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FEMA can trace its origins to the Congressional Act of 1803.
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FEMA provided disaster assistance
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FEMA provided disaster assistance
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FEMA provided disaster assistance
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National Flood Insurance Act offered new flood protection to homeowners.
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FEMA provided disaster assistance
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FEMA provided disaster assistance
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FEMA provided disaster assistance
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Merged the separate disaster-related responsibilities into the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). FEMA absorbed many other disaster agencies.
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This area in New Yorks water had been contaminated causing birth defects and miscarriges. It was a disaster.
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The earthquake lasted for 15 seconds, killed 63 people, injured 3,757, and left 12,000 homeless across California.
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FEMA provided disaster assistance
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President Clinton nominated James L. Witt as the new FEMA director.
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The Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the U.S. have a Memorandum of Understanding, initially signed in 1996.
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President George W. Bush appointed Joe M. Allbaugh as the new director of FEMA.
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FEMA joined 22 other federal agencies, programs, and offices and became the Department of Homeland Security.
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Significantly reorganized FEMA, gave it substantial new authority to remedy gaps that became noticable in the response to Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.
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Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada on Emergency Management Cooperation, signed in 2008.
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Agreement between the Government of the United Mexican States and the Government of the United States of America on Emergency Management Cooperation in cases of Natural Disasters and Accidents.
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Memorandum of Understanding between the Australian Government's Attorney-General's Department and the Department of Homeland Security, signed in 2010.
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A Memorandum of Understanding between FEMA and the Chilean National Office of Emergencies was signed in March 2011.
