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History of FEMA
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National Flood Insurance Act
Act passe by United States that would lead to National Flood INsurance Program (NFIP) Provided flood insuranc for structures and contents incommunities that adopt and enforce an ordinance to keep building on flood plains to a minimum. -
1974 Disaster Relief Act
President Nixon Signs the bill passing the Disaster Relief Act. Over 100 federal agencies were formed to deal with these issues. -
FEMA is established
Jimmy Carter makes the executive order to merge disaster agencies to form the Federal Emergency Magagment Agency (FEMA) -
Reinterpreting FEMA's role
President Reagan re interprets FEMA's role to incompise nuclear attack after the threat of the Cold War -
Hurricane Hugo
A Catagory 4 hurricane that made landfall in South Carolina. Hugo Killed 27 people in South Carolina (34 in the Carribean) and left about 100,000 people homeless and resulte in 9 million dollars in damage. FEMA took heavy criticism for its slow respnce which lead to some reforms to FEMA in an attempt to speed up the process for future inidents. -
Stafford Act
The stafford Act is put into effect which specified responsibilities that were delegated in the instance of a federally madated disaster. -
Hurricane Andrew
Third Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in United States which caused 26.5 billion dollars in damage. This was another time FEMA was criticised for not responding fast enough to the 250,00 left homeless in the effected area -
9-11
After terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center. 2996 caskualties including people in the towers, the Pentagon and the occupants of the planes. FEMA was quck to respond to the scene -
FEMA absorbed by Department of Homeland Security
After the creation of Homeland Security in 2002, FEMA was absorbed by the Department of Homeland Security on orders from the President Bush's administration -
Hurricane Katrina
1833 people were reported to be dead as a result of the hurricane. The storm caused over 100 billion dollars which spanned over several states. It has been placed on many lists as one of the worst hurricanes in US history. This was yet another time which FEMA took heavy criticism for its general unpreparedness, slow response, and ineffective measures. -
Post Katrina Emergency Management Act
This reform act was the first major piece of legislation to come out post Katrina. Bill was made to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002, and establish the United States Emergency Management Authority
