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FEMA Overview
FEMA overview
• Federal disaster contracting
• Emergency Preparedness
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FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens
and first responders to ensure that as a
nation we work together to build, sustain,
and improve our capability to prepare for,
protect against, respond to, recover from
and mitigate all hazards.
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 Headquartered in
Washington D.C.
 Regional and area
offices around the
country
 Partnerships with other
organizations, states
and local governments
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• FEMA’s authority comes from the
Robert T. Stafford Act.
• FEMA is part of the National
Response and Recovery
Frameworks, which were created
to establish a comprehensive,
national, all hazards approach to
domestic incident management
across a spectrum of activities
including prevention,
preparedness, response and
recovery. www.fema.gov/emergency
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When a major disaster occurs, the process is usually as follows:
Local Government Responds
State Responds
Damage Assessment
(Conducted by local, state and federal organizations)
Governor Requests Major Disaster Declaration
FEMA Evaluates Request
President Approves or Denies
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The Louisiana Recovery Office (LRO)
currently manages four active Disaster
Declarations (hurricanes Katrina, Rita,
Gustav and Ike).
There are two main Louisiana campuses.
One is located in the state capitol, Baton
Rouge, to support our “applicant” – the
state of Louisiana. The other is located in
Orleans Parish to support our largest
regional disaster impacted communities.
In addition, there is one staging area
(Sherwood Forest) located in Baton Rouge,
La.
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Individual Assistance
Public Assistance
Hazard Mitigation
Housing Assistance
Debris Removal
Other Needs Assistance
Emergency Protective
Measures
Flood Insurance Rate
Maps (FIRM)
Relocation Assistance
Disaster Legal Services
Disaster Unemployment
Assistance
Damaged Roads and Bridges
Hazard Mitigation Grant
Program
Publicly Owned Utilities
National Flood Insurance
Program (NFIP)
Public Buildings and
Contents
Community Outreach and
Education
Crisis Counseling
•Schools
Volunteer Agency Coordination
•Health Care Facilities
EHP: Compliance with
National Historic
Preservation Act and the
National Environmental
Policy Act
EHP: Compliance with
National Historic
Preservation Act and the
National Environmental
Policy Act
Since 2005, FEMA has obligated more than $20
billion dollars to the State of Louisiana to assist them
in their recovery efforts for Hurricanes Katrina, Rita,
Ike, and Gustav: $6.1 billion for Individual Assistance,
$2.1 Billion in Hazard Mitigation funds and $12.3
billion in Public Assistance funds.
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State and local governments/agencies
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Parishes
Cities, towns, villages, townships
Private Non-Profits
Districts and regional authorities
State departments (i.e., transportation)
Indian Tribes, tribal organizations, Alaska Native villages or
organizations and certain private nonprofit entities
Disaster Contracting
HURRICANE KATRINA AND RITA CONTRACT DOLLARS AWARDED TO
LOUISIANA BUSINESSES
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Contract dollars awarded to
Louisiana businesses total
$3,239,377,468
Among the four Gulf Coast
states, Louisiana small
businesses directly received the
greatest amount of federal
contract funds, about $1.4
billion.
43%
Total Contract Dollars
Total Contract Dollars Awarded to Small Businesses
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Emergency Preparedness
40%
“40% of businesses affected
by a natural or man-made
disaster never reopen.”
-Insurance Information Institute
2%
Only two percent (2%)
reported having financial
documents in their home
disaster supply kit.
-2009 Citizen Corps “Personal
Preparedness in America”
Household Survey
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Visit our Money Matters Preparedness Page on
CitizenCorps.gov the page includes information
on:
 Resources include:
▪ Emergency Financial First Aid Kit (EFFAK)
▪ Recovery After Disaster: The Family Financial Recovery Toolkit
 Past webinars all available on www.citizencorps.gov:
▪ Money Matters in Disasters – April 10, 2012
▪ Financial Emergency Preparedness - May 3, 2011
▪ National Financial Literacy Month: Operation HOPE and Emergency Financial
Preparedness - April 1, 2010
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Visit our Invest in Preparedness webpage on
CitizenCorps.gov:
 Includes links to resources found on:
▪ FEMA Private Sector Division
▪ Ready Business
▪ Prepare My Business
 Past webinars all available on www.citizencorps.gov:
▪ Doing Business with FEMA and Additional Business Preparedness Resources - April
24, 2012
▪ Resources for Business Preparedness - Sept 13, 2010
▪ Ready Rating: How Prepared is Your Business or School? – October 11, 2011
Preparedness Websites
For more valuable information about
preparing your family and business for an
emergency, please visit:
www.ready.gov
www.ready.gov/business
www.fema.gov