This is a governmental unit that leads the nation’s emergency management system. FEMA coordinates its own response activities as well as those of as many as 28 other federal agencies that may participate in the event that the president has declared a major disaster. FEMA works with communities, territories, and states during non-disaster periods to aid in the planning of disasters by developing mitigation programs and foreseeing what may be needed should a major disaster come about.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
This is a governmental unit that leads the nation’s emergency management system. FEMA coordinates its own response activities as well as those of as many as 28 other federal agencies that may participate in the event that the president has declared a major disaster. FEMA works with communities, territories, and states during non-disaster periods to aid in the planning of disasters by developing mitigation programs and foreseeing what may be needed should a major disaster come about.
