Federal Emergency Management Agency

FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) was founded on April 1st, 1979. The newborn Agency absorbed several programs and departments, such as the Federal Insurance Administration, the National Fire Prevention and Control Administration, the National Weather Service Community Preparedness Program, the Federal Preparedness Agency of the General Services Administration, the Federal Disaster Assistance Administration, and the Department of Defense's Defense Civil Preparedness Agency. FEMA's jurisdictional areas were split into 10 areas country wide. South Dakota fell in Sector 8, and Nebraska fell in Sector 7. Overseeing the State of South Dakota was Sector 8 FEMA Head Manager of Operations for South Dakota, Lawrence S. Thomas.

## **The Beginning of the End.**

As the Virus unexpectedly came to be, FEMA rapidly deployed in conjunction with the CDC and Red Cross. Evacuation Sites for those not infected were set up, to be sent to 'safe zones' (cities and towns under guard by FEMA and military forces which were considered sterilized of the virus). Testing sites were set up, with a secondary purpose of locking up the infected, and sending some and their various fluids to labs for testing. FEMA went and had named the virus 'PAX-13.' FEMA mainly had to rely on armed forces and law enforcement agents to provide adequate protection to their facilities, and escorts for their forces for the first week. FEMA eventually went on and started giving out more combat-oriented roles such as their own Security Forces and Recon Teams.

FEMA would eventually introduce their **rapid response teams**, in which these heavily armed, intelligent members would deploy quickly in the worst of areas to help prevent the spread of the virus among the general population. These men were highly-trained, on par with many of the Federal Law Enforcement Agencies. A few of their known deployments are in New York, Austin, Los Angeles, Boston, and Washington D.C. After the spread calmed down, these rapid response teams were left on standby to help assist the **Federal Government** in covert operations against **Infinitum** and **USAF.**

As soon as FEMA had thought they had the situation possibly stabilized and good to go near their sites, hordes of the infected struck. Any and all armed forces and FEMA agents were overrun, losing most of their ground in urban centers and large cities. Some sites continued to operate, fulfilling their duties. Most were overrun by the sheer strength and overwhelming numbers of the horrific zombies.

Due to the confusion in some areas, FEMA personnel fired on civilians for getting too close, fearing they were infected. Military personnel mostly obeyed the orders, yet it strained their support of FEMA. In a desperate attempt to counteract this overwhelming threat, orders were given out to begin destroying bridges, burning towns, and executing hospital patients. Alongside this, they began to gun down protestors or those who failed to abide by the respirator mandate.

Firebombing was initiated in certain locations to cleanse the area of large hordes and infected. FEMA would try to hide these actions, however their inhumane actions would eventually reach out to the public. FEMA would state that these actions were unfavorable, but necessary to stop the sweeping virus. As FEMA mostly pulled out from evac sites, into Military Bases, Safe Zones, and Fortified Strongholds, they would come under attack from Bandits and militias alike. Following the New Federal Charter, FEMA would be under oath to do anything, no matter the task, to defend the country from the virus.

*Written by caiden2005,*