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Fema was activated by jimmy carter, FEMA would begin and develop an Intergrated emergency management system with an all hazzards approach
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One of the most devastating earthquakes FEMA had to deal with during their new established independence. Earthquake had a magnitude of a 6.9 with a surface wave magnitude of 7.1. Occured due to slip in San Andreas fault.
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This Hurricane was one of the first big Hurricanes FEMA has come into contact with. Damages reached over 20 billion dollars, in additon there was also more than 60 people killed. This Hurricane really put FEMA on a national stage.
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Bill clinton nominates James L. Witt as new Fema Director. Witt was the first agency director with experience as a state emergency manager.
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Joe Allbaugh was appointed FEMA director by President Bush. Not to long after being appointed would Joe Allbaugh have to deal with attacks from september 11.
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The FEMA agency was being tested in ways it had never imagined. The agency would then coordinate with homeland security and was given responsibility to make sure that the nations first responders were trained and equipped to deal with weapons of mass destruction.
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Fema joins forces with 22 federal agencies, programs and office in becoming DPHS.
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bush signs into law the post-katrina emergency reform act. It was done so that it could reorganize FEMA. Hurricane Katrina was said to have been the most heart breaking natural disaster in U.S history.
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presently FEMA remains to lead the U.S in preparing, preventing and recovering from disasters
