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Thread #113894   Message #2426867
Posted By: artbrooks
31-Aug-08 - 12:59 PM
Thread Name: BS: Gustav
Subject: RE: BS: Gustav
Has anyone clued in the governor of Florida that they have the responsibility to ask FEMA to come in, and has anyone told them that FEMA has a 72 hour response time? They are not, by definition, emergency responders. According to their mission statement, "The primary mission of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is to reduce the loss of life and property and protect the Nation from all hazards, including natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters, by leading and supporting the Nation in a risk-based, comprehensive emergency management system of preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation." Evacuation, care of evacuees, search and rescue, and other such immediate needs are not parts of FEMA's basic job.