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Joe Allbaugh talked about federal and local preparedness efforts, in particular for Hurricane Isaac, and lessons learned since 2005's Hurricane Katrina. He also responded to telephone calls …

Matthew Wicks talked about his video, After the Storm, one of the high school section first prize winners in C-SPAN Classroom’s StudentCam documentary contest. He is a junior at Aplington Pa…

The 2002 National Fallen Firefighters Foundation ceremony honored the 446 firefighters who died in the line of duty in 2001. Photographs of the firefighters were shown on a large screen onst…

Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Joe Allbaugh talked about the fiscal year 2003 Budget for FEMA and how it had been affected by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. He also …

Witnesses testified about President Bush’s First Responder Initiative, which seeks to better prepare local police, firefighters and emergency medical personnel to respond to terrorist attack…

Witnesses testified about the need and opportunity to enhance America’s technological preparedness and ability to respond in times of national emergency or natural disaster.

Director Tom Ridge and others administration officials briefed reporters on domestic anti-terrorism efforts, the anthrax scares, and the new role of FEMA. They answered questions from member…

Witnesses testified about the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s response to the September 11th attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center and about future needs for disaster reli…

President Bush talked to FEMA employees and thanked them for their work following the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Federal Emergency Management Director Joe Allbaugh briefed reporters on the agencies relief efforts in new York and Washington D.C. following the terror attacks on those two cities.

Mr. Allbaugh testified about funding disaster relief and preparation programs. Among the issues he addressed were the proper balance between local, state, and federal agencies, flood insuran…

Participants talked about the 2001 hurricane season and efforts to provide better assistance to victims of hurricanes. They focused on forecasting and prediction technology and how to coordi…

President Bush’s FEMA Director nominee, Joe Allbaugh, testified before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. Senator Phil Gramm (R-Texas) and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) intr…