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President Nixon signs the bill after a year of terrible tonados tore through the middle part of the country.
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President Jimmy Carter transmitted to Congress the Reorganization Plan Number 3 (3 CFR 1978, 5 U.S. Code 903)
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency was officially established by Executive Order 12127
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There was not a specific date, but in August of 1979, John Macy was appointed by President Carter to become the director of FEMA.
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President Reagan appoints Lous O. Giuffrida as Director of FEMA.
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After allegations of misuse of federal funds and a congressional investigation, Director Giuffrida resigned and Reagan appointed General Julius Becton to become the new director. Becton is credited with restoring integrity to FEMA.
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The Robert T. Stafford Act is signed in and specifies what responsibilities are delegated where in case of a federally mandated disaster.
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FEMA took a hard hit with this hurricane. They were ill prepared and questions of whether or not FEMA was needed began to swirl again.
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The Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 hit as the World Series kicked off. Again, FEMA was not prepared for the catastrophe fueling the questions of the agency' validity.
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After many troubling years, Clinton appoints James Lee Witt as the FEMA director and he breathes some much needed life into the agency and creates a positive image of FEMA.
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The Midwest Floods of 1993 began and FEMA turned around their image under new director James Witt. The succssful response became a positive image in the pulic's eyes.
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The Oklahoma City Bombings brought about a new view of emergency management. The bombing represented a turn in the emergency management field as terrorism had to be included in preparedness now.
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The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 showed just how prepared FEMA was as they activated operations within minutes of the events.
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President Bush signed in the Homeland Security Act of 2002 which included FEMA.
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Hurricane Katrina was yet another black eye in the face of FEMA. The slow and lack of response was seen nation wide as a mistake that cost lives.
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The Post Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 was the first major piece of legislation to come out of the Katrina hurricane that rocked the nation for over a year.
