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The Stafford Act is a 1988 amended version of the Disaster Relief Act of 1974. It created the system in place today by which a presidential disaster declaration or an emergency declaration triggers financial and physical assistance through the Federal Emergency Management Agency [3] (FEMA). The Act gives FEMA the responsibility for coordinating ...
Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD)-8, National Preparedness, describes the way United States Federal agencies will prepare for an incident.It requires Department of Homeland Security to coordinate with other Federal agencies and with State, local, and Tribal governments to develop a National Preparedness Goal with Emergency management.
After Hurricane Katrina, amidst allegations of mismanagement (etc.), NDMS was reorganized under HHS, as legislated by an Act of Congress entitled, "the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA)", (Public Law 109-417), effective January 1, 2007.
The map, a product of advanced data analysis and high-resolution elevation data, shows that roughly 44% of U.S. territory could experience landslide activity. For millions of Americans, their ...
The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, Public Law 106-390, also called DMA2K, is U.S. federal legislation passed in 2000 that amended provisions of the United States Code related to disaster relief. The amended provisions are named after Robert Stafford , who led the passage of the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 1988.
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New drilling in Rancho Palos Verdes has revealed that devastating land movement has been caused, at least partially, by a deeper slip plane — meaning a larger area could be affected.
On December 19, 2006, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA), Public Law No. 109-417, was signed into law by President George W. Bush.First introduced in the House by Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) and Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), PAHPA had broad implications for the United States Department of Health and Human Services's (HHS) preparedness and response activities.