Here is their contribution. We served as a resource to the study. I encourage each of your states to follow suit. An occasional review of this sort is always a good idea, but it's especially important in the case of disaster risk. This field stretches across so many different agencies that you may be surprised at how little coordination there is.
Many states reserve funds to cover the costs of specific disasters.
But a growing number of states are creating comprehensive trust funds that finance ongoing planning and response. Funds like these can be used to finance mitigation, cover the state's 25 percent match for federal disaster response assistance funds, and pay for disasters that require state resources but don't rise to the level of a presidentially declared event. Up to now, I've talked about the federal role and state responsibilities. Encourage your communities to join Project Impact . Project Impact is FEMA's nationwide initiative to make whole communities disaster-resistant.