page_title: Craig Fugate
section_title: Federal Emergency Management Agency
hierarchical_section_title: Craig Fugate / Emergency administrator / Federal Emergency Management Agency
caption_attribution_description: English: Kissimmee,FL., October 7, 2004 -- State Coordinating Officer, Craig Fugate addresses Osceola County citizens after FEMA Director Mike Brown presented a reimbursement check for Public Assistance debris removal to Osceola County Chairman, Ken Shipley, and Kissimmee Mayor George Grant following hurricane Charley's impact. FEMA Photo/Andrea Booher
context_page_description: William Craig Fugate is the former administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. As Florida Director for the Emergency Management Division, he oversaw the "Big 4 of '04" and as the Administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, he organized recovery efforts for a record of eighty-seven disasters in 2011.
context_section_description: Fugate was considered for the position as Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency by President Bush after sharp criticism and the resignation of Mike Brown.  Later, due to Fugate's experience with Florida's extreme weather, he was appointed as the FEMA director in May 2009 by President Barack Obama.  His nomination received bi-partisan support in Congress although Louisiana senator Republican David Vitter threatened to hold up his nomination until his concerns over the handling of Hurricane Katrina by Brown were answered by FEMA.
  In 2010, as Director of FEMA, he oversaw a record of eighty-one disaster declarations and superseded that record in 2011 with eighty-seven.  He was criticized in 2012 by Brown for his early response to Hurricane Sandy in which he positioned recovery resources prior to the storm's arrival.  In response, Fugate said that he "emphasized the importance of strong building codes and risk management before disasters strike."
caption: As director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management in 2004
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