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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]
In addition to FEMA, other agencies and organizations which participated in the exercise included the Morris County Office of Emergency Management, the New Jersey National Guard, the Military Auxiliary Radio System, the Metro Urban Search and Rescue Strike Team, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the FBI, the New Jersey State Police, various municipal departments of the City of New York, and ...
The United States’ Emergency Management Institute (EMI), of the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), serves as the United States’ focal point for the development and delivery of emergency management training. The emergency management training improves the capabilities of state, territorial, local, and tribal government ...
World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks, New York, New York and Washington, D.C. - September 11, 2001; 2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City, Utah - February 8–24, 2002 (Task Forces acted in a supporting role) Hurricane Katrina - August 27 - September 30, 2005 [5] 2010 Port-au-Prince, Haiti earthquake [6] 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand ...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recommends that the standard, minimum ten-person team be comprised as follows: [2] CERT leader/incident commander. Generally, the first CERT team member arriving on the scene is the designated incident commander (IC) until the arrival of someone more competent.
The National Incident Management System (NIMS) is a standardized approach to incident management developed by the United States Department of Homeland Security.The program was established in March 2004, [1] in response to Homeland Security Presidential Directive-5, [1] [2] issued by President George W. Bush.
New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) (formerly the New York City Office of Emergency Management (OEM)) was formed in 1996 as part of the Mayor's Office under Rudolph W. Giuliani. [2] By a vote of city residents in 2001 it became an independent agency, headed by the commissioner of emergency management.
Pages in category "Federal Emergency Management Agency" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .