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Photographs of FEMA success stories where a modification to a building or house lessened the damage from a natural disaster. Photographs of training. Photographs of FEMA provided housing for displaced disaster victims. Photographs of elected or appointed officials surveying the disaster and providing support to disaster workers and victims.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), initially created under President Jimmy Carter by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Executive Orders on April 1, 1979. [1]
Description: On a medium blue disc enclosed by a dark blue band rimmed gold and inscribed FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY in white letters, an eagle and shield as on the Coat of Arms of the Untied States, the eagle holding in his beak the dexter end of a scroll bearing the motto PACE AC BELLO MERITA in black letters, the scroll arched above ...
FEMA has created a standardized list of equipment that each Task Force maintains. The 16,400 pieces of equipment are cached and palletized for quick access and transportation. The complete load of equipment weighs 60,000 pounds (27,215 kg) and is designed to be transported by tractor trailer or in the cargo hold of one C-17 transport aircraft ...
A National Emergency Message (SAME code: EAN), formerly known until 2022 as an Emergency Action Notification, is the national activation of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) used to alert the residents of the United States of a national or global emergency such as a nuclear war or any other mass casualty situation.
Aside from lopping off entire agencies, here are some examples of controversial federal spending that, based on Musk and Ramaswamy’s recent comments, could be in the line of fire for coming cuts:
Originally an independent agency, FEMA was absorbed into DHS in 2003. Before the creation of FEMA in 1979 the responsibility for civil defense in the United States was shared between a wide variety of short-lived and frequently changing departments, agencies, and organizations. Some of the notable national pre-FEMA organizations in the US included:
Poison Profits. A HuffPost / WNYC investigation into lead contamination in New York City