Federal and Local Hurricane Emergency Response
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 …
184 viewsJoe 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 …
184 viewsMatthew 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…
462 viewsThe 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…
570 viewsFederal 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 …
88 viewsWitnesses 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…
117 viewsWitnesses testified about the need and opportunity to enhance America’s technological preparedness and ability to respond in times of national emergency or natural disaster.
341 viewsDirector 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…
66 viewsWitnesses 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…
222 viewsPresident Bush talked to FEMA employees and thanked them for their work following the September 11 terrorist attacks.
107 viewsFederal 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.
57 viewsMr. 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…
81 viewsParticipants 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…
136 viewsPresident 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…
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