00:22:52 4.3 Urban Search and Rescue (US&amp;R)
00:23:08 4.4 Mobile Emergency Response Support (MERS)
00:24:28 4.5 Preparedness for nuclear incidents
00:25:34 4.6 Training
00:27:02 4.6.1 Emergency Management Institute training and certifications
00:27:55 5 FEMA Corps
00:29:27 5.1 Donations management
00:30:13 6 Criticisms
00:30:22 6.1 Hurricane Andrew
00:32:25 6.2 Southern Florida Hurricanes
00:33:50 6.3 Hurricane Katrina
00:38:30 6.4 Buffalo snowstorm
00:39:24 6.5 Dumas, Arkansas tornadoes
00:39:59 6.6 California wildfires
00:41:13 6.7 Hurricane Maria
00:44:50 6.8 Hurricane Harvey
00:46:13 7 Federalism and FEMA
00:48:53 7.1 U.S. v. Parish of Jefferson et al
00:49:23 8 List of FEMA heads



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SUMMARY
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security, initially created by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Executive Orders on April 1, 1979. The agency's primary purpose is to coordinate the response to a disaster that has occurred in the United States and that overwhelms the resources of local and state authorities. The governor of the state in which the disaster occurs must declare a state of emergency and formally request from the president that FEMA and the federal government respond to the disaster. The only exception to the state's gubernatorial declaration requirement occurs when an emergency or disaster takes place on federal property or to a federal asset—for example, the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, or the Space Shuttle Columbia in the 2003 return-flight disaster.
While on-the-ground support of disaster recovery efforts is a major part of FEMA's charter, the agency provides state and local governments with experts in specialized fields and funding for rebuilding efforts and relief funds for infrastructure by directing individuals to access low-interest loans, in conjunction with the Small Business Administration. In addition to this, FEMA provides funds for training of response personnel throughout the United States and its territories as part of the agency's preparedness effort.